Hydrometallurgy is considered a promising method to produce solar-grade silicon (SOG-Si)
from metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) due to its advantages of low cost, simple operation …

The rapid growth in silicon photovoltaics deployment has led to increased research focus on
the energy and capital intensive refining of solar grade silicon for improved environmental …

Boron separation from metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) is still a puzzle for metallurgical
route. A purification method to MG-Si using a synthetic CaO-CaCl 2 slag (no SiO 2 addition) …

Abstract A 3D CFD model is developed to illustrate the complex reacting flow in the
commercial hot-wall CVD reactor using detailed gas and surface chemistry. This helps to …

Polysilicon production costs contribute approximately to 25–33% of the overall cost of the
solar panels and a similar fraction of the total energy invested in their fabrication …

An unmatched atomistic technique for predictive in silico chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is
reported from an experimental and modeling perspective in the current manuscript. The gas …

The uniformity of deposited film is a critical quality indicator for the product by chemical
vapor deposition (CVD). Quality control of deposited film remains a challenging task …

In this study, a novel metal assisted chemical leaching (MACL) was proposed to remove
impurities from metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si). HF acid leaching, one step MACL (1 …

In the last 30 years, the growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has received
significant amounts of attention. However, the exploration of data for high-temperature …

A parametric study was conducted for the cost reduction of polysilicon by decreasing the
electrical energy loss of an existing Siemens reactor. In this work, a quartz ceramic lining …