A Metallurgical Route to Produce Upgraded Silicon and Monosilane

B. N. Mukashev, Kh A. Abdullin, M. F. Tamendarov, T. S. Turmagambetov, B. A. Beketov, M. R. Page, D. M. Kline

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Abstract

We studied alumothermic reduction of silica from silicate slag to obtain silicon-containing Alloy-I and Alloy-II. Phosphorous industry waste and synthetic slag are used as a silicate slag that consists of more than 90% silicon and calcium oxides and less than l0% other elemental oxides. Silicon-containing Alloy-I was upgraded by acid leaching to silicon of a fine powder structure. Using this powder, we grew poly- and mono-crystalline p-type silicon, with resistivity of ∼0.24 Ω cm, by the Czochralski method. Silicon-containing Alloy-II was used for obtaining monosilane by aqueous treatment with hydrochloric acid under atmospheric conditions and without any catalyst. There was no trace of diborane, which is a common source for boron contamination in crude silane.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1785-1791
Number of pages7
JournalSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume93
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2009

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-520-46647

Keywords

  • Acid leaching
  • Alumothermic reduction
  • Metallurgical-grade silicon
  • Solar-grade silicon
  • Solidification
  • Upgraded silicon

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