The long-term goal of this work is to produce silicon of solar-grade quality at 3 x 10 to the 6th kg/y for less than $10/kg by, or before 1986. The approach is to improve and expand upon the technology used today to commercially produce metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si). This is currently being accomplished by using purer raw materials in the arc …
Potential vs. pH diagrams for the systems Fe-Si-(Cl -)-(F -)-H 2 O were generated using the HSC5.0 software and applied to purification of metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) by hydrometallurgical methods. The diagrams for the Fe-Si-H 2 O system show that with increasing electrochemical potential (Eh) the order of appearance of Fe silicides is FeSi …
These properties will assure that metallurgical grade silicon can be purified in a low cost and easy way. The first step of solvent refining is that all parts should be melted during refining stage and hold for hours to assure that impurities can totally spread out. The second step, when the temperature of solvent refining system decreases, the ...
Simple and High-Effective Purification of Metallurgical-Grade Silicon Through Cu-Catalyzed Chemical Leaching. AbstractA simple and effective method for the removal of impurities from large-sized particle metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) powders based on Cu-catalyzed chemical leaching (CuCCL) has been….
Key words: upgraded metallurgical grade (UMG-Si); annealing; dislocation density; grain boundaries 1 Introduction It is difficult to ensure the level of solid-liquid interface when multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) is cast in the directional solidification crystal growth stage because of the effect of earth’s gravity.
Recent progress in upgrading metallurgical-grade silicon to solar-grade silicon via pyrometallurgical routes ... type, metallurgical-grade Si (MG-Si; purity is normally be-low 99.5%) is the main raw material for SoG-Si. Table 1 lists the main impurities in reported MG-Si compositions [5−9]. The modified Siemens process is currently the ...
ABSTRACT To explore the potential of acid leaching in purification metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) for solar cells, the effect of acetic acid on the leaching behavior was investigated in the present work by focusing on the behavior of impurities affected by the addition of acetic acid to a conventional acid mixture composed of …
Metallurgical-grade silicon is produced in an electric arc furnace. The process is shown schematically in Fig. IV.7.1. Quartz sand and carbon are fed in appropriate proportions through the top, and liquid silicon is extracted at the bottom. The temperature in the production zone is approximately 2200 K. This is achieved through …
Silicon (Si) is widely used in photovoltaics, semiconductors, and lithium-ion batteries but high purity is required in most applications. Conversion of metallurgical-grade Si (MG-Si) to Si with 4N purity and desired structure by an economical and environmentally friendly technique is still challenging, albeit desirable.
The process of the prodn. of multi-cryst. silicon is also that of incessant purifn. of metallurgical grade silicon, during which high energy consumption and environmental pollutants are inevitable. The paper, which is based on life cycle assessment (LCA), presents calcn. and anal. on resource input, energy consumption, emissions into and ...
Materials. Metallurgical grade silicon and silicon slag were used in this study. Prior to flotation experiments, the metallurgical grade silicon was crushed, wet milled with ceramic balls and deionized water, deslimed, dried, and dry screened to produce the 38 to 208 µm fraction for bulk flotation experiments and the 38 to 74 µm, 74 to 104 …
The Si8Al6Fe4Ca content in metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) is one of the key parameters determining the quality of synthesized organosilicon monomers. However, the low content of Si8Al6Fe4Ca in MG-Si makes it difficult to perform quantitative research. Therefore, in this study, the content and formation characteristics of …
The independently measured results yield a peak efficiency of 20.9% for the best upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon cell and 21.9% for a control device made with electronic-grade float-zone silicon. The presence of boron-oxygen related defects in the cells is also investigated, and we confirm that these defects can be partially deactivated ...
The removal of boron from metallurgical-grade silicon was investigated by applying an Ar/H2O plasma treatment to develop a new production technique for low cost solar-grade silicon (SOG-Si).The concentration of boron in MG-Si decreased from 35.7 to 0.4 ppmw, satisfying the requirement for SOG-Si, using Ar+1.24vol%H2O plasma gas for 25 min of …
metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) is used as the basic raw material for the synthesis of dimethyldichlorosilane (M2), which has the largest demand and the highest value among organosilicon monomer, the Si 8Al 6Fe 4Ca content in MG-Si is an important factor affecting the production level of M2 during the synthesis of organic silicon monomers.
Metallurgical- grade silicon-refined slag (MGSRS), a solid waste, is produced during MG-Si refining and contains about 15 wt.% silicon [4,5]. This slag has not been effectively treated, resulting in a large loss of silicon resource and environmental problems. These challenges have become an increasing concern for MG-Si …
In order to optimize the B removal during slag-refining process for solar-grade silicon production, a new process for the removal of B in molten Si was proposed based on the principle of oxidized chlorination and evaporation. B can be generated and evaporated in the form of B-containing gas on the basis of calculated vapor pressures of …
Decreasing the FeSi 2 content is key to improving the (CH 3) 2 SiCl 2 yield when using high-iron metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) as the raw material to synthesize silicone monomers. However, the FeSi 2 content in MG-Si is already quite low, making it difficult to further reduce. Here, by adjusting the melt composition and using …
Oxygen blowing refining is an effective method for the removal of the main Al and Ca metallic impurities from metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si). However, the removal of impurities in silicon melt is affected and restricted by the kinetics of the refining process. In this work, the oxidation mechanism and kinetics of impurity removal from silicon melt …
A program has been initiated to produce solar grade (SoG) silicon by upgrading metallurgical grade (MG) silicon using pyrometallurgical techniques in the liquid state followed by directional solidification. This approach is based on earlier results when all impurities, including B and P, were reduced to <1 ppm level. ...
This paper proposes a novel method for purifying metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) by a process that combines Si-Mn alloy smelting, slag refining based on calcium silicate, and acid leaching. In this study, Si matrix samples with different amount of Mn addition were melted in a medium frequency induction furnace. The effect of Mn …
A novel process by combining Mg-Si alloy refining and acid leaching was suggested to purify metallurgical grade Si (MG-Si) in this paper. The proposed process was mainly composed of three steps, such as electromagnetic solidification, evaporation, and acid leaching. The results show that the precipitated Mg2Si crystals in the Mg-Si melt were ...
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