Crystal Growth of Si Ingots for Solar Cells Using Cast Furnaces is the first book written to both comprehensively describe these concepts and technologies and compare the strengths and weaknesses of various techniques. Readers will learn about the basic growth and characterization of Si crystals, including sections on the history of cast methods for Si ingots for solar cells. Methods discussed include the dendrite cast method, as well as other significant technologies, including the high-performance (HP) cast and mono-like cast methods. These concepts, growth mechanisms, growth technologies, and the problems that still need to be solved are all included in this comprehensive volume.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Biography - p. ix 6. Foreword - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Acknowledgments - p. xxv 9. Nomenclature - p. xxvii 10. Chapter 1. Basic growth and crystallographic quality of Si crystals for solar cells - p. 1 11. 1.1. Si single and multi-crystals - p. 1 12. 1.2. Basic growth of Si crystals - p. 2 13. 1.3. Crystallographic structure and defects of Si crystals - p. 14 14. 1.4. Impurities and their activities in defects - p. 39 15. 1.5. Strain and stress - p. 52 16. 1.6. Appendixes - p. 53 17. Chapter 2. Basic characterization and electrical properties of Si crystals - p. 63 18. Chapter 3. Growth of Si multicrystalline ingots using the conventional cast method - p. 101 19. Chapter 4. Dendritic cast method - p. 155 20. Chapter 5. High performance (HP) cast method - p. 195 21. Chapter 6. Mono-like cast method - p. 225 22. Chapter 7. Growth of Si ingots using cast furnaces by the NOC method - p. 259 23. Chapter 8. Future technologies of Si ingots for solar cells - p. 317 24. Index - p. 349
Crystal Growth of Si Ingots for Solar Cells Using Cast Furnaces is the first book written to both comprehensively describe these concepts and technologies and compare the strengths and weaknesses of various techniques. Readers will learn about the basic growth and characterization of Si crystals, including sections on the history of cast methods for Si ingots for solar cells. Methods discussed include the dendrite cast method, as well as other significant technologies, including the high-performance (HP) cast and mono-like cast methods. These concepts, growth mechanisms, growth technologies, and the problems that still need to be solved are all included in this comprehensive volume.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Biography - p. ix 6. Foreword - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Acknowledgments - p. xxv 9. Nomenclature - p. xxvii 10. Chapter 1. Basic growth and crystallographic quality of Si crystals for solar cells - p. 1 11. 1.1. Si single and multi-crystals - p. 1 12. 1.2. Basic growth of Si crystals - p. 2 13. 1.3. Crystallographic structure and defects of Si crystals - p. 14 14. 1.4. Impurities and their activities in defects - p. 39 15. 1.5. Strain and stress - p. 52 16. 1.6. Appendixes - p. 53 17. Chapter 2. Basic characterization and electrical properties of Si crystals - p. 63 18. Chapter 3. Growth of Si multicrystalline ingots using the conventional cast method - p. 101 19. Chapter 4. Dendritic cast method - p. 155 20. Chapter 5. High performance (HP) cast method - p. 195 21. Chapter 6. Mono-like cast method - p. 225 22. Chapter 7. Growth of Si ingots using cast furnaces by the NOC method - p. 259 23. Chapter 8. Future technologies of Si ingots for solar cells - p. 317 24. Index - p. 349
