In Search of an Alternative Solar Grade Silicon Production By Electrochemical Reduction of SiO2

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2016-05-29

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Akpınar, Bengisu
Erdoğan, Metehan
Karakaya, İshak

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Silicon plays an important role in fabrication of solar cells and solar chips. Metallurgical grade silicon (98 to 99 % Si) demands further purification such as zone refining [1, 2], metallothermic reduction [3] and Siemens process [4] to convert it to solar grade. A promising method, based on direct electrochemical reduction of oxides by FFC Cambridge Process [5], was adopted to form silicon from porous SiO2 pellets in molten CaCl2 and CaCl2–NaCl salt mixture [6]. The contamination of silicon powder by iron and nickel originating from stainless steel cathode was reported to disqualify the product from solar applications. SiO2 pellets, sintered at 1300oC for 4 hours, were sandwiched between pure silicon wafer plates to minimize contamination of silicon. The promising results indicated a potential alternative method of direct solar grade silicon production for expanding solar energy industry.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/77945
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/MA2016-01/44/2164

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229th ECS Meeting (29 Mayıs - 02 Haziran 2016)

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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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B. Akpınar, M. Erdoğan, and İ. Karakaya, “In Search of an Alternative Solar Grade Silicon Production By Electrochemical Reduction of SiO2,” presented at the 229th ECS Meeting (29 Mayıs - 02 Haziran 2016), San Diego, CA, USA, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/77945.