Casting Technologies for Solar Silicon Wafers: Block Casting and Ribbon-Growth-on-Substrate

Abstract:

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volumes 95-96)
• Pages: 149-158
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.95-96.149
• Online since: September 2003
• Authors: Andreas Schönecker, L.J. Geerligs, Armin Müller
• Keywords: Crystal Growth, Multicrystalline, Photovoltaic (PV), Silicon Wafer

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