High performance multicrystalline silicon: Grain structure and iron precipitation

A study of the spatial occurrence of iron precipitation in a high performance multicrystalline silicon (HPMC-Si) sample is presented. The separated effects of grain-boundaries, sparse intra-granular dislocations, and dislocation clusters are investigated by combining the Fei imaging method with glow...

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Main Authors: Autruffe, Antoine, M'hamdi, Mohammed, Schindler, Florian, Heinz, Friedemann D, Ekstrøm, Kai Erik, Schubert, Martin C, Di Sabatino Lundberg, Marisa, Stokkan, Gaute
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical elements
Crystallographic defects
Electrodynamics
Electron backscatter diffraction
Gas discharges
Mass spectrometry
Photon scattering
Solidification process
Supersaturation
Transition metals
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Summary:A study of the spatial occurrence of iron precipitation in a high performance multicrystalline silicon (HPMC-Si) sample is presented. The separated effects of grain-boundaries, sparse intra-granular dislocations, and dislocation clusters are investigated by combining the Fei imaging method with glow discharge mass spectroscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, and two iron precipitation models. While the area-averaged precipitation at grain boundaries is relatively minor, almost the whole iron precipitation occurs within the grains, despite the very low intra-granular dislocation density. The fraction of non-precipitated iron in the studied HPMC-Si material was found to be one to two orders of magnitude higher than that reported previously for standard materials. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS