Low Cost Silicon Process Development. Phase III: Process Optimization and Evaluation. Third Quarterly Technical Progress Report

摘要

The goal of the Low Cost Silicon Process Development project is to determine technical and economic feasibility of a tribromosilane-based process for the production of Solar Cell Grade Silicon. To accomplish this project goal, three principal tasks have been defined: (1) an experimental chemistry task; (2) a mini-plant design and construction task; and (3) a mini-plant operation and evaluation task. The scope of the experimental chemistry task includes optimization of the process with design verification studies at bench scale level. The mini-plant design task is focused on construction of a flexible, cost effective mini-plant. The final task is concerned with the generation of sufficient high quality process data through mini-plant operation to support an accurate assessment of the potential of the process for meeting DOE silicon material quality and cost goals. Progress is reported. (ERA citation 05:027093)