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Title: Method and apparatus for melt growth of crystalline semiconductor sheets

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5719531

An economical method is presented for forming thin sheets of crystalline silicon suitable for use in a photovoltaic conversion cell by solidification from the liquid phase. Two spatially separated, generally coplanar filaments wettable by liquid silicon and joined together at the end by a bridge member are immersed in a silicon melt and then slowly withdrawn from the melt so that a silicon crystal is grown between the edge of the bridge and the filaments.

DOE Contract Number:
AC02-77CH00178
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Application Number:
ON: DE82004529
OSTI ID:
5719531
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English