Process and apparatus for casting multiple silicon wafer articles

Patent · 05 May 1992

OSTI ID:868273

Nanis, Leonard ^[1]

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1. Palo Alto, CA

Method and apparatus of casting silicon produced by the reaction between SiF.sub.4 and an alkaline earth metal into thin wafer-shaped articles suitable for solar cell fabrication.

• Assignee: SRI International (Menlo Park, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5110531
• Application Number: 06/453,718
• OSTI ID: 868273
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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