Highly detrimental dislocation clusters are frequently observed in lab-scale as well as
industrially produced multicrystalline silicon ingots for solar cell applications. This paper …

An insulation partition was designed in a seeded directional solidification (DS) furnace of
industrial-size to produce quasi-single crystalline silicon ingot for solar cells of high …

Cast multicrystalline silicon ingots are widely used in photovoltaic manufacturing. A key
issue to achieving high solar cell efficiencies is attaining an optimized temperature profile …

A transient global model was used to obtain the solution of a thermal field within the entire
furnace during a unidirectional solidification process for photovoltaics. The melt–solid …

In recent years, high-performance multicrystalline silicon (HPMC-Si) has emerged as an
attractive alternative to traditional ingot-based multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si), with a similar …

We carried out transient global simulations of melting, growing and annealing processes in
an industrial directional solidification furnace with a top and side heater. The power …

Elaboration of silicon ingots for photovoltaic application in Directional Solidification furnace
leads to formation of dislocations mainly due to thermoelastic stresses, which impact …

The purpose of the present work is to present a thermo-mechanical model of the multi-
crystalline ingot casting and its application to a laboratory-scale directional crystallisation …

Three methods for evaluating the quality of silicon ingots produced in a directional
solidification furnace were compared. The methods are based on the thermo-elastic theory …

Numerical modelling has become an important tool for improving or introducing new
processes in bulk crystal growth. For a complete description, scales ranging from atomistic …