• Boron Removal from Silicon by Humidified Gases 

      Safarian-Dastjerdi, Jafar; Tang, Kai; Hildal, Kjetil; Tranell, Gabriella (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Boron (B) is one of the most problematic impurities to remove from metallurgical grade silicon in the production of more pure solar grade silicon (SoG-Si). In the present work, recent progresses in the application of ...
    • Boron Removal from Silicon Melts by H2O/H2 Gas Blowing: Mass Transfer in Gas and Melt 

      Sortland, Øyvind Sunde; Tangstad, Merete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Metallurgical routes for solar grade silicon production are being developed as alternatives to chemical processes for their potential to achieve cost reductions, increased production volume, and reduced environmental and ...
    • Reduction of SiO2 to SiC using natural gas 

      Ksiazek, Michal Tomasz; Tangstad, Merete; Dalaker, Halvor; Ringdalen, Eli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This paper presents a preliminary study of SiC production by use of natural gas for reduction of silica. Direct reduction of SiO2 by gas mixtures containing CH4, H2, and Ar was studied at temperatures between 1273 K and ...
    • Removal of Phosphorus in Metallurgical Silicon by Rare Earth Elements 

      Tang, Kai; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Safarian-Dastjerdi, Jafar; Ma, Xiang; Tangstad, Merete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Removal of phosphorus in metallurgical silicon is one of the crucial steps for the production of solar grade Si feedstock. The possibility of doping rare earth elements for phosphorus removal has in this work been studied ...