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dc.contributor.authorHendawi, Rania Tayseer Atieh
dc.contributor.authorCiftja, Arjan
dc.contributor.authorStokkan, Gaute
dc.contributor.authorArnberg, Lars
dc.contributor.authorDi Sabatino Lundberg, Marisa
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-20T12:38:58Z
dc.date.available2020-05-20T12:38:58Z
dc.date.created2020-05-07T10:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Crystal Growth. 2020, 542 .en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0248
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2655195
dc.description.abstractSilicon nitride crucibles have the potential to replace silica crucibles and reduce the cost of silicon crystallization because of their reusability potential. Till date, crucibles’ heat treatment before each use is a prerequisite to achieve non-wetting conditions that is needed to facilitate the ingot release and hence enable reusability. Yet, no studies have examined the heat treatment influence on the crucibles’ durability. The present investigation focuses on the crucibles’ heat treatment and its impact on the crucibles’ lifetime. Repeated heat-treatments of silicon nitride crucibles in the air at above 1100 °C leads to crucible fracture. Therefore, this study identifies the cause and the mechanism of such failures by applying different heat treatment procedures in the air. The mass gain and the oxidation rates of the crucibles at different temperatures are measured via Thermogravimetry (TG) and Differential Thermal Analyzer (DTA). The results show that the porosity and phase distribution along the crucible wall thickness, play a key role in the crucible’s behavior during oxidation. Moreover, excessive internal oxidation in the tested crucibles results in severe thermal stresses which cause cracking during cooling.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleThe effect of preliminary heat treatment on the durability of reaction bonded silicon nitride crucibles for solar cells applicationsen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber7en_US
dc.source.volume542en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Crystal Growthen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2020.125670
dc.identifier.cristin1809744
dc.description.localcode© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/).en_US
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