Citation
Cañizo Nadal, Carlos del and Rodríguez Rodríguez, Araceli and Coso Sánchez, Gonzalo del and Méndez, L. and Zamorano Saavedra, Juan Carlos and Ovejero, G. and Luque López, Antonio
(2010).
CENTESIL: An independent Research Centre on Polysilicon.
In: "25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition and 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy, 25th EU PVSEC/5th WCPEC 2010", 06/09/2010 - 10/09/2010, Valencia, España. ISBN 3-936338-26-4.
Abstract
The tremendous expansion of the photovoltaic technology and its relative avidity for silicon is producing a dramatic change in the polysilicon industry structure, increasing the efforts to produce a low cost, high quality Solar Silicon. In this context, the Centro de Tecnología del Silicio Solar (CENTESIL) was founded in 2006 as a private-public partnership venture, and is currently building a 50 t/a pilot plant for silicon purification following the chlorosilane route. Although an advanced state of the art technology has been selected as first choice, the purpose is to be able to undertake developments in any topic that has the potential to reduce the cost effectively. Additionally, the project includes facilities for monocrystalline growth and wafering, and also the solar cell processing line of the Instituto de Energía Solar, so that it will cover the whole value chain from feedstock to solar cell.
