TY  - CONF
N2  - The recent explosive growth of Photovoltaics and the relative avidity for silicon of the predominant solar cell technology have resulted in a dramatic change of the polysilicon industry structure. While in the past the polysilicon was manufactured almost exclusively for the semiconductor industry, now more than half of the market is devoted to the solar industry. The different alternative routes to purify silicon for photovoltaic applications are presented in the paper, analysing their advantages and drawbacks. Emphasis is made on the CENTESIL initiative, a new private-public partnership venture promoting a pilot plant that is in an advanced state of construction. The goal is to allow the photovoltaic companies worldwide to count with an independent research centre to help them to establish their own polysilicon plant.
A1  - Cañizo Nadal, Carlos del
A1  - Coso Sánchez, Gonzalo del
A1  - Luque López, Antonio
SN  - 9783908158592
CY  - Stäfa, Suiza
PB  - Trans Tech Publications
M2  - Montecatini Terme, Toscana, Italia
Y1  - 2010///
KW  - Chlorosilane
KW  -  Polysilicon
KW  -  Silicon Feedstock
AV  - public
UR  - http://www.scientific.net/AST.74.99
TI  - Ultrapurification of Silicon for Photovoltaic Applications
ID  - upm8274
T2  - 12th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies, CIMTEC 2010 - 5th forum on new materials part C
ER  -