摘要:
A method for producing a mono-crystalline sheet includes providing at least two aperture elements forming a gap in between; providing a molten alloy including silicon in the gap; providing a gaseous precursor medium comprising silicon in the vicinity of the molten alloy; providing a silicon nucleation crystal in the vicinity of the molten alloy; and bringing in contact said silicon nucleation crystal and the molten alloy. A device for producing a mono-crystalline sheet includes at least two aperture elements at a predetermined distance from each other, thereby forming a gap, and being adapted to be heated for holding a molten alloy including silicon by surface tension in the gap between the aperture elements; a precursor gas supply supplies a gaseous precursor medium comprising silicon in the vicinity of the molten alloy; and a positioning device for holding and moving a nucleation crystal in the vicinity of the molten alloy.
摘要:
A single crystal of semiconductor material is produced by a method of melting semiconductor material granules by means of a first induction heating coil on a dish with a run-off tube consisting of the semiconductor material, forming a melt of molten granules which extends from the run-off tube in the form of a melt neck and a melt waist to a phase boundary, delivering heat to the melt by means of a second induction heating coil which has an opening through which the melt neck passes, crystallizing the melt at the phase boundary, and delivering a cooling gas to the run-off tube and to the melt neck in order to control the axial position of an interface between the run-off tube and the melt neck.
摘要:
A polycrystalline silicon wafer having the step of flowing in a predetermined atmosphere molten liquid of silicon base material on a rotating fabrication tray toward a radial direction by means of a centrifugal force produced by the rotation of the tray, thereby forming a thin molten material layer of desired diameter with the molten liquid and solidifying the molten material, comprising a cover, at which a through hole is perforated at the ceiling wall thereof, detachably covered on the tray, a wafer-molding space formed to be surrounded by the cover and the tray, the molten material being filled in the wafer-molding space via the through hole to form a thin molten material layer. Thus, the wafers can be simultaneously formed without production of small projections of the surface of the wafers.
摘要:
High efficiency, low cost solar energy conversation is facilitated by using tubular photovoltaic solar cells situated at the focus of a line-generated paraboloidal reflector. Advantageously each solar cell comprises a pair of concentric glass tubes that are hermetically sealed at the ends. A photovoltaic junction is formed over the entire inside surface of one of the concentric tubes. For example, this may comprise an inner electrically conductive film, contiguous layers of Cu.sub.2 S and CdS forming a heterojunction, and an outer film of optically transparent but electrically conductive material. The conductive films provide electrical connection to the junction via external contacts that are symmetrically disposed at the ends of the tubular cell.In other embodiments the photovoltaic junction is formed in a crystalline silicon layer that is grown in situ on one of the glass tubes. Techniques for promoting oriented semiconductor crystalline growth are disclosed. These include providing minute crystalline islands in a metal matrix to serve as growth centers, surface alignment using a wavy layer deposited at an actue angle onto the glass substrate, surface seeding and normalization growth atop a fluid-like thin film deposition substrate.
摘要:
The method of producing spinel-type oxide monocrystals wherein the crystal being grown is subjected to a relatively large temperature gradient in its axial direction and a relatively small temperature gradient in its radial direction. The invention includes laterally deflecting hot flame gases immediately below the growth front of the crystal and establishing heat equilibrium around the crystal being grown so that upon cessation of the flame gases, no sudden temperature drop is experienced by the crystal and fracture thereof is avoided. The deflection is achieved by a deflection member composed of a material having thermal characteristics similar to sintered Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.
摘要:
Novel single crystals of doped beryllium lanthanate having up to 50 atomic percent dopant substituted for lanthanum are provided which find advantageous use in optical applications and, in particular, as laser hosts.
摘要:
Described is an improvement in the method of producing filamentary monocrystals by precipitation of crystal substance from a vaporous compound in a reaction vessel at elevated temperature, which comprises supplying the reaction space in the vessel with a mist of droplets formed of seed material for the monocrystals to be produced, said droplet material having a melting point 50* to 500* C. below that of the monocrystals to be produced; maintaining said reaction space at a temperature between the respective melting points of said droplet material and said monocrystals; and contacting the vaporous compound in said reaction space with said mist of droplets, whereby filamentary monocrystals grow onto the droplets. Also described is apparatus for performing the method.
摘要:
A POWDER DISPENSING ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERING POWDERED CRYSTAL GROWING CONSTITUENTS TO THE CRYSTAL FORMING ZONE OF A CONVENTINAL VERNEUIL CRYSTAL GROWING APPARATUS. THE ASSEMBLY COMPRISES A DUAL-CHAMBERED POWDER DISPENSING CONTAINER ROTATABLE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED VERTICALLY ABOVE A VERNEUIL BURNER FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF POWDERED FEED CONSTIUENTS TO THE CRYSTAL GROWING ZONE THEREOF.
摘要:
1,171,005. Crystallizing cerium or lanthanum oxide. J. R. DRABBLE and A. W. PALMER. 16 May, 1968 [26 May, 1967], No. 24721/67. Heading B1S. [Also in Division Cl] A crystalline rod 14 of cerium or lanthanum oxide is grown on a cathode 11 from a molten zone 15 fed with material from a consumable anode 10 of the material during passage of an electric discharge from the cathode to the anode.. The cathode may be of the same material or of carbon capped therewith. The anode may be above (as shown) or below the cathode.