• Cubic silicon carbide as a potential photovoltaic material 

      Syväjärvi, Mikael; Ma, Quanbao; Jokubavicius, Valdas; Galeckas, Augustinas; Sun, Jianwu; Liu, Xinyu; Jansson, Mattias; Wellmann, Peter; Linnarsson, Margareta; Runde, Paal; Johansen, Bertil; Thøgersen, Annett; Diplas, Spyridon; Carvalho, Patricia; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Wright, Daniel Nilsen; Azarov, Alexander; Svensson, Bengt Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      In this work we present a significant advancement in cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) growth in terms of crystal quality and domain size, and indicate its potential use in photovoltaics. To date, the use of 3C-SiC for ...
    • Effects of La2O3 Addition into CaO-SiO2 Slag: Structural Evolution and Impurity Separation from Si-Sn Alloy 

      Zhu, Mengyi; Wu, Guixuan; Azarov, Alexander; Monakhov, Eduard; Tang, Kai; Müller, Michael; Safarian, Jafar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Boron (B) and phosphorus (P) are the most problematic impurities to be removed in the production of solar-grade silicon by the metallurgical process. In this work, the distribution of B and P between CaO-(La2O3)-SiO2 slags ...
    • Phosphorus separation from metallurgical-grade silicon by magnesium alloying and acid leaching 

      Zhu, Mengyi; Azarov, Alexander; Monakhov, Eduard; Tang, Kai; Safarian, Jafar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this paper, the separation of phosphorus from metallurgical-grade silicon was investigated based on an Mg alloying and HCl leaching approach. Experimental results show that P concentration was reduced from initial 15.1 ...