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Macroscopic Modeling and Phase Field Modeling of Solar Grade Silicon by Molten Salt Electrolysis

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REWAS 2022: Energy Technologies and CO2 Management (Volume II)

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  1. Materials Science and Engineering Program, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA

    Aditya Moudgal, Mohammad Asadikiya, Adam Clayton Powell & Yu Zhong

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA

    Aditya Moudgal, Douglas Moore, Gabriel Espinosa, Lucien Wallace, Alexander Wadsworth, Tyler Melo, Adam Clayton Powell & Yu Zhong

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA

    Mohammad Asadikiya, Alexander Alonzo, Andrew Charlebois & Evan Costa

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA

    Peter Catalino

  5. Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, 730 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Uday Pal

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  1. Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

    Fiseha Tesfaye

  2. Dept Mech Engineering, Duckering 337A, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA

    Lei Zhang

  3. MS 2211, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA

    Donna Post Guillen

  4. Sch of Chem, Physics & Mech Engg, Queensland Univ of Tech, E Block, Brisbane, Australia

    Ziqi Sun

  5. University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

    Alafara Abdullahi Baba

  6. IND LLC, South Jordan, UT, USA

    Neale R. Neelameggham

  7. Wood Mackenzie, Chicago, IL, USA

    Mingming Zhang

  8. Consultant, Extractive Metallurgy and En, Reno, NV, USA

    Dirk E. Verhulst

  9. Engrg, Rm 1C123, Coll of Engrg, Univ Saskatchewan, Dept Chem & Bio, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    Shafiq Alam

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Moudgal, A. et al. (2022). Macroscopic Modeling and Phase Field Modeling of Solar Grade Silicon by Molten Salt Electrolysis. In: Tesfaye, F., et al. REWAS 2022: Energy Technologies and CO2 Management (Volume II). The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92559-8_5

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