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Effect of Cooling Rate on Phosphorus Removal During Al-Si Solvent Refining

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Abstract

The effect of cooling rate on phosphorus removal during Al-Si solvent refining is studied during solar grade silicon purification. It is found that the phosphorus removal rate is controlled by kinetic factors. When the cooling rate decreases, the phosphorus removal rate increases. A concept of apparent segregation coefficient of phosphorus is introduced to characterize the phosphorous removal ability. It increases with the decrease in the average solidification temperature between 910.5 K and 1050.5 K (637.5 °C and 777.5 °C).

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This work was financially supported by “100-talent Program” of Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2011CBA00700); National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51404231 and 51474201); Science Fund of Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. 095YZ31222 and Y35QT10894) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2014M561846).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, P. R. China

    Yanlei Li (Graduate Student), Boyuan Ban (Graduate Student), Jingwei Li (Engineer), Taotao Zhang (Engineer), Xiaolong Bai (Graduate Student), Jian Chen (Professor) & Songyuan Dai (Professor)

  2. State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China

    Songyuan Dai (Professor)

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Li, Y., Ban, B., Li, J. et al. Effect of Cooling Rate on Phosphorus Removal During Al-Si Solvent Refining. Metall Mater Trans B 46, 542–544 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-015-0291-4

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