Directionally solidified, multicrystalline silicon, a process for the production thereof and its use, and solar cells containing this silicon and a process for the production thereof

US6013872A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Peter Woditsch · Krefeld, DE
• Christian Hassler · Krefeld, DE
• Wolfgang Krumbe · Leichlingen, DE
• Horst Lange · Bochum, DE
• Klaus Weber · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to directionally solidified, arsenic- and/or antimony-containing, multicrystalline silicon, a process for the production thereof and its use, and to solar cells containing this silicon and a process for the production thereof.