Silicon processing: from quartz to crystalline silicon ...
Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Johannesburg, 69 March 2011 83 Silicon processing: from quartz to crystalline silicon solar cells Xakalashe1,2 and M. Tangstad2 Mintek, Randburg, South Africa1; NTNU, Trondheim, Norway2 Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, silicon, solar cells Abstract – Silicon has been the dominant material in the photovoltaic (PV) industry since its ...