PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF SILICON METAL SHEETS

摘要

The invention relates to the manufacture of silicon metal sheets. First, silicon metal is produced in the form of a metal powder encapsulated in a salt or salts. The salt-coated particles are then applied to a substrate, and then the salt coating can be removed to leave a coating of silicon metal powder (which can be sintered to form a sheet or coating), or a coating of silicon metal if the salt removal is accomplished at high enough temperatures to sinter the silicon metal within the salt coating.