PROCESS FOR DOPING HIGH PURITY SILICON IN AN ARC HEATER

摘要

PROCESS FOR DOPING HIGH PURITY SILICON IN AN ARC HEATER A method for doping solar grade silicon characterized by the steps of feeding into an arc heated gas stream a quantity of a metal reductant such as an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal and also feeding into the stream a quantity of a silicon halide and a corresponding halide of a doping agent such as arsenic to react with the metal reductant to produce reaction products including a salt of a metal reductant and a mixture of liquid silicon and doping agent, and separating the mixture from the salt of the metal reductant.