Nanoscopic analysis of oxygen segregation at tilt boundaries in silicon ingots using atom probe tomography combined with TEM and ab initio calculations

Recombination activity of nickel, copper, and oxygen atoms segregating at grain boundaries in mono-like silicon crystals

(2016) Yutaka Ohno et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Mono-like silicon ingots grown on low angle misoriented seeds: Defect characterization by synchrotron X-ray diffraction imaging

(2015) M.G. Tsoutsouva et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Three-dimensional evaluation of gettering ability for oxygen atoms at small-angle tilt boundaries in Czochralski-grown silicon crystals

(2015) Yutaka Ohno et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Characterization of silicon ingots: Mono-like versus high-performance multicrystalline

(2015) Kentaro Kutsukake et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

A mechanistic study of impurity segregation at silicon grain boundaries

(2015) Peter Käshammer et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanoscopic mechanism of Cu precipitation at small-angle tilt boundaries in Si

(2015) Yutaka Ohno et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Grain boundary segregation in multicrystalline silicon: correlative characterization by EBSD, EBIC, and atom probe tomography

(2015) Andreas Stoffers et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Photoluminescence Analysis of Oxygen Precipitation around Small-Angle Grain Boundaries in Multicrystalline Silicon Wafers

(2014) G. Kato et al.   ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA A

Influence of grain boundaries intentionally induced between seed plates on the defect generation in quasi-mono-crystalline silicon ingots

(2014) Matthias Trempa et al.   CRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

First principles calculations of solution energies of dopants around stacking faults in Si crystal

(2014) Yosuke Yamamoto et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Defect formation induced by seed-joints during directional solidification of quasi-mono-crystalline silicon ingots

(2014) M. Trempa et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Atomic-Scale Quantification of Grain Boundary Segregation in Nanocrystalline Material

(2014) M. Herbig et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Small-angle subgrain boundaries emanating from dislocation pile-ups in multicrystalline silicon studied with synchrotron white-beam X-ray topography

(2013) D. Oriwol et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Control of Grain Boundary Propagation in Mono-Like Si: Utilization of Functional Grain Boundaries

(2013) Kentaro Kutsukake et al.   Applied Physics Express

Three-dimensional evaluation of gettering ability of Σ3{111} grain boundaries in silicon by atom probe tomography combined with transmission electron microscopy

(2013) Yutaka Ohno et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Improved iron gettering of contaminated multicrystalline silicon by high-temperature phosphorus diffusion

(2013) D. P. Fenning et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Interactions of twin boundaries with intrinsic point defects and carbon in silicon

(2013) Peter Käshammer et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Segregation, precipitation and dislocation generation between seeds in directionally solidified mono-like silicon for photovoltaic applications

(2013) M.G. Tsoutsouva et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

How to best measure atomic segregation to grain boundaries by analytical transmission electron microscopy

(2013) T. Walther et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Potential barrier at grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon: influence of grain-boundary character and copper/iron contamination

(2013) Sadahiro Tsurekawa et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Effect of Interface Phase Transformations on Diffusion and Segregation in High-Angle Grain Boundaries

(2013) T. Frolov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Periodic Segregation of Solute Atoms in Fully Coherent Twin Boundaries

(2013) J. F. Nie et al.   SCIENCE

Crystal defects and their impact on ribbon growth on substrate (RGS) silicon solar cells

(2013) U. Hess et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Minority carrier lifetime in silicon photovoltaics: The effect of oxygen precipitation

(2013) J.D. Murphy et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Mono-Like Silicon Growth Using Functional Grain Boundaries to Limit Area of Multicrystalline Grains

(2013) Kentaro Kutsukake et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Interaction between Metal Impurities and Small-Angle Grain Boundaries on Recombination Properties in Multicrystalline Silicon for Solar Cells

(2012) Takashi Sameshima et al.   Applied Physics Express

Impact of Light-Element Impurities on Crystalline Defect Generation in Silicon Wafer

(2012) Tomihisa Tachibana et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

On the role of stacking faults on dislocation generation and dislocation cluster formation in multicrystalline silicon

(2012) Maulid M. Kivambe et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Deep-level photoluminescence due to dislocations and oxygen precipitates in multicrystalline Si

(2012) Michio Tajima et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Modeling of incorporation of oxygen and carbon impurities into multicrystalline silicon ingot during one-directional growth

(2012) Kentaro Kutsukake et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Growth of dislocation clusters during directional solidification of multicrystalline silicon ingots

(2011) B. Ryningen et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Generation mechanism of dislocations and their clusters in multicrystalline silicon during two-dimensional growth

(2011) Kentaro Kutsukake et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Depth and lateral resolution of laser-assisted atom probe microscopy of silicon revealed by isotopic heterostructures

(2011) Y. Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Detecting efficiency-limiting defects in Czochralski-grown silicon wafers in solar cell production using photoluminescence imaging

(2011) Jonas Haunschild et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Three-Dimensional Orientation Mapping in the Transmission Electron Microscope

(2011) H. H. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Correlating internal stresses, electrical activity and defect structure on the micrometer scale in EFG silicon ribbons

(2011) G. Sarau et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Effect of oxygen precipitation on the performance of Czochralski silicon solar cells

(2011) Lin Chen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Interaction of dopant atoms with stacking faults in silicon crystals

(2010) Y. Ohno et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Effect of Au contamination on the electrical characteristics of a “model” small-angle grain boundary in n-type direct silicon bonded wafer

(2010) X. Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Quantitative Photoelastic Characterization of Residual Strains in Grains of Multicrystalline Silicon

(2010) Masayuki Fukuzawa et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Ab initiolocal stress and its application to Al (111) surfaces

(2010) Yoshinori Shiihara et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Oxygen distribution on a multicrystalline silicon ingot grown from upgraded metallurgical silicon

(2010) M. Di Sabatino et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Advances in the reconstruction of atom probe tomography data

(2010) B. Gault et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Field evaporation behavior in [001] FePt thin films

(2010) K.L. Torres et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Quantitative analysis of subgrain boundaries in Si multicrystals and their impact on electrical properties and solar cell performance

(2009) Kentaro Kutsukake et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Luminescence emission from forward- and reverse-biased multicrystalline silicon solar cells

(2009) K. Bothe et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Interaction of metal impurities with extended defects in crystalline silicon and its implications for gettering techniques used in photovoltaics

(2009) M. Seibt et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials