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http://dx.doi.org/10.6111/JKCGCT.2018.28.3.099

Study on the crystallization of quartz glass crucibles for preparation of single crystal silicon  

Lim, Jong Won (School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Andong National University)
Kim, Tae Huei (School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Andong National University)
Park, Kyung Bong (School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Andong National University)
Abstract
In order to avoid un-uniform crystallization on the surface of a quartz glass crucible that is known to affect the production yield of the single crystal silicon, Ba (barium) was selected as a crystallization promotor and the inner surface of the crucible was coated using Ba (barium hydroxide octahydrate)-solution by the spray pyrolysis method. For un-coated crucible, it was found that the crystallization of its surface started at $1350^{\circ}C$, and at $1450^{\circ}C$ the surface was uniformly crystallized with ${\beta}$-cristobalite phase. It was found that the crucible coated with Ba began to be crystallized from $1000^{\circ}C$ and was uniformly crystallized on the crucible surface at $1300^{\circ}C$. In this case, ${\alpha}$-cristobalite and needle-shaped $BaSi_2O_5$ phase were created and disappeared as a crystal phase, and the ${\beta}$-cristobalite phase was eventually evenly distributed over the Ba-coated crucible surface.
Keywords
Quartz glass crucible; Crystallization; Spray pyrolysis; Cristobalite; Single crystal silicon;
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