Study and simulation of the silicon processing process
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photovoltaic cell, silicon, simulation, electromagnetic induction, cold crucibleAbstract
Our work is related to the numerical study and simulation of the silicon processing process by
continuous flow in a cold crucible to manufacture photovoltaic cells by the Czochralski method . Numerical
simulations of heat exchanges are carried out during the different stages of the process by COMSOL
Multiphysics . The results obtained have made it possible to know the thermal field inside the silicon alloy
in order to control the parameters during its development to realize photovoltaic cells with high efficiency.
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