Numerical Simulation of Phosphorus Removal from Silicon by Induction Vacuum Refining

作者:Zheng Songsheng*; Engh Thorvald Abel; Tangstad Merete; Luo Xue Tao
来源:Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 2011, 42A(8): 2214-2225.
DOI:10.1007/s11661-011-0621-3

摘要

Phosphorus can be expected to evaporate preferentially from silicon melt by induction vacuum refining (IVR). In the present study, on the assumption of phosphorus evaporating from silicon melt as gas species P and P (2), a numerical model of phosphorus removal from silicon by IVR was developed. The factors affecting phosphorus removal in decreasing order are temperature, chamber pressure, geometry of silicon melt, holding time, and original phosphorus concentration. Calculated phosphorus removal shows good agreement with the present experimental data.