Method for protecting seed crystal layer during production of cast single crystal

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for protecting a seed crystal layer during the production of cast single crystal, which comprises the following steps of: pulling a single crystal rod straightly to remove an edge skin, cutting to obtain a cuboid seed crystal, and laying the seed crystal at the bottom of a crucible; and placing prepared supporting legs and a protection plate at the bottom of the crucible, leaving a certain gap between the seed crystal layer and the protection plate, placing a primary polycrystalline silicon material, head and tail edges and other circulating materials on the protection plate, and obtaining a cast monocrystalline silicon ingot by adopting a semi-melting process. According to the invention, silicon powder or small silicon particles can be prevented from falling into a splicing seam between seed crystals during silicon material loading, and the probability of polycrystal generation in a cast single crystal ingot can be reduced; and a certain gap is reserved between the protection plate and the seed crystal layer, and the silicon material is not directly pressed on the seed crystal layer, so that the probability of dislocation caused by pressure stresscan be reduced, and the quality of the cast monocrystalline silicon ingot is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of photovoltaic manufacturing, in particular to a method for protecting a seed crystal layer when producing cast single crystals. Background technique [0002] At present, the general steps of producing cast single crystal are as follows: Lay a layer of single crystal seed crystal on the bottom of the crucible, install the head material, tail material, side skin and primary polysilicon material of the normal ingot on the single crystal seed crystal, and use the semi-melting process to obtain Cast single crystal. Due to the direct contact between the seed crystal layer and the silicon material, silicon powder and small silicon particles are easy to fall into the joints between the seed crystals, and the silicon powder and small silicon particles are easy to nucleate, and polycrystals grow between the seed crystals; Directly pressed on the seed crystal layer, the seed crystal bears a large compressive stress, which lea...

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Due to the direct contact between the seed crystal layer and the silicon material, silicon powder and small silicon particles are easy to fall into the joints between the seed crystals, and the silicon powder and small silicon particles are easy to nucleate, and polyc

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