The invention discloses a method for preparing a
monocrystalline silicon ingot by recovering seed crystals. The method comprises the following steps: laying a growth surface with the
crystal orientation of 1t at the bottom of a
crucible; 110gt, 110gt; forming a
seed crystal layer from the
monocrystalline silicon seed crystal; adding a
molten silicon material above the
seed crystal layer, and enabling the
molten silicon material to grow along the
crystal orientation structure of the seed
crystal, thereby obtaining lt; 110gt, 110gt; growing a cast
monocrystalline silicon ingot in a
crystal orientation,
cutting the cast monocrystalline
silicon ingot into a plurality of
silicon blocks along the growth direction, removing areas with short minority
carrier lifetime at the bottom and the top, and at the position far away from a seed crystal splicing seam defect expansion area, along the direction parallel to the growth direction, the side
crystal orientation is lt; 100 gt; or lt; 110gt, 110gt;
cutting in the direction to obtain recycled seed crystals, splicing and laying the recycled seed crystals again, and arranging a
molten silicon material to incompletely melt the recycled seed crystals to prepare a new cast monocrystalline
silicon ingot. By optimizing the seed crystal
recovery process, the defect density and the
metal pollution in the
casting of the monocrystalline silicon ingot are reduced, the electrical property and the production yield of the product are improved, and the method has good economical efficiency and wide application prospects.