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The removal of saw marks on diamond wire-sawn single crystalline silicon wafers

  • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
  • Abbr : J. Korean Cryst. Growth Cryst. Technol.
  • 2016, 26(5), pp.171-174
  • DOI : 10.6111/JKCGCT.2016.26.5.171
  • Publisher : The Korea Association Of Crystal Growth, Inc.
  • Research Area : Engineering > Materials Science and Engineering
  • Published : October 31, 2016

Kyoung-Hee Lee 1

1동양미래대학교

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ABSTRACT

The diamond wire sawing method to produce silicon wafers for the photovoltaic application is still a new and highly investigated wafering technology. This technology, featured as the higher productivity, lower wear of the wire, and easier recycling of the coolant, is expected to become the mainstream technique for slicing the silicon crystals. However, the saw marks on the wafer surface have to be investigated and improved. This paper discusses the removal of saw marks on diamond wire-sawn single crystalline silicon wafer. With a pretreatment step using tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide ((CH3)4NOH, TMAH) and conventional texturing process with KOH solution (1 % KOH, 8 % IPA, and DI water), the saw marks on the surface of the diamond wire-sawn silicon wafers can be effectively removed and they are invisible to naked eyes completely.

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