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Effect of Silicon Nitride Coated Carbon Crucible on Multi-Crystalline Silicon Ingot during Directional Solidification Process: Numerical Simulation
Numerical simulation has been carried out on the directional solidification (DS) for the growth of multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) ingot through a 2-dimensional axis-symmetric global transient model. In this...
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Enhancing Metal Impurity Removal in Diamond Wire-Sawing Silicon Kerf-Loss through Sonifier-Assisted Acid Leaching Process
The silicon kerf which is diamond wire-saw silicon powder (DWSSP) is obtained from a diamond wire saw machine. The DWSSP contains metallic impurities originating from the growth and cutting processes. Initiall...
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Photovoltaic recycling: enhancing silicon wafer recovery process from damaged solar panels
The rapid proliferation of photovoltaic (PV) modules globally has led to a significant increase in solar waste production, projected to reach 60–78 million tonnes by 2050. To address this, a robust recycling s...
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Dopant-induced optical enhancements in methylene blue-doped bibenzyl single crystals for neutron detector applications
High-quality methylene blue-doped bibenzyl (MB-BB) single crystals were successfully grown using a solution growth technique. Dopant addition induces the colour alteration in the crystal from colourless to lig...
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Synthesis, growth and characterization of new organic 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4′-N′-methylstilbazolium 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate (DSDNS) single crystal for nonlinear optical applications
A new organic material 4-N, N-dimethylamino-4ꞌ-Nꞌ-methylstilbazolium 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate (DSDNS) is synthesized via Knoevenagel condensation reaction followed by metathesization reaction and DSDNS single ...
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Fabrication of carbon-based, lead-free AgBiI4 Rudorffite solar cell with HCl as an additive
Over the past few years, hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have drawn a lot of interest due to their remarkable properties. Nonetheless, the lead toxicity and instability issues make it difficult for PSC to...
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Experimental studies of tannery wastewater treatment by combined electrocoagulation and ultrasonication processes using response surface methodology optimization
In this study, tannery wastewater treatment using a combined electrocoagulation–ultrasonication process and the optimization of operating parameters by response surface methodology were performed. The electroc...
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Comparative investigation on slow evaporation solution technique and Sankaranarayanan-Ramasamy (SR) method semi-organic Piperazinium Tetrachlorozincate Monohydrate (PTCZM) single crystal for optoelectronic applications
The unidirectional < 002 > Piperazinium Tetrachlorozincate Monohydrate (PTCZM) crystal of dimension 14 cm length and 2 cm diameter was successfully grown by the Sankaranarayanan-Ramasamy (SR) method. The grown...
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Investigating impurities and surface properties in germanium co-doped multi-crystalline silicon: a combined computational and experimental investigation
Directional solidification (DS) method was employed in the production of multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) ingot. Extensive research has been conducted to assess the impact of introducing germanium as a co-dop...
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Biomass-sourced activated carbon on CdSNPs@BBFCO matrix for polymer degradation in aqueous plastic samples and the textile effluent
Plastic pollution has become a serious threat to living organisms on earth. Nanoparticles acquire idiosyncratic potentiality in polymer degradation by improving the degradation process through performing inten...
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Numerical Investigation on Effect of Side Heater Modification on the Stress Distribution and Dislocation Density of Multi-Crystalline Silicon Ingot Grown by DS Process
A transient global numerical simulation is adopted to develop a high quality multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) ingot using directional solidification (DS) furnace. The geometry of the simulation furnace is bas...
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Enhancement of Hole Extraction in Carbon-Based Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells Using MAPbI3:NiO-NPs Composite
In this article, a combination of spherical and oval NiO nanoparticles were synthesized through the co-precipitation method and incorporated into a MAPbI3-based perovskite layer (MAPbI3:NiO) to enhance hole extra...
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Growth and characterization of organic NLO single crystal 1,2,3-Benzotriazole 4-chloro-2-Nitrobenzoic acid
1,2,3-Benzotriazole 4-chloro-2-Nitrobenzoic acid (BTPCZ) single crystal was successfully grown by conventional slow evaporation solution technique (SEST) using methanol as the solvent. BTPCZ single crystal was...
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Effect of Argon Flow Rate on mc-Silicon Ingot Grown by DS Process for PV Application: A Numerical Investigation of Non-Metallic Impurities
The numerical simulation has been carried out on the directional solidification (DS) process for the growth of multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) ingot. The quality of the ingot is affected by the formation of ...
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Investigation of growth, optical, thermal, mechanical, electrical, laser damage threshold properties of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazolium benzoate (3ATB) single crystals for nonlinear optical applications
The organic single crystal of 3-Amino-1,2,4-triazolium Benzoate (3ATB) was successfully grown by slow evaporation solution technique (SEST) at room temperature. The Lattice parameters of the grown crystal were...
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Growth of piperazinium bis(trifluoroacetate) (PTFA) single crystal for nonlinear optical (NLO) application
Piperazinium bis (trifluoroacetate) organic single crystal has been grown by solution growth method for the first-time reported in the literature. Transparent piperazinium bis (trifluoroacetate) single crystal...
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Numerical Investigation on Modified Bottom Heater of DS Furnace to Improve mc-Si Ingot
The growth of multi-crystalline silicon ingot for Photo-voltaic application has been done using an optimized directional solidification process. Two Directional solidification furnace designs are considered, f...
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Synthesis, Growth and Investigation of Optical and Thermal Properties of Urea-l-Malic Acid, a Versatile Organic Nonlinear-Optical Single Crystal
Urea-l-malic acid (ULMA) [CO(NH2)2C4H6O5] a promising organic nonlinear optical material, was synthesized at room temperature. ULMA single crystals with a size of 13 × 4 × 4 mm3 were grown from an aqueous solutio...
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Molecular Interactions Studies on Chloroform in the Environment of o-Cresol: FTIR Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Calculations
The molecular association of chloroform with o-cresol compound was studied by quantum chemical calculations using different basis sets (6-31G (d,p), 6–31 + + G (d,p), and 6–311 + + G (d,p)) and their respectiv...
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Crystal Growth, Structural, Hirshfeld Surface, Computational, Nonlinear Optical and Photoluminescence Properties of Lithium D-isoascorbate Monohydrate Crystal
The lithium D-isoascorbate monohydrate (LDAM) crystal has been grown by the solution growth technique. The lattice parameter of the LDAM crystal was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. The functional grou...
