A system for growing silicon crystal structures includes a housing defining a growth chamber and a feed system connected to the housing for delivering silicon particles to the growth chamber. The feed system includes a container for holding the silicon particles. The container includes an outlet for discharging the silicon particles. The feed system also includes a channel connected to the outlet such that silicon particles discharged from the container flow through the channel. The feed system further includes a separation valve connected to the channel and to the housing. The separation valve is configured such that a portion of the feed system rotates relative to the housing.

A production method of a monocrystalline silicon includes: forming a shoulder of the monocrystalline silicon; and forming a straight body of the monocrystalline silicon. In forming the shoulder, the shoulder is formed such that a part of growth striations, which extend radially across the shoulder, has an outer end interrupted by another part of the growth striations not to reach a peripheral portion of the shoulder and that no remelt growth area with a height of 200 μm or more in a growth direction is generated.

The present disclosure discloses a method for growing a crystal with a short decay time. According to the method, a new single crystal furnace and a temperature field device are adapted and a process, a ration of reactants, and growth parameters are adjusted and/or optimized, accordingly, a crystal with a short decay time, a high luminous intensity, and a high luminous efficiency can be grown without a co-doping operation.

The present disclosure discloses a method for growing a crystal with a short decay time. According to the method, a new single crystal furnace and a temperature field device are adapted and a process, a ration of reactants, and growth parameters are adjusted and/or optimized, accordingly, a crystal with a short decay time, a high luminous intensity, and a high luminous efficiency can be grown without a co-doping operation.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for continuously growing an ingot, and more particularly to an apparatus for continuously growing an ingot which is capable of melting a silicon material in a solid state by means of an induction heating method, and supplying the molten silicon material to a main crucible. The apparatus for continuously growing an ingot according to an aspect of the present invention for this purpose includes a growth furnace in which a main crucible where silicon in a molten state is accommodated is located therein to form an ingot; a material supply part for supplying a silicon material in a solid state before the silicon in a molten state is melted; and a preliminary melting part including a preliminary crucible for melting the silicon material in a solid state which is supplied from the material supply part, a heating space in which the preliminary crucible can be heated, and a preliminary crucible heating module for heating the preliminary crucible by an induction heating method, wherein the silicon in a molten state in the preliminary crucible can be directly supplied to the main crucible.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for continuously growing an ingot, and more particularly to an apparatus for continuously growing an ingot which is capable of melting a silicon material in a solid state by means of an induction heating method, and supplying the molten silicon material to a main crucible. The apparatus for continuously growing an ingot according to an aspect of the present invention for this purpose includes a growth furnace in which a main crucible where silicon in a molten state is accommodated is located therein to form an ingot; a material supply part for supplying a silicon material in a solid state before the silicon in a molten state is melted; and a preliminary melting part including a preliminary crucible for melting the silicon material in a solid state which is supplied from the material supply part, a heating space in which the preliminary crucible can be heated, and a preliminary crucible heating module for heating the preliminary crucible by an induction heating method, wherein the silicon in a molten state in the preliminary crucible can be directly supplied to the main crucible.

A system for extracting liquid is provided. The system includes a vacuum source and a nozzle having a wettable plunger and a vacuum tube connected in flow communication with the vacuum source. When the plunger is partly submerged in the liquid and the vacuum source is actuated to initiate a flow of gas through the vacuum tube, droplets of the liquid separate from at least a portion of the unsubmerged part of the plunger and become suspended in the gas flow. The system also includes a cooling structure positioned adjacent to the vacuum tube to facilitate solidifying the droplets suspended in the gas flowing through the vacuum tube.

A system for extracting liquid is provided. The system includes a vacuum source and a nozzle having a wettable plunger and a vacuum tube connected in flow communication with the vacuum source. When the plunger is partly submerged in the liquid and the vacuum source is actuated to initiate a flow of gas through the vacuum tube, droplets of the liquid separate from at least a portion of the unsubmerged part of the plunger and become suspended in the gas flow. The system also includes a cooling structure positioned adjacent to the vacuum tube to facilitate solidifying the droplets suspended in the gas flowing through the vacuum tube.

The present disclosure discloses a method for growing a crystal without annealing. The method may include compensating a weight of a reactant, introducing a flowing gas, improving a volume ratio of oxygen during a cooling process, providing a heater in a temperature field, and optimizing parameters. According to the method, problems may be solved, for example, cracking and component deviation of the crystal during a crystal growth process, and without oxygen-free vacancy. The method for growing the crystal may have excellent repeatability and crystal performance consistency.

The present disclosure discloses a method for growing a crystal without annealing. The method may include compensating a weight of a reactant, introducing a flowing gas, improving a volume ratio of oxygen during a cooling process, providing a heater in a temperature field, and optimizing parameters. According to the method, problems may be solved, for example, cracking and component deviation of the crystal during a crystal growth process, and without oxygen-free vacancy. The method for growing the crystal may have excellent repeatability and crystal performance consistency.