Production of silicon through a closed-loop process
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C01B-033/027
C01B-033/033
C01B-033/03
출원번호
UP-0735234
(2007-04-13)
등록번호
US-7780938
(2010-09-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Kutsovsky, Yakov E.
Davis, Sheldon B.
출원인 / 주소
Cabot Corporation
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초록▼
The inventive method of producing silicon comprises reacting gaseous trichlorosilane with hydrogen to deposit silicon onto a substrate and to produce silicon tetrachloride by-product, vaporizing the silicon tetrachloride by-product to form gaseous silicon tetrachloride, converting the gaseous silico
The inventive method of producing silicon comprises reacting gaseous trichlorosilane with hydrogen to deposit silicon onto a substrate and to produce silicon tetrachloride by-product, vaporizing the silicon tetrachloride by-product to form gaseous silicon tetrachloride, converting the gaseous silicon tetrachloride to finely divided silicon, forming a silicon melt by melting the finely divided silicon, and forming solid silicon from the silicon melt.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of producing silicon, comprising: (a) providing gaseous trichlorosilane, (b) reacting the gaseous trichlorosilane with hydrogen in the presence of a substrate at a temperature to cause the deposition of silicon onto the substrate and the production of silicon t
The invention claimed is: 1. A method of producing silicon, comprising: (a) providing gaseous trichlorosilane, (b) reacting the gaseous trichlorosilane with hydrogen in the presence of a substrate at a temperature to cause the deposition of silicon onto the substrate and the production of silicon tetrachloride by-product, (c) vaporizing the silicon tetrachloride by-product to form gaseous silicon tetrachloride, (d) directly converting the gaseous silicon tetrachloride to finely divided silicon having an average primary particle size of about 200 nm or less and an average agglomerate size of about 500 μm or more, (e) forming a silicon melt by melting the finely divided silicon, and (f) forming solid silicon from the silicon melt. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon deposited on the substrate comprises no more than 1 ppm of each metallic impurity, no more than 40 ppm carbon, no more than 50 ppm oxygen, no more than 3 ppm boron, and no more than 1 ppm phosphorus. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the solid silicon formed from the silicon melt comprises no more than 1 ppm of each metallic impurity, no more than 40 ppm carbon, no more than 50 ppm oxygen, no more than 3 ppm boron, and no more than 1 ppm phosphorus. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the finely divided silicon comprises no more than 1 ppm of each metallic impurity, no more than 40 ppm carbon, no more than 50 ppm oxygen, no more than 3 ppm boron, and no more than 1 ppm phosphorus. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the silicon deposited on the substrate, the silicon formed from the silicon melt, and/or the finely divided silicon comprises no more than 0.1 ppm of each metallic impurity, no more than 4 ppm carbon, no more than 5 ppm oxygen, no more than 0.3 ppm boron, and no more than 0.1 ppm phosphorus. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the trichlorosilane comprises no more than 10 ppm per metallic impurity, 400 ppm carbon, 500 ppm oxygen, 30 ppm boron, and 10 ppm phosphorus. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the trichlorosilane comprises no more than 1 ppm per metallic impurity, 40 ppm carbon, 50 ppm oxygen, 3 ppm boron, and 1 ppm phosphorus. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the temperature at which the gaseous trichlorosilane is reacted with hydrogen is about 1050° C. to about 1250° C. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises isolating the deposited silicon from the substrate. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the substrate is either (1) silicon supported on a carrier material or (2) graphite. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the carrier material is removed with an oxidizing agent. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises melting the deposited silicon obtained in step (b). 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises forming solid silicon from the melted deposited silicon obtained in step (b). 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the melted deposited silicon is combined with the silicon melt of step (e). 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the reaction of gaseous trichlorosilane with hydrogen produces gaseous hydrogen chloride by-product. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the gaseous hydrogen chloride by-product is added to metallurgical grade silicon to produce trichlorosilane. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein step (d) comprises: (d1) converting the gaseous silicon tetrachloride to silicon particles having an average primary particle size of about 200 nm or less and an average agglomerate size of about 500 μm or less, and (d2) converting the silicon particles obtained in step (d1) to finely divided silicon having an average primary particle size of about 200 nm or less and an average agglomerate size of about 500 μm or more. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein step (d2) comprises repeating step (d1) with the addition of the silicon particles obtained in a prior step (d1). 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the finely divided silicon is densified prior to forming a silicon melt. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein directly converting the gaseous silicon tetrachloride comprises thermally decomposing the gaseous silicon tetrachloride, optionally in the presence of an inert diluent, in the presence of zero to 100 ppm by weight oxygen. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein directly converting the gaseous silicon tetrachloride comprises reacting the gaseous silicon tetrachloride in the presence of a reducing agent in the presence of zero to 100 ppm by weight oxygen. 22. The method of claim 19, wherein the densification of the finely divided silicon comprises forming the finely divided silicon into pellets. 23. The method of claim 20, wherein the thermal decomposition of gaseous silicon tetrachloride produces gaseous chlorine by-product. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the gaseous chlorine by-product is reacted with hydrogen to produce hydrogen chloride. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein the hydrogen chloride produced from the gaseous chlorine by-product is added to silicon to produce trichlorosilane. 26. The method of claim 20, wherein the thermal decomposition of the gaseous silicon tetrachloride takes place in a reaction chamber into which is injected gaseous sodium chloride. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the gaseous sodium chloride condenses and encapsulates the silicon to form sodium chloride-encapsulated silicon particles. 28. The method of claim 27, wherein silicon is separated from the sodium chloride. 29. The method of claim 21, wherein the reducing agent is a vaporized alkali metal. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the alkali metal is sodium. 31. The method of claim 30, wherein the reaction of the silicon tetrachloride by-product with sodium produces gaseous sodium chloride. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the gaseous sodium chloride condenses and encapsulates the silicon to form sodium chloride-encapsulated silicon particles. 33. The method of claim 32, wherein silicon is separated from the sodium chloride. 34. The method of claim 20, wherein unreacted gaseous silicon tetrachloride is removed from the thermal decomposition reaction. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein the removed unreacted gaseous silicon tetrachloride is purified and utilized as feedstock for the step of converting the gaseous silicon tetrachloride by thermally decomposing the gaseous silicon tetrachloride, optionally in the presence of an inert diluent, in the presence of zero to 100 ppm by weight oxygen. 36. The method of claim 20, wherein the direct conversion of the gaseous silicon tetrachloride is quenched by contact with an inert gas or hydrogen or by expansion of gaseous reagents through a nozzle.
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