Issue |
Metall. Res. Technol.
Volume 120, Number 4, 2023
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Article Number | 408 | |
Number of page(s) | 11 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/metal/2023052 | |
Published online | 11 July 2023 |
Original Article
Combining experimental analyses and molecular dynamics simulations in impurity removal at the Si/slag interface
1
School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
2
Institute of High Pressure Physics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
3
Public Technology Service Center, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
4
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing, 100144, China
* e-mails: zhanglifeng@ncut.edu.cn; liyaqiong@ustb.edu.cn; fujie@nbu.edu.cn
Received:
15
February
2023
Accepted:
9
June
2023
Slag refining is a crucial step for Si purification by the metallurgical processes. In this study, the impurity removal at Si/SiO2–CaO–MgO slag interface was investigated experimentally and theoretically. The diffusion couple experiments show that the slag underwent the processes of sintering, solid particle dissolution, and composition homogenization. When the melted slag contacted the Si, the interfacial reaction occurred, and the impurity oxides formed and transferred into the slag phase. The thermodynamic analyses confirmed the existence of the oxidation reaction between impurities and slag. First-principles molecular dynamics simulations of the Si–X–O system (X = Al, B, Ca) clarified the binding behaviors of Al, B, Ca with Si. The calculated binding energy shows that the affinity ability of these impurities with Si are B > Al > Ca at the molecular level, and B impurity is the most difficult one to be removed from Si during the slag refining process.
Key words: Impurity removal / slag refining / interface reaction / MD simulation
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