WO2010029894A1 - 高純度結晶シリコン、高純度四塩化珪素およびそれらの製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to high-purity crystalline silicon used for silicon for semiconductors and silicon for solar cells and a method for producing the same, and high-purity silicon tetrachloride used for producing high-purity crystalline silicon and a method for producing the same.
- High-purity crystalline silicon is used as a raw material for silicon for semiconductors and as a raw material for silicon for solar cells.
- the demand for high-purity crystalline silicon as a raw material has also increased.
- high-purity crystalline silicon used as a raw material for silicon for solar cells scrap products such as crucible residue after pulling up silicon for semiconductors and silicon ingot cutting scraps are currently used. Therefore, high-purity crystalline silicon used in solar cells is in a chronic shortage as a result of both the quality and quantity depending on the movement of the semiconductor industry.
- Siemens method As a typical method for producing high-purity crystalline silicon used as a raw material for semiconductor silicon, there is a Siemens method.
- high-purity crystalline silicon is obtained by hydrogen reduction of trichlorosilane (HSiCl 3 ) (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- a silicon seed rod is placed in a water-cooled bell jar type reactor, the silicon seed rod is energized and the seed rod is heated to about 1000 ° C., and trichlorosilane is placed in the reactor.
- H 2 hydrogen
- this Siemens method has the advantage of being easy to seal the atmosphere because the reactor itself is water-cooled. Has been popularized and adopted.
- the seed rod since the seed rod is heated by energization, it is necessary to pass an excessive amount of electricity for heating as the rod-like silicon grows due to adhesion of crystalline silicon produced by the reduction reaction and the electrical resistance gradually decreases. . Therefore, there is a growth limit due to the balance with the energy cost, the operation of the manufacturing facility is batch-type, so that the production efficiency is low, and there is a problem that the electric power consumption unit occupies the price of the high purity crystalline silicon of the product.
- the seed rod itself is also expensive because special equipment and technology such as a dedicated reaction device, a crystal pulling device, and a cutting device are required when producing the seed rod.
- Siemens method other than crystalline silicon for example, a method by reduction of silicon tetrachloride with a metal reducing agent (SiCl 4) (e.g., see Patent Documents 2 and 3). Specifically, it is a method of growing crystalline silicon in the reactor by supplying silicon tetrachloride and zinc (Zn) gas into a quartz horizontal reactor heated to about 1000 ° C.
- SiCl 4 metal reducing agent
- Zinc chloride (ZnCl 2 ) by-produced in the above method is separated into zinc and chlorine by a method such as electrolysis, and the obtained zinc is used again as a reducing agent, and the obtained chlorine is reacted with metal silicon to produce tetrachloride. If silicon can be synthesized and used as a source gas, a circulation type process is established, so that there is a possibility that crystalline silicon can be manufactured at low cost.
- the crystalline silicon obtained by the reaction grows from the reactor wall and is therefore susceptible to contamination from the reactor, and the reactor itself has a difference in thermal expansion coefficient from that of crystalline silicon. There was a problem of destruction, and it was hardly carried out industrially.
- a production method has been proposed in which a vertical reactor is used to suppress the influence of contamination from the reactor material (see, for example, Patent Document 4), thereby greatly improving the purity of crystalline silicon by reduction of silicon tetrachloride (SiCl 4 ). did.
- the demand for the purity of crystalline silicon is further increasing for each application field, improving the quality of raw materials such as silicon tetrachloride and metallic zinc used for reduction, as well as the quality of crystal silicon manufacturing methods and crystal silicon cleaning methods. Further improvement of each process is desired.
- the present invention provides not only a raw material for silicon for solar cells but also a part of quality requirements as a raw material for the latest silicon for semiconductors, and provides a cheaper high-purity crystalline silicon and a method for producing the same, It is another object of the present invention to provide high-purity silicon tetrachloride used for manufacturing high-purity crystalline silicon and a method for manufacturing the same.
- High-purity crystalline silicon having a boron content of 0.015 ppmw or less and a zinc content of 50 ppbw to 1000 ppbw satisfies the quality requirements for high-purity single-crystal silicon
- High-purity crystalline silicon is obtained by reducing high-purity silicon tetrachloride gas having a boron content and an organic silicon compound below a specific content with zinc gas using a vertical reactor (hereinafter referred to as “ The high-purity silicon tetrachloride is obtained by treating a boron compound by an adsorption treatment with a boron compound by carbonization treatment.
- the present invention includes, for example, the following configurations.
- High-purity crystalline silicon having a boron content of 0.015 ppmw or less and a zinc content of 50 ppbw to 1000 ppbw.
- a method for producing high-purity crystalline silicon wherein (1) a vertical reactor having a silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle, a zinc gas supply nozzle, and an exhaust gas extraction pipe
- the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle is supplied from the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle into the vertical reactor in which the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle is inserted and installed in the reactor from the upper part of the reactor, and from the zinc gas supply nozzle.
- the step (5) includes a step of crushing the discharged crude crystal silicon, a step of acid-treating the crushed crude crystal silicon, a step of washing the acid-treated product, and a step of drying the wash product
- step (5) includes a step of acid-treating the crude crystalline silicon crushed to a particle size of 0.1 mm to 5 mm and a step of washing the acid-treated product with pure water. ] Or the manufacturing method of high purity crystalline silicon as described in [5].
- High-purity silicon tetrachloride characterized by having an organosilicon compound content of 0.1 ppmw or less and a boron content of 0.1 ppbw or less.
- the high-purity crystalline silicon of the present invention satisfies the quality characteristics required for a raw material for solar cell silicon used for high-purity single-crystal silicon (ingot) and high-purity polycrystalline silicon (ingot). It also satisfies some of the quality requirements for the latest semiconductor silicon raw materials. Also, the high purity silicon tetrachloride with low boron content and low organosilicon compound content of the present invention achieves the low boron content and low carbon content required for high purity crystalline silicon and high purity single crystal silicon.
- the high purity crystalline silicon of the present invention has a boron content of 0.015 ppmw or less, preferably 0.010 ppmw or less, and a zinc content of 50 ppbw to 1000 ppbw, preferably 50 ppbw to 500 ppbw. If the boron content and zinc content of the high-purity crystalline silicon are within the above ranges, the high-purity crystalline silicon not only meets the requirements for quality as the latest raw material for silicon for semiconductors, but also for raw materials for silicon for solar cells. Can be satisfied.
- the diameter of the cross section of the (111) plane of the high purity crystalline silicon of the present invention is preferably 0.1 to 5 mm from the viewpoint of ease of acid treatment described later.
- the method for producing high-purity crystalline silicon comprises (1) a vertical reactor having a silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle, a zinc gas supply nozzle, and an exhaust gas extraction pipe, and the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle Supplying a silicon tetrachloride gas from a silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle and a zinc gas from a zinc gas supply nozzle into a vertical reactor inserted and installed in the reactor from the upper part of the reactor, (2 ) A step of generating crude crystalline silicon at the tip of the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle by reacting silicon tetrachloride gas and zinc gas at 800 to 1200 ° C .; and (3) supplying the crude crystalline silicon with silicon tetrachloride gas. A step of growing downward from the tip of the nozzle, (4) a step of discharging the grown crude crystal silicon out of the vertical reactor, and (5) acid
- the vertical reactor has a silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle 2, a zinc gas supply nozzle 3, and an exhaust gas extraction pipe 4, and the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle 2.
- the zinc gas supply nozzle 3 is inserted and installed in the reactor from the upper part of the reactor.
- the installation location of the exhaust gas extraction pipe 4 is not particularly limited as long as it does not hinder the discharge of the crude crystalline silicon to the outside of the reactor, but it is preferably installed on the lower or middle side of the reactor.
- a carrier gas supply nozzle such as nitrogen gas may be provided in the upper part of the vertical reactor.
- the size of the vertical reactor is not particularly limited, but from the viewpoint of generation and growth of crude crystal silicon, the diameter is 200 mm or more, and the length is the length necessary for the growth of the crude crystal silicon. It is preferably 500 to 5000 mm for storage.
- the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle is perpendicular to the top of the reactor and the distance between the vertical line and the reactor wall is 50 mm or more from the viewpoint of generation and growth of crude crystal silicon. It is preferable to be inserted and installed as described above. Further, the diameter, thickness, and insertion length of the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle into the reactor are not particularly limited, but considering the generation and growth of crude crystalline silicon, the diameter is 10 to 100 mm and the thickness is 2 It is preferable that the insertion length into the reactor is 0 to 500 mm. The same applies to the diameter and thickness of the zinc gas supply nozzle and the length of insertion into the reactor.
- Examples of materials for manufacturing equipment such as a vertical reactor used in the present invention include materials having resistance in the operating temperature range, such as quartz and silicon carbide. Further, stainless steel can be used as a material for the portion where the generated crude crystalline silicon is cooled and discharged.
- Step (1)> silicon tetrachloride gas is supplied from the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle and zinc gas is supplied from the zinc gas supply nozzle into the vertical reactor.
- the content of the organic silicon compound is preferably 0.1 ppmw or less, more preferably 0.01 ppmw or less of the detection limit, as a raw material of the silicon tetrachloride gas. It is desirable to use high-purity silicon tetrachloride having a boron content of preferably 0.1 ppbw or less, more preferably 0.05 ppbw or less, which is the detection limit.
- Industrially used silicon tetrachloride is mainly produced by reacting industrial metal silicon (purity of about 98% by weight or more) with hydrogen chloride and / or chlorine, and then separating and purifying it using many multistage rectification columns. Provided for optical fiber.
- industrial metal silicon used as a raw material contains carbon, boron, etc. as impurities, and the resulting silicon tetrachloride contains organic silicon compounds, boron compounds, etc., and finally the desired high purity Degrading the characteristics of crystalline silicon.
- industrially used silicon tetrachloride is further purified using a treatment method suitable for each impurity and used in the reaction as the above-described high-purity purified silicon tetrachloride.
- silicon tetrachloride As a method of reducing the boron content in silicon tetrachloride, preferably to 0.1 ppbw or less, more preferably 0.05 ppbw or less, industrially used silicon tetrachloride is introduced into an adsorption device filled with silica gel. , Temperature 10 to 30 ° C., flow rate 100 to 2000 L / h, 12 to 48 hours (net contact time with silica gel), and a method of circulating in the adsorption apparatus.
- silicon tetrachloride that is used industrially at 60 to 100 ° C. is used. After vaporization, a superheated tube heated to a temperature of 600 to 1200 ° C. is passed in a residence time of about 1 to 10 seconds to carbonize and remove the organic silicon compound in silicon tetrachloride, and then cooled and collected. Further, the rectification is performed by a method.
- silicon tetrachloride is vaporized to form a mixed gas with oxygen, and an activated carbon catalyst layer carrying a metal adjusted to a temperature of 200 to 450 ° C. is allowed to pass through in a residence time of 1 to 30 seconds. After removing the organosilicon compound in the silicon chloride, it is collected by cooling and further rectifying.
- metal zinc having a purity of 99.99% by weight or more is used as a raw material for zinc gas used for reduction of silicon tetrachloride gas. preferable.
- Metallic zinc is produced from ores such as sphalerite.
- a dry method includes a method in which ore is heated at high temperature to zinc oxide, then reduced with carbon, and the generated zinc is distilled. Since zinc obtained by this method contains impurities such as iron, sulfur and lead, it is further rectified to increase the purity.
- a wet method the method which dissolves the heated mineral in a sulfuric acid, removes impurities, and electrolyzes a solution is mentioned.
- Zinc obtained by this method has a high purity.
- the supply ratio (molar ratio) of silicon tetrachloride gas: zinc gas in the production method of the present invention is, for example, 1:10 to 10: 1.
- the flow rate of silicon tetrachloride gas from the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle is, for example, 800 to 1500 mm / s.
- Step (2)> the silicon tetrachloride gas and the zinc gas supplied into the reactor are reacted at 800 to 1200 ° C. to generate crude crystal silicon at the tip of the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle.
- Step (3) coarse crystal silicon is grown downward from the tip of the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle.
- the crude crystalline silicon 100 is formed in a tubular shape at the tip of the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle 2 and grows downward without contacting the inner wall surface of the vertical reactor. Less susceptible to contamination from reactor wall material.
- the grown crude crystalline silicon is discharged out of the vertical reactor. More specifically, the grown crude crystalline silicon is cooled by dropping into a cooling zone provided at the bottom of the vertical reactor by its own weight or mechanical method, and then batchwise or continuously from the bottom of the vertical reactor. To the outside of the reactor.
- the crude crystalline silicon is discharged from the bottom of the vertical reactor batchwise or continuously, it is preferably performed by a mechanical method.
- the nozzle is not clogged. Further, after growing to an appropriate length, it can be dropped by a mechanical method such as vibration or scraping.
- the lump of coarse crystalline silicon produced in the tube is porous and easy to disintegrate, and the bottom of the vertical reactor is hardly damaged by dropping, but it is grown to an appropriate length for safety. After that, it is preferably removed by a mechanical method.
- the cooling zone can be formed, for example, by supplying silicon tetrachloride gas at 100 to 900 ° C. from the bottom of the vertical reactor. More specifically, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 1, a low temperature (100 to 900 ° C.) silicon tetrachloride gas is used as a seal gas from seal gas introduction pipes 6a and 6b provided at the bottom of the vertical reactor 1. By supplying, the cooling zone 30 can be formed.
- the cooling zone 30 formed in this way gradually cools the falling crude crystalline silicon, while the heated sealing gas (silicon tetrachloride gas) 20 gradually rises, and the middle part of the vertical reactor 1 By overflowing from the exhaust gas extraction pipe 4 provided on the side surface, the cooled crude crystalline silicon can be discharged out of the reactor batchwise or continuously.
- zinc chloride gas generated by the reaction of silicon tetrachloride gas and zinc gas, unreacted silicon tetrachloride gas and zinc gas, and accompanying coarse crystalline silicon fine powder are extracted from the exhaust gas extraction pipe 4 to the outside of the vertical reactor. Are discharged, cooled and separated, and reused.
- zinc and chlorine are produced by melt electrolysis of zinc chloride, zinc being used as a reducing agent and chlorine being reused for the production of silicon tetrachloride.
- Step (5)> the discharged crude crystalline silicon is acid-treated. Since the reducing agent zinc and the generated zinc chloride are attached to the surface of the crude crystalline silicon obtained by the above-described reduction reaction, the coarse crystalline silicon is preferably length (crude crystalline silicon is fused).
- the desired high-purity crystalline silicon can be obtained by crushing with a crusher or the like to a particle size of 0.1 to 5 mm, acid-treating the crushed product, washing with pure water, and drying.
- the length or particle size of the crude crystal silicon crushed product is within the above range, when a high purity single crystal silicon ingot described later is manufactured by melting high purity crystal silicon in a crucible, Purity crystalline silicon can be supplied smoothly by using a powder and particle supply device (for example, a vibration feeder). Moreover, the silicon raw material additional supply apparatus for a high purity single crystal silicon ingot pulling apparatus can also be used conveniently.
- a powder and particle supply device for example, a vibration feeder
- Acid treatment can be performed in the gas phase or in the liquid phase.
- the acid used include hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, and hydrofluoric acid.
- hydrochloric acid is preferable because it easily reacts with zinc and the reaction product is easily dissolved in pure water.
- an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution having a concentration of 0.5 to 10% by weight, preferably 1 to 5% by weight is desirable because zinc attached to the surface of the crude crystal silicon crushed product is efficiently converted into water-soluble zinc chloride.
- the acid treatment with the hydrochloric acid aqueous solution is preferably performed by placing the crude crystalline silicon crushed product in a washing tank filled with the hydrochloric acid aqueous solution and bringing it into contact at a temperature of 20 to 80 ° C. for 1 to 20 minutes.
- the amount of hydrochloric acid aqueous solution used is preferably 5 to 20 kg per 1 kg of the crude crystal silicon crushed product. If the concentration, amount used, and acid treatment conditions of the aqueous hydrochloric acid solution are within the above ranges, impurities such as the reducing agent zinc and the generated zinc chloride are removed, and the impurities dissolved in the aqueous hydrochloric acid solution may reattach to the crushed silicon product. And rinse cleaning is facilitated.
- the acid-treated product is put in a washing tank filled with pure water, immersed in a temperature of 20 to 80 ° C. for 1 to 20 minutes, washed with water, and then washed at 80 to 120 ° C. for 5 to 5 minutes. It is preferable to dry for 8 hours.
- the high-purity single crystal silicon of the present invention is produced from the high-purity crystal silicon obtained as described above, and has a carbon content of preferably 2 ppmw or less, more preferably 0.5 ppmw or less, and a specific resistance value ⁇ . It is preferably 20 to 1000 ⁇ -cm, more preferably 50 to 1000 ⁇ -cm. This is a level that can satisfy not only the raw materials for silicon for solar cells but also some of the quality requirements for the latest silicon for semiconductors.
- the high purity single crystal silicon of the present invention is obtained by melting the above high purity crystal silicon in a crucible and obtaining the single crystal silicon ingot by the Czochralski method.
- the ingot is further sliced and processed into a wafer.
- it is used as a material for silicon for semiconductors or as a material for silicon for solar cells.
- the obtained silicon tetrachloride, high-purity crystal silicon and high-purity single crystal silicon were analyzed and evaluated as follows.
- test piece silicon wafer
- a high purity single crystal silicon ingot was prepared from high purity crystal silicon using a Czochralski method single crystal growing apparatus. Furthermore, the said ingot was cut
- metal impurities in high-purity crystalline silicon and high-purity single-crystal silicon are quantified by analyzing the metal impurities in the solution after decomposing silicon with HF / HNO 3 by using a high-frequency induction plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS, Agilent -It carried out by the method of quantifying using "Agilent 7500CS" by Technology Corporation.
- ICP-MS high-frequency induction plasma mass spectrometer
- the purity of the high-purity crystalline silicon and the high-purity single-crystal silicon is that of metal elements (17 elements: Zn, Al, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Co, Fe, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sn, Ti, P, B) was quantified and determined by subtracting the sum of the quantitative values of the 17 elements from 100% by weight.
- GC-MS equipment GCMS-QP2010Plus (manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation)
- Column InertCap 5 (manufactured by GL Sciences Inc.)
- Column size inner diameter 0.32mm, length 60m
- Column liquid layer 5% Diphenyl-95% dimethylpolysiloxane
- Column liquid layer film thickness 1.00 ⁇ m
- Carrier gas Ultra high purity helium
- Sample injection volume 0.6 ⁇ l
- Sample injection mode Split method Split ratio: 20 Purge flow rate: 3 ml / min.
- Ion source temperature 230 ° C
- Measurement mode SIM mode
- Quantitative method Absolute calibration curve method 5 Measurement of specific resistance value ⁇ The measurement was performed in accordance with JIS H 0602.
- Silicon tetrachloride used as a raw material is an industrially used silicon tetrachloride (organic silicon) obtained by distilling a reaction product obtained by reacting industrial metal silicon (purity of about 98% by weight) with hydrogen chloride. Compound content: 3.5 ppmw, boron content: 0.14 ppbw) were used. The boron content was reduced by introducing into an adsorption tower packed with 20 kg of silica gel and circulating for 24 hours at a temperature of 20 ° C. and a flow rate of 1000 L / h.
- the boron content of silicon tetrachloride after the adsorption treatment was 0.05 ppbw or less, which was the detection limit.
- a superheated tube heated to a temperature of 1100 ° C. is passed in a residence time of 1 second to carbonize and remove the organic silicon compound, and then cooled and collected, and further rectified. Went.
- the content of the organosilicon compound in silicon tetrachloride before treatment was 3.5 ppmw, but it decreased to 0.01 ppmw or less after treatment.
- Table 1 shows the contents of boron and organosilicon compounds in silicon tetrachloride before and after the purification treatment.
- the reactor 1 has a structure in which a quartz cylinder having an inner diameter of 200 mm and a length of 3350 mm and a stainless steel cylinder having an inner diameter of 200 mm and a length of 1300 mm are combined below.
- An exhaust gas extraction pipe 4 having an inner diameter of 40 mm and a length of 700 mm was provided at a position of 2000 mm from the upper part of the reactor 1, and a seal gas inlet was provided at a position of 3500mm.
- One quartz tetrachloride gas supply nozzle 2 made of quartz and processed to have a thin tip at the inner diameter of the reactor 1 was inserted into the center portion of the ceiling of the reactor 1.
- two zinc gas supply nozzles 3 having an inner diameter of 20 mm were inserted so as to sandwich the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle 2 from both sides.
- the opening position of the silicon tetrachloride gas supply nozzle 2 was arranged at a position 250 mm from the ceiling part, and the opening position of the zinc gas supply nozzle 3 was arranged at a position 215 mm from the ceiling part.
- the height of the reduction reaction layer 10 was 2000 mm
- the height of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 1500 mm
- the height of the storage layer (cooling zone 30) was 1150 mm.
- the test was conducted as follows. First, after the inside of the reactor was replaced with nitrogen gas of high purity (purity: 99.9999 vol-%), the temperature of the reactor heating furnace 40 installed in the surroundings was raised, and the temperature of the reduction reaction layer 10 was 950 ° C. The temperature was maintained by heating so that the upper layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 950 ° C., the lower layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 100 ° C., and the temperature of the storage layer 30 was 100 ° C. In this state, silicon tetrachloride gas heated to 110 ° C.
- the silicon tetrachloride nozzle outlet speed was in the range of 1000 to 1500 mm / s, and the zinc nozzle tip speed was in the range of 900 to 1300 mm / s.
- ⁇ Acid treatment of crude crystalline silicon The crude crystalline silicon obtained by releasing the storage layer was crushed using a crusher. As a result of microscopic observation of the crushed crude crystal silicon, the particle size was 0.1 to 5 mm. Next, 2 kg of the crushed crude crystalline silicon is immersed in a container containing 20 kg of a 2 wt% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution, and is subjected to acid treatment by rocking and stirring at 25 ° C. for 10 minutes. Further, it was immersed in a container containing 20 kg of pure water, and washed by shaking with stirring while pouring pure water at 25 ° C. for 1 hour. Next, the washed product was separated from pure water and dried at 80 ° C. for 8 hours.
- the (111) plane of the crystal was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis, and the diameter of the cross section of the (111) plane was measured with a microscope. It was ⁇ 5 mm.
- the boron content and zinc content of high purity crystalline silicon were analyzed by the method described above. The results are shown in Table 1.
- a high-purity crystalline silicon 40 kg obtained by the above method is filled in a crucible having a volume of 48 L, and a diameter of about 150 mm is obtained by the Czochralski method at 1420 ° C. for 20 hours using an apparatus manufactured by Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation.
- a silicon single crystal weighing 30 kg was obtained.
- This high-purity single crystal silicon was sliced with a slicer manufactured by Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. to obtain a silicon wafer having a thickness of 2 mm. The results are shown in Table 1.
- the silicon tetrachloride used as a raw material is an industrially used silicon tetrachloride (organic) obtained by distilling a reaction product obtained by reacting industrial metal silicon (purity of about 98% by weight) with hydrogen chloride. (Silicon compound content: 4.6 ppmw, boron content: 8 ppbw). It was introduced into an adsorption tower packed with 20 kg of silica gel and circulated at a temperature of 20 ° C. and a flow rate of 1200 L / h for 20 hours to reduce the boron content.
- the boron content of silicon tetrachloride after the adsorption treatment was 0.05 ppbw or less, which was the detection limit. Also, after vaporizing silicon tetrachloride at 100 ° C., a superheated tube heated to a temperature of 1200 ° C. is passed in a residence time of 1 second to carbonize and remove the organic silicon compound, and then cooled and collected, and further rectified. Went.
- the organosilicon compound content before treatment in silicon tetrachloride was 4.6 ppmw, but it decreased to 0.1 ppmw after treatment. Table 1 shows the contents of boron and organosilicon compounds in silicon tetrachloride before and after the purification treatment.
- the test was conducted as follows. First, after the inside of the reactor was replaced with nitrogen gas of high purity (purity: 99.9999 vol-%), the temperature of the reactor heating furnace 40 installed in the surroundings was raised, and the temperature of the reduction reaction layer 10 was 950 ° C. The temperature was maintained by heating so that the upper layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 950 ° C., the lower layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 100 ° C., and the temperature of the storage layer 30 was 100 ° C. In this state, silicon tetrachloride gas heated to 100 ° C.
- the silicon tetrachloride nozzle outlet speed was in the range of 1000 to 1500 mm / s, and the zinc nozzle tip speed was in the range of 900 to 1300 mm / s.
- ⁇ Acid treatment of crude crystalline silicon The crude crystalline silicon obtained by releasing the storage layer was crushed using a crusher. As a result of microscopic observation of the crushed crude crystal silicon, the particle size was 0.1 to 5 mm. Next, 2 kg of the crushed crude crystalline silicon is immersed in a container containing 20 kg of a 2 wt% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution, and is subjected to acid treatment by rocking and stirring at 25 ° C. for 10 minutes. Further, it was immersed in a container containing 20 kg of pure water, and washed by shaking with stirring while pouring pure water at 25 ° C. for 1 hour. Next, the washed product was separated from pure water and dried at 80 ° C. for 8 hours.
- the (111) plane of the crystal was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis, and the diameter of the cross section of the (111) plane was measured with a microscope. It was ⁇ 5 mm.
- the boron content and zinc content of high purity crystalline silicon were analyzed by the method described above. The results are shown in Table 1.
- a high-purity crystalline silicon 40 kg obtained by the above method is filled in a crucible having a volume of 48 L, and a diameter of about 150 mm is obtained by the Czochralski method at 1420 ° C. for 20 hours using an apparatus manufactured by Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation.
- a silicon single crystal weighing 30 kg was obtained.
- This high-purity single crystal silicon was sliced with a slicer manufactured by Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. to obtain a silicon wafer having a thickness of 2 mm. The results are shown in Table 1.
- Silicon tetrachloride used as a raw material is an industrially used silicon tetrachloride (organic silicon) obtained by distilling a reaction product obtained by reacting industrial metal silicon (purity of about 98% by weight) with hydrogen chloride. Compound content: 11.7 ppmw, boron content: 2 ppbw) was used. The boron content was reduced by introducing into an adsorption tower packed with 30 kg of silica gel and circulating for 24 hours at a temperature of 20 ° C. and a flow rate of 1100 L / h.
- the boron content of silicon tetrachloride after the adsorption treatment was below the detection limit of 0.05 ppbw. Further, after vaporizing silicon tetrachloride at 100 ° C., a superheated tube heated to a temperature of 1200 ° C. is passed in a residence time of 3 seconds to carbonize and remove the organic silicon compound, and then cooled and collected, and further rectified. Went. The content of the organosilicon compound in silicon tetrachloride before the treatment was 11.7 ppmw, but it decreased to 0.01 ppmw or less after the treatment. Table 1 shows the contents of boron and organosilicon compounds in silicon tetrachloride before and after the purification treatment.
- the test was conducted as follows. First, after the inside of the reactor was replaced with nitrogen gas of high purity (purity: 99.9999 vol-%), the temperature of the reactor heating furnace 40 installed in the surroundings was raised, and the temperature of the reduction reaction layer 10 was 950 ° C. The temperature was maintained by heating so that the upper layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 950 ° C., the lower layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 100 ° C., and the temperature of the storage layer 30 was 100 ° C. In this state, silicon tetrachloride gas heated to 110 ° C.
- the silicon tetrachloride nozzle outlet speed was in the range of 1000 to 1500 mm / s, and the zinc nozzle tip speed was in the range of 900 to 1300 mm / s.
- ⁇ Acid treatment of crude crystalline silicon The crude crystalline silicon obtained by releasing the storage layer was crushed using a crusher. As a result of microscopic observation of the crushed crude crystal silicon, the particle size was 0.1 to 5 mm. Next, 2 kg of the crushed crude crystalline silicon is immersed in a container containing 20 kg of a 2 wt% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution, and is subjected to acid treatment by rocking and stirring at 25 ° C. for 10 minutes. Further, it was immersed in a container containing 20 kg of pure water, and washed by shaking with stirring while pouring pure water at 25 ° C. for 1 hour. Next, the washed product was separated from pure water and dried at 80 ° C. for 8 hours.
- the (111) plane of the crystal was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis, and the diameter of the cross section of the (111) plane was measured with a microscope. It was ⁇ 5 mm.
- the boron content and zinc content of high purity crystalline silicon were analyzed by the method described above. The results are shown in Table 1.
- a high-purity crystalline silicon 40 kg obtained by the above method is filled in a crucible having a volume of 48 L, and a diameter of about 150 mm is obtained by the Czochralski method at 1420 ° C. for 20 hours using an apparatus manufactured by Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation.
- a silicon single crystal weighing 30 kg was obtained.
- This high-purity single crystal silicon was sliced with a slicer manufactured by Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. to obtain a silicon wafer having a thickness of 2 mm. The results are shown in Table 1.
- the silicon tetrachloride used as a raw material is an industrially used silicon tetrachloride (organic) obtained by distilling a reaction product obtained by reacting industrial metal silicon (purity of about 98% by weight) with hydrogen chloride. Silicon compound content: 15 ppmw, boron content: 3 ppbw) was introduced into an adsorption tower packed with 30 kg of silica gel and circulated at a temperature of 20 ° C. and a flow rate of 1000 L / h for 30 hours to reduce the boron content. .
- the boron content of silicon tetrachloride after the adsorption treatment was below the detection limit of 0.05 ppbw. Further, after vaporizing silicon tetrachloride at 100 ° C., a superheated tube heated to a temperature of 1200 ° C. is passed in a residence time of 3 seconds to carbonize and remove the organic silicon compound, and then cooled and collected, and further rectified. Went. The content of the organosilicon compound in silicon tetrachloride before the treatment was 15 ppmw, but it decreased to 0.01 ppmw or less after the treatment. Table 1 shows the contents of boron and organosilicon compounds in silicon tetrachloride before and after the purification treatment.
- the test was conducted as follows. First, after the inside of the reactor was replaced with nitrogen gas of high purity (purity: 99.9999 vol-%), the temperature of the reactor heating furnace 40 installed in the surroundings was raised, and the temperature of the reduction reaction layer 10 was 950 ° C. The temperature was maintained by heating so that the upper layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 950 ° C., the lower layer temperature of the sealing gas heating layer 20 was 100 ° C., and the temperature of the storage layer 30 was 100 ° C. In this state, silicon tetrachloride gas heated to 100 ° C.
- the silicon tetrachloride nozzle outlet speed was in the range of 1000 to 1500 mm / s, and the zinc nozzle tip speed was in the range of 900 to 1300 mm / s.
- ⁇ Acid treatment of crude crystalline silicon The crude crystalline silicon obtained by releasing the storage layer was crushed using a crusher. As a result of microscopic observation of the crushed crude crystal silicon, the particle size was 0.1 to 5 mm. Next, 2 kg of the crushed crude crystalline silicon is immersed in a container containing 20 kg of a 2 wt% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution, and is subjected to acid treatment by rocking and stirring at 25 ° C. for 10 minutes. Further, it was immersed in a container containing 20 kg of pure water, and washed by shaking with stirring while pouring pure water at 25 ° C. for 1 hour. Next, the washed product was separated from pure water and dried at 80 ° C. for 8 hours.
- the (111) plane of the crystal was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis, and the diameter of the cross section of the (111) plane was measured with a microscope. It was ⁇ 5 mm.
- the boron content and zinc content of high purity crystalline silicon were analyzed by the method described above. The results are shown in Table 1.
- a high-purity crystalline silicon 40 kg obtained by the above method is filled in a crucible having a volume of 48 L, and a diameter of about 150 mm is obtained by the Czochralski method at 1420 ° C. for 20 hours using an apparatus manufactured by Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation.
- a silicon single crystal weighing 30 kg was obtained.
- This high-purity single crystal silicon was sliced with a slicer manufactured by Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. to obtain a silicon wafer having a thickness of 2 mm. The results are shown in Table 1.
- Reactor heating furnace 50 Zinc chloride recovery tank 60 . Silicon tetrachloride condenser 100 ... -Tubular coarse crystal silicon A ... Zinc B . Silicon tetrachloride C ... Coarse crystal silicon D ... Solid content (Zinc chloride + Unreacted zinc + Fine powder silicon) E ... Seal gas (silicon tetrachloride) F ... Gas component (unreacted silicon tetrachloride + seal gas (silicon tetrachloride)) G: Gas processing device
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本発明の高純度結晶シリコンは、ホウ素含有量が0.015ppmw以下、好ましくは0.010ppmw以下であり、かつ亜鉛含有量が50ppbw~1000ppbw、好ましくは50ppbw~500ppbwである。高純度結晶シリコンのホウ素含有量および亜鉛含有量が前記範囲であれば、該高純度結晶シリコンは太陽電池用シリコンの原料のみならず、最新の半導体用シリコンの原料としての品質要求の一部をも満足しうる。
本発明の高純度結晶シリコンの製造方法は、(1)四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルと、亜鉛ガス供給ノズルと、排気ガス抜き出しパイプとを有する縦型反応器であって、四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルが反応器上部から反応器内部に挿入設置された縦型反応器内に、四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルから四塩化珪素ガスを供給し、亜鉛ガス供給ノズルから亜鉛ガスを供給する工程と、(2)四塩化珪素ガスと亜鉛ガスとを800~1200℃で反応させることにより四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルの先端部に粗結晶シリコンを生成させる工程と、(3)粗結晶シリコンを四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルの先端部から下方に向かって成長させる工程と、(4)成長させた粗結晶シリコンを縦型反応器外に排出する工程と、(5)排出された粗結晶シリコンを酸処理する工程とを含む。
本工程では、上記縦型反応器内に、四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルから四塩化珪素ガスを供給し、亜鉛ガス供給ノズルから亜鉛ガスを供給する。
本工程では、反応器内に供給された四塩化珪素ガスと亜鉛ガスとを800~1200℃で反応させることにより、四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルの先端部に粗結晶シリコンを生成させる。
本工程では、粗結晶シリコンを四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルの先端部から下方に向かって成長させる。図1の模式図に示すように、粗結晶シリコン100が、四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズル2の先端部に管状に生成し、縦型反応器の内壁面に接触することなく下方に成長するため、反応器の器壁材質による汚染を受けにくい。
本工程では、成長させた粗結晶シリコンを縦型反応器外に排出する。より具体的には、成長させた粗結晶シリコンを、自重または機械的な方法により縦型反応器下部に設けられた冷却ゾーンに落下させて冷却した後、縦型反応器底部から回分的または連続的に反応器外に排出する。粗結晶シリコンを縦型反応器底部から回分的または連続的に反応器外に排出する際には、機械的方法で行うことが好ましい。
本工程では、排出された粗結晶シリコンを酸処理する。上述した還元反応により得られる粗結晶シリコンの表面には、還元剤の亜鉛や生成した塩化亜鉛が付着しているため、該粗結晶シリコンを、好ましくは長さ(粗結晶シリコンが融着している場合は粒径)0.1~5mmにクラッシャー等で解砕し、解砕品を酸処理し、純水で洗浄し、乾燥することによって、所期の高純度結晶シリコンを得ることができる。粗結晶シリコン解砕品の長さまたは粒径が上記の範囲内であると、高純度結晶シリコンを坩堝にて融解して後述の高純度単結晶シリコンインゴットを製造する際に、インゴット製造装置への高純度結晶シリコン供給を粉粒体供給用装置(例えば、振動フィーダーなど)の使用により円滑に行うことができる。また、高純度単結晶シリコンインゴット引上げ装置用のシリコン原料追加供給装置も好適に使用できる。
本発明の高純度単結晶シリコンは、上述のようにして得られた高純度結晶シリコンから作製され、炭素含有量が好ましくは2ppmw以下、より好ましくは0.5ppmw以下であり、比抵抗値ρが好ましくは20~1000Ω-cm、より好ましくは50~1000Ω-cmである。これは太陽電池用シリコンの原料のみならず、最新の半導体用シリコンとしての品質要求の一部をも満足しうるレベルである。
チョクラルスキー法単結晶育成装置を用いて、高純度結晶シリコンから高純度単結晶シリコンインゴットを作製した。さらに前記インゴットを、内周刃式スライサーまたはハンドソーを用いて厚さ2mmのウェーハに切断して、比抵抗測定用試料、ならびに、炭素含有量、ホウ素含有量および亜鉛含有量の測定試料とした。
四塩化珪素中の金属不純物の定量は、テフロン(登録商標)製容器を用い60℃で四塩化珪素を蒸発乾固した後の残渣に、超純水および少量のHNO3を加えて加熱溶解した後の溶液を、高周波誘導プラズマ質量分析装置(ICP-MS、アジレント・テクノロジー(株)製「Agilent 7500CS」)を用いて定量する方法によって行った。一方、高純度結晶シリコンおよび高純度単結晶シリコン中の金属不純物の定量は、HF/HNO3でシリコンを分解した後の溶液中の金属不純物を、高周波誘導プラズマ質量分析装置(ICP-MS、アジレント・テクノロジー(株)製「Agilent 7500CS」)を用いて定量する方法によって行った。
シリコンウェーハ中の炭素量の定量方法は、JEITA EM-3503に準拠してFT-IRによって行った。
四塩化珪素中の有機シリコン化合物含有量の定量は、ガスクロマトグラフ質量分析計(GC-MS)により4種の有機シリコン化合物(CH3SiCl3、(CH3)2SiCl2、(CH3)3SiCl、および(CH3)2HSiCl)の定量分析を行い、その合計量を有機シリコン化合物含有量とした。使用した装置と条件を以下に記す。
カラム :InertCap 5(ジーエルサイエンス(株)製)
カラム サイズ:内径0.32mm、長さ60m
カラム 液層 :5% ジフェニル-95% ジメチルポリシロキサン
カラム液層膜厚:1.00μm
キャリアーガス:超高純度ヘリウム
カラム温度 :60℃
カラム流量 :2ml/min.
試料注入量 :0.6μl
試料注入モード:スプリット法
スプリット比 :20
パージ流量 :3ml/min.
試料気化室温度:130℃
イオン源温度 :230℃
測定モード :SIMモード
定量方法 :絶対検量線法
5)比抵抗値ρの測定
JIS H 0602に準拠して行った。
<高純度四塩化珪素の製造>
原料となる四塩化珪素には、工業用金属シリコン(純度約98重量%)を塩化水素と反応させ得られた反応物を蒸留して得られた、工業的に用いられる四塩化珪素(有機シリコン化合物含有量:3.5ppmw、ホウ素含有量:0.14ppbw)を用いた。20kgのシリカゲルを充填した吸着塔に導入し、温度20℃、流量1000L/hで24時間循環させて、ホウ素含有量を低減化させた。吸着処理後の四塩化珪素のホウ素含有量として検出限界の0.05ppbw以下であった。また、四塩化珪素を100℃で気化させた後、1100℃の温度に加熱した過熱管を滞留時間1秒で通過させて、有機シリコン化合物を炭化除去した後に、冷却捕集し、さらに精留を行った。四塩化珪素中の処理前の有機シリコン化合物含有量は3.5ppmwであったが、処理後は0.01ppmw以下に低下した。精製処理前後の四塩化珪素中のホウ素および有機シリコン化合物含有量を表1に示す。
原料の四塩化珪素として、上述した精製処理後の四塩化珪素(表1参照)を使用し、図1に模式的に示した試験製造装置を用いて結晶シリコンの製造試験を行った。
貯蔵層を解放して得られた粗結晶シリコンを、クラッシャーを用いて解砕した。解砕された粗結晶シリコンは顕微鏡観察した結果、粒径が0.1~5mmであった。次に、解砕された粗結晶シリコン2kgを2重量%の塩酸水溶液20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で10分間揺動撹拌して酸処理した後、酸処理物を塩酸水から分離し、さらに純水20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で1時間、純水を注水しつつ揺動撹拌して洗浄した。次いで、洗浄物を純水から分離して80℃で8時間乾燥した。
<高純度四塩化珪素の製造>
原料となる四塩化珪素には、工業用金属シリコン(純度約98重量%)を塩化水素と反応させて得られた反応物を蒸留して得られた、工業的に用いられる四塩化珪素(有機シリコン化合物含有量:4.6ppmw、ホウ素含有量:8ppbw)を用いた。20kgのシリカゲルを充填した吸着塔に導入し、温度20℃、流量1200L/hで20時間循環させて、ホウ素含有量を低減化させた。吸着処理後の四塩化珪素のホウ素含有量として検出限界の0.05ppbw以下であった。また、四塩化珪素を100℃で気化させた後、1200℃の温度に加熱した過熱管を滞留時間1秒で通過させて、有機シリコン化合物を炭化除去した後に、冷却捕集し、さらに精留を行った。四塩化珪素中の処理前の有機シリコン化合物含有量は4.6ppmwであったが、処理後は0.1ppmwに低下した。精製処理前後の四塩化珪素中のホウ素および有機シリコン化合物含有量を表1に示す。
原料の四塩化珪素として、上述した精製処理後の四塩化珪素(表1参照)を使用し、実施例1で用いた試験製造装置を用いて結晶シリコンの製造試験を行った。
貯蔵層を解放して得られた粗結晶シリコンを、クラッシャーを用いて解砕した。解砕された粗結晶シリコンは顕微鏡観察した結果、粒径が0.1~5mmであった。次に、解砕された粗結晶シリコン2kgを2重量%の塩酸水溶液20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で10分間揺動撹拌して酸処理した後、酸処理物を塩酸水から分離し、さらに純水20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で1時間、純水を注水しつつ揺動撹拌して洗浄した。次いで、洗浄物を純水から分離して80℃で8時間乾燥した。
<高純度四塩化珪素の製造>
原料となる四塩化珪素には、工業用金属シリコン(純度約98重量%)を塩化水素と反応させて得られた反応物を蒸留して得られた工業的に用いられる四塩化珪素(有機シリコン化合物含有量:11.7ppmw、ホウ素含有量:2ppbw)を用いた。30kgのシリカゲルを充填した吸着塔に導入し、温度20℃、流量1100L/hで24時間循環させて、ホウ素含有量を低減化させた。吸着処理後の四塩化珪素のホウ素含有量は検出限界の0.05ppbw以下であった。また、四塩化珪素を100℃で気化させた後、1200℃の温度に加熱した過熱管を滞留時間3秒で通過させて、有機シリコン化合物を炭化除去した後に、冷却捕集し、さらに精留を行った。四塩化珪素中の処理前の有機シリコン化合物含有量は11.7ppmwであったが、処理後は0.01ppmw以下に低下した。精製処理前後の四塩化珪素中のホウ素および有機シリコン化合物含有量を表1に示す。
原料の四塩化珪素として、上述した精製処理後の四塩化珪素(表1参照)を使用し、実施例1で用いた試験製造装置を用いて結晶シリコンの製造試験を行った。
貯蔵層を解放して得られた粗結晶シリコンを、クラッシャーを用いて解砕した。解砕された粗結晶シリコンは顕微鏡観察した結果、粒径が0.1~5mmであった。次に、解砕された粗結晶シリコン2kgを2重量%の塩酸水溶液20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で10分間揺動撹拌して酸処理した後、酸処理物を塩酸水から分離し、さらに純水20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で1時間、純水を注水しつつ揺動撹拌して洗浄した。次いで、洗浄物を純水から分離して80℃で8時間乾燥した。
<高純度四塩化珪素の製造>
原料となる四塩化珪素には、工業用金属シリコン(純度約98重量%)を塩化水素と反応させて得られた反応物を蒸留して得られた、工業的に用いられる四塩化珪素(有機シリコン化合物含有量:15ppmw、ホウ素含有量:3ppbw)を、30kgのシリカゲルを充填した吸着塔に導入し、温度20℃、流量1000L/hで30時間循環させて、ホウ素含有量を低減化させた。吸着処理後の四塩化珪素のホウ素含有量は検出限界の0.05ppbw以下であった。また、四塩化珪素を100℃で気化させた後、1200℃の温度に加熱した過熱管を滞留時間3秒で通過させて、有機シリコン化合物を炭化除去した後に、冷却捕集し、さらに精留を行った。四塩化珪素中の処理前の有機シリコン化合物含有量は15ppmwであったが、処理後は0.01ppmw以下に低下した。精製処理前後の四塩化珪素中のホウ素および有機シリコン化合物含有量を表1に示す。
原料の四塩化珪素として、上述した精製処理後の四塩化珪素(表1参照)を使用し、実施例1で用いた試験製造装置と同じ図1に模式的に示した装置を用いて結晶シリコンの製造試験を行った。
貯蔵層を解放して得られた粗結晶シリコンを、クラッシャーを用いて解砕した。解砕された粗結晶シリコンは顕微鏡観察した結果、粒径が0.1~5mmであった。次に、解砕された粗結晶シリコン2kgを2重量%の塩酸水溶液20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で10分間揺動撹拌して酸処理した後、酸処理物を塩酸水から分離し、さらに純水20kgの入った容器に浸漬し、25℃で1時間、純水を注水しつつ揺動撹拌して洗浄した。次いで、洗浄物を純水から分離して80℃で8時間乾燥した。
四塩化珪素として、上述した精製処理前の四塩化珪素(表1参照)を用いたこと、ならびに、塩酸水を用いた酸処理を行わずに純水洗浄および乾燥を行って得られた高純度結晶シリコンを用いたこと以外は実施例1と同様に実施した。結果を表1に示す。
2 ・・・四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズル
3 ・・・亜鉛ガス供給ノズル
4 ・・・排気ガス抜き出しパイプ
5 ・・・粗結晶シリコン回収装置
6a・・・シールガス(四塩化珪素)導入パイプ(1)
6b・・・シールガス(四塩化珪素)導入パイプ(2)
6c・・・シールガス(四塩化珪素)加熱供給装置
7 ・・・四塩化珪素気化装置
8a・・・亜鉛溶融炉
8b・・・亜鉛蒸発炉
9 ・・・加熱器
10 ・・・還元反応層
20 ・・・加温されたシールガス(四塩化珪素)層
30 ・・・冷却ゾーン
40 ・・・反応器加熱炉
50 ・・・塩化亜鉛回収タンク
60 ・・・四塩化珪素凝縮装置
100・・・管状粗結晶シリコン
A ・・・亜鉛
B ・・・四塩化珪素
C ・・・粗結晶シリコン
D ・・・固形分(塩化亜鉛+未反応亜鉛+微粉状シリコン)
E ・・・シールガス(四塩化珪素)
F ・・・ガス成分(未反応四塩化珪素+シールガス(四塩化珪素))
G ・・・ガス処理装置
Claims (8)
- ホウ素含有量が0.015ppmw以下であり、かつ亜鉛含有量が50ppbw~1000ppbwであることを特徴とする高純度結晶シリコン。
- 請求項1に記載の高純度結晶シリコンから作製された、炭素含有量が2ppmw以下であり、かつ比抵抗値ρが20~1000Ω-cmであることを特徴とする高純度単結晶シリコン。
- 前記高純度結晶シリコンを原料としたチョクラルスキー法により得られたことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の高純度単結晶シリコン。
- 請求項1に記載の高純度結晶シリコンを製造する方法であって、
(1)四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルと、亜鉛ガス供給ノズルと、排気ガス抜き出しパイプとを有する縦型反応器であって、四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルが反応器上部から反応器内部に挿入設置された縦型反応器内に、四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルから四塩化珪素ガスを供給し、亜鉛ガス供給ノズルから亜鉛ガスを供給する工程と、
(2)四塩化珪素ガスと亜鉛ガスとを800~1200℃で反応させることにより四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルの先端部に粗結晶シリコンを生成させる工程と、
(3)粗結晶シリコンを四塩化珪素ガス供給ノズルの先端部から下方に向かって成長させる工程と、
(4)成長させた粗結晶シリコンを縦型反応器外に排出する工程と、
(5)排出された粗結晶シリコンを酸処理する工程と
を含み、前記四塩化珪素ガスの原料として、有機シリコン化合物含有量が0.1ppmw以下であり、かつホウ素含有量が0.1ppbw以下である高純度四塩化珪素を用い、前記亜鉛ガスの原料として、純度が99.99重量%以上の金属亜鉛を用いることを特徴とする高純度結晶シリコンの製造方法。 - 前記工程(5)が、排出された粗結晶シリコンを解砕する工程、解砕された粗結晶シリコンを酸処理する工程、および酸処理物を洗浄する工程、および洗浄物を乾燥する工程を含むことを特徴とする請求項4に記載の高純度結晶シリコンの製造方法。
- 前記工程(5)が、粒径0.1mm~5mmに解砕された粗結晶シリコンを酸処理する工程および酸処理物を純水洗浄する工程を含むことを特徴とする請求項4または5に記載の高純度結晶シリコンの製造方法。
- 有機シリコン化合物含有量が0.1ppmw以下であり、かつホウ素含有量が0.1ppbw以下であることを特徴とする高純度四塩化珪素。
- 請求項7に記載の高純度四塩化珪素を製造する方法であって、工業用金属シリコンを塩化水素および/または塩素と反応させて蒸留することにより得られた四塩化珪素に、ホウ素化合物含有量の低減処理および有機シリコン化合物含有量の低減処理を施すことを特徴とする高純度四塩化珪素の製造方法。
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