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Features of Plasma-Chemical Hydrogen Reduction of Volatile Silicon and Germanium Chlorides in rf-arc Discharge

Version 1 : Received: 17 November 2023 / Approved: 22 November 2023 / Online: 22 November 2023 (12:00:47 CET)

How to cite: Kornev, R.; Gornushkin, I.; Shabarova, L.; Ermakov, A.; Mochalov, G.; Rekunov, N.; Medov, V.; Chaschina, A.; Kalinina, A. Features of Plasma-Chemical Hydrogen Reduction of Volatile Silicon and Germanium Chlorides in rf-arc Discharge. Preprints 2023, 2023111412. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1412.v1 Kornev, R.; Gornushkin, I.; Shabarova, L.; Ermakov, A.; Mochalov, G.; Rekunov, N.; Medov, V.; Chaschina, A.; Kalinina, A. Features of Plasma-Chemical Hydrogen Reduction of Volatile Silicon and Germanium Chlorides in rf-arc Discharge. Preprints 2023, 2023111412. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1412.v1

Abstract

The processes of hydrogen reduction of silicon and germanium chlorides under the conditions of radio-frequency (40.68 MHz) counteracted arc discharge stabilized between two rod electrodes were investigated. The main gas-phase and solid products of plasma-chemical transformations were determined. Thermodynamic analysis of SiCl4 + H2 and GeCl4 + H2 systems was carried out. It is shown that under the implemented experimental conditions, equilibrium components of the products are established. The detected spectra of chemical activity were studied, which gave reason to assume that the molecular mechanism of the hydrogen reduction process is the main one. The impurity composition of gas-phase and solid reaction products was investigated. The possibility of single-stage production of high-purity Si and Ge mainly in the form of compact ingots, as well as high-purity chlorosilanes and trichlorogermane, was shown.

Keywords

RF-arc discharge; hydrogen reduction; silicon chloride; germanium chloride; thermodynamic; silicon; germanium

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Applied Chemistry

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