“…Metal solvents for silicon LPE or solution growth of silicon crystals include aluminum [433,434], antimony [325], bismuth [435,436], copper [437], gallium [438], gold [439], indium [69], lead [440], tin [423], zinc [441], copper-aluminum [62,442], galliumaluminum [443], gold-bismuth [439,444,445], gallium-indium [446], gold-lead [445], thallium-tin [71], tin-aluminum [447], tin-copper-aluminum [448], tin-lead [423], and zinc-tin-aluminum [441]. Germanium crystals have been grown from aluminum, gallium, indium, and tin-antimony [449].…”