The objective of this research program is to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of producing solar-cell quality sheet silicon by dip-coating one surface of carbonized ceramic substrates with a thin layer of large-grain polycrystalline silicon. Of the various substrate materials dip-coated this reporting period, mullite appears, at this time, to best satisfy the requirements of this research program. Dip-coating experiments continue to demonstrate that layer thickness and grain size are dependent on and can be controlled by pulling rate and melt temperature. Crystalline grains as large as 1 mm wide and 2 cm or more long can consistently be grown in layers 35 to 50 ..mu.. meters thick. (WDM)