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- the present invention relates to a photoelectric conversion device and a solar cell including the photoelectric conversion device, and more particularly to a solar cell using a crystalline semiconductor such as single crystal silicon and / or polycrystalline silicon and a method for manufacturing the solar cell.
- a crystalline semiconductor such as single crystal silicon and / or polycrystalline silicon
- Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for providing a solar cell with excellent carrier extraction efficiency and improved characteristics.
- this solar cell minority carriers are extracted from both sides of the crystalline semiconductor layer out of photogenerated carriers generated in the crystalline semiconductor layer upon incidence of light.
- the solar cell is a solar cell including a first semiconductor layer having another conductivity type on the light incident surface side of a crystal semiconductor layer having one conductivity type, and the light transmission of the crystal semiconductor layer is performed.
- a second semiconductor layer having another conductivity type is provided on the surface side.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a solar cell in which circumstances that hinder the improvement of photoelectric conversion efficiency are reduced.
- the solar cell of the present invention is A first conductivity type semiconductor substrate; A first semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type that is formed on the light transmission surface of the semiconductor substrate and collects photogenerated carriers based on medium-long wavelength solar radiation; A photogenerated carrier that is formed on the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate and collects photogenerated carriers based on short-wavelength sunlight and does not reach the first semiconductor layer among the photogenerated carriers based on the medium-long wavelength sunlight. And a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type for collecting The impurity concentration of the second semiconductor layer is approximately one digit greater than the impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer.
- the impurity concentration of the second semiconductor layer is approximately one digit or more larger than the impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer, the built-in potential between the semiconductor substrate and the first semiconductor layer, A difference of about 60 mV or more can be made between the built-in potential and the second semiconductor layer. As a result, almost 90% or more of the photogenerated carriers can be extracted from the first semiconductor layer.
- the first semiconductor layer is formed so as to be in contact with the entire surface, since a decrease in open circuit voltage on the light transmission surface of the semiconductor substrate can be prevented.
- the manufacturing process can be simplified, and thus there is an advantage that the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- the semiconductor substrate has the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer except for a formation portion of a first conductivity type semiconductor layer connected to an electrode for extracting an electrical signal based on carriers collected in the first semiconductor layer. It is good to be covered with a semiconductor layer. Even on the side surface of the semiconductor substrate, photogenerated carriers that do not reach the first semiconductor layer can be collected, so that recombination of the photogenerated carriers can be further prevented.
- the value of the current output from the first semiconductor layer may be larger than the value of the current output from the second semiconductor layer.
- the method for producing the solar cell of the present invention comprises: Forming a second conductivity type first semiconductor layer that collects carriers generated based on medium-long wavelength solar rays on a light transmission surface of the first conductivity type semiconductor substrate; First, a carrier that collects carriers generated on the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate based on short-wavelength sunlight and collects carriers that do not reach the first semiconductor layer among the carriers generated based on the medium-long wavelength sunlight.
- Forming a second conductivity type second semiconductor layer Increasing the impurity concentration of the second semiconductor layer by approximately one digit or more compared to the impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer; including.
- the second semiconductor layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate, photogenerated carriers that do not reach the first semiconductor layer can be collected in the second semiconductor layer. Recombination can be prevented.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along a broken line A in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is a manufacturing-process figure of the photovoltaic cell 100 shown in FIG. It is typical sectional drawing of the photovoltaic cell 100 of Embodiment 2 of this invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view seen from the light incident surface side of a solar battery cell 100 constituting the solar battery of Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the solar cell 100 includes a single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, a bus bar wiring 170, a light incident surface main bus bar 174, and side electrodes 173, which will be described below.
- the solar cell 100 may have a length in the X direction and the Y direction of about 150 mm to 160 mm and a thickness of about 150 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m.
- the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 has a specific resistance of, for example, 0.1 ⁇ ⁇ cm to 1 ⁇ ⁇ cm, a thickness of, for example, 150 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m, and an impurity concentration of 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 to 6 ⁇ 10 6. 16 cm ⁇ 3 .
- a polycrystalline N-type semiconductor substrate may be used in place of the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, and the single-crystal or polycrystalline P-type is obtained by reversing the conductivity type of the semiconductor described below.
- a semiconductor substrate may be used.
- the thickness of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is relatively thin, and this also contributes to preventing recombination of photogenerated carriers, so that the photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved. it can.
- the bus bar wiring 170 is a wiring formed on the light incident surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 along the Y direction.
- a total of 12 bus bar wirings 170 are schematically shown, but in actuality, about 1000 wirings are formed.
- the number of bus bar wirings 170 may be larger or smaller than this.
- the bus bar wiring 170 has an electrode length of about 75 mm, an electrode width of about 3 ⁇ m, and a thickness of about 3 ⁇ m. In the case of this condition, the aperture ratio of the solar battery cell 100 is about 99%.
- a material having a specific resistance of about 2.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 ⁇ ⁇ cm to 3.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 ⁇ ⁇ cm may be selected.
- a pitch 175 between the bus bar wirings 170 can be about 300 ⁇ m.
- the light incident surface main bus bar 174 is formed along the X direction, and each bus bar wiring 170 is connected thereto.
- the size of the light incident surface main bus bar 174 may be, for example, a width of about 150 mm, a length of about 20 ⁇ m, and a thickness of about 3 ⁇ m.
- the side electrode 173 is formed on the side surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and is connected to the light incident surface main bus bar 174 and a second electrode 172 (FIG. 2) described later.
- the size of the side electrode 173 is, for example, that the length in the X direction is about 150 mm, the length in the Z direction (not shown) orthogonal to the X direction and the Y direction is about 150 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m, and the thickness is about 3 ⁇ m. Can be adopted.
- the wiring resistance of the light incident surface main bus bar 174 is negligible compared to the bus bar wiring 170.
- the resistance value of the entrance surface main bus bar 174 is about 250 m ⁇ .
- FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view seen from the light transmitting surface side which is the back surface side of FIG. 2 shows a first electrode 171 and a second electrode 172 described below in addition to the portion shown in FIG.
- the first electrode 171 is connected to an N + type semiconductor layer 143 (FIG. 3), which will be described later, and takes out an electrical signal based on the photogenerated carriers generated by the solar rays 130 through the N + type semiconductor layer 143. Electrode.
- the first electrode 171 includes, for example, a shaft portion whose central portion extends in the Y direction and a plurality of comb-like portions that integrally extend in the X direction orthogonal to the shaft portion.
- the material of the first electrode 171 is not limited to this, but can be made of, for example, aluminum, and the thickness thereof may be about 10 ⁇ m.
- the second electrode 172 is connected to a P-type first semiconductor layer 102A (FIG. 3), which will be described later, and takes out an electrical signal based on the photogenerated carriers generated by the solar rays 130 through the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A. Electrode.
- the second electrode 172 is formed around the first electrode 171 with a predetermined inter-electrode gap of, for example, 10 ⁇ m.
- the second electrode 172 is not limited to this, but can be made of, for example, aluminum, and the thickness thereof can be about 10 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the broken line A in FIGS. 1 and 2. 3 includes, in addition to the portion shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, a P-type first semiconductor layer 102A, a P-type second semiconductor layer 102B, an N + -type semiconductor layer 143, and an anti-reflection described below. A film 31 and an oxide film 32 are shown.
- the P-type first semiconductor layer 102 ⁇ / b > A is formed in a region excluding the N + -type semiconductor layer 143 on the light transmission surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101.
- the P-type first semiconductor layer 102 ⁇ / b> A together with the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, generates photogenerated carriers mainly based on medium-long wavelength light rays among the solar rays 130.
- the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A may have a sheet resistance of, for example, 10 ⁇ / ⁇ to 200 ⁇ / ⁇ , and an impurity concentration of, for example, 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 to 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the P-type first semiconductor layer 102 ⁇ / b> A may be formed by a manufacturing process described later, but instead, a groove is formed in the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 or the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is formed.
- a solar cell semiconductor substrate having a thickness substantially equal to 200 ⁇ m is prepared, and is divided into X and Y directions as appropriate to form a microcell structure, and a wall-like groove is formed on the side surface between the microcells. You may form with the 2nd electrode 172 in the said groove
- the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is formed so as to cover the light incident surface and the side surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101. Note that, from the viewpoint of preventing recombination of photogenerated carriers, the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is required to be formed so as to cover even the side surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 having a small area. However, according to the manufacturing process described later, the side surfaces are also integrally covered.
- the P-type second semiconductor layer 102 ⁇ / b> B together with the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, generates photogenerated carriers mainly by short-wavelength sunlight among the sunlight 130.
- the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B has a sheet resistance of, for example, 100 ⁇ / ⁇ , an impurity concentration of, for example, 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 to 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 , and a thickness of, for example, a wavelength ⁇ of 0 in the solar radiation 100.
- the conditions may be such that photogenerated carriers can be generated on the basis of solar rays of .45 ⁇ m or less, and further 0.3 ⁇ m or less.
- the condition that the wavelength ⁇ is 0.45 ⁇ m or less is that the number of photons that generate photogenerated carriers in the entire solar beam 130 is approximately 5% to 10% of the total number of photons.
- the condition of 3 ⁇ m or less is synonymous with the fact that the number of photons that generate photogenerated carriers in the entire solar ray 130 is approximately 0% of the total number of photons.
- the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B or the P-type is formed on the surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, except for the formation location of the N + -type semiconductor layer 143 corresponding to the first electrode 171.
- the first semiconductor layer 102A is formed over the entire surface.
- the built-in potential of the PN junction on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is expressed as the light generated by the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A. This is the same as the built-in potential of the PN junction on the transmission surface side.
- Each built-in potential may be adjusted by adjusting the impurity concentration of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A with respect to the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101. Specifically, since the built-in potential is proportional to the acceptor concentrations of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A, these concentrations may be the same.
- the N + type semiconductor layer 143 is a semiconductor layer that is provided on the light transmission side and that extracts an electric signal connected to the first electrode 171.
- the impurity concentration of the N + type semiconductor layer 143 may be, for example, 3 ⁇ 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 to 3 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 .
- FIG. 3 shows a stripe shape as the shape of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A and the N + -type semiconductor layer 143, but instead of this, a grid shape or one of them is a dot shape.
- the area ratio of the N + type semiconductor layer 143 to the P type first semiconductor layer 102A may be reduced to, for example, about 10%.
- the antireflection film 31 is on the light incident surface side of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102 ⁇ / b> B and is formed between the bus bar wires 170.
- the antireflection film 31 is not limited to this, but a nitride film (SiN) or the like can be used.
- the shape of the antireflection film 31 is simplified, but actually, for example, a texture structure having an inverted pyramid shape is used.
- the oxide film 32 is a passivation film provided on the light transmission surface side in order to suppress a recombination current on the light transmission surface.
- FIG. 4 is a manufacturing process diagram of the solar battery cell 100 shown in FIG.
- anisotropic etching is performed by immersing at least the light incident surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 in an alkaline solution (for example, KOH solution).
- an inverted pyramid-shaped texture structure (not shown) is formed on at least the light incident surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 under the condition that the base is about 30 ⁇ m and the height is about 20 ⁇ m, for example (step S1). ).
- step S2 phosphorus glass is applied to the back surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 to form a phosphorus glass layer 231. Then, other portions are removed in such a manner that a necessary portion of the phosphor glass is left by photolithography (step S2).
- the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is heat-treated at a temperature of about 900 ° C., for example, in a boron atmosphere.
- the heat treatment time may be set such that the amount of boron deposited on the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is, for example, about 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 .
- boron diffuses into the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 in such a manner that the sheet resistance becomes 100 ⁇ / ⁇ when the diffusion depth is about 0.1 ⁇ m.
- a P-type semiconductor layer 102 region to be the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A and the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is formed in the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, and the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101
- the entire surface is covered with a boron glass layer 232.
- the boron glass layer 232 is not shown in a laminated state on the surface of the phosphorus glass layer 231, but actually, the boron glass layer 232 is slightly on the surface of the phosphorus glass layer 231. Becomes a laminated state.
- phosphorus in the phosphorus glass layer 231 applied in step S3 diffuses into the single crystal N type semiconductor substrate 101, and an N + type semiconductor layer 143 is formed in the single crystal N type semiconductor substrate 101 ( Step S3).
- the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is heat-treated at a temperature of about 950 ° C., for example, in an oxidizing atmosphere.
- the heat treatment time may be sufficient to replace the boron glass layer 232 with the oxide film 32 (step S4).
- the antireflection film 31 is formed by, for example, a low temperature CVD method ( Step S5).
- the bus bar wiring 170 is formed on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, and the first electrode 171 and the second electrode 172 are formed on the light transmission surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, respectively. Therefore, openings 251 are formed at the corresponding positions of the antireflection film 31 on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the corresponding positions of the oxide film 32 and the phosphorous glass layer 231 on the light transmission surface side, respectively. (Step S6).
- liquid phase aluminum is deposited on the surface of the antireflection film 31 on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the surface of the oxide film 32 and the phosphor glass layer 231 on the light transmission surface side.
- heat treatment is performed at a temperature of about 800 ° C.
- aluminum is sputtered or vapor-deposited so that the light incident surface has a thickness of about 3 ⁇ m and the light transmission surface has a thickness of about 10 ⁇ m, and then exposed using a photolithography method or the like. This exposure is preferably double-sided exposure of the light incident surface and the light transmission surface.
- the aluminum except for the portions to become the bus bar wiring 17, the first electrode 171 and the second electrode 172 is removed by wet etching using a required chemical or dry etching chemical etching.
- the bus bar wiring 170, the first electrode 171 and the second electrode 172 may be formed using a paste method instead of the above method (step S7).
- the side electrode 173 is formed by spraying aluminum toward the side surfaces.
- the light incident surface main bus bar 174 can also be formed integrally, and further, the connection between the light incident surface main bus bar 174 and each bus bar wiring 170 and the connection between the side electrode 173 and the second electrode 172. Is also possible.
- a metal paste such as an aluminum paste may be employed, metal vapor deposition (including sputtering) may be employed, or a plating method may be employed. May be.
- an electric signal can be taken out from the bus bar wiring 170 and the light incident surface main bus bar 174 connected thereto.
- the sunlight rays 130 incident on the solar battery cell 100 the sunlight rays having a wavelength ⁇ of 0.45 ⁇ m or more, that is, the medium-long wavelength sunlight rays, are emitted from the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and P.
- the PN junction of the light transmission surface with the first semiconductor layer 102A photogenerated carriers based on the sunlight are generated.
- the holes generated by the incidence of the sunlight 130 on the solar battery cell 100 only need to reach one of the depletion layers formed in the vicinity of each of the PN junctions. It's short. For this reason, in this embodiment, as described above, the thickness of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 can be relatively reduced. If the hole diffusion length is short, the recombination of photogenerated carriers can be reduced, so that the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar battery cell 100 is improved.
- the fact that the recombination of the photogenerated carriers can be reduced means that the electric signal based on the photogenerated carriers before the recombination can be taken out from the light incident surface main bus bar 174. Since it can add to the output of the whole photovoltaic cell 100, it leads to the improvement of the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the whole photovoltaic cell 100.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar battery cell 100 of the present embodiment will be simulated from the viewpoint of voltage drop (IR drop).
- the current related to the PN junction on the light incident surface side between the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is 200 mA
- the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A Assume that there is 12 A of current related to the PN junction on the transmission surface side.
- the IR drop in the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is about 66 mV ( ⁇ 5.4 m ⁇ ⁇ 12.2 A).
- the electric current based on the short wavelength light among the solar rays 130 incident on the solar battery cell 100 is a single crystal N type.
- the total voltage drop received when passing through the PN junction on the light incident surface side of the semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B, the bus bar wiring 170, the light incident surface main bus bar 174, and the side electrode 173 is about 126 mV ( ⁇ 66 mV + 57.4 mV).
- the solar battery cell 100 of the present embodiment forms an electric signal based on a medium-long wavelength solar beam by forming the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A, and also the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B.
- the solar battery cell 100 of the present embodiment forms an electric signal based on a medium-long wavelength solar beam by forming the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A, and also the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B.
- the opening ratio of the photovoltaic cell 100 is changed by changing the size into about 10 ⁇ m in width, about 10 ⁇ m in thickness, about 75 mm in length, and changing the number to 3,000. If it is changed to about 90% and other conditions are the same as above, the photoelectric conversion efficiency will be improved to about 46.2%.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the solar battery cell 100 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and corresponds to FIG.
- the solar battery cell 100 shown in FIG. 5 is of a type in which the bus bar wiring 170, the light incident surface main bus bar 174, and the side electrode 173 shown in FIG. 3 are not provided.
- the same parts as those shown in FIG. 1 are not provided.
- the sheet resistance value of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is between the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B and the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101. This defines the upper limit value of the electrical signal generated at the PN junction on the light incident surface side.
- the upper limit value should be as large as possible.
- the sheet resistance value of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is 1 ⁇ / ⁇ or more.
- An electrical signal generated at the PN junction on the light incident surface side between the second semiconductor layer 102B and the single crystal N type semiconductor substrate 101 is a light transmission surface between the P type first semiconductor layer 102A and the single crystal N type semiconductor substrate 101. It is always smaller (including zero) than the electrical signal generated at the side PN junction.
- the electrical signal beyond that is P-type first. It is obtained by a PN junction on the light transmission surface side of the semiconductor layer 102A and the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101. Specifically, in the case of the solar battery manufactured under the above and the following conditions, the total generation 99.9% or more of the current can be obtained from the PN junction on the light transmission surface side between the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A and the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101.
- the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B can be formed by, for example, an ion implantation method.
- boron is selected as an impurity, and the diffusion depth thereof is the same as that of the first embodiment, for example, about 0.1 ⁇ m. be able to.
- the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A covering the side surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 can be formed by, for example, a diffusion method from a liquid phase.
- a diffusion method from a liquid phase aluminum or a multilayer structure of aluminum and boron is selected as an impurity, and each diffusion depth can be set to 0.5 ⁇ m, for example.
- the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A and the single-crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 can collect the photogenerated carriers based on the majority of photons in the solar spectrum by the PN junction on the light transmission surface side of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A.
- the manufacturing methods, impurity concentrations, and diffusion depths of the two semiconductor layers 102B and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A are not limited to those described above.
- doping from a solid or liquid impurity source or a gas gas impurity source is employed instead of the ion implantation method, or both the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A are made of only boron. Is selected as an impurity, and each diffusion depth can be set to 0.2 ⁇ m, for example.
- the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B that covers the side surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 in the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B. There are also advantages to keep.
- the solar cell 100 of the present embodiment is not provided with the bus bar wiring 170, the light incident surface main bus bar 174, and the side surface electrode 173, and thus the P-type second semiconductor layer.
- the current based on the carrier that has reached 102B must be taken out of the solar battery cell 100.
- a measure such as connecting the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B to a plus power source can be considered. If the P-type semiconductor layer 102B is provided, this functions as a path that flows through the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B, so that there is an advantage that a positive power supply connection or the like is not necessary.
- the built-in potential of the PN junction on the light incident surface side between the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is expressed by the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type first semiconductor. It is set higher than the built-in potential of the PN junction on the light transmission surface side with the layer 102A.
- a concentration gradient in which the ion concentration of the semiconductor substrate 101 is increased from the central portion of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 toward the bonding direction may be provided.
- phosphorus or antimony is deposited prior to the treatment in the boron atmosphere, so that the concentration is higher than that of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 (for example, N layers of 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 to 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 ) can be formed inside the boron layer in the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101.
- the measure of providing a concentration gradient can also be employed when both built-in potentials are made similar in the solar cell 100 of the first embodiment.
- the acceptor concentration of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is increased by about two digits compared to the acceptor concentration of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A, a difference of about 120 mV occurs in the built-in potential.
- the acceptor concentration of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is, for example, 10 20 cm ⁇ 3
- the acceptor concentration of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A is, for example, 10 18 cm ⁇ 3
- the donor of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 For example, the concentration may be 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the impurity concentration in this specification refers to an average concentration in a semiconductor layer containing impurities.
- the acceptor concentration of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is smaller than the acceptor concentration of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A, the minority carrier electrons generated in the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 are opposite to each other.
- the light flows from the PN junction on the light incident surface having a low barrier over the barrier, and if both the acceptor concentrations are equal, the light moves toward the PN junction corresponding to the wavelength of the optical spectrum. .
- the solar cell 100 of this embodiment has a simpler structure than that of the first embodiment, the manufacturing cost is reduced, but the open voltage of the PN junction on the light transmission surface is reduced to the embodiment. A value equivalent to that of 1 can be used. As a result, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar battery cell 100 of this embodiment is about 37.8%.
- the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 shown in step S1 has a specific resistance of, for example, 1 ⁇ ⁇ cm to 10 ⁇ ⁇ cm, and an impurity concentration of 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 to 5 ⁇ 10 14 cm ⁇ 3 . .
- step S2 an oxide film is first formed on the entire surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 by, for example, a heat treatment method. Thereafter, only the oxide film on the back surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is removed. Then, for example, phosphor glass is first applied to the back surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 to form a phosphor glass layer 231. Further, in order to inject boron in addition to the purpose of injecting phosphorus into the back surface of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, for example, a boron glass layer is formed so as to overlap with the phosphorus glass layer 231 by a coating method.
- the heat treatment time performed in step S3 may be set such that the impurity concentration of boron in the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is, for example, about 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 and the thickness is about 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the sheet resistance is diffused in such a manner that the sheet resistance becomes 100 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- a region to be the P-type first semiconductor layer 102 ⁇ / b> A is formed in the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101.
- the deposition amount of phosphorus from the phosphorus glass layer 231 is, for example, 3 ⁇ 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 to 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 , the diffusion depth (thickness) is almost the same as that of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A.
- N + -type semiconductor layer 143 having the above structure is formed.
- a gas phase, a liquid phase diffusion method, an ion implantation method, and a coating diffusion method from boron bromide BBr3 can be used in addition to the above-described examples.
- the boron glass layer 232 is not formed in the implementation stage of step S3.
- step S4 the oxide film on the light incident surface and the side surface of the semiconductor substrate 101 is removed from the oxide film formed in step S2. Then, the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 is heat-treated at a temperature of about 950 ° C., for example, by vaporizing boron bromide and in an oxygen atmosphere. The heat treatment time is set so that the second P-type semiconductor layer is formed with a thickness of about 0.1 ⁇ m and an impurity concentration of 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 . At this time, the boron glass layer 232 is also formed on the light incident surface and the side surface of the semiconductor substrate 101.
- step S5 after removing the boron glass layer 232 on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 or without removing the boron glass layer 232, the antireflection film 31 is formed by, for example, a low temperature CVD method. Will form.
- step S6 the corresponding position of the antireflection film 31 on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101, and the response when the phosphor glass layer 231 and the boron glass layer 232 on the light transmission surface side are not removed.
- An opening 251 is formed at each position.
- step S7 for example, aluminum is deposited on the surface of the antireflection film 31 on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the surfaces of the phosphor glass layer 231 and the boron glass layer on the light transmission surface side. Then, in order to diffuse aluminum into each opening 251, for example, heat treatment is performed at a temperature of about 400 ° C. Thereafter, aluminum is formed with a thickness of about 3 ⁇ m on the light incident surface and a thickness of about 10 ⁇ m on the light incident surface by sputtering or vapor deposition, and then exposed using a photolithography method or the like. This exposure is preferably double-sided exposure of the light incident surface and the light transmission surface. Thereafter, the aluminum except for the portions to become the bus bar wiring 170, the first electrode 171 and the second electrode 172 is removed by wet etching or dry etching chemical etching using a required chemical.
- the built-in potential of the PN junction on the light incident surface side of the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate 101 and the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is changed to the single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate.
- the built-in potential of the PN junction on the light transmission surface side by the 101 and the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A can be increased by about 60 mV.
- the impurity concentration of the semiconductor layer 102B is, for example, 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 to 10 19 cm ⁇ 3
- the impurity concentration of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A is, for example, 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 to 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 , a single crystal N-type semiconductor substrate
- the impurity concentration of 101 is, for example, 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 to 5 ⁇ 10 14 cm ⁇ 3
- the sheet resistance of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A is, for example, 20 ⁇ / ⁇ to 200 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- the thickness is, for example, 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the impurity concentration of the P-type second semiconductor layer 102B is, for example, 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 to 10 19 cm ⁇ 3
- the impurity concentration of the P-type first semiconductor layer 102A is, for example, 10 18 cm -3 ⁇ 10 17 cm -3
- the impurity concentration of the single crystal N type semiconductor substrate 101 for example, 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm -3 ⁇ 5 ⁇ 10 14 cm -3
- a single crystal N type semiconductor substrate 101 Almost 99% of the generated carriers flow from the PN junction of the light transmission surface having a low barrier over the barrier.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar battery cell 100 under this condition is about 36.7%.
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第一導電型の半導体基板と、
前記半導体基板の光透過面に形成されていて中長波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアを収集する第二導電型の第一半導体層と、
前記半導体基板の光入射面に形成されていて短波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアを収集するとともに前記中長波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアのうち第一半導体層に到達しない光生成キャリアを収集する第二導電型の第二半導体層とを備え、
前記第二半導体層の不純物濃度が前記第一半導体層の不純物濃度に比してほぼ1ケタ以上大きい。
第一導電型の半導体基板の光透過面に中長波長の太陽光線に基づいて発生するキャリアを収集する第二導電型の第一半導体層を形成するステップと、
前記半導体基板の光入射面に短波長の太陽光線に基づいて発生するキャリアを収集するとともに前記中長波長の太陽光線に基づいて発生するキャリアのうち第一半導体層に到達しないキャリアを収集する第二導電型の第二半導体層を形成するステップと、
前記第二半導体層の不純物濃度を前記第一半導体層の不純物濃度に比してほぼ1ケタ以上大きくするステップと、
を含む。
32 酸化膜
100 太陽電池セル
101 単結晶N型半導体基板
102A P型第一半導体層
102B P型第二半導体層
143 N+型半導体層
170 バスバー配線
171 第一の電極
172 第二の電極
173 側面電極
174 光入射面メイン・バスバー
図1は、本発明の実施形態1の太陽電池を構成する太陽電池セル100の光入射面側から見た模式的な斜視図である。図1に示すように、太陽電池セル100は、以下説明する、単結晶N型半導体基板101と、バスバー配線170と、光入射面メイン・バスバー174と、側面電極173とを備えている。
図5は、本発明の実施形態2の太陽電池セル100の模式的な断面図であり、図3に対応するものである。図5に示す太陽電池セル100は、図3に示したバスバー配線170、光入射面メイン・バスバー174及び側面電極173が設けられていないタイプのものである。なお、図5において、図3に示した部分と同様の部分には、同一符号を付している。
本実施形態では、既述の実施形態1,2に対する変形例について、図4に基づいて説明する。
Claims (6)
- 第一導電型の半導体基板と、
前記半導体基板の光透過面に形成されていて中長波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアを収集する第二導電型の第一半導体層と、
前記半導体基板の光入射面に形成されていて短波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアを収集するとともに前記中長波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアのうち第一半導体層に到達しない光生成キャリアを収集する第二導電型の第二半導体層と、
を備え、
前記第二半導体層の不純物濃度が前記第一半導体層の不純物濃度に比してほぼ1ケタ以上大きい太陽電池。 - 前記半導体基板の光透過面では、前記第一半導体層で収集された光生成キャリアに基づく電気信号を取り出すための電極に接続される第一導電型の半導体層の形成箇所を除き、前記第一半導体層が全面的に接する態様で形成されている、請求項1記載の太陽電池。
- 前記第二半導体層から出力される電流と前記第一半導体層から出力される電流とを加算して出力する、請求項1記載の太陽電池。
- 前記半導体基板は、前記第一半導体層で収集された光生成キャリアに基づく電気信号を取り出す電極に接続される第一導電型の半導体層の形成箇所を除き、前記第一半導体層と前記第二半導体層とによって覆われている、請求項1記載の太陽電池。
- 前記第一半導体層から出力される電流の値が、前記第二半導体層から出力される電流の値よりも大きい、請求項1記載の太陽電池。
- 第一導電型の光透過面に中長波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアを収集する第二導電型の第一半導体層を形成するステップと、
前記半導体基板の光入射面に短波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアを収集するとともに前記中長波長の太陽光線に基づく光生成キャリアのうち第一半導体層に到達しない光生成キャリアを収集する第二導電型の第二半導体層を形成するステップと、
前記第二半導体層の不純物濃度を前記第一半導体層の不純物濃度に比してほぼ1ケタ以上大きくするステップと、
を含む太陽電池の製造方法。
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