WO2015102409A1 - 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell.
- a solar cell has a junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor, that is, a semiconductor pn junction, a junction between a metal and a semiconductor, that is, a metal / semiconductor (MS) junction (also called a Schottky junction), or a metal / insulator. It is a device that converts solar energy into electrical energy by using the photovoltaic effect of a metal / insulator / semiconductor (MIS) junction structure.
- MS metal / semiconductor
- MIS metal / semiconductor
- Solar cells can be broadly classified into silicon based solar cells, compound based solar cells and organic based solar cells according to the materials used.
- silicon-based solar cells are single crystalline silicon (sc-Si), polycrystalline silicon (pc-Si), and microcrystalline silicon ( ⁇ c-Si: H) depending on the phase of a semiconductor. It can be classified into amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) solar cell.
- solar cells are classified into bulk solar cells and thin film solar cells according to the thickness of the semiconductor.
- the thin film type solar cell is a solar cell whose semiconductor layer has a thickness of several microns ( ⁇ m) to several tens of microns ( ⁇ m) or less.
- silicon solar cells monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon solar cells belong to the bulk type, and amorphous silicon and microcrystalline silicon solar cells belong to the thin film type.
- the compound solar cell is a bulk type such as GaAs (Gallium Arsenide) and InP (Indium Phosphide) of Group III-V and CdTe (Cadmium Telluride) of Group II-VI and CuInGaSe 2 (CIGS) of Group I-III-VI; Copper indium gallium diselenide).
- organic-based solar cells are largely organic molecular type and organic-inorganic hybrid type, and there are also dye-sensitized solar cells and perovskite-based solar cells, all of which belong to the thin film type.
- a typical integration technology commercialized is the laser patterning method.
- etching the first conductive layer (transparent conductive film or metal), the photoelectric conversion portion and the second conductive layer (metal or transparent conductive film), etc., respectively In total, three laser patterning processes are required. Through these three laser patterning processes, the effective area, ie effective area, operating as an integrated thin film solar cell is reduced by several%. As the effective area is reduced by several%, there is a problem in that the power that can be produced in the entire integrated thin film solar cell is reduced by that much.
- the etching process is performed with a laser in the air, so that each layer of the solar cell is contaminated by moisture or dust in the air, resulting in deterioration of the interface characteristics of the device, resulting in poor energy. There is a problem that the conversion efficiency is lowered.
- an integrated process capable of maximizing an effective area by maximizing an effective area by repeatedly or continuously performing only a film forming process in a plurality of vacuum process chambers or by repeatedly or continuously performing a film forming and etching process. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device capable of manufacturing a type thin film solar cell.
- each time a substrate on which each thin film is deposited is exposed to the air for laser patterning each layer of the solar cell is contaminated by moisture or dust in the air, resulting in deterioration of the interface characteristics of the device, and thus energy conversion efficiency of the device.
- it aims at providing the apparatus which can manufacture a high efficiency integrated thin film solar cell without breaking a vacuum.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of manufacturing a high efficiency integrated thin film solar cell without using a laser.
- the present invention when fabricating such an integrated thin film solar cell, the substrate inverter and substrate cleaner for dust countermeasures and a number of expensive laser equipment is required, the integration that can fundamentally solve the problem of increased manufacturing cost It is an object of the present invention to provide a device capable of manufacturing a type thin film solar cell.
- An apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell is an apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell in which a plurality of unit cells are electrically connected in series in a vacuum state.
- Photoelectric conversion by emitting a photoelectric conversion material on a substrate having a first conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of each trench and one side surface connected to the bottom surface and a protruding surface region of the substrate connected to the one side surface from a dividing line;
- a photoelectric conversion unit forming process chamber forming a portion; And forming a second conductive layer on a bottom surface of each of the trenches, another side surface connected to the bottom surface, and a protruding surface region of the substrate connected to the other side, from another weather line inside each of the trenches.
- a second conductive layer forming process chamber wherein the photoelectric conversion unit forming process chamber and the second conductive layer forming process chamber may perform the respective processes in a vacuum state.
- an integrated thin film solar cell having a single junction structure and an integrated thin film solar cell having a multijunction structure can be manufactured in a plurality of process chambers in a vacuum state.
- fine holes, or pin holes are generated in the thin film due to the dust generated by laser etching, thereby reducing the shunt resistance, and the thin film is thermally damaged by the laser energy, thereby deteriorating the film quality.
- a high efficiency integrated thin film solar cell with low manufacturing cost can be manufactured without the need for a substrate inverter and a substrate cleaner and a number of expensive laser equipment for dust countermeasures.
- FIG. 1 shows an apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG 3 shows a modification of the manufacturing apparatus of the integrated thin film solar cell according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- 6A and 6B show an example of a process chamber of an integrated thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention.
- the integrated thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatus can be utilized for the integration of all dry thin film solar cells, but for convenience, the manufacturing process of the thin film silicon solar cell based on amorphous silicon including the etching of the photoelectric conversion unit is the most complicated.
- embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- the accompanying drawings are only described in order to more easily disclose the contents of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the accompanying drawings that will be readily available to those of ordinary skill in the art. You will know.
- An apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell includes a second conductive layer forming process chamber P2.
- the second conductive layer forming process chamber P2 faces a substrate in which photoelectric conversion parts spaced apart from each other are sequentially stacked on the first conductive layers spaced apart from each other in a vacuum state, and is adjacent to each other in trenches between adjacent photoelectric conversion parts.
- a emitter for emitting a second conductive material, and a deposition angle adjuster for controlling the direction of the second conductive material emitted from the emitter to form a second conductive layer electrically connected to the first conductive layer and spaced apart from each other. can do.
- the emitter is referred to as a sputter gun, ion beam source, neutral particle beam source, electron beam evaporation source, thermal evaporation source. It refers to a device or component that linearly releases radicals, ions, and neutral particles of a material to be deposited, such as an effusion cell or a spray source.
- the deposition angle controller refers to a device, part, or structure having a function of directing the evaporated material in only a predetermined direction or covering a part of the evaporated material such as a shutter so that the material is directed only in a desired direction.
- the structure referred to herein may include a partition between the emitter or the process chamber or a portion of the structure of the process chamber. Therefore, in the latter case, a device having a shutter function, parts, partitions, etc. are not necessary.
- the integrated thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatus when the integrated thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention is a cluster-type inline type manufacturing apparatus (inline type) manufacturing apparatus, in a vacuum It may further include a transfer chamber (TC) having a transfer part 40 for carrying in, ie transferring, a substrate to each process chamber.
- the second conductive layer forming process chamber P2 may further include a substrate holder receiving the substrate from the transfer part 40.
- loading / unloading functions as a loading chamber (LP) for inserting the substrate into the vacuum apparatus from the atmospheric state and an unloading chamber (ULP) for removing the substrate from the inside of the vacuum apparatus to the outside in the standby state.
- the apparatus may further include a loading chamber LP / ULP, or may further include a separate loading chamber LP and an unloading chamber ULP.
- the integrated thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatus is a roll-to-roll (roller) or roller (liner) in-line type manufacturing
- it may include a loading chamber LP and an unloading chamber ULP, each of which is equipped with an unwinding roller UWR (not shown) and a rewinding roller RWR (not shown), respectively. It may be.
- a flexible substrate is wound around the core of the unwinding roller UWR and mounted in the loading chamber LP.
- the substrate is continuously moved by a driving means (not shown) to unload the chamber. It is wound on the core of the rewinding roller RWR mounted on the core. Therefore, in this case, the transfer chamber TC having the separate transfer part 40 and the substrate holder may not be included.
- FIG. 1 is a view showing a manufacturing apparatus of an integrated thin film solar cell according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and shows a cluster-type inline type manufacturing apparatus.
- the photoelectric conversion unit forming process chambers P1 P11 to P14
- the plurality of process chambers PA are described.
- the photoelectric conversion part forming process chamber P1 forms the photoelectric conversion part on the substrate on which the first conductive layers spaced apart from each other are formed.
- the mask layer is used as a mask so that a part of the first conductive layer inside the trenches covered by the photoelectric conversion unit is exposed so that the mask layer is not covered and is exposed inside the trenches.
- the photoelectric conversion part is etched.
- the second conductive layer forming process chamber P2 the second conductive material is deposited obliquely with respect to the substrate on the other side of the substrate to form the second conductive layer.
- the photoelectric conversion part forming process chamber P1 may form a photoelectric conversion part, and may include one or more unit process chambers P11, P12, P13, and P14.
- the photoelectric conversion unit forming process chamber (P1) is the first impurity semiconductor layer (P11), intrinsic semiconductor
- a plurality of unit process chambers P11, P12, P13, and P14 forming the layers P12 and P13 and the second impurity semiconductor layer P14 may be included.
- a vacuum state is maintained when the substrate is transferred between two process chambers among the plurality of process chambers P11 to P14, PA, EP, and P2 by the transfer unit 40.
- the first conductive material, the mask material and the second conductive material may be made of a transparent conductive material or an opaque or highly transparent metal material.
- the transparent conductive material is mainly a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), zinc oxide (ZnO), tin oxide (SnO 2 ), indium tin oxide (ITO), tungsten oxide (TCO) WO 3 ), molybdenum oxide (MoO 3 ), vanadium oxide (V 2 O 5 ), titanium oxide (TiO x ) or nickel oxide (NiO x ).
- Opaque or highly transparent metal materials include aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), gold (Au), silver (Ag), zinc (Zn), tungsten (W), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), and molybdenum ( Mo), titanium (Ti), cesium (Cs), and may include at least one of platinum (Pt).
- the mask material may be made of an insulating material such as lithium fluoride (LiF).
- the highly transparent metal refers to a metal having a thickness of about ten nanometers or less.
- one loading / unloading chamber LP / ULP is illustrated, but is not limited thereto, and the loading chamber LP and the unloading chamber ULP may be separately connected to the transfer chamber TC. have.
- the loading chamber LP and the unloading chamber ULP may further include a substrate holder that receives the substrate from the transfer part 40.
- a plurality of transfer units 40 may be installed inside the transfer chamber TC, and the transfer unit 40 may transfer or rotate the substrate in a straight line or up and down.
- the substrate on which the first conductive layers spaced apart from each other are formed is loaded into the apparatus through the loading / unloading chamber LP / ULP and is mounted on the transfer part 40 to thereby form a unit of any one of the process chambers P1. It is transferred to the process chamber.
- the substrate used may be an insulating substrate or a substrate coated with an insulating material on the conductive substrate, and the substrate may have trenches spaced at regular intervals and parallel to each other.
- the photoelectric conversion unit may be formed of any material in which free carriers are generated when light is incident and absorbed.
- the photoelectric conversion unit may be formed of at least one of a silicon-based, a compound-based, an organic-based, a dry dye-sensitized series, and a perovskite-based material.
- silicon-based solar cells based on thin-film silicon are single-junction solar cells of amorphous silicon, amorphous silicon-germanium (a-SiGe: H), microcrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, and amorphous silicon / amorphous.
- the photoelectric conversion unit may be a single junction of pn, pin, MS or MIS on the junction structure, and may form a multijunction structure by combining two or more of them.
- the photoelectric conversion part may be formed in a single junction structure including a first impurity semiconductor layer, an intrinsic (i) semiconductor layer, and a second impurity semiconductor layer.
- the photoelectric conversion unit may be formed as a multi-junction structure including two or more single junction structures based on amorphous silicon.
- a first impurity semiconductor layer to which the first impurity is added is formed.
- silane (SiH 4 ), hydrogen (H 2 ) gas, and the first impurity gas are introduced into the unit process chamber P11 to deposit the first impurity semiconductor layer.
- the first impurity gas is a B 2 H 6 gas for supplying a group III material such as boron (B)
- a p-type semiconductor layer is formed.
- an n-type semiconductor layer is formed if the first impurity gas is a PH 3 gas for supplying a Group V material such as phosphorus (P).
- the thickness of the first impurity semiconductor layer may be thinner than the thickness of the intrinsic semiconductor layer. Accordingly, the time for forming the intrinsic semiconductor layer may be longer than the time for forming the first impurity semiconductor layer. Accordingly, the manufacturing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may include one or more unit process chambers P12 and P13 in which the intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed to reduce the manufacturing process time.
- the substrate on which the first impurity semiconductor layer is formed in the first impurity semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P11 is transferred into the intrinsic semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P12 so that the intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate on which the first impurity semiconductor layer is formed.
- the first impurity semiconductor layer may be formed on another substrate.
- Another substrate in which the first impurity semiconductor layer is formed in the first impurity semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P11 is transferred into another intrinsic semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P13 so that the intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate. Can be.
- the process of forming the intrinsic semiconductor layer in the intrinsic semiconductor layer forming unit process chambers P12 and P13 while the first impurity semiconductor layer is formed in the first impurity semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P11 is continued. Can be done. As a result, the tact time can be shortened and the production quantity of the solar cell can be increased within a predetermined time. Silane and hydrogen gas are introduced into the unit process chambers P12 and P13 to form the intrinsic semiconductor layer.
- the substrate on which the intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed in the intrinsic semiconductor layer forming unit process chambers P12 and P13 is transferred to the second impurity semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P14 to form a second impurity semiconductor layer on the substrate on which the intrinsic semiconductor layer is formed. Is formed.
- a second impurity gas is introduced in addition to the silane and the hydrogen gas.
- the first impurity semiconductor layer is a p-type semiconductor layer
- the second impurity may be for supplying a group V material.
- the first impurity semiconductor layer is an n-type semiconductor layer
- the second impurity may be for supplying a group III material.
- the apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell includes the unit process chambers P11 and the unit process chambers P12 and P13 in which the first impurity semiconductor layer, the intrinsic semiconductor layer, and the second impurity semiconductor layer forming the photoelectric conversion unit are described. ), But the method of forming each in the unit process chamber (P14) as an example, but is not limited to this, there can be a variety of methods as follows. That is, the first impurity semiconductor layer, the intrinsic semiconductor layer, and the second impurity semiconductor layer may be formed in one unit process chamber P11.
- first impurity semiconductor layer and the second impurity semiconductor layer may be formed in one unit process chamber P11, and the intrinsic semiconductor layer may be formed in the plurality of unit process chambers P12, P13, and P14.
- first impurity semiconductor layer and the intrinsic semiconductor layer may be formed in one unit process chamber P11, and the second impurity semiconductor layer may be formed in another unit process chamber P12.
- first impurity semiconductor layer may be formed in one unit process chamber P11, and the intrinsic semiconductor layer and the second impurity semiconductor layer may be formed in another unit process chamber P12.
- the photoelectric conversion part when the photoelectric conversion part is formed of only the p-type and the i-type, it may be formed in the unit process chamber P11 and the unit process chamber P12 or P13, respectively. In addition, when the photoelectric conversion unit is formed of only the n-type and i-type, they may be formed in the unit process chamber P14 and the unit process chamber P12 or P13, respectively. In the simplest case, when the photoelectric conversion part is formed of only an intrinsic semiconductor, it may be formed in the unit process chamber P12 or P13. The method of forming the photoelectric conversion unit may be applied to the embodiments described below as well as the first embodiment.
- the substrate is transferred to the mask layer forming process chamber PA in a vacuum state by the transfer unit 40 so that the mask material is deposited obliquely with respect to the substrate on the other side.
- the mask layer is formed on the substrate on which the converter is formed.
- the mask layer may be used as a mask for etching in the etching process chamber EP.
- the masking material may be made of a transparent conductive material, an opaque or highly transparent metal material, or an insulating material.
- the first conductive layer is made of an opaque metal material
- a mask layer made of a transparent conductive material or a high transparent metal material may be formed on the photoelectric conversion part in the mask layer forming process chamber PA.
- a mask layer made of an opaque or high transparent metal material or a transparent conductive material may be formed on the photoelectric conversion part in the mask layer forming process chamber PA.
- the substrate on which the mask layer is formed in the mask layer forming process chamber PA is transferred to the etching process chamber EP in a vacuum state by the transfer part 40.
- the photoelectric conversion unit exposed in the trench using the mask layer as a mask that is, the second impurity semiconductor layer, the intrinsic semiconductor layer, and the first impurity semiconductor layer are sequentially etched and spaced apart from each other. As portions are formed, a portion of the first conductive layer positioned inside the trench of the substrate is exposed.
- the mask layer is formed of a material having a lower etch rate than the photoelectric conversion material, so that the mask layer covers the photoelectric conversion parts so that the photoelectric conversion parts are not etched outside the trenches even after the photoelectric conversion parts inside the trenches are completely etched.
- the etching process may be performed using a dry etching method such as reactive ion etching (RIE) using inductively coupled plasma (ICP), but is not limited thereto.
- the substrate subjected to the etching process as described above is transferred to the second electrode layer forming process chamber P2 in a vacuum state by the transfer part 40.
- a detailed description of the second electrode layer forming process chamber P2 will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B.
- a second conductive layer is formed on the substrate on which the mask layers spaced apart from each other are deposited obliquely with respect to the substrate on the other side to form a second conductive layer.
- the integrated unit cells are electrically connected in series to form an integrated thin film solar cell.
- the second conductive material may be made of a transparent conductive material or an opaque or highly transparent metal material.
- the second conductive layer may be made of an opaque or high transparency metal material.
- the second conductive layer may be made of an opaque or high transparent metal material or a transparent conductive material.
- the deposition of the first conductive material, the mask material and the second conductive material in the apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell of the present invention may be performed by sputtering, ion beam evaporation, neutral particle beam evaporation, electron beam evaporation, thermal evaporation, outlet or It uses, but is not limited to, a vapor deposition method having a straightness of a deposition material such as a spray.
- the deposition method of the first conductive material, the mask material and the second conductive material is also applicable to the following embodiments.
- the deposition of the transparent conductive material may be performed in an oxygen (O 2 ) atmosphere.
- the second conductive layer is made of an opaque metal material.
- Such a component of the second conductive material can be applied not only to the first embodiment but also to the embodiments described later.
- the substrate on which the second conductive layer is formed in the second conductive layer forming process chamber P2 is placed on the transfer part 40 and then manufactured through the loading / unloading chamber LP / ULP. It is taken out of the device into the atmosphere.
- a high efficiency integrated thin film solar cell can be manufactured by electrically connecting adjacent unit cells (see US Pat. Nos. 8,148,626; 8,153,885; 8,168,882).
- the apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell according to the first exemplary embodiment may further include another process chamber P3 forming a first conductive layer.
- the transfer part 40 transfers the substrates on which the trenches spaced apart and parallel to each other, which are loaded at the loading chamber LP, to the first conductive layer forming process chamber P3.
- the first conductive layer forming process chamber P3 deposits a first conductive material on the substrate at an angle to the substrate at one side to form a first conductive layer.
- the first conductive material may be made of a transparent conductive material or an opaque or highly transparent metal material.
- the substrate is a transparent insulating material and the first conductive layer is made of a transparent conductive material or a high transparent metal material
- the first conductive layer is made of a transparent conductive material or a high transparent metal material
- the incident light is It may pass through the first conductive layer.
- the first conductive layer is made of an opaque metal material
- the mask layer and the second conductive layer are made of a transparent conductive material or a high transparent metal material, and light is incident on the second conductive layer.
- the first conductive layer formation, the photoelectric conversion portion formation, the mask layer formation, the photoelectric conversion portion etching, and the second conductive layer formation process are sequentially performed on the substrate on which the trenches spaced at regular intervals and parallel to each other are formed. Is carried out. As a result, high efficiency integrated thin film solar cells are manufactured by electrically connecting adjacent unit cells. (18, 19)
- the cluster type apparatus 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 may further include the unit process chambers of the photoelectric conversion part forming process chamber P1 ′ in addition to the unit process chambers P11 to P14 of the photoelectric conversion part forming process chamber P1. P11 'to P14').
- the photoelectric conversion part forming process chamber P1 may also perform the function of the separate photoelectric conversion part forming process chamber P1 'without including a separate photoelectric conversion part forming process chamber P1'. In such cases, a high efficiency integrated thin film solar cell having a double junction structure in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units having a single junction structure is stacked while maintaining a vacuum may be manufactured.
- the integrated thin film solar cell is manufactured by the cluster type device according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- film forming and etching processes are repeatedly or continuously performed in a plurality of process chambers in a vacuum state.
- a highly efficient integrated thin film solar cell having a single junction structure or a multi-junction structure can be manufactured.
- the device manufacturing method can be applied to a roll-to-roll method or a roller type in-line type production apparatus.
- the photoelectric conversion material may be obliquely deposited on the substrate to expose a portion of the first conductive layer located inside the trench. Therefore, the mask layer forming process chamber PA and the etching process chamber EP may be omitted because the photoelectric conversion material is not required to be etched after the mask layer is formed.
- the first conductive layer, the photoelectric conversion unit, and the second conductive layer forming process are sequentially performed on the substrate on which the trenches spaced at regular intervals and parallel to each other are formed.
- high efficiency integrated thin film solar cells having a single junction structure are manufactured by electrically connecting adjacent unit cells (see Japanese Patent No. 5,396,444).
- the integrated thin film solar cell when the integrated thin film solar cell is manufactured by the cluster type device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, it is effective by repeatedly or continuously performing only a film forming process in a plurality of process chambers in a vacuum state.
- High efficiency integrated thin film solar cell with single junction structure with maximized area can be manufactured.
- the device manufacturing method can be applied to a roll-to-roll method or a roller type in-line type production apparatus (see Japanese Patent; 5,396,444). These methods will be described below.
- the manufacturing apparatus of the integrated thin film solar cell according to the second embodiment of the present invention and its modifications is a roll-to-roll type or roller type in-line type manufacturing apparatus.
- the functions of the second electrode layer forming process chamber P2, the first electrode layer forming process chamber P3, and the loading chamber LP unloading chambers ULP are the same as the functions described in the first embodiment, respectively. Detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing an apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell having a single junction structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and shows a roll-to-roll type or roller type in-line type manufacturing apparatus.
- the unwinding roller UWR (not shown) in which the flexible substrate on which the trenches are formed is wound around the core is mounted in the loading chamber LP on the left side, and then the substrate is continuously driven by the driving means (not shown) during the process.
- the first conductive layer forming process chamber P3 the photoelectric conversion unit forming unit process chambers P11 to P14, the mask layer forming process chambers PA, the etching process chamber EP, and the second conductive layer forming.
- the first conductive layer is formed by gradient deposition
- the photoelectric conversion portion is formed
- the mask layer is formed by the gradient deposition
- the photoelectric conversion portion is etched
- the second conductive layer is formed by the gradient deposition on the substrate on which the trenches spaced apart from each other are formed.
- the transfer chamber and the substrate holder having the separate transfer unit 40 may not be included. Instead, it may include a loading chamber LP and an unloading chamber ULP on which the unwinding roller UWR and the rewinding roller RRW are respectively mounted.
- the device manufacturing method may be applied to FIG. 3, which is a modification of the second embodiment, as well as FIG. 2.
- the unit process chambers P12 and P13 shown in FIG. 1 simultaneously deposit the same intrinsic semiconductor material (eg, amorphous silicon) on each of the two substrates, or different intrinsic semiconductor materials (eg, amorphous). Silicon and microcrystalline silicon) can be deposited simultaneously.
- the unit process chambers P12 and P13 illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 may sequentially deposit the same intrinsic semiconductor material on the same substrate.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing an apparatus for manufacturing an integrated thin film solar cell having a double junction structure according to a modified example of the second embodiment of the present invention, and shows a roll-to-roll type or roller type in-line type manufacturing apparatus.
- one or more unit process chambers P11 to P14 forming the first photoelectric conversion unit and one forming the second photoelectric conversion unit on the substrate on which the first photoelectric conversion unit is formed are shown.
- the above unit process chambers P11 'to P14' are included.
- the plurality of unit process chambers P11 ′ through P14 ′ forming the second photoelectric conversion unit may be connected between the unit process chamber P14 and the mask layer forming process chamber PA forming the mask layer.
- the integrated thin film solar cell manufacturing apparatuses according to the second embodiment of the present invention and modified examples thereof shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 also form a process chamber for forming a first conductive layer. It may or may not include (P3), respectively.
- the roll-to-roll type or roller type manufacturing apparatus does not include the first conductive layer forming process chamber P3, the substrate on which the first conductive layers spaced apart from each other is formed is a unit of the process chamber P1 through the loading chamber LP. It may be transferred to the process chamber (P11).
- the first impurity semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P11 'and the second impurity semiconductor layer forming unit process chamber P14' form a first impurity semiconductor layer and a second impurity semiconductor layer, respectively, and form an intrinsic semiconductor.
- the layer forming unit process chambers P12 ′ and P13 ′ form an intrinsic semiconductor layer of the second photoelectric conversion unit.
- the mask layer forming process chamber PA forms the mask layer by depositing the mask material on the second photoelectric conversion part at an angle with respect to the substrate surface.
- the second photoelectric conversion unit forming unit process chambers P11 ′ to P14 ′ form the second photoelectric conversion unit.
- the first photoelectric conversion unit or the second photoelectric conversion unit in which light is first incident light conversion unit may be formed of a material based on amorphous silicon in order to absorb the light of the short wavelength region.
- the photoelectric conversion part in which light is incident later may be formed of a material based on microcrystalline silicon in order to absorb light in a long wavelength region well.
- the first photoelectric converter is a p-type semiconductor layer, an intrinsic amorphous silicon semiconductor layer, and an n-type semiconductor, which are sequentially stacked.
- the layer may include a layer
- the second photoelectric conversion unit may include a p-type semiconductor layer, an intrinsic microcrystalline silicon semiconductor layer, and an n-type semiconductor layer.
- the first photoelectric conversion part is sequentially stacked n-type semiconductor layer, intrinsic microcrystalline silicon semiconductor layer and p-type
- the semiconductor layer may include a second photoelectric converter, and may include an n-type semiconductor layer, an intrinsic amorphous silicon semiconductor layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer.
- the p-type semiconductor layer of the first photoelectric conversion part or the second photoelectric conversion part may be a semiconductor layer based on p-type amorphous silicon or a semiconductor based on p-type microcrystalline silicon.
- the n-type semiconductor layer may be a semiconductor layer based on n-type amorphous silicon or a semiconductor layer based on n-type microcrystalline silicon.
- a first conductive layer is formed on the substrate on which the trenches spaced apart from each other are formed by gradient deposition, and the first photoelectric conversion unit.
- a series of processes such as forming, forming a second photoelectric conversion portion, forming a mask layer by gradient deposition, etching a second photoelectric conversion portion, etching a first photoelectric conversion portion, and forming a second conductive layer by gradient deposition, etc. are continuously performed in a vacuum. Is executed. As a result, a highly efficient integrated thin film solar cell having a double junction structure is manufactured in a vacuum state without using a laser (18 to 20).
- the first conductive material is connected to the bottom surface and the bottom surface of each of the trenches from the air line inside each of the trenches 101 and 102 of the substrate 100.
- a first conductive layer 110 spaced apart from each other is formed on the protruding surface region of the substrate connected to the side surface. That is, the first conductive material is not deposited on a portion of the inner walls of the trenches 101 and 102 due to the correlation between the cross-sectional shapes of the trenches 101 and 102 formed on the substrate 100 and the gradient deposition angle ⁇ 1.
- the deposition angle is measured based on the flat protruding surface of the substrate.
- the integrated thin film solar cell is manufactured by the manufacturing apparatuses according to the embodiments of the present invention, since the laser etching process and the like are not necessary, there is no opportunity for the substrate to be exposed to the atmosphere during the process and thus the vacuum is always maintained. Since the integrated thin film solar cell is manufactured, deterioration in film quality due to various foreign matters may improve the performance of the integrated thin film solar cell.
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- 진공 상태에서 복수의 단위 셀들이 전기적으로 직렬연결되는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치로서,기판에 형성된 복수의 트렌치들 각각의 내부의 일기선으로부터 상기 각각의 트렌치의 바닥면과 상기 바닥면에 이어진 일측면 및 상기 일측면에 이어진 상기 기판의 돌출면 영역상에 제1 도전층이 형성된 상기 기판상에 광전변환 물질을 방출하여 광전변환부를 형성하는 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버; 및상기 트렌치들 각각의 내부의 또 다른 일기선으로부터 상기 각각의 트렌치의 바닥면과 상기 바닥면에 이어진 타측면 및 상기 타측면에 이어진 상기 기판의 돌출면 영역상에 제2 도전층을 형성하는 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버를 포함하고,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버 및 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버는 진공 상태에서 상기 각각의 공정을 수행하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버 및 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버 각각은 상기 광전변환부 형성 물질 및 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질 각각을 직진성을 갖도록 방출하여 상기 기판 표면에 대해 입사각이 소정 각도 이하로 각각 입사되게 하는 방출기를 각각 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버에서 상기 광전변환부는 상기 각각의 트렌치 내부의 상기 제1 도전층의 일부가 노출되도록 형성되며,상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버에서 상기 또 다른 일기선은 상기 제1 도전층이 노출된 영역 내에 위치하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버 및 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버 각각의 챔버 사이에는, 상기 광전변환부 형성 물질 및 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질이 이웃한 챔버들 간에 서로 혼입되거나 이웃한 챔버에 유입되지 않도록 개폐 수단, 밀폐 수단 및 격리 수단 중 적어도 어느 하나가 존재하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버는 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질을 직진성을 갖도록 방출하여 상기 기판 표면에 대해 입사각이 소정 각도 이하로 각각 입사되게 하는 방출기를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부상에 마스크층을 형성하는 마스크층 형성 공정챔버; 및상기 각각의 트렌치 내부의 상기 제1 도전층의 일부가 노출되도록 상기 마스크층을 마스크로 하여 상기 광전변환부를 에칭하는 광전변환부 에칭 공정챔버를 더 포함하며,상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버에서 상기 또 다른 일기선은 상기 제1 도전층이 노출된 영역 내에 위치하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제6항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버, 상기 마스크층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 에칭 공정챔버, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버 각각의 챔버 사이에는, 상기 광전변환부 형성 물질, 상기 마스크층 형성 물질, 상기 에칭 물질 및 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질이 이웃한 챔버들 간에 서로 혼입되거나 이웃한 챔버에 유입되지 않도록 개폐 수단, 밀폐 수단 및 격리 수단 중 적어도 어느 하나가 존재하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항 또는 제6항에 있어서,상기 복수의 트렌치들이 형성된 기판에 대하여 제1 도전성 물질을 증착하여 상기 제1 도전층을 형성하는 제1 도전층 형성 공정챔버를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제8항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버 및 상기 제1 도전층 형성 공정챔버 각각은 상기 광전변환부 형성 물질, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질 및 상기 제1 도전층 형성 물질 각각을 직진성을 갖도록 방출하여 상기 기판 표면에 대해 입사각이 소정 각도로 각각 입사되게 하는 방출기를 각각 포함하거나,상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 마스크층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 에칭 공정챔버 및 상기 제1 도전층 형성 공정챔버 각각은 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질, 상기 마스크층 형성 물질, 상기 에칭 물질 및 상기 제1 도전층 형성 물질 각각을 직진성을 갖도록 방출하여 상기 기판 표면에 대해 입사각이 소정 각도 이하로 각각 입사되게 하는 방출기를 각각 포함하는 것을 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제8항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 마스크층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 에칭 공정챔버 및 상기 제1 도전층 형성 공정챔버 각각의 챔버 사이에는 상기 광전변환부 형성 물질, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질, 상기 마스크층 형성 물질, 상기 에칭 물질 및 상기 제1 도전층 형성 물질이 이웃한 챔버들 간에 서로 혼입되거나 이웃한 챔버에 유입되지 않도록 개폐 수단, 밀폐 수단 및 격리 수단 중 적어도 어느 하나가 존재하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항 내지 제10항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버는 제1 광전변환부를 형성하는 제1 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버와 제2 광전변환부를 형성하는 제2 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버를 포함하며, 상기 제1 광전변환부 및 상기 제2 광전변환부 사이에 중간층을 형성하는 중간층 형성 공정챔버를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제11항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 제1 도전층 형성 공정챔버 및 상기 중간층 형성 공정챔버 각각은 상기 광전변환부 형성 물질, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질, 상기 제1 도전층 형성 물질 및 상기 중간층 형성 물질 각각을 직진성을 갖도록 방출하여 상기 기판 표면에 대해 입사각이 소정 각도 이하로 각각 입사되게 하는 방출기를 각각 포함하거나,상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 마스크층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 에칭 공정챔버, 상기 제1 도전층 형성 공정챔버 및 상기 중간층 형성 공정챔버 각각은 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질, 상기 마스크층 형성 물질, 상기 에칭 물질, 상기 제1 도전층 형성 물질 및 상기 중간층 형성 물질 각각을 직진성을 갖도록 방출하여 상기 기판 표면에 대해 입사각이 소정 각도 이하로 각각 입사되게 하는 방출기를 각각 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제11항에 있어서,상기 광전변환부 형성 공정챔버, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 마스크층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 에칭 공정챔버, 상기 제1 도전층 형성 공정챔버, 상기 중간층 형성 공정챔버 각각의 챔버 사이에는 상기 광전변환부 형성 물질, 상기 제2 도전층 형성 물질, 상기 마스크층 형성 물질, 상기 에칭 물질, 상기 제1 도전층 형성 물질 및 상기 중간층 형성 물질이 이웃한 챔버들 간에 서로 혼입되거나 이웃한 챔버에 유입되지 않도록 개폐 수단, 밀폐 수단 및 격리 수단 중 적어도 어느 하나가 존재하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제1항 내지 제10항 또는 제13항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 기판을 대기 상태에서 진공 상태로 진입시키기 위한 로딩 챔버와 진공 상태에서 대기 상태로 꺼내기 위한 언로딩 챔버를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제14항에 있어서,상기 로딩 챔버는 코어에 감긴 상기 기판을 풀어주기 위한 언와인딩 롤러를 포함하고 상기 언로딩 챔버는 또 다른 코어에 상기 기판을 감아주기 위한 리와인딩 롤러를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제14항에 있어서,상기 기판을 대기 상태에서 진공 상태로 진입시키기 위한 로딩 챔버, 진공 상태에서 대기 상태로 꺼내기 위한 언로딩 챔버 및 진공 상태에서 상기 기판을 이송하는 이송부를 구비한 이송챔버를 더 포함하거나, 로딩과 언로딩을 겸한 로딩/언로딩 챔버 및 진공 상태에서 상기 기판을 이송하는 이송부를 구비한 이송챔버를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
- 제14항에 있어서,상기 기판을 가열하기 위한 가열수단 및 상기 기판을 냉각시키기 위한 냉각수단 중 적어도 하나를 필요에 따라 각각의 공정챔버 내에 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 집적형 박막 태양전지의 제조 장치.
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