Printing ink, thin-film solar cells and manufacture method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing technology field, be specifically related to a kind of semiconductor thin-film solar cell, particularly relate to and manufacture printing ink (ink) and copper-indium-galliun-selenium film solar cell and their manufacture method that copper-indium-galliun-selenium film solar cell is used.
Background technology
Continuous increase along with energy resource consumption, main source as the energy, the CO2 emission that a large amount of uses of oil and coal cause is pollution of ecological environment seriously, and oil and coal resources also face exhausted condition, therefore, seek low-carbon emission and inexhaustible regenerative resource becomes more and more urgent, the solar cell based on photovoltaic effect is a kind of so renewable new forms of energy just.Current, people pay attention to increasingly to the development and utilization of solar energy, and market increases day by day to the demand of large tracts of land more, the novel solar battery that lighter and thinner and production cost is lower.In these novel solar batteries, the alloy firm solar cell based on silicon materials developed in recent years, for example amorphous silicon and cadmium telluride diaphragm solar battery, the characteristics such as, low energy consumption few, low-cost by the silicon amount with it and high volume production, become new trend and the new focus of solar cell development.Although thin-film solar cells has above-mentioned advantage, amorphous silicon thin-film solar cell has the shortcomings such as the low and stability of photoelectric conversion efficiency is not good enough; Cadmium telluride diaphragm solar battery has the use restriction of environmental requirement to cadmium metal.
In recent years, academia has developed again based semiconductor copper-indium-gallium-selenium compound (CuInGaSe
2, thin-film solar cells CIGS).Copper-indium-galliun-selenium film solar cell have production cost low, pollute little, do not fail, the characteristics such as stable performance, capability of resistance to radiation are strong, low light level performance is good, photoelectric conversion efficiency occupies first of various thin-film solar cells, conversion efficiency close to existing market main product crystal silicon solar energy battery, cost is 1/3rd of crystal silicon cell, is called in the world " very promising novel cheap films solar cell of next epoch ".In addition, this battery has soft, uniform appearance of black, to the have higher requirements ideal chose in place of outward appearance, as glass curtain wall of building etc., no matter in fields such as modernization skyscrapers, very big market is arranged, be to have wide market prospects at the ground generating by solar or in the application of space microsatellite electrical source of power.
The classical production process of copper-indium-galliun-selenium film solar cell can be divided into two kinds substantially, coevaporation method and precast body film+selenizing two step method, and these two kinds of methods all need physical coating (PVD) equipment and evaporation equipment, and manufacturing cost is higher.Recently, American I BM company has adopted the method for solution spin coating to produce the CIGS thin-film solar cells, and its conversion efficiency has reached 12.8%.With traditional vacuum coating method, compare, the method of the manufacture thin-film solar cells of this solution spin coating is owing to not needing physical coating equipment and evaporation equipment, greatly reduce manufacturing cost, thereby be conducive to realize that the quick print technique of reel-to-reel reaches high volume production.In addition, the solution spin-coating method can increase substantially the uniformity of large area film component, and can significantly improve the raw material (utilance of (Cu, In, Ga, Se) etc.; The utilization rate of raw materials of coevaporation method or sputtering method is less than 50% usually, and the solution cladding process can reach and is greater than 90%.At first the solution spin-coating method that IBM Corporation adopts prepares and contains Cu
2S, In
2Se
3, S and Ga hydrazine solution, then with this solution spin coating, make precursor thin-film, change into through heat treatment (400~525 ℃) copper-indium-gallium-selenium compound membrane that has component controllability and good crystallinity concurrently.
Yet, due to the restriction that is subject to maxima solubility, the solid constituent content of this solution low (being less than 15%w/w), therefore the solution spin-coating method that IBM Corporation adopts will just can reach the requirement that film thickness is greater than 1.2 μ m through the coating of 8~10 times, and each coating all needs through heat treatment, and the heat treatment time in 10 whens coating will be longer, therefore for the suitability for industrialized production that realizes high volume production, the method also has larger limitation.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of printing ink, thin-film solar cells and manufacture method thereof for semiconductor thin-film solar cell, particularly, a kind of ink coats of manufacturing copper-indium-galliun-selenium film solar cell and utilize this printing ink to manufacture the method for thin-film solar cells particularly, method of the present invention can only apply once can obtain the Copper Indium Gallium Selenide polycrystal film photovoltaic absorption layer that thickness is 1.5~2.5 μ m.
One object of the present invention is to provide a kind of printing ink, and it comprises semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder, solvent carrier and is dissolved in simple substance or the compound containing Cu, In, Ga, Se, S in described solvent carrier.
Optionally, the chemical formula of described semiconducting compound is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2.
Optionally, the diameter of described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is 50~1000nm.
Optionally, described solvent carrier is hydrazine solution NH
2NH
2Or other hydrophily or non-hydrophilic solvent.
Optionally, described simple substance or compound are Se, S, Cu
2X, In
2X
3, Ga
2X
3, wherein, X is Se and/or S.
Optionally, also comprise selectivity dispersant, stabilizer or thickener in described printing ink.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of manufacture method of printing ink, comprises the following steps:
A, prepare solvent carrier;
B, prepare the semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder;
C, described solvent carrier and described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder are mixed, form described printing ink after grinding.
Optionally, described step c is replaced by the following step:
Described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is mixed with hydrophilic solvent, after grinding, form aaerosol solution;
Described aaerosol solution and described solvent carrier are mixed to form to described printing ink.
Optionally, described step a comprises the following steps:
A1, add Cu in anhydrous hydrazine
2S and sulphur, obtain solution A after electromagnetic agitation;
A2, add In in anhydrous hydrazine
2Se
3And sulphur, obtain solution B after electromagnetic agitation;
A3, mixed solution A and solution B obtain solvent carrier.
Optionally, the chemical formula of described semiconducting compound is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2.
Optionally, described semiconducting compound adopts the selenium grain of equimolar copper powder, indium grain, gallium grain and two times moles to react acquisition in nitrogen or inert gas atmosphere, and reaction temperature is that 200~550 ℃, pressure are 0~100Psi, and the reaction time is 0.5~10 hour.
Optionally, in described step a2, also add Ga in anhydrous hydrazine
2Se
3And/or (In
0.7Ga
0.3)
2Se
3.
Optionally, the chemical formula of described semiconducting compound is CuInSe
2Or CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2.
Optionally, described semiconducting compound adopts the selenium grain of equimolar copper powder, indium grain and two times moles to react acquisition in nitrogen or inert gas atmosphere, and reaction temperature is that 350 ℃, pressure are 50Psi, and the reaction time is 2 hours.
Optionally, after grinding, in described printing ink, the diameter of semiconducting compound suspended powder is 50~1000nm.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a kind of thin-film solar cells, comprises the first electrode and the photovoltaic absorption layer formed at described the first electrode surface, and described photovoltaic absorption layer comprises the semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder, and its chemical formula is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2, the diameter of described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is 50~1000nm.
Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of manufacture method of thin-film solar cells, comprises the following steps:
Prepare the first electrode at substrate surface;
Apply one deck printing ink as photovoltaic absorption layer at described the first electrode surface;
At described photovoltaic absorption layer surface preparation the second electrode;
Wherein, described printing ink comprises: semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder, solvent carrier and be dissolved in simple substance or the compound containing Cu, In, Ga, Se, S in described solvent carrier, the chemical formula of described semiconducting compound is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2, the diameter of described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is 50~1000nm.
Optionally, described solvent carrier is hydrazine solution NH
2NH
2Or other hydrophily or non-hydrophilic solvent.
Optionally, described simple substance or compound are Se, S, Cu
2X, In
2X
3, Ga
2X
3, wherein, X is Se and/or S.
Optionally, also comprise selectivity dispersant, stabilizer or thickener in described printing ink.
Optionally, the preparation method of described the first electrode is magnetron sputtering method.
Optionally, the method for described coating includes but not limited to brushing, excellent painting, dipping, spin coating, silk screen printing, impression, spraying.
The accompanying drawing explanation
By the more specifically explanation of the preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other purpose of the present invention, Characteristics and advantages will be more clear.In whole accompanying drawings, identical Reference numeral is indicated identical part.Deliberately do not draw in proportion accompanying drawing, focus on illustrating purport of the present invention.
The flow chart that Fig. 1 is printing ink manufacture method the first embodiment according to the present invention;
The flow chart that Fig. 2 is printing ink manufacture method the second embodiment according to the present invention.
Described diagram is illustrative, and nonrestrictive, at this, can not excessively limit the scope of the invention.
Embodiment
For above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent more, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the specific embodiment of the present invention is described in detail.A lot of details have been set forth in the following description so that fully understand the present invention.But the present invention can implement much to be different from alternate manner described here, and those skilled in the art can be in the situation that do similar popularization without prejudice to intension of the present invention.Therefore the present invention is not subject to the restriction of following public specific embodiment.
Main purpose of the present invention is a kind of printing ink of preparation, this printing ink is for applying the absorbed layer that forms the CIGS thin-film solar cells, printing ink of the present invention can apply the film thickness that once can reach 1.5~2.5 μ m, need thereby overcome the shortcoming applied through repeatedly in the prior art, greatly improved production efficiency.The core concept of the manufacture method that the present invention takes is the Cu that contains in prior art
2S, Ga
2Se
3, In
2Se
3, S hydrazine solution in add the Copper Indium Gallium Selenide crystallite particle (diameter is 50~1000nm) prepared.The concentration of solia particle in mixed solution of adding can be regulated according to actual conditions, and namely the mass ratio of solids content can be regulated between 15%~60% (w/w), thereby has realized quick coating processes, and primary coating can meet the requirements of thickness.In addition, due to the interpolation of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide crystallite particle, greatly promote the growth of CIGS crystal grain, reached therefrom the photoelectric conversion efficiency of higher thin-film solar cells.Copper Indium Gallium Selenide crystallite particle can be by chemical fabrication method, or first makes the Copper Indium Gallium Selenide crystal, then realizes as methods such as ball millings by the method for physical grinding.Below in conjunction with specific embodiment, the present invention is elaborated.
Of the present inventionly for the printing ink that generates the CIGS absorbing layer of thin film solar cell, comprise semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder, solvent carrier and be dissolved in simple substance or the compound containing Cu, In, Ga, Se, S of described solvent carrier, wherein the chemical formula of semiconducting compound is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1, y=0~2.The diameter of described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is 50~1000nm, is preferably 0.4~0.8 μ m, and described solvent carrier is hydrophily or non-hydrophilic solvent, is preferably hydrazine solution NH
2NH
2.Described simple substance or compound are Se, S, Cu
2X, In
2X
3, Ga
2X
3, wherein, X is Se and/or S.Also comprise selectivity dispersant, stabilizer or thickener in described printing ink.
The flow chart that Fig. 1 is printing ink manufacture method the first embodiment according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, the first embodiment of printing ink manufacture method of the present invention comprises step: prepare solvent carrier (S101), concrete grammar is to add Cu in anhydrous hydrazine
2S and sulphur obtain solution A after electromagnetic agitation, add In in anhydrous hydrazine
2Se
3And sulphur, obtaining solution B after electromagnetic agitation, mixed solution A and solution B obtain solvent carrier; And the step (S102) for preparing the semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder, the chemical formula of this semiconducting compound is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2.As an embodiment, above-mentioned copper-indium-gallium-selenium semiconductor compound can adopt the selenium grain of equimolar copper powder, indium grain, gallium grain and two times moles to react acquisition in nitrogen or inert gas atmosphere, reaction temperature is that 350 ℃, pressure are 50Psi, reaction time is 2 hours, then it is smashed to pieces to the particle fine powder into about 300 microns, form the copper-indium-gallium-selenium compound microcrystalline powder.Subsequently described solvent carrier and described microcrystalline powder are mixed, through ball mill grinding, the semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is ground into atomic little suspended powder, its diameter can reach 50~1000nm, for example 0.6 micron, this suspension form printing ink of the present invention (S103) again after electromagnetic agitation.At this, it should be noted that, step S101 and S102 can carry out simultaneously, also sequencing can be arranged.
The flow chart that Fig. 2 is printing ink manufacture method the second embodiment according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, the second embodiment of printing ink manufacture method of the present invention, comprise step: prepare solvent carrier (S201), concrete grammar is identical with aforementioned the first embodiment's, and preparing semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder (S202), concrete grammar is identical with aforementioned the first embodiment's.The second embodiment of printing ink manufacture method of the present invention also comprises step S203: described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder for example, is mixed to (mass ratio 1: 1) with hydrophilic solvent (isopropyl alcohol), in grinding in ball grinder, the semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is ground into atomic little suspended powder, its diameter can reach 50~1000nm, for example 0.6 micron, form aaerosol solution.Then described aaerosol solution is mixed with described solvent carrier, form printing ink of the present invention (S204) after electromagnetic agitation.At this, it should be noted that, step S201 and step S202 and S203 can carry out simultaneously, also sequencing can be arranged.
In other embodiments of the invention, in the process of preparation solution B, in anhydrous hydrazine, can also add Ga
2Se
3And/or (In
0.7Ga
0.3)
2Se
3.In this case, semiconducting compound can adopt CuInSe
2Or CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2.Described CuInSe
2Adopt the selenium grain of equimolar copper powder, indium grain and two times moles to react acquisition in nitrogen or other inert gas atmosphere, reaction temperature is that 350 ℃, pressure are 50Psi, and the reaction time is 2 hours.Formed CuInSe
2(Cu-In selenide) smash into about 300 micro particles fine powders, then with hydrophilic solvent, mixes (1: 1 weight), through ball mill, is milled into the approximately aaerosol solution of 0.6 micron of average grain diameter.Again aaerosol solution is mixed with described solvent carrier, form printing ink of the present invention after electromagnetic agitation.
The copper-indium-galliun-selenium film solar cell that utilizes printing ink of the present invention to prepare, as an embodiment, comprise the first electrode and the photovoltaic absorption layer formed at described the first electrode surface, described photovoltaic absorption layer comprises the semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder, and its chemical formula is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2, the diameter of described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is 50~1000nm.The manufacture method of copper-indium-galliun-selenium film solar cell of the present invention, comprise the following steps: to prepare the first electrode at substrate surface, at first get a cleaning and receive lime glass as substrate (3mm is thick), the method plating one deck that then adopts magnetron sputtering approximately the molybdenum of 0.6 micron thick as the first electrode.Then apply one deck printing ink as photovoltaic absorption layer precast body film at the first electrode surface, described printing ink comprises semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder, solvent carrier and is dissolved in simple substance or the compound containing Cu, In, Ga, Se, S in described solvent carrier, and the chemical formula of described semiconducting compound is CuIn
xGa
1-xSe
2-yS
y, x=0~1 wherein, y=0~2, the diameter of described semiconducting compound microcrystalline powder is 50~1000nm, for example 0.6 μ m.Solvent carrier wherein is hydrazine solution NH
2NH
2Or other hydrophily or non-hydrophilic solvent.Simple substance or compound are Se, S, Cu
2X, In
2X
3, Ga
2X
3, wherein, X is Se and/or S.Also comprise selectivity dispersant, stabilizer or thickener in described printing ink.The method applied includes but not limited to brushing, excellent painting, dipping, spin coating, silk screen printing, impression, spraying.The precast body film, under nitrogen operation, is heated to 300 ℃ and keep 5 minutes.After 20 minutes, form fine and close Copper Indium Gallium Selenide sulfide film through 500-550 ℃ of annealing again.Utilize subsequently the chemical bath method, form the N-type CdS film of the about 50nm of thick layer on formed copper indium diselenide film, magnetron sputtering one deck insulating properties ZnO (about 50nm) then, sputter layer of ZnO again: Al (3%) (0.5 micron), just formed the CI G S thin-film solar cells of standard.This solar cell, under the 1.5AM standard light is shone (1000W/m2), has photovoltaic effect, Voc=0.55V, and Jsc=30mA/cm2, FF=70%, power conversion effect is 11.7%.
The above, be only preferred embodiment of the present invention, not the present invention done to any pro forma restriction.Any those of ordinary skill in the art, do not breaking away from technical solution of the present invention scope situation, all can utilize the technology contents of above-mentioned announcement to make many possible changes and modification to technical solution of the present invention, or be revised as the equivalent embodiment of equivalent variations.Therefore, every content that does not break away from technical solution of the present invention,, all still belong in the protection range of technical solution of the present invention any simple modification made for any of the above embodiments, equivalent variations and modification according to technical spirit of the present invention.