A kind of solar cell selective doping method based on counter diffusion
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of solar cell selective doping method based on counter diffusion, belong to technical field of solar cell manufacturing.
Background technology
Along with the raising of people's environmental consciousness, the demand for clean energy resource is day by day vigorous.In the new cleaning fuel of people's research, solar energy becomes the Main way of Future New Energy Source development as a kind of clean energy resource do not limited by region.Solar cell is the main device of transform light energy for electric energy that people utilize the sun.But the conversion efficiency of current solar cell can't reach the requirement of people.Improve the conversion efficiency of solar cell, the manufacturing cost reducing solar cell becomes the focus of people's research.
Selective doping solar cell is a kind of solar cell of effective low-cost high-efficiency.The design feature of selective doping solar cell is to carry out the contact resistance that heavy doping reduces battery in the top electrode overlay area of solar cell, carry out light dope in non-top electrode district simultaneously, improve the spectral response of battery and reduce the compound of photo-generated carrier in battery.The method of carrying out solar cell selective doping at present mainly contains: two step diffusion methods, silk screen printing phosphorus slurry processes, diffusion mask method etc.Wherein, two step diffusion methods first heavily spread top electrode district, gentlier spread whole emitter region, and its advantage is that preparation is simple, but district first spreads due to top electrode, the more difficult control of quadratic distribution of impurity; Silk screen phosphorus slurry processes is at local printing high concentration phosphorus slurry with silk screen, by its diffusion and volatilization, One Diffusion Process forms heavy doping with regard to Neng Shi top electrode district, other regions form light dope, but because the phosphorus slurry that make use of local is as diffuse source, must cause the inhomogeneities of diffusion into the surface, this can reduce the efficiency of battery.Diffusion mask method is exactly first light dope, carry out laser or photo etched mask again, and then secondary heavy doping is carried out to top electrode district, the method is owing to first having carried out light dope, reduce when top electrode district carries out selective doping and the impurity concentration of substrate poor, the selective doping region of battery can be controlled preferably, but need the method with laser or photoetching, improve cost, reduce production efficiency.
In sum, all there is certain defect in the method for selective doping main at present, therefore, must find a kind of manufacture of solar cells technique of novel selective doping.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to: the defect overcoming above-mentioned prior art, propose a kind of solar cell selective doping method based on counter diffusion, technique realizes simple, and production cost is low, and the solar cell properties of acquisition is good.
In order to achieve the above object, the solar cell selective doping method based on counter diffusion that the present invention proposes, comprises the steps:
1st step, silicon chip is placed in wet oxygen environment under carry out High temperature diffusion, form PN junction, silicon chip upper surface generates oxide layer simultaneously, the doped chemical containing high concentration in this oxide layer;
Oxide layer beyond 2nd step, removing silicon chip upper surface top electrode district;
3rd step, at silicon chip upper surface deposition of intrinsic amorphous silicon layer;
4th step, silicon chip is placed in wet oxygen environment carries out High temperature diffusion, make the doped chemical of silicon chip non-top electrode district diffuse into amorphous silicon layer, reduce silicon chip non-top electrode district doped chemical concentration, realize the reverse diffusion of doped chemical; Doped chemical in top electrode district oxide layer, to the diffusion of top electrode district, realizes the heavy doping in top electrode district, simultaneously the oxidized formation oxide layer of silicon chip surface of amorphous silicon layer and non-top electrode district;
The oxide layer of the 5th step, removal silicon chip surface, completes the counter diffusion selective doping of solar cell.
The present invention proposes a kind of selective doping method of counter diffusion, the impurity of non-electrode region is absorbed by amorphous silicon, the doping content of non-electrode region is reduced, secondary doping has been carried out in electrode district simultaneously, cause the doping content of electrode district and non-electrode region difference to increase further, improve the effect of selective doping; And when counter diffusion technique is carried out, owing to being subject to the protection of oxide layer, the silicon chip surface degree of oxidation of electrode district is low; the silicon face then oxidized formation oxide layer of non-electrode region; thus after removal oxide layer, electrode district presents to a certain degree evagination, is conducive to the location of subsequent electrode.
The present invention further improves and is:
1, described silicon chip is p type single crystal silicon, in the 1st step, carries out High Temperature Pre diffusion under first silicon chip being placed in wet oxygen environment, makes P elements diffuse into silicon chip and forms PN junction, the oxidized formation phosphorosilicate glass of silicon chip surface simultaneously.
2, in the 1st step, oxidated layer thickness is about 0.05 micron, and in oxide layer, the concentration of P elements is about 1e19/cm
3, the technological temperature of High Temperature Pre diffusion is 1000 DEG C, and the duration is 30 minutes.
3, described silicon chip is n type single crystal silicon, in the 1st step, carries out High Temperature Pre diffusion under first silicon chip being placed in wet oxygen environment, makes boron element diffuse into silicon chip and forms PN junction, the oxidized formation Pyrex of silicon chip surface simultaneously.
4, in the 1st step, oxidated layer thickness is about 0.05 micron, and in silicon thin layer, the concentration of boron element is about 1e19/cm
3, the technological temperature of High Temperature Pre diffusion is 1000 DEG C, and the duration is 30 minutes.
5, in described 2nd step, adopt the method for silk screen printing to retain the oxide layer in top electrode district, utilize buffered hydrofluoric acid solution to get rid of the oxide layer in other region on silicon chip.
6, in described 3rd step, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer thickness of deposit is about 40-50nm.
7, in described 4th step, the technological temperature of High temperature diffusion is 900 DEG C-1100 DEG C, and the duration is 30-2 minute.
8, in described 5th step, buffered hydrofluoric acid solution is adopted to remove the oxide layer of silicon chip surface.
The feature of this process of the present invention is:
1, be different from traditional selective doping technique, employing be first full sheet heavy doping, rear reverse diffusion sensitive surface impurity, reduces the method for impurity doping concentration of sensitive surface.
2, apply the impurity of intrinsic amorphous silicon film absorption battery surface doped region, make battery surface can not by other different element pollutions.
3, retain the phosphorosilicate glass of electrode district as the electrode impurities protective layer of the reverse diffusion technology of high temperature impurity, ensure that the heavy doping of electrode district.
4, in the reverse diffusion process of impurity, adopt the method for wet oxidation, amorphous silicon layer is oxidized, decrease the step removing amorphous silicon membrane, improve production efficiency.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is further illustrated.
Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of the inventive method.
Fig. 2 is the silicon chip Impurity Distribution emulation schematic diagram that the embodiment of the present invention one method obtains.
Fig. 3 is the silicon chip Impurity Distribution emulation schematic diagram that the embodiment of the present invention two method obtains.
Fig. 4 is the silicon chip Impurity Distribution emulation schematic diagram that the embodiment of the present invention three method gained arrives.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention will be further described.
Embodiment one
Be illustrated in figure 1 the schematic flow sheet of the solar cell selective doping method that the present invention is based on counter diffusion, specifically comprise the steps:
1a, p type single crystal silicon sheet is placed in wet oxygen environment under carry out High Temperature Pre diffusion, make P elements diffuse into silicon chip and form PN junction, silicon chip surface forms the phosphorosilicate glass layer 1 that thickness is about 0.05 micron simultaneously, and in phosphorosilicate glass layer 1, the concentration of P elements is about 1e19/cm
3; The technological temperature of High Temperature Pre diffusion is 1000 DEG C, and the duration is 30 minutes;
The method of 2a, employing silk screen printing retains the phosphorosilicate glass in top electrode district, utilizes buffered hydrofluoric acid solution to get rid of the phosphorosilicate glass in other region on silicon chip;
3a, be about the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 2 of 40nm at silicon chip upper surface deposition thickness;
4a, environment silicon chip being placed in wet oxygen carry out High temperature diffusion, make the doped chemical of silicon chip non-top electrode district (phosphorus) diffuse into amorphous silicon layer, reduce silicon chip non-top electrode district doped chemical concentration, realize the reverse diffusion of doped chemical; Doped chemical (phosphorus) in top electrode district oxide layer, to the diffusion of top electrode district, realizes the heavy doping in top electrode district, simultaneously the oxidized formation phosphorosilicate glass layer 1 of silicon chip surface of amorphous silicon layer and non-top electrode district; The technological temperature of High temperature diffusion is 900 DEG C, and the duration is 30 minutes;
5a, employing buffered hydrofluoric acid solution remove the phosphorosilicate glass of silicon chip surface, complete the counter diffusion selective doping of solar cell.
After utilizing simulation software to emulate the present embodiment one method, in silicon chip, impurity divides and sees Fig. 2.Curve in simulation result figure represents the concentration of doped chemical (phosphorus) and the position of PN junction respectively.
Embodiment two
The step of the present embodiment is identical with embodiment one, and difference is step 4a(the 4th step) in the technological parameter of High temperature diffusion under dry oxygen environment, in the present embodiment, the technological temperature of High temperature diffusion is 1000 DEG C, and the duration is 5 minutes.After utilizing simulation software to emulate the present embodiment two method, in silicon chip, impurity divides and sees Fig. 3.Curve in simulation result figure represents the concentration of doped chemical (phosphorus) and the position of PN junction respectively.
Embodiment three
The step of the present embodiment is identical with embodiment one, and difference is step 4a(the 4th step) in the technological parameter of High temperature diffusion under dry oxygen environment, in the present embodiment, the technological temperature of High temperature diffusion is 1100 DEG C, and the duration is 2 minutes.After utilizing simulation software to emulate the present embodiment three method, in silicon chip, impurity divides and sees Fig. 4.Curve in simulation result figure represents the concentration of doped chemical (phosphorus) and the position of PN junction respectively.
Contrast the present invention three embodiments, as can be seen from simulation result figure, along with the rising of the High temperature diffusion temperature of reverse diffusion technology, the PN junction of battery is in continuous intensification.The impurity concentration on the surface of battery first increases rear reduction, but the impurity concentration in top electrode district progressively increases along with the increase of temperature.The heavy doping impurity in top electrode district mainly spreads in cell body, and horizontal proliferation is less, and this is relevant with at battery surface deposition of intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, and too much horizontal proliferation impurity is absorbed by amorphous silicon layer.This application amorphous silicon layer, as the counter diffusion layer of battery, can play restriction heavily doped region impurity horizontal proliferation effect.The impurity concentration of lightly doped region relatively, lower diffusion temperature can form shallow junction effectively, improve battery shortwave spectral response, after Integrated comparative, known step 4a(the 4th step) in adopt diffusion temperature 900 DEG C, 30 minutes duration of diffusion are good impurity counter diffusion process conditions.
Embodiment of the present invention part has been described in detail present invention process for p type single crystal silicon, the technique of selective doping is carried out to n type single crystal silicon and condition similar with it, difference is only that doped chemical has changed boron into by phosphorus, those skilled in the art can, by understanding the present embodiment part, draw inferences about other cases from one instance to realize the counter diffusion selective doping to n type single crystal silicon completely.Therefore repeat no more herein.
In addition to the implementation, the present invention can also have other execution modes.All employings are equal to the technical scheme of replacement or equivalent transformation formation, all drop on the protection range of application claims.