CN111697110A - Heterojunction solar cell and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

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CN111697110A
CN111697110A CN202010533230.XA CN202010533230A CN111697110A CN 111697110 A CN111697110 A CN 111697110A CN 202010533230 A CN202010533230 A CN 202010533230A CN 111697110 A CN111697110 A CN 111697110A
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Abstract

The invention provides a heterojunction solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof. The heterojunction solar cell comprises an N-type silicon wafer with a first surface and a second surface, and further comprises a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, an N-type amorphous silicon layer, a first transparent conductive film and a first electrode which are sequentially stacked on the first surface, and a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, a P-type amorphous silicon layer, a second transparent conductive film and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked on the second surface, wherein a first silicon oxide layer is arranged between any one of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the silicon wafer. The invention can effectively improve the passivation effect of the surface of the silicon chip, reduce leakage current and improve the open-circuit voltage and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the battery.

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Heterojunction solar cell and manufacturing method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of solar cell manufacturing, in particular to a heterojunction solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof.
Background
The thin film/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cell (hereinafter referred to as heterojunction solar cell, also called HIT or HJT or SHJ solar cell) belongs to the third generation high-efficiency solar cell technology, combines the advantages of crystalline silicon and a silicon thin film, has the characteristics of high conversion efficiency, low temperature coefficient and the like, and is one of the important development directions of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells. Particularly, the conversion efficiency of the double-sided heterojunction solar cell can reach more than 26%, and the double-sided heterojunction solar cell has wide market prospect.
High quality passivation of the silicon wafer surface is one of the key technologies for HIT cells. The prior art typically forms an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and an N-type amorphous silicon layer on a first side of a silicon wafer, and forms an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and a P-type amorphous silicon layer on a second side opposite to the first side. In the prior art, the surfaces of the silicon wafers are passivated only by the intrinsic amorphous silicon layers on the two surfaces, and the passivation effect is not ideal.
Therefore, how to provide a heterojunction solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof to improve passivation effect, solar cell open-circuit voltage and conversion efficiency, and reduce leakage current has become a technical problem to be solved urgently in the industry.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a heterojunction solar cell, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a textured N-type silicon wafer for a heterojunction solar cell, the silicon wafer having opposing first and second surfaces; (b) sequentially depositing a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and an N-type amorphous silicon layer on the first surface by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process; (c) depositing a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and a P-type amorphous silicon layer on the second surface in sequence by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process; (d) forming a first transparent conductive film and a second transparent conductive film on the N-type amorphous silicon layer and the P-type amorphous silicon layer, respectively; forming a first electrode and a second electrode on the first transparent conductive film and the second transparent conductive film, respectively; wherein said step (b) further forms a silicon oxide layer on the first surface and/or the second surface of the silicon wafer, respectively, before depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and/or said step (c) before depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer.
In one embodiment, the reaction gas for forming the silicon oxide layer in step (b) and/or step (c) is laughing gas (N)20) Or ozone (O)3) The reaction pressure is 0.2-5 millibar (mbar), the reaction temperature is 160-300 ℃ and the thickness of the formed silicon oxide layer is 0.2-2 nanometers (nm).
In one embodiment, the reaction gas used in the deposition of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer in the step (b) and the reaction gas used in the deposition of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer in the step (c) are both silane and hydrogen, the volume ratio of silane to hydrogen is 1 (0-20), the reaction pressure is 0.3-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 150-250 ℃, and the thicknesses of the deposited first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the deposited second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer are both 4-10 nm.
In one embodiment, the flow rate of silane for depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer in the step (b) and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer in the step (c) is 300 to 1000 normal liters per hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 0 to 2000 normal liters per hour, the reaction pressure is 0.7 to 1.5 millibars, and the reaction temperature is 180 to 200 ℃.
In one embodiment, the flow rate of silane is 100 standard liters per hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 1000 standard liters per hour, the flow rate of phosphine is 0.5 to 10 standard liters per hour, the reaction pressure is 0.8 mbar, the reaction temperature is 180 to 240 ℃, and the thickness of the deposited N-type amorphous silicon layer is 4 to 10 nanometers.
In one embodiment, the flow rate of silane is 100 standard liters per hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 500 standard liters per hour, the flow rate of borane is 0.25 to 10 standard liters per hour, the reaction pressure is 0.3 mbar, the reaction temperature is 190 to 210 ℃, and the thickness of the P-type amorphous silicon layer deposited in step (c) is 4 to 10 nanometers.
In an embodiment, the step (b) or the step (c) further forms a first silicon oxide layer on either one of the first and second surfaces before depositing either one of the first and second intrinsic amorphous silicon layers, respectively, the other one of the first and second intrinsic amorphous silicon layers being deposited directly on the other one of the first and second surfaces having no first silicon oxide layer.
In one embodiment, the step (b) further forms a first silicon oxide layer and a second silicon oxide layer on the first surface and the second surface, respectively, before depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the step (c) before depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer formed in the step (b) being deposited on the first silicon oxide layer, and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer formed in the step (c) being deposited on the second silicon oxide layer.
The invention also provides a heterojunction solar cell manufactured by the manufacturing method of any one of the embodiments, which comprises an N-type silicon wafer with a first surface and a second surface, the heterojunction solar cell further comprises a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, an N-type amorphous silicon layer, a first transparent conductive film and a first electrode which are sequentially stacked on the first surface, and a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, a P-type amorphous silicon layer, a second transparent conductive film and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked on the second surface, and a first silicon oxide layer is arranged between the silicon wafer and any one of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer.
In an embodiment, a second silicon oxide layer is further disposed between the silicon wafer and the other of the first and second intrinsic amorphous silicon layers.
Compared with the prior art that no silicon oxide layer is arranged on the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the N-type silicon wafer, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
first, the silicon oxide layer is formed between the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer or the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the N-type silicon wafer, so that the passivation effect of the surface of the silicon wafer can be effectively improved, the leakage current can be reduced, and the open-circuit voltage and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the battery can be improved.
Secondly, a first silicon oxide layer and a second silicon oxide layer are formed on two sides of the N-type silicon wafer, and a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer are respectively deposited on the first silicon oxide layer and the second silicon oxide layer, so that the passivation effect of the surface of the silicon wafer can be enhanced, the leakage current can be reduced, and the open-circuit voltage and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of a battery can be improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a heterojunction solar cell of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a heterojunction solar cell according to a second embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a heterojunction solar cell according to a third embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a first embodiment of a method of fabricating a heterojunction solar cell of the invention; and
fig. 5 is a flow chart of a method for manufacturing a heterojunction solar cell according to a second embodiment of the invention.
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The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments so that the objects, features and advantages of the invention can be more clearly understood. It should be understood that the aspects described below in connection with the figures and the specific embodiments are exemplary only, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention in any way. The singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
Referring to fig. 1, there is shown a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the heterojunction solar cell of the invention. As shown in fig. 1, the heterojunction solar cell 1 includes an N-type silicon wafer 10, a silicon oxide layer 11, a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12, an N-type amorphous silicon layer 13, a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14, a P-type amorphous silicon layer 15, a first transparent conductive film 16, a second transparent conductive film 17, a first electrode 18, and a second electrode 19.
The N-type silicon wafer 10 has a first face S1 and a second face S2, and the N-type silicon wafer 10 may be, for example, a 125mm × 125mm, 156mm × 156mm, 166mm × 166mm, 210mm × 210mm, or other currently used or future-used size N-type single crystal silicon wafer.
The silicon oxide layer 11, the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12, the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13, the first transparent conductive film 16, and the first electrode 18 are sequentially stacked on the first surface S1, and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14, the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15, the second transparent conductive film 17, and the second electrode 19 are sequentially stacked on the second surface S2. The first surface S1 of the heterojunction solar cell 1 is a light-receiving surface that receives direct sunlight when in use.
The thickness of the silicon oxide layer 11 is 0.2-2 nm, and the reaction gas for forming the silicon oxide layer 11 can be laughing gas N20 or ozone O3
The thicknesses of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12 and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 are both 4-10 nanometers, and the reaction gases for forming the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12 and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 through the PECVD process are both silane and hydrogen. The thicknesses of the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 are both 4-10 nanometers, the reaction gas for forming the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 through PECVD is silane, hydrogen and borane or trimethyl boron or other gases suitable for P-type doping, and the reaction gas for forming the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 through PECVD is silane, hydrogen and phosphane or other gases suitable for N-type doping.
The first transparent conductive film 16 and the second transparent conductive film 17 can be indium tin oxide ITO or ZnO-based TCO or IWO or ITIO transparent conductive films, which can be formed on the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 respectively by sputtering.
The first electrode 18 and the second electrode 19 may be formed by screen printing and sintering of silver paste commonly used in the art. The specific thicknesses and properties of the other components of the heterojunction solar cell 1 are known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail here.
Referring to fig. 2, a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the heterojunction solar cell of the invention is shown. As shown in fig. 2, the heterojunction solar cell 1 "includes an N-type silicon wafer 10", a silicon oxide layer 11 ", a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12", an N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 ", a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14", a P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 ", a first transparent conductive film 16", a second transparent conductive film 17 ", a first electrode 18", and a second electrode 19 ".
The N-type silicon wafer 10 "has a first surface S1 and a second surface S2 opposed to each other, and the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12", the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 ", the first transparent conductive film 16", and the first electrode 18 "are laminated in this order on the first surface S1; a silicon oxide layer 11 ", a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14", a P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 ", a second transparent conductive film 17", and a second electrode 19 "are sequentially laminated on the second surface S2. The first surface S1 is a light-receiving surface that receives direct sunlight.
Referring to fig. 3, a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the heterojunction solar cell of the invention is shown. As shown in fig. 3, the heterojunction solar cell 2 includes an N-type silicon wafer 20, a first silicon oxide layer 21, a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 22, an N-type amorphous silicon layer 23, a second silicon oxide layer 24, a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 25, a P-type amorphous silicon layer 26, a first transparent conductive film 27, a second transparent conductive film 28, a first electrode 29, and a second electrode 30.
The first silicon oxide layer 21, the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 22, the N-type amorphous silicon layer 23, the first transparent conductive film 27, and the first electrode 29 are sequentially stacked on the first surface S1, and the second silicon oxide layer 24, the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 25, the P-type amorphous silicon layer 26, the second transparent conductive film 28, and the second electrode 30 are sequentially stacked on the second surface S2.
The third embodiment of the heterojunction solar cell shown in fig. 3 is different from the first embodiment of fig. 1 and the second embodiment of fig. 2 in that the heterojunction solar cell in fig. 1 and 2 only includes a single silicon oxide layer, and the heterojunction solar cell 2 of the third embodiment of fig. 3 includes a first silicon oxide layer 21 and a second silicon oxide layer 24 on the first surface S1 and the second surface S2 of the N-type silicon wafer 20, respectively, except that the positions, thicknesses and structures of other components of the third embodiment of the heterojunction solar cell are the same as those of the first embodiment and the second embodiment. Further components of the heterojunction solar cell 2 will not be described in detail here.
Referring to fig. 4, with combined reference to fig. 1, fig. 4 shows a first embodiment of the method of fabricating a heterojunction solar cell of the invention, the heterojunction solar cell fabricated by the method of fabrication shown in fig. 4 being as shown in fig. 1. The method 40 shown in fig. 4 first proceeds to step S400, where an N-type silicon wafer 10 for a heterojunction solar cell is provided. The N-type silicon wafer 10 may be, for example, an N-type single crystal silicon wafer of a size commonly used at present or in the future, such as 125mm × 125mm, 156mm × 156mm, 166mm × 166mm, or 210mm × 210 mm.
Method 40 continues with the step ofS410, performing texturing treatment on the silicon wafer. In this embodiment, the solution (e.g., sodium hydroxide solution, isopropyl alcohol, and Na) may be etched by alkali in step S4102SiO3Mixed solution of (a) to remove a damage layer and form a pyramid-like textured surface on the single crystal silicon wafer.
The method 40 then proceeds to step S420, where a silicon oxide layer 11 is formed on the first side S1 of the silicon wafer 10.
The reaction gas for forming the silicon oxide layer 11 in step S420 may be laughing gas N20 or ozone O3The reaction pressure is 0.2-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 160-300 ℃, and the thickness of the formed silicon oxide layer 11 is 0.2-2 nm. In the present embodiment, the reaction gas for forming the silicon oxide layer 14 in step S420 is laughing gas N20。
The method 40 then proceeds to step S430, where a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12 and an N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 are sequentially deposited on the silicon oxide layer 11 by a PECVD process. The reaction gas for depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12 in the step S430 is silane and hydrogen, the volume ratio of silane to hydrogen is 1 (0-20), the reaction pressure is 0.3-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 150-250 ℃, and the thickness of the deposited first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12 is 4-10 nm.
In the present embodiment, the silane flow rate for depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12 in the step S430 is 300 to 1000 normal liters per hour, the hydrogen flow rate is 0 to 2000 normal liters per hour, the reaction pressure is 0.7 to 1.5 mbar, and the reaction temperature is 180 to 200 degrees celsius, wherein the silane flow rate is approximately inversely proportional to the hydrogen flow rate.
In this embodiment, the flow rate of silane is 100 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 1000 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of phosphine is 3 normal liters/hour, the reaction pressure is 0.8 mbar, the reaction temperature is 200 degrees celsius, and the thickness of the deposited N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 is 4 to 10 nanometers in step S430. In other embodiments, the flow rate of the phosphine during deposition of the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 may be 0.5 to 10 standard liters per hour, and the reaction temperature may be 180 to 240 ℃.
The method 40 then proceeds to step S440, where a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 and a P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 are sequentially deposited on the second surface S2 of the silicon wafer 10 by a PECVD process.
In the step S440, the reaction gas for depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 is silane and hydrogen, the volume ratio of silane to hydrogen is 1 (0-20), the reaction pressure is 0.3-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 150-250 ℃, and the thickness of the formed second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 is 4-10 nm.
In this embodiment, the silane flow rate during the deposition of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 in step S440 is 300 to 1000 normal liters per hour, the hydrogen flow rate is 0 to 2000 normal liters per hour, the reaction pressure is 0.7 to 1.5 mbar, and the reaction temperature is 180 to 200 degrees celsius, wherein the silane flow rate is approximately inversely proportional to the hydrogen flow rate.
In the present embodiment, the flow rate of silane when depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 is 1000 normal liter/hr, the flow rate of hydrogen is 0 normal liter/hr, the reaction pressure is 1.5 mbar, and the reaction temperature is 180 degrees celsius.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the silane flow rate is 300 normal liters/hour, the hydrogen flow rate is 2000 normal liters/hour, the reaction pressure is 0.7 mbar, and the reaction temperature is 200 degrees celsius when depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14.
In this embodiment, the flow rate of silane is 100 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 500 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of borane is 8 normal liters/hour, the reaction pressure is 0.3 mbar, the reaction temperature is 210 ℃, and the thickness of the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 deposited in step S440 is 4 to 10 nanometers. In other embodiments of the present invention, the flow rate of the borane during the deposition of the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 is 0.25 to 10 standard liters per hour, and the reaction temperature is 190 to 210 ℃.
The Radio Frequency (RF) frequency of the PECVD process in steps S420 to S440 may be 13.56MHz or 40MHz, the formation of the silicon oxide layer 11 in step S420 and the deposition of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 12 and the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 in step S430 may be performed in the same PECVD apparatus, and the deposition of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 14 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 in step S440 may be performed in another PECVD apparatus, so that the apparatus and process can be simplified.
The method 40 then proceeds to step S450, where a first transparent conductive film 16 and a second transparent conductive film 17 are formed on the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15, respectively. The first transparent conductive film 16 and the second transparent conductive film 17 may be ITO or ZnO based or IWO or ITIO transparent conductive films, which may be deposited on the N-type amorphous silicon layer 13 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 15 by sputtering.
The method 40 then proceeds to step S460, where the first electrode 18 and the second electrode 19 are formed on the first transparent conductive film 16 and the second transparent conductive film 17, respectively. The first electrode 18 and the second electrode 19 may be formed by screen printing and sintering silver paste commonly used in the art.
Referring to fig. 5 in conjunction with fig. 3, fig. 5 shows a second embodiment of the method of fabricating a heterojunction solar cell of the invention, the heterojunction solar cell formed by the method shown in fig. 5 being as shown in fig. 3. The method 50 shown in fig. 5 first proceeds to step S500, where an N-type silicon wafer 20 for a heterojunction solar cell is provided. The N-type silicon wafer 20 can be, for example, an N-type single crystal silicon wafer of a size commonly used at present or in the future, such as 125mm × 125mm, 156mm × 156mm, 166mm × 166mm, or 210mm × 210 mm.
The method 50 then proceeds to step S510, where the silicon wafer 20 is subjected to texturing. In this embodiment, the solution (e.g., sodium hydroxide solution, isopropyl alcohol, and Na) may be etched by alkali in step S5102SiO3Mixed solution of (a) to remove a damage layer and form a pyramid-like textured surface on the single crystal silicon wafer.
The method 50 then proceeds to step S520, where a first silicon oxide layer 21 is formed on the first surface S1 of the silicon wafer 20. The reaction gas for forming the first silicon oxide layer 21 in step S520 may be laughing gas N20 or ozone O3The reaction pressure is 0.2-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 160-300 ℃, and the thickness of the first silicon oxide layer 21 is 0.2-2 nm. In the present embodiment, the reaction gas for forming the first silicon oxide layer 21 in step S520 is laughing gas N20。
The method 50 then proceeds to step S530, where a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 22 and an N-type amorphous silicon layer 23 are sequentially deposited on the first silicon oxide layer 21 by a PECVD process. In the step S530, the reaction gas for depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 22 is silane and hydrogen, the volume ratio of silane to hydrogen is 1 (0-20), the reaction pressure is 0.3-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 150-250 ℃, and the thickness of the deposited first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 22 is 4-10 nm.
The flow rate of silane for depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 22 in step S530 is 300 to 1000 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 0 to 2000 normal liters/hour, the reaction pressure is 0.7 to 1.5 mbar, and the reaction temperature is 180 to 200 ℃.
In the step S530, the flow rate of silane is 100 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 1000 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of phosphine is 6 normal liters/hour, the reaction pressure is 0.8 mbar, the reaction temperature is 200 ℃, and the thickness of the deposited N-type amorphous silicon layer 23 is 4 to 10 nanometers.
The method 50 then proceeds to step S540, where a second silicon dioxide layer 24 is formed on the second side S2 of the silicon wafer 20. The formation of the second silicon oxide layer 24 in step S540 is substantially the same as the reaction gas and parameters used in the formation of the first silicon oxide layer 21 in step S520, and the second silicon oxide layer 24 is formed as described above with reference to step S520.
The method 50 then proceeds to step S550, where a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 25 and a P-type amorphous silicon layer 26 are sequentially deposited on the second silicon oxide layer 24 by a PECVD process.
In the step S550, the reaction gas for depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 25 is silane and hydrogen, the volume ratio of silane to hydrogen is 1 (0-7), the reaction pressure is 0.7-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 150-250 ℃, and the thickness of the formed second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 25 is 4-10 nm.
In the present embodiment, the flow rate of silane is 300 to 1000 normal liters per hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 0 to 2000 normal liters per hour, the reaction pressure is 0.7 to 1.5 mbar, and the reaction temperature is 180 to 200 ℃ when the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 25 is deposited in step S550, wherein the flow rate of silane is approximately inversely proportional to the flow rate of hydrogen.
In this embodiment, the flow rate of silane is 100 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 500 normal liters/hour, the flow rate of borane is 5 normal liters/hour, the reaction pressure is 0.3 mbar, the reaction temperature is 210 ℃, and the thickness of the P-type amorphous silicon layer 26 deposited in step S550 is 4 to 10 nanometers.
The Radio Frequency (RF) frequency of the PECVD process in steps S530 and S550 may be 13.56MHz or 40MHz, the formation of the first silicon oxide layer 21 in step S520 and the deposition of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 22 and the N-type amorphous silicon layer 23 in step S530 may be performed in the same PECVD apparatus, and the formation of the second silicon oxide layer 24 in step S540 and the deposition of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 25 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 26 in step S550 may be performed in another PECVD apparatus, which can simplify the apparatus and process.
The method 50 then proceeds to step S560 to form a first transparent conductive film 27 and a second transparent conductive film 28 on the N-type amorphous silicon layer 23 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 26, respectively. The first transparent conductive film 27 and the second transparent conductive film 28 may also be indium tin oxide ITO or ZnO based or IWO or ITiO transparent conductive films, which may be deposited on the N-type amorphous silicon layer 23 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 26 by means of sputtering.
Method 50 then proceeds to step S570, where first electrode 29 and second electrode 30 are formed on first transparent conductive film 27 and second transparent conductive film 28, respectively. The first electrode 29 and the second electrode 30 may be formed by screen printing and sintering of silver paste commonly used in the art.
The method of fabricating a heterojunction solar cell of the present invention may further comprise a third embodiment similar to the first embodiment of the method, the method of the third embodiment forming a heterojunction solar cell as shown in fig. 2. For simplicity of illustration, the third embodiment of the method, which is not further illustrated herein, is different from the method 40 shown in fig. 4 in that the silicon oxide layer in the third embodiment of the method is formed on the second side S2 of the silicon wafer opposite to the first side S1, and the silicon oxide layer 11 in the method 40 is formed on the first side S1 of the silicon wafer 10. After the formation of the silicon oxide layer on one surface of the silicon wafer is completed in the first embodiment and the third embodiment of the method, other process steps performed on the first surface and the second surface of the silicon wafer are the same, and are not described herein again.
The heterojunction solar cell comprises an N-type silicon wafer with a first surface and a second surface, and further comprises a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, an N-type amorphous silicon layer, a first transparent conductive film and a first electrode which are sequentially stacked on the first surface, and a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, a P-type amorphous silicon layer, a second transparent conductive film and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked on the second surface, wherein a first silicon oxide layer is arranged between the silicon wafer and any one of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer. The invention can effectively improve the passivation effect of the surface of the silicon chip, reduce leakage current and improve the open-circuit voltage and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the battery.
The embodiments described above are provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make or use the invention and that modifications or variations can be made to the embodiments described above by persons skilled in the art without departing from the inventive concept of the present invention, so that the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments described above but should be accorded the widest scope consistent with the innovative features set forth in the claims.

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1. A method of fabricating a heterojunction solar cell, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a textured N-type silicon wafer for a heterojunction solar cell, the silicon wafer having opposing first and second surfaces;
(b) sequentially depositing a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and an N-type amorphous silicon layer on the first surface by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process;
(c) depositing a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and a P-type amorphous silicon layer on the second surface in sequence by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process;
(d) forming a first transparent conductive film and a second transparent conductive film on the N-type amorphous silicon layer and the P-type amorphous silicon layer, respectively; and
(e) forming a first electrode and a second electrode on the first transparent conductive film and the second transparent conductive film, respectively;
the step (b) further forms a silicon oxide layer on the first surface and/or the second surface of the silicon wafer before depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and/or the step (c) before depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a reaction gas used in forming the silicon oxide layer in the step (b) and/or the step (c) is laughing gas or ozone, a reaction pressure is 0.2 to 5 mbar, a reaction temperature is 160 to 300 degrees centigrade, and a thickness of the formed silicon oxide layer is 0.2 to 2 nm.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reaction gas used in depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer in the step (b) and the reaction gas used in depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer in the step (c) are both silane and hydrogen, the volume ratio of silane to hydrogen is 1 (0-20), the reaction pressure is 0.3-5 mbar, the reaction temperature is 150-250 ℃, and the thickness of the deposited first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the thickness of the deposited second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer are both 4-10 nm.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the silane flow rate is 300 to 1000 normal liters/hour, the hydrogen flow rate is 0 to 2000 normal liters/hour, the reaction pressure is 0.7 to 1.5 mbar, and the reaction temperature is 180 to 200 ℃ when the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is deposited in the step (b) and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is deposited in the step (c).
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the flow rate of silane is 100 standard liters per hour, the flow rate of hydrogen is 1000 standard liters per hour, the flow rate of phosphane is 0.5 to 10 standard liters per hour, the reaction pressure is 0.8 mbar, the reaction temperature is 180 to 240 degrees centigrade, and the thickness of the deposited N-type amorphous silicon layer is 4 to 10 nm.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the P-type amorphous silicon layer is deposited in step (c) at a silane flow rate of 100 standard liters/hour, a hydrogen flow rate of 500 standard liters/hour, a borane flow rate of 0.25 to 10 standard liters/hour, a reaction pressure of 0.3 mbar, a reaction temperature of 190 to 210 degrees centigrade, and a thickness of the deposited P-type amorphous silicon layer of 4 to 10 nm.
7. The method of manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein step (b) or step (c) further forms a first silicon oxide layer on either one of the first and second surfaces before the corresponding deposition of either one of the first and second intrinsic amorphous silicon layers, respectively, the other one of the first and second intrinsic amorphous silicon layers being deposited directly on the other one of the first and second surfaces having no first silicon oxide layer.
8. The method of manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein the step (b) further forms a first silicon oxide layer and a second silicon oxide layer on the first surface and the second surface, respectively, before the step (c) of depositing the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and the step (c) of depositing the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, the first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer formed in the step (b) being deposited on the first silicon oxide layer, and the second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer formed in the step (c) being deposited on the second silicon oxide layer.
9. A heterojunction solar cell made by the manufacturing method of any one of claims 1 to 8, comprising an N-type silicon wafer having a first surface and a second surface, the heterojunction solar cell further comprising a first intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, an N-type amorphous silicon layer, a first transparent conductive film and a first electrode sequentially stacked on the first surface, and a second intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, a P-type amorphous silicon layer, a second transparent conductive film and a second electrode sequentially stacked on the second surface, with a first silicon oxide layer disposed between the silicon wafer and any one of the first and second intrinsic amorphous silicon layers.
10. The heterojunction solar cell of claim 9, wherein a second silicon dioxide layer is further disposed between the other of the first and second intrinsic amorphous silicon layers and the silicon wafer.
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