Silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of photovoltaic high-efficiency batteries, in particular to a silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure and a preparation method thereof.
Background
The silicon-based heterojunction solar cell is based on higher photoelectric conversion efficiency, and is recognized as the next generation of photovoltaic cell technology capable of realizing large-scale mass production by the photovoltaic industry. The silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure comprises an n-type monocrystalline silicon substrate, an amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon film, a transparent conductive film, a metal electrode and the like. The conventional preparation steps comprise: preparing and cleaning a suede, depositing an amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film, depositing a transparent conductive film, and preparing a metal electrode by electroplating or screen printing. In a conventional process concept, for example, chinese patent CN107004732A discloses a solar cell and a solar cell module, in which a n-type crystal semiconductor substrate has a resistivity in a range of 3.5 to 13 Ω cm to reduce deviation of output characteristics in the solar cell; for another example, chinese patent CN113488550A discloses a heterojunction cell and a method for manufacturing the heterojunction cell, where the prepared heterojunction cell texture faces the light source, so as to reduce light reflection, improve photon utilization rate, increase cell current, and improve power generation efficiency. In the prior art, a cell structure for further improving the photoelectric efficiency of the heterojunction solar cell from the perspective of a monocrystalline silicon wafer substrate does not exist, the process is complex, and the parameter reached is theoretical and is not practical.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects and provides a silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure and a preparation method thereof, so that the quality of a monocrystalline silicon substrate is further improved, the surface structure is improved, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the heterojunction solar cell is improved.
The purpose of the invention is realized as follows:
a silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure comprises an N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate, wherein a N + doping layer is arranged on the front surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate, a first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film is deposited on the surface of the N + doping layer, at least two layers of N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films are deposited on the surface of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film, and a first conducting film is deposited on the surface of the outermost N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film; a layer of second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film is arranged on the back of the N-type single crystal silicon substrate, at least two layers of p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films are deposited on the surface of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film, and a layer of second conductive film is deposited on the surface of the outermost layer of p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film; and a plurality of metal electrodes are arranged on the outer surfaces of the first conductive film and the second conductive film.
A preparation method of a silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure comprises the following steps:
preparing a pyramid textured structure on the surface of an N-type single crystal silicon substrate to obtain a double-textured N-type single crystal silicon substrate;
secondly, carrying out phosphorus doping on the double-textured N-type single crystal silicon substrate, and forming an N + doped layer and a phosphorosilicate glass layer on the front side and the back side of the N-type single crystal silicon substrate;
removing the phosphorosilicate glass layer on the back surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate, removing the N + doped layer on the back surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate and the phosphorosilicate glass layer on the front surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate, and reserving a layer of N + doped layer on the front surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate;
depositing a first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film on the N + doped layer on the front surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate by a plasma chemical vapor deposition method, depositing two or more layers of N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films on the surface of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film, and depositing a first conductive film on the surface of the N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film;
depositing a second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film on the back surface of the N-type single crystal silicon substrate by a plasma chemical vapor deposition method, depositing two or more layers of p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films on the surface of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film, and depositing a second conductive film on the surface of the p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film;
and step six, preparing the metal electrode.
Further, the process temperature of phosphorus doping in the second step is 600-850 ℃.
And further, in the third step, chain wet process equipment is adopted, and the phosphorosilicate glass layer on the back surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate is removed by using an acid solution.
And further, in the third step, the N + doped layer on the back surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate and the phosphorosilicate glass layer on the front surface are removed by using a groove type wet chemical etching method.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
according to the invention, an n + doped layer is formed on the main surface of the n-type single crystal silicon substrate to form a high-low junction, so that a certain separation effect on photo-generated carriers is achieved, and the recombination of the photo-generated carriers is reduced;
the phosphorus doping process can play a good gettering role on the monocrystalline silicon substrate, and reduces the influence of impurities on the monocrystalline silicon substrate, so that the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the heterojunction solar cell is improved.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a silicon-based heterojunction solar cell of the present invention.
Wherein:
the solar cell comprises an N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1, an N + doped layer 2, a first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 3, an N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 4, a first conductive film 5, a second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 6, a p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 7, a second conductive film 8 and a metal electrode 9.
Detailed Description
Example 1:
referring to fig. 1, the silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure comprises an N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1, wherein a N + doping layer 2 is arranged on the front surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1, a first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 3 is deposited on the surface of the N + doping layer 2, at least two N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films 4 are deposited on the surface of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 3, and a first conductive film 5 is deposited on the surface of the outermost N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 4;
the back of the N-type single crystal silicon substrate 1 is provided with a second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 6, at least two p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films 7 are deposited on the surface of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 6, and a second conductive film 8 is deposited on the surface of the outermost p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 7.
And a plurality of metal electrodes 9 are arranged on the outer surfaces of the first conductive film 5 and the second conductive film 8.
The invention relates to a preparation method of a silicon-based heterojunction solar cell structure, which comprises the following steps:
preparing a pyramid textured structure on the surface of an N-type single crystal silicon substrate by adopting a wet chemical etching method to obtain a double-textured N-type single crystal silicon substrate 1;
secondly, carrying out phosphorus doping on the double-suede N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1 by using a high-temperature tubular diffusion furnace, wherein an N + doping layer and a phosphorosilicate glass layer are formed on the front side and the back side of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1 within the range of 600-850 ℃;
removing the phosphorosilicate glass layer on the back surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1 by using an acid solution by adopting chain wet method equipment, removing the N + doped layer on the back surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1 and the phosphorosilicate glass layer on the front surface by using a groove type wet method chemical corrosion method, and reserving a layer of N + doped layer 2 on the front surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1;
depositing a first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 3 on the N + doped layer 2 on the front surface of the N-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 1 by a plasma chemical vapor deposition method, depositing two or more layers of N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films 4 on the surface of the first intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 3, and depositing a first conductive film 5 on the surface of the N-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 4 by magnetron sputtering or other physical vapor deposition methods;
depositing a second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 6 on the back surface of the N-type single crystal silicon substrate 1 by a plasma chemical vapor deposition method, depositing two or more layers of p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon films 7 on the surface of the second intrinsic amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 6, and depositing a second conductive film 8 on the surface of the p-type amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon film 7 by magnetron sputtering or other physical vapor deposition methods;
and step six, preparing the metal electrodes 9 on the front surface and the back surface respectively by adopting a screen printing or electroplating process.
In conclusion, the main surface of the n-type monocrystalline silicon substrate of the silicon-based heterojunction solar cell is the n + doped layer, high and low junctions can be formed on the main surface, a certain separation effect on photo-generated carriers is achieved, the compounding of the photo-generated carriers is reduced, meanwhile, the high-temperature phosphorus doping process can achieve a good gettering effect on the monocrystalline silicon substrate, the influence of impurities on the monocrystalline silicon substrate is reduced, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the silicon-based heterojunction solar cell can be improved by over 0.1%.
The above is only a specific application example of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited in any way. All the technical solutions formed by equivalent transformation or equivalent replacement fall within the protection scope of the present invention.