Disclosure of Invention
The application aims to provide a solar cell and a preparation method thereof, which can reduce subsequent processing abnormity, improve yield and reduce production cost.
In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell, which mainly includes:
preparing a tunneling layer on the surface of the silicon substrate;
preparing a mixed phase silicon film layer and a polycrystalline silicon film layer which are sequentially alternated on the surface of the tunneling layer;
and carrying out heat treatment to obtain a doped polycrystalline silicon layer positioned on the surface of the tunneling layer.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the preparation temperature of the mixed-phase silicon film layer is 570-550 ℃; the preparation temperature of the polycrystalline silicon film layer is set to be 600-630 ℃.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are deposited by an LPCVD method, and the reaction gas is silane; the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are both intrinsic silicon film layers, in the deposition process of the intrinsic silicon film layers, the flow rate of silane is set to be 100-500 sccm, and the reaction pressure is 200-350 mTorr; the heat treatment refers to performing high-temperature diffusion on the silicon substrate, so that the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are converted to form a doped polycrystalline silicon layer.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are prepared by in-situ doping deposition by an LPCVD (low pressure chemical vapor deposition) method, and the reaction gas comprises silane and phosphine; the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are both phosphorus-doped silicon film layers, in the deposition process of the phosphorus-doped silicon film layers, the flow rate of silane is set to be 100-500 sccm, the flow rate of phosphine is set to be 10-50 sccm, and the reaction pressure is 200-350 mTorr; the heat treatment refers to annealing the silicon substrate.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present application, the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polysilicon film layer are deposited in the same reaction chamber, and the step of preparing the sequentially alternating mixed-phase silicon film layer and polysilicon film layer on the surface of the tunneling layer includes depositing a mixed-phase silicon film layer on the surface of the tunneling layer;
removing the reaction gas remained in the reaction chamber, filling nitrogen, and raising the temperature of the reaction chamber;
depositing a polycrystalline silicon film layer on the surface of the mixed phase silicon film layer;
removing the residual reaction gas in the reaction chamber, and introducing nitrogen to reduce the temperature of the reaction chamber;
and depositing another mixed phase silicon film layer on the surface of the polycrystalline silicon film layer.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the rate of the temperature increase or decrease of the reaction chamber is set to be 5-10 ℃/min.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the number of layers of the mixed phase silicon film layer and the number of layers of the polycrystalline silicon film layer are the same, and the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are not less than two.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the thickness of the mixed-phase silicon film layer is set to be 10-50 nm; the thickness of the polycrystalline silicon film layer is set to be 10-50 nm.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the preparation of the tunneling layer comprises preparing a layer of SiO on the back surface of the silicon substrate by adopting a chemical oxidation or thermal oxidation or ozone oxidation methodxFilm of controlling the SiOxThe thickness of the film is 1 to 3 nm.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the silicon substrate is an N-type silicon wafer, and the tunneling layer and the doped polysilicon layer are arranged on the back surface of the silicon substrate; the doped polycrystalline silicon layer is a phosphorus doped polycrystalline silicon layer.
As a further improvement of the embodiment of the application, the preparation method further comprises texturing, front surface diffusion and surface cleaning of the silicon substrate; the texture etching method comprises the following steps of etching a silicon substrate by using KOH or NaOH or TMAH aqueous solution to form a pyramid-shaped texture structure on the surface of the silicon substrate; the front diffusion means that a diffusion layer with the doping type opposite to that of the silicon substrate is formed on the front surface of the silicon substrate in a diffusion mode; the surface cleaning is to clean the back surface of the silicon substrate by adopting an alkali solution or an acid solution after the front surface diffusion is finished;
the preparation method also comprises the steps of coating and metalizing after the preparation of the doped polycrystalline silicon layer is finished; the coating comprises sequentially depositing Al on the front surface of the silicon substrate2O3Film or SiNxA film, and SiN is deposited on the back surface of the silicon substratexAnd (3) a membrane.
The application also provides a solar cell prepared by the preparation method.
The beneficial effect of this application is: according to the preparation method of the solar cell, the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer which are sequentially and alternately prepared are prepared on the surface of the tunneling layer, the mixed phase silicon film layer presents tensile stress, the polycrystalline silicon film layer presents compressive stress, and the film layers with different stresses are alternately stacked, so that the overall stress of the film layers is reduced; the solar cell adopting the preparation method is not easy to deform, avoids abnormal subsequent processing, reduces the cost and improves the yield.
Detailed Description
The present application will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by one of ordinary skill in the art according to the present embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, a solar cell 100 provided in the present application includes a silicon substrate 1, a tunneling layer 2 disposed on a back surface of the silicon substrate 1, and a doped polysilicon layer 3. The silicon substrate 1 is an N-type silicon wafer; the thickness of the tunneling layer 2 is set to be 1-3 nm; the doped polycrystalline silicon layer 3 is a phosphorus doped polycrystalline silicon layer, and the whole thickness of the doped polycrystalline silicon layer is 50-200 nm.
The solar cell 100 further comprises a front surface film 4 arranged on the front surface of the silicon substrate 1, a back surface film 5 arranged on the back surface of the silicon substrate 1, and a front surface electrode 6 and a back surface electrode 7 respectively arranged on two sides of the silicon substrate 1. A diffusion layer 11 doped with boron is formed on the front surface of the silicon substrate 1, and the front surface electrode 6 penetrates through the front surface film 4 and is in contact with the diffusion layer 11; the back electrode 7 penetrates the back surface film 5 and is in contact with the doped polysilicon layer 3.
The doped polysilicon layer 3 comprises first doped polysilicon arranged on the tunneling layer 2 in sequence and alternately in a laminated mannerThe layer 31 and the second doped polysilicon layer 32, wherein the thickness of the first doped polysilicon layer 31 or the second doped polysilicon layer 32 is set to be 10-50 nm. The front surface film 4 includes a first front surface film 41 and a second front surface film 42 deposited in sequence. Here, the first front surface film 41 is provided as Al2O3Film, the second front surface film 42 is provided with SiNxA film; the back surface film 5 is also set to SiNxA film; the front and back electrodes 6 and 7 are typically silver electrodes.
With reference to fig. 2, the present application also provides a method for manufacturing the solar cell 100, including:
texturing the silicon substrate 1;
front diffusion, wherein a diffusion layer 11 with the doping type opposite to that of the silicon substrate 1 is formed on the front surface of the silicon substrate 1 in a diffusion mode;
cleaning the surface of the silicon substrate 1;
preparing a tunneling layer 2 on the surface of the silicon substrate 1 after surface cleaning;
preparing a mixed phase silicon film layer and a polycrystalline silicon film layer which are sequentially alternated on the surface of the tunneling layer 2;
performing heat treatment to obtain a doped polysilicon layer 3, wherein the mixed phase silicon film layer is converted into a first doped polysilicon layer 31, and the polysilicon film layer is converted into a second doped polysilicon layer 32;
and then sequentially performing film plating and metallization to obtain the solar cell 100.
Specifically, the texturing refers to performing double-sided alkaline texturing on the silicon substrate 1 by using an aqueous solution of KOH, NaOH or TMAH, so that a pyramid-shaped textured structure is formed on the surface of the silicon substrate 1, and the pyramid height on the surface of the silicon substrate 1 is preferably controlled to be 1-3 μm. The concentration of the aqueous solution of KOH, NaOH or TMAH is usually controlled to be 3-15%, and during actual production, a given texturing additive can be added according to product requirements to improve the texture quality of the silicon substrate 1.
The surface cleaning refers to cleaning the back surface of the silicon substrate 1 by using an alkali solution or an acid solution, namely polishing or secondarily polishing the back surface of the silicon substrate 1 after the front surface is diffusedTexturing, keeping the back surface of the silicon substrate 1 clean; then preparing a 1-3 nm SiO layer by adopting a chemical oxidation or thermal oxidation or ozone oxidation methodxThe film serves as a tunneling layer, and the tunneling layer 2 can also be made of silicon oxynitride.
The mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are both prepared by depositing through an LPCVD method, and the deposition temperature of the mixed-phase silicon film layer is 570-550 ℃; the deposition temperature of the polycrystalline silicon film layer is set to be 600-630 ℃. The mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are different in grain size, grain boundary area and grain orientation, wherein the former is tensile stress, and the latter is compressive stress. Specifically, the mixed-phase silicon film layer comprises smaller crystal grains and amorphous silicon, the interfacial area between the crystal grains is larger, the crystal grains are more oriented, and the mixed-phase silicon film layer has stronger (111) orientation, so that the film layer has stronger tensile stress; the polysilicon film has a large grain size, typically exceeding 30nm, and a significant preferred orientation of grain growth, which is (110) preferred, enhances the compressive stress of the film. Here, the thickness of the mixed-phase silicon film layer or the single polysilicon film layer is smaller, and the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the single polysilicon film layer are alternately arranged, so that the stress of the integrally deposited film layer is reduced, the silicon substrate 1 is prevented from deforming in subsequent processes, the abnormality of a production line is reduced, and the yield is improved.
Here, the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are both intrinsic silicon film layers, and the reaction gas is silane. In the deposition process of the intrinsic silicon film layer, the flow rate of silane is set to be 100-500 sccm, and the reaction pressure is set to be 200-350 mTorr; the heat treatment refers to diffusing the silicon substrate, so that the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are simultaneously annealed and doped, and then the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are converted to form a doped polycrystalline silicon layer 3. Specifically, the back of the silicon substrate 1 is diffused by adopting a phosphorus source to obtain a phosphorus-doped polycrystalline silicon layer.
In other embodiments of the present application, the mixed-phase silicon film and the polysilicon film may also be formed by in-situ doping deposition using LPCVD, and the reaction gases include silane and phosphine. In other words, the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are both phosphorus-doped silicon film layers, in the deposition process of the phosphorus-doped silicon film layers, the flow rate of silane is set to be 100-500 sccm, the flow rate of phosphine is set to be 10-50 sccm, and the reaction pressure is 200-350 mTorr; the aforementioned heat treatment means annealing the silicon substrate 1.
The mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are deposited in the same reaction chamber, and the step of preparing the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer which are sequentially alternated on the surface of the tunneling layer 2 specifically comprises the following steps:
firstly, depositing a mixed phase silicon film layer on the surface of the tunneling layer 2;
removing the reaction gas remained in the reaction chamber, filling nitrogen, and raising the temperature of the reaction chamber;
depositing a polycrystalline silicon film layer on the surface of the mixed phase silicon film layer;
removing the residual reaction gas in the reaction chamber, and introducing nitrogen to reduce the temperature of the reaction chamber;
and depositing another mixed phase silicon film layer on the surface of the polycrystalline silicon film layer.
According to the steps, the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer which are sequentially and alternately formed can be prepared on the surface of the tunneling layer 2, wherein the temperature rising or reducing rate of the reaction chamber is set to be 5-10 ℃/min. The layers of the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are the same, and at least two layers of the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are arranged; considering the film deposition time and the equipment productivity, the number of films cannot be set too much. Preferably, the thicknesses of the mixed-phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer are both set to be 10-50 nm.
The film coating refers to respectively depositing and preparing a front surface film 4 and a back surface film 5 on the two side surfaces of the silicon substrate 1; the metallization is to print a predetermined conductive paste on the front surface film 4 and the back surface film 5 by a screen printing method to obtain corresponding electrode patterns, and then to sinter the electrode patterns at a high temperature to obtain a front electrode 6 and a back electrode 7. The thicknesses and film layer structures of the front surface film 4 and the back surface film 5 can be adjusted and controlled through the flow rate of reaction gas, the deposition temperature and the like; the specific process parameters of the screen printing and sintering can also be adjusted according to the performance of the conductive paste and the requirements of the battery, and are not described in detail herein.
In addition, the preparation method also comprises the steps of carrying out winding plating removal cleaning on the silicon substrate 1 before film coating, wherein the alkali solution or the acid solution is mainly adopted for cleaning and removing part of the doped polycrystalline silicon wound and plated on the front surface of the silicon substrate 1; in addition, in the process of forming the doped polysilicon layer 3 by phosphorus diffusion, it is necessary to clean and remove the phosphosilicate glass (PSG) formed on the back surface of the silicon substrate 1 before plating.
According to the preparation method of the solar cell 100, the mixed phase silicon film layer and the polycrystalline silicon film layer which are sequentially and alternately prepared are prepared on the surface of the tunneling layer, the mixed phase silicon film layer presents tensile stress, the polycrystalline silicon film layer presents compressive stress, and the film layers with different stresses are alternately stacked, so that the overall stress of the film layers is reduced; the solar cell 100 adopting the preparation method is not easy to deform, the subsequent processing procedure is avoided, the cost is reduced, and the yield is improved.
It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
The above list of details is only for the concrete description of the feasible embodiments of the present application, they are not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent embodiments or modifications that do not depart from the technical spirit of the present application are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.