P-type HBC battery structure and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of photovoltaic high-efficiency batteries, in particular to a P-type HBC battery structure and a preparation method thereof.
Background
The interdigital back contact heterojunction monocrystalline silicon Solar Cell (Interdigitated Back Contact Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell, HBC Solar Cell for short) has the advantages of both an interdigital back contact Solar Cell (Interdigitated back contact Solar Cell, IBC Solar Cell for short) and a heterojunction Solar Cell with a thin intrinsic layer (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer Solar Cell, HIT Solar Cell for short), removes a front surface metal electrode, reduces shading loss, obtains larger short-circuit current, and greatly reduces interface states, reduces surface recombination and improves open-circuit voltage by inserting a layer of high-quality intrinsic amorphous silicon passivation layer between heavily doped amorphous silicon and crystalline silicon. The HBC cell combines the advantages of the IBC cell and the HJT cell with the following advantages: zero grid line shielding on the front surface of the battery is avoided, current loss caused by grid line shielding is avoided, and high short-circuit current is achieved; the metal electrode is positioned on the back surface of the battery, and the metal electrode of the battery can be optimized without being limited by optical shielding, so that the serial resistance increase caused by metallization is greatly reduced.
The HBC technology combined with the IBC and HJ technology can further improve the battery efficiency, and the structure is shown in fig. 1, and the process steps are as follows. The front surface of the cell structure of the HBC is provided with an ARC (anti-reflection coating) and a front surface field FSF (FSF), the back surface of the n-c-Si material is provided with a buffer layer i-a-Si: H material, a doped amorphous silicon layer is arranged below the buffer layer and distributed in an interdigital mode, wherein p-a-Si: H is taken as an emitter, n-a-Si: H is taken as a back surface field BSF, and the widths of the buffer layer i-a-Si: H are respectively Wemit and W BSF . Finally, a metal contact layer is covered on the emitter and the BSF, and the emitter and the back surface field are isolated by a dielectric layer. The HBC utilizes the excellent surface passivation performance of amorphous silicon, combines the structural advantage that the front surface of the IBC structure is free from metal shielding, and adopts the same device structure.
HBC cells represent the highest efficiency level of crystalline silicon cells, but HBC has been limited to higher mass production costs and has evolved more curvingly. The HBC battery has the advantages of both the IBC battery and the HJT battery, and simultaneously maintains the difficulty of the respective production processes of the IBC battery and the HJT battery. The key problem of the IBC cell process is how to prepare P-regions and N-regions in an interdigitated spaced arrangement on the back of the cell and form metallization contacts and gate lines thereon, respectively. The diffusion of the common solar cell only needs to form an N-type diffusion region on a P-type substrate, and the IBC cell has phosphorus diffusion forming a back N region (BSF) and boron diffusion forming a PN junction, namely P-type doping is carried out on the N-type substrate, and meanwhile, because the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the IBC cell are both positioned on the back surface, a strict electrode isolation process is needed during the cell manufacturing. The HJT battery process has the key problems that firstly, the requirement on the silicon wafer is relatively high, the HJT battery process is a low-temperature process, no high-temperature heat treatment and impurity absorption process are adopted, the defects of oxygen donors, new donors and the like of the silicon wafer cannot be eliminated, and the impurity content of the silicon wafer is high, so that the battery efficiency is affected; in addition, the high-concentration P-type amorphous silicon thin film is very difficult to manufacture due to the low solid solubility of boron element in silicon.
The structure of the conventional HBC battery is shown in figure 1, the preparation of the interdigital PN region does not bypass the mask-grooving-depositing-etching processes, however, the battery has narrow process window and extremely high requirements on process cleanliness when being used for preparing intrinsic and doped amorphous silicon, and the HBC battery has the defects of high investment equipment, long working procedure and high investment cost due to the reasons of the above.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects and provide a P-type HBC battery structure and a preparation method thereof, so that a TCO conductive film obtains better transmittance and conductivity and improves the performance of a heterojunction solar battery.
The purpose of the invention is realized in the following way:
a P-type HBC battery structure comprises a P-type silicon substrate, wherein a P-type heavily doped region is arranged in the middle of the back surface of the P-type silicon substrate, amorphous silicon intrinsic layers are arranged on the front surface and the back surface of the P-type silicon substrate, an N-type amorphous silicon doped layer is arranged on the outer side of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer on the back surface of the P-type silicon substrate, and SiN is arranged on the outer side of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer on the front surface of the P-type silicon substrate X An antireflection film; a TCO conductive film is arranged on the outer side of the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer; the outer side of the TCO conductive film is provided with a plurality of N-type Ag electrodes, the TCO conductive film is provided with a notch, the depth of the notch penetrates through the TCO conductive film and the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer, the bottom of the P-type heavily doped region is exposed, the bottom of the P-type heavily doped region is connected with the P-type Ag electrodes, and ohmic contact is realized by using P-type low-temperature silver paste and aluminum paste of the P-type heavily doped region.
Further, the width of the P-type heavily doped region is 20-60 micrometers, and the height is 1-20 micrometers.
Further, the N-type Ag electrode is connected with the TCO conductive film by using N-type low-temperature silver paste.
Further, the width of the notch is larger than that of the P-type heavily doped region.
The preparation method of the P-type HBC battery structure comprises the following steps:
step one, cleaning a silicon wafer:
selecting a P-type silicon wafer, and performing texturing and cleaning treatment on the P-type silicon wafer; the silicon wafer is subjected to high-efficiency cleaning and then is textured, and a textured surface layer is formed on the front surface of the silicon wafer;
step two, printing aluminum paste:
printing on the back surface of the silicon wafer on one side, wherein the sizing agent is aluminum paste, and the printing position is a P-type heavily doped region of the battery;
step three, sintering at high temperature:
placing the printed silicon wafer into a furnace body, sintering the silicon wafer in the furnace body, and forming ohmic contact between aluminum paste and a silicon wafer substrate to form a P-type heavily doped region;
step four, cleaning the silicon wafer:
the sintered silicon wafer is efficiently cleaned, the sintered aluminum paste still leaks on the surface of the silicon wafer, and the thickness of the aluminum paste ensures that the aluminum paste can form contact with low-temperature silver paste;
fifthly, coating the double-sided intrinsic layer and the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer:
respectively plating an intrinsic amorphous silicon film on the front and back surfaces of the battery piece through PECVD technology to form an amorphous silicon intrinsic layer; plating an N-type amorphous silicon doped layer on the back surface of the battery piece by PECVD technology;
step six, preparing an antireflection film:
SiN is plated on the front surface of the battery piece by PECVD method X An antireflection film;
step seven, depositing a TCO conductive film:
plating a transparent TCO conductive film on the battery piece by adopting a PVD equipment technology;
step eight, laser grooving:
laser grooving is carried out at the bottom of the P-type heavily doped region on the back of the battery piece, the TCO conductive film, the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer and the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer are laser ablated, and the aluminum paste is exposed on the surface of the silicon wafer;
step nine, electrode printing and sintering:
printing P-type silver paste and N-type silver paste on the back of the battery respectively through a screen printing process, wherein the P-type and N-type pastes are low-temperature silver paste; after low-temperature sintering, the N-type low-temperature silver paste is connected with the TCO film layer; after low-temperature sintering, ohmic contact is realized by the P-type low-temperature silver paste and the aluminum paste;
step ten, sorting test:
the required battery pieces are selected through sorting tests.
Further, in the second step, the width of the aluminum paste printing paste is 20-60 micrometers, and the height is 1-20 micrometers.
Further, the sintering temperature in the furnace body in the third step is 300-900 ℃.
Further, in the fifth step, the thickness of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer is 5-10 nm, and the thickness of the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer is 5-15 nm.
Further, the width of the laser kerf in step eight is 100 microns.
Further, in the eighth step, the aluminum paste is exposed on the surface of the silicon wafer to a height of 5 micrometers.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the invention realizes a local P++ layer by using an aluminum paste presintering mode, realizes the heat treatment and gettering treatment of the silicon wafer, and solves the problem of the internal quality of the silicon wafer; solves the difficult problem of manufacturing the heavily doped P-type amorphous silicon in the HBC.
The invention prepares the P area and the N area which are arranged at intervals in an interdigital way by utilizing the laser slotting technology, avoids the complex process flows of mask, slotting, deposition, etching and the like, solves the most complex PN manufacturing process of the HBC, greatly optimizes the process steps of the HBC battery and reduces the manufacturing cost of the battery.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional HBC cell.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a P-type HBC cell of the present invention.
Wherein:
p-type silicon substrate 1, P-type heavily doped region 2, amorphous silicon intrinsic layer 3, N-type amorphous silicon doped layer 4, siN X An anti-reflection film 5, a TCO conductive film 6, an N-type Ag electrode 7 and a P-type Ag electrode 8.
Detailed Description
Example 1:
referring to fig. 2, the P-type HBC cell structure according to the present invention includes a P-type silicon substrate 1, wherein a P-type heavily doped region 2 is disposed in the middle of the back surface of the P-type silicon substrate 1, and the width of the P-type heavily doped region 2 is 20-60 micrometers, and the height is 1-20 micrometers.
The front and back of the P-type silicon substrate 1 are respectively provided with an amorphous silicon intrinsic layer 3, the outer side of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer 3 on the back of the P-type silicon substrate 1 is provided with an N-type amorphous silicon doped layer 4, and the outer side of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer 3 on the front of the P-type silicon substrate 1 is provided with SiN X An antireflection film 5; the outside of the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer 4 is provided with a TCO conductive film 6.
The outer side of the TCO conductive film 6 is provided with a plurality of N-type Ag electrodes 7, and the N-type low-temperature silver paste is used for forming connection with the TCO conductive film 6.
The TCO conducting film 6 is provided with a notch, the width of the notch is 100 micrometers, the depth of the notch penetrates through the TCO conducting film 6 and the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer 4, the bottom of the P-type heavily doped region 2 is exposed, the bottom of the P-type heavily doped region 2 is connected with the P-type Ag electrode 8, and ohmic contact is realized by using P-type low-temperature silver paste and aluminum paste of the P-type heavily doped region 2.
The invention relates to a preparation method of a P-type HBC battery structure, which comprises the following steps:
s1, cleaning silicon wafer
Selecting a P-type silicon wafer with the thickness of 130 micrometers, and performing texturing and cleaning treatment on the P-type silicon wafer; the silicon wafer is subjected to a cleaning process, so that organic dirt, metal impurities and a surface damage layer on the surface of the silicon wafer are removed; the silicon wafer is subjected to high-efficiency cleaning and then is textured, and a textured surface layer is formed on the front surface of the silicon wafer;
s2, printing aluminum paste
Printing on the back surface of the silicon wafer on one side, wherein the sizing agent is aluminum paste, the printing position is a P-type heavily doped region of the battery, the width of the aluminum paste printing sizing agent is 30 micrometers, and the height is 5 micrometers;
s3, sintering at high temperature
Placing the printed silicon wafer into a furnace body, sintering the silicon wafer in the furnace body at 300-900 ℃, and forming ohmic contact between aluminum paste and a silicon wafer substrate to form a P-type heavily doped region; the width of the P-type heavily doped region is 20-60 micrometers, and the height is 1-20 micrometers;
s4, cleaning silicon wafers
The sintered silicon wafer is efficiently cleaned, organic dirt and other impurities on the surface of the silicon wafer are removed, and the two surfaces of the silicon wafer form clean surfaces; the sintered aluminum paste still leaks on the surface of the silicon wafer, and the thickness of the aluminum paste ensures that the aluminum paste can form contact with low-temperature silver paste;
s5, coating film of double-sided intrinsic layer and N-type amorphous silicon doped layer
Respectively plating an intrinsic amorphous silicon film on the front and back surfaces of the battery piece through PECVD technology to form an amorphous silicon intrinsic layer, wherein the thickness of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer is 5nm;
plating an N-type amorphous silicon doped layer on the back surface of the battery piece by PECVD technology, wherein the thickness of the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer is 10nm;
s6, preparation of antireflection film
SiN is plated on the front surface of the battery piece by PECVD method X An antireflection film;
s7, TCO conductive film deposition
Plating a transparent TCO conductive film on the battery piece by adopting a PVD equipment technology;
s8, laser grooving
The back of the battery piece is grooved by laser, and the width of the grooved is 100 micrometers;
slotting an aluminum paste spreading area (the bottom of a P-type heavily doped area) of the silicon wafer by adopting laser, and laser ablating the TCO conductive film, the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer and the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer to expose the aluminum paste on the surface of the silicon wafer, wherein the height of the aluminum paste is 5 microns; the back of the battery piece is grooved by laser, so that the isolation of the P area and the N area is realized;
s9, electrode printing
Printing P-type silver paste and N-type silver paste on the back of the battery respectively through a screen printing process, wherein the P-type silver paste and the N-type silver paste are low-temperature silver paste to form a P-type Ag electrode and an N-type Ag electrode;
s10, sintering
After low-temperature sintering, the N-type low-temperature silver paste is connected with the TCO film layer; after low-temperature sintering, ohmic contact is realized by the P-type low-temperature silver paste and the aluminum paste;
s11, sorting test
The required battery piece is selected through sorting test, the efficiency of the battery piece is tested, voc reaches 745mV, and the conversion efficiency of the battery is as high as 25.15%.
Comparative example 1:
comparative example 1 preparation method of HBC cell conventional in the prior art
S1, cleaning silicon wafer
Selecting a P-type silicon wafer with the thickness of 130 micrometers, and performing texturing and cleaning treatment on the P-type silicon wafer; the silicon wafer is subjected to a cleaning process, so that organic dirt, metal impurities and a surface damage layer on the surface of the silicon wafer are removed; the silicon wafer is subjected to high-efficiency cleaning and then is textured, and a textured surface layer is formed on the front surface of the silicon wafer;
s2, coating film of double-sided intrinsic layer and N-type amorphous silicon doped layer
Respectively plating an intrinsic amorphous silicon film on the front and back surfaces of the battery piece through PECVD technology to form an amorphous silicon intrinsic layer, wherein the thickness of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer is 5nm;
plating an N-type amorphous silicon doped layer on the back surface of the battery piece by PECVD technology, wherein the thickness of the N-type amorphous silicon doped layer is 10nm;
s3, preparation of back PN region
Preparing a back PN region through mask-slotting-depositing-etching and other processes;
s4, preparation of antireflection film
Plating a SiNX antireflection film on the front surface of the battery piece by a PECVD method;
s5, TCO conductive film deposition
Plating a transparent TCO conductive film on the battery piece by adopting a PVD equipment technology;
s6, sintering the electrode printing electrode
Silver paste is printed on the back of the battery through a screen printing process, and then the battery is sintered at a low temperature and connected with the TCO film layer to realize ohmic contact;
s7, sorting test
Through test, the efficiency of the battery piece is 743mV, the Isc is 40.49mA/cm < 2 >, the FF 84.64% and the conversion efficiency of the battery is up to 25.46%.
The electrical performance comparison of example 1 and comparative example 1 is shown in the following table, and is mainly represented by the open circuit voltage Voc, the short circuit current Isc and the fill factor FF, the improvement of the electrical performance parameters of the solar cell of the present invention can be obtained.
The foregoing is merely a specific application example of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited in any way. All technical schemes formed by equivalent transformation or equivalent substitution fall within the protection scope of the invention.