CN115440830A - Non-doped hetero-crystalline silicon solar cell with laminated passivation contact structure - Google Patents

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CN115440830A
CN115440830A CN202211221600.1A CN202211221600A CN115440830A CN 115440830 A CN115440830 A CN 115440830A CN 202211221600 A CN202211221600 A CN 202211221600A CN 115440830 A CN115440830 A CN 115440830A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a non-doped hetero-crystalline silicon solar cell with a laminated passivation contact structure, which has the following structure: using n-type monocrystalline silicon wafer as substrate, and periodically providing NiO on its front surface x a/Ni stack of which 0<x<1.0, and an ITO layer and a silver electrode are arranged on the surface; periodically having TiO on its back surface y a/Ti stack of 1.0<y<2.0, and a calcium/magnesium metal thin film layer and a silver electrode are arranged on the surface. The invention can reduce the height of potential barrier and promote the transmission of electrons, thereby further improving the efficiency of the battery.

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Non-doped hetero-crystalline silicon solar cell with laminated passivation contact structure
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of crystalline silicon solar cells, and particularly relates to a non-doped hetero-crystalline silicon solar cell with a laminated passivation contact structure.
Background
The solar cell can be seen as comprising a light absorption layer, an electron transport layer and a hole transport layer, wherein the electron transport layer has the functions of transporting electrons and blocking holes, and the hole transport layer has the opposite functions. The absorption layer (e.g., crystalline silicon) absorbs sunlight to generate photogenerated carriers (electrons and holes) which migrate in opposite directions toward the surface of the absorption layer and ultimately to the contact electrode region. If the electron and hole transport layers are in contact with the absorber layer, which combines good conductivity (low resistivity) and passivation (low saturation recombination current density), this type of contact can be referred to as a passivated contact. The electron or hole selective properties of the passivating contact material of an undoped heterocrystalline silicon solar cell are determined by the fact that the contact material work function matches the conduction and valence bands of silicon. If the material has a lower work function (4.05-5.15 eV) compared with silicon, such as lithium fluoride (2.7-3.5 eV), and is matched with a conduction band of silicon, an electron potential well is formed at a silicon interface, so that electrons can be transmitted and holes can be blocked, and therefore, the material with the lower work function is suitable for serving as an electron selective passivation contact material of a non-doped heterogeneous battery; conversely, if the material has a higher work function compared to silicon, such as molybdenum oxide (5.6-6.8 eV), which is more matched to the valence band of silicon, holes can be accumulated in the potential well near the silicon interface, thereby facilitating hole transport, while electrons encounter a potential barrier at the interface and are repelled, thereby playing a role in blocking electrons, and thus, the high work function material is suitable as a hole selective passivation contact material of the undoped heterojunction cell.
For undoped heterojunction silicon cells, suitable electron-selective passivating contacts are: low work function materials such as lithium fluoride, magnesium oxide, titanium oxide, hafnium oxide, tantalum oxide, and the like, while high work function transition metal oxides such as molybdenum oxide, tungsten oxide, vanadium oxide, cuprous oxide, nickel oxide, and the like are suitable as hole selective passivation contact materials. The selectivity of passivation contact to current carriers is formed by matching the work function of the material with the crystalline silicon energy band, so that the crystalline silicon solar cell without a high-temperature doping diffusion process becomes possible.
Non-doped heterojunction silicon solar currently using lithium fluoride and molybdenum oxide as electron and hole selective passivating contact layers for crystalline siliconThe efficiency of the battery exceeds 21 percent, and the resistivity (rho) and the saturation recombination current density (J) of the passivation contact layer are reduced to further improve the efficiency of the battery 0 ). ρ and J 0 Has close relation with the thickness (d) of the passivation contact layer, wherein rho increases and J increases with the increase of d 0 Reduction; conversely, as d decreases, ρ decreases and J 0 And is increased. Therefore, lower ρ and J are to be obtained simultaneously 0 And d has an optimal value. Of course, there is also a solution in which an intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer is deposited on both front and back surfaces of crystalline silicon by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), the surface of the crystalline silicon is passivated, J 0 It can be guaranteed to be small, so that the value range of d can be large, but the production cost of the undoped heterojunction battery is increased, and the design purpose is contrary to the original purpose.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a non-doped heterojunction crystalline silicon solar cell with a laminated passivated contact structure, wherein the thickness of the passivated contact layer, the resistivity and the saturation recombination current density are optimized to obtain a compromise value.
Therefore, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: a non-doped heterocrystalline silicon solar cell of a stacked passivated contact structure, characterized by the following structure: using n-type monocrystalline silicon wafer as substrate, and periodically providing NiO on its front surface x a/Ni stack of which 0<x<1.0, and an ITO layer and a silver electrode are arranged on the surface; periodically having TiO on its back surface y a/Ti stack of 1.0<y<2.0, and a calcium/magnesium metal thin film layer and a silver electrode are arranged on the surface.
Furthermore, the NiOx/Ni lamination has 5 to 10 periods and NiO x The total thickness of the/Ni laminate is 15-30 nm.
The TiO is y The lamination of Ti is 5-10 periods, tiO y The total thickness of the/Ti laminated layer is 15-30 nm.
The invention replaces oxide single layer with multiple ultra-thin metal/oxide lamination layers as the passivation contact layer of the battery, wherein the metal plays a role of reducing the kinetic energy of the resistance of the passivation contact layer, thereby simultaneously reducing the resistance of the passivation contact layerAnd lower resistivity and saturated composite current density are obtained, so that the efficiency of the battery is further improved. In the present invention, the hole-selective passivating contact layer is a plurality of ultra-thin nickel oxide/Nickel (NiO) x /Ni, wherein 0<x<1.0 Laminated layers of a plurality of ultra-thin titanium oxide/Titanium (TiO) contact layers y A ratio of/Ti, wherein 1.0<y<2.0 The metal selected here is the same as the metal element in the oxide, mainly to avoid defects at the contact interface between the metal and the oxide and to reduce the saturation recombination current. In addition, because the work function of the contact material serving as the selective passivation of electrons is lower than that of the metal (such as silver, aluminum and the like) connected with the contact material, the barrier formed by the interface of the contact material and the metal electrode can generate a certain blocking effect on the transmission of electrons, and therefore, the metal (such as calcium and magnesium) with the work function between the contact material and the metal electrode can be inserted between the contact material and the metal electrode for reducing the height of the barrier and promoting the transmission of electrons.
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Detailed Description
The following is the preparation process of this example with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1. Silicon wafer cleaning
The sample substrate is a double-sided polished monocrystalline silicon wafer (n type, resistivity of 0.1-1.0 omega. Cm, thickness of 0.2-0.3 mm), the substrate is cleaned by adopting a standard RCA (Radio Corporation of America) cleaning process, and then is repeatedly washed by deionized water and dried by nitrogen for standby.
2. Ultra-thin NiOx/Ni stack growth
Growing ultrathin nickel oxide/Nickel (NiO) on the front surface of a silicon wafer by adopting an evaporation method x /Ni, wherein 0<x<1.0 A stack of NiO in which x The thickness of the NiO is 2nm, the thickness of the Ni is 1nm, the total growth period of the laminated layers is 5 to 10, and the NiO x The total thickness of the/Ni laminated layer is 15-30 nm. NiO for vapor deposition x The purity of the powder and the metal Ni is not less than 99.999%. Before the silicon wafer cleaned in the step 1 is placed in an evaporation cavity, soaking the silicon wafer in diluted hydrofluoric acid (1% of HF) for 10-20 s to remove the silicon wafer surfaceOxide layer of (2). The vacuum degree of the cavity is better than 1 multiplied by 10 -4 Pa. Firstly, evaporating nickel oxide, adjusting the heating current to ensure that the evaporation rate of the nickel oxide is 0.05nm/s, and opening a baffle after the rate is stable to start evaporation. The thickness of the nickel oxide film during the growth process was monitored by a quartz crystal resonator, and when the thickness reached 2nm, the shutter was closed. And secondly, evaporating a metal nickel layer with the thickness of 1nm at the evaporation rate of 0.05nm/s, opening the baffle after the rate is stable, starting evaporation, and closing the baffle after 20 seconds. Thirdly, evaporating 5-10 periods of NiOx/Ni lamination according to the above steps, and finally making NiO x The total thickness of the/Ni laminate is 15-30 nm.
3. Ultra-thin TiO 2 y Ti laminated growth
When the front surface of the silicon wafer grows NiO x After Ni, growing ultrathin titanium oxide/Titanium (TiO) on the rear surface of the silicon wafer by using an evaporation method y A ratio of/Ti, wherein 1.0<y<2.0 A stack of layers of which TiO is y The thickness of the film is 2nm, the thickness of Ti is 1nm, the total growth period of the laminated layers is 5-10, and TiO is y The total thickness of the/Ti laminated layer is 15-30 nm. TiO for vapor deposition y The purity of the powder and the metal Ti is not less than 99.999%, and the specific growing method of the film refers to the steps.
4. Calcium/magnesium metal film and silver electrode growth
TiO on the back surface of the silicon wafer y After the growth of the/Ti lamination is finished, a 10nm calcium (Ca) film is firstly grown on the lamination by adopting an evaporation method, then a 10nm magnesium (Mg) film is grown, and finally 300-500 nm silver is grown to be used as an electrode.
5. Front surface ITO and silver electrode growth
NiO is formed on the front surface of the silicon wafer by adopting a magnetron sputtering method x An Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) film with the thickness of 50-70 nm and an interdigital silver electrode with the thickness of 300-500 nm are sequentially grown on the/Ni lamination. The target material for sputtering is ITO target and silver target, the purity is more than 99.99%, and the sputtering working gas is argon. First, sputtering ITO film, the background vacuum of the sputtering chamber is better than 4 x 10 -5 Pa, sputtering pressure of 0.1-0.3 Pa, sputtering power of 20W, deposition temperature of the silicon wafer of room temperature, and film thickness monitored by a quartz crystal resonator. Secondly, sputtering interdigital silver electrodesAnd forming the silver grid line electrode by using the grid line mask plate.

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1. A non-doped heterocrystalline silicon solar cell of a stacked passivated contact structure, characterized by the following structure: using n-type monocrystalline silicon wafer as substrate, and periodically providing NiO on its front surface x a/Ni stack of which 0<x<1.0, and an ITO layer and a silver electrode are arranged on the surface; periodically having TiO on its back surface y a/Ti stack of 1.0<y<2.0, and a calcium/magnesium metal film layer and a silver electrode are arranged on the surface.
2. The undoped heterocrystalline silicon solar cell of stacked passivated contact structure of claim 1 wherein: the NiOx/Ni lamination layer has 5-10 periods and NiO x The total thickness of the/Ni laminate is 15-30 nm.
3. The undoped heterocrystalline silicon solar cell of stacked passivated contact structure of claim 1 wherein: the TiO is y The lamination of/Ti is 5-10 periods, tiO y The total thickness of the/Ti laminated layer is 15-30 nm.
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