EP1891683A1 - Verfahren zur entfernung einer dotierten oberflächenschicht an rückseiten von kristallinen silizium-solarwafern - Google Patents
Verfahren zur entfernung einer dotierten oberflächenschicht an rückseiten von kristallinen silizium-solarwafernInfo
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- EP1891683A1 EP1891683A1 EP06761679A EP06761679A EP1891683A1 EP 1891683 A1 EP1891683 A1 EP 1891683A1 EP 06761679 A EP06761679 A EP 06761679A EP 06761679 A EP06761679 A EP 06761679A EP 1891683 A1 EP1891683 A1 EP 1891683A1
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- plasma
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F71/121—The active layers comprising only Group IV materials
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H10P50/00—Etching of wafers, substrates or parts of devices
- H10P50/20—Dry etching; Plasma etching; Reactive-ion etching
- H10P50/24—Dry etching; Plasma etching; Reactive-ion etching of semiconductor materials
- H10P50/242—Dry etching; Plasma etching; Reactive-ion etching of semiconductor materials of Group IV materials
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F19/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules
- H10F19/50—Integrated devices comprising at least one photovoltaic cell and other types of semiconductor or solid-state components
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
- Y02E10/547—Monocrystalline silicon PV cells
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
- Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for unilaterally removing a doped surface layer on rear sides of crystalline silicon solar wafers.
- Such doped solar wafers are doped on all sides by diffusion with, for example, phosphorus to form a p / n junction on the surface of the wafer.
- an n-doped surface layer forms on the entire surface.
- this is desired as far as possible only on the Wäfer surface on which the light is to strike for photovoltaic use (the so-called front side).
- At least the entire rear side and also the outer edge edge region should be electrically insulated from the front side so that the n-doped surface layer is to be removed there again.
- a rear side then formed with pure p-doped crystalline silicon can subsequently be connected to a be provided ner electrical contact.
- the front exposed to the light can be provided with a reflection-reducing layer or the coating (eg Si x N y : H or TiO 2 ) before or even after the removal of the doped backside layer.
- a reflection-reducing layer or the coating eg Si x N y : H or TiO 2
- the removal of the doped surface has hitherto been carried out predominantly wet-chemically.
- the individual very flat cells are placed in an etching bath and there is a removal of the doping layer on the back.
- a liquid meniscus can form on the outer edge, which can also lead to the partial removal of the doped material at the outer edge.
- a removal of the side edges with laser radiation is also complicated and expensive.
- Other methods for removing the doped side edges for example, by dry etching in vacuum systems or mechanical abrasion by grinding also have the cost disadvantage and increase the likelihood of wafer damage by consuming handling processes.
- the front page should not be changed in order not to negatively influence the cell license.
- the procedure is such that a plasma source known per se, with which a large-area plasma having a working width which preferably corresponds to the dimensions of the solar wafer (approximately 150-250 mm), is used and worked in the region of the atmospheric pressure becomes. It can be used in a pressure range of about 300 Pa to the respective ambient atmospheric pressure.
- Such plasma sources are described as an arc or microwave source in DE 102 39 875, wherein with respect to the structure and operation of such plasma sources should be fully used their disclosure content.
- the plasma can also be formed by means of dielectric discharge.
- the plasma exits from at least one nozzle of the plasma source mixed with an etching gas or etching gas mixture (so-called remote plasma etching).
- the etching gas can also be passed directly through the plasma source (so-called direct plasma etching). Radicals of the etching gas formed by the plasma energy lead to a removal of the surface and the resulting gaseous reaction products are removed with the gas flow.
- the proportion of the etching gas in the total gas flow should be selected such that an effective and residue-free removal of the doped surface layer at the rear side is achieved, wherein the removal takes place essentially in a reaction region which is determined by the plasma emerging directly from the plasma source.
- the exhaust stream is then discharged radially outward and flows parallel to the back surface where the etching has been performed, and is removed via an exhaust.
- the suction device should be designed so that the reaction region is completely enclosed and operated in such a way that a flow which is as uniform as possible is formed and in particular a demolition flow on the radially outer edge region of the respective solar wafer can be avoided. As a result, it is possible to avoid etching attack and to retain the entire doped surface layer on the front side of the solar wafer and to use the entire area for the photovoltaics during operation of the cell.
- the gas mixture should flow over the rear surface at a linear flow rate in the range 1 to 20 m / s, preferably to 5 m / s.
- the etch zone should also be sealed from the environment by means of a purge gas feed.
- An inert purge gas e.g. Nitrogen supplied.
- the purge gas supply should completely enclose the suction device and also the reaction region. Purging gas passes through a gap between see back surface of the solar wafer and plasma source once out to the environment and a portion of the purge gas is discharged through the suction.
- Suitable etching gases are fluorine-containing gases such as CF 4 ,
- CHF 3 , SF 6 , NF 3 or chlorine compounds eg HCl, CCl 4 , SiHCl 3 / H 2
- a gas mixture for example by admixing oxygen or hydrogen.
- Etching gas should be supplied at 0.5 to 10, preferably to 5 Normlitern per minute.
- nitrogen can be added to the etching gas for dilution, and this should be done for NF 3 at 2 to 7, preferably to 5 Normlitern per minute. But there is also the 'possibility to supply oxygen with the etching gas, which is particularly favorable for CF 4 and SF ⁇ . Oxygen should be supplied at 0.3 to 1.5 standard liters per minute. With added oxygen, the etching rate can be increased and the resulting surface texture can be influenced.
- the specified gas volume flows for etching gas, purge gas and oxygen are based on the usual wafer dimensions of approx. 150 to 250 mm and can however be adapted accordingly for larger areas of solar wafers.
- a p / n junction region can also be removed on the back, so that complete p / n isolation at the back can be achieved.
- Nitrogen, argon, hydrogen and / or oxygen, predominantly in the form of gas mixtures, can be used for the plasma formation.
- Etching gases can be introduced directly into the plasma source but also into the already formed plasma.
- the process can be operated in a continuous process, whereby individual solar wafers translate under one
- Plasma source can be moved through.
- the one or more nozzle openings from which plasma emerges should be designed, arranged and dimensioned such that the entire width, orthogonal to the direction of movement of the solar wafers, is swept over.
- the plasma source is designed such that there is a gap between the plasma source and the rear surface of solar wafers around the actual reaction region, through which gas can flow.
- the images should be dimensioned so that the solar wafers can be recorded almost accurately and only a small clearance between the receptacle and the outer edge of the respective solar wafer remains.
- the back surface should be as flush as possible with the surface of a support element, or protrude only slightly beyond its height.
- filigree solar wafers can be handled and transported well and gently, so that damage or destruction can also be avoided.
- the required space requirement of a system for carrying out the method according to the invention is low. It can be achieved a high throughput and the operating costs are relatively low. In addition, health problems can be avoided and OSH requirements are significantly lower, especially when compared to wet chemical procedures.
- the solar wafers can already be provided with an antireflection coating before the method is carried out.
- the surface texture of the back can also be changed and a smoothing with reduced surface roughness can be achieved.
- the improved surface properties also have a positive effect if a contact is formed on the back or an additional coating is to be applied as a passivation.
- dielectric layers for example of silicon nitride
- the back of the solar wafer can be provided with a texture, for example, to form an inverse pyramidal texture with edge lengths in the micrometer range or a nano-texture.
- the reflectivity can be reduced. This is also evident from the diagram shown in FIG.
- the reflectivity was determined on a solar wafer after the implementation of the method and without additional antireflection coating.
- the curve 3 corresponds to an untreated solar wafer with high reflectivity.
- the curve 2 corresponds to a porous texture on the back and the curve 1 corresponds to a texture with pyramidal structure on the back.
- Table II below shows textures formed with different etching gases on back sides of silicon solar wafers after removal of the doped layer.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a solar wafer in which a region of the surface is processed by etching and a doped layer is to be removed at least on the back and not on the front side.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DE102005029154 | 2005-06-17 | ||
| DE102005040596A DE102005040596B4 (de) | 2005-06-17 | 2005-08-16 | Verfahren zur Entfernung einer dotierten Oberflächenschicht an Rückseiten von kristallinen Silizium-Solarwafern |
| PCT/DE2006/001058 WO2006133695A1 (de) | 2005-06-17 | 2006-06-14 | Verfahren zur entfernung einer dotierten oberflächenschicht an rückseiten von kristallinen silizium-solarwafern |
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| EP1891683A1 true EP1891683A1 (de) | 2008-02-27 |
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| EP06761679A Withdrawn EP1891683A1 (de) | 2005-06-17 | 2006-06-14 | Verfahren zur entfernung einer dotierten oberflächenschicht an rückseiten von kristallinen silizium-solarwafern |
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| US (1) | US8211323B2 (de) |
| EP (1) | EP1891683A1 (de) |
| DE (1) | DE102005040596B4 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2006133695A1 (de) |
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| DE102006042329B4 (de) * | 2006-09-01 | 2008-08-21 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | Verfahren zum selektiven plasmachemischen Trockenätzen von auf Oberflächen von Silicium-Wafern ausgebildetem Phosphorsilikatglas |
| EP2235757B1 (de) | 2008-01-23 | 2016-06-08 | Solvay Fluor GmbH | Verfahren zur herstellung von solarzellen |
| NL2002512C2 (en) * | 2009-02-10 | 2010-08-11 | Stichting Energie | Method and system for removal of a surface layer of a silicon solar cell substrate. |
| PL2569802T3 (pl) | 2010-05-11 | 2018-01-31 | Ultra High Vacuum Solutions Ltd T/A Nines Eng | Sposób kontroli modyfikacji tekstury powierzchni płytki krzemowej dla urządzeń w postaci ogniw fotowoltaicznych |
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- 2006-06-14 EP EP06761679A patent/EP1891683A1/de not_active Withdrawn
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| DE102005040596A8 (de) | 2007-04-05 |
| WO2006133695A1 (de) | 2006-12-21 |
| DE102005040596B4 (de) | 2009-02-12 |
| US8211323B2 (en) | 2012-07-03 |
| US20080305643A1 (en) | 2008-12-11 |
| DE102005040596A1 (de) | 2006-12-21 |
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