JP5065896B2 - 結晶シリコン薄膜の製造方法 - Google Patents
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Description
前記液状半導体を含む溶融るつぼから薄膜を生成方向に引き出すステップとを含む、一体化した電界を有する結晶半導体薄膜の製造方法に関する。
Bell R. O. et al.: "Effect of doping gradients on solar cell efficiency", Photovoltaic specialists conference, Las Vegas, Oct. 21-25, 1985 New York, IEEE, US, part VOL. 1 CONF. 18, 21 October 1985, pages 764-769 McCann M. J. et al.: "Boron doping of silicon layers grown by liquid phase epitaxy", Journal of crystal growth, North-Holland Publishing co. Amsterdam, NL, part 241, no. 1-2, May 2002 pp. 45-50
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- 平衡偏析係数k0、ただしk0<<1、を有するドーピング物質で液状半導体をドープするステップと、
前記液状半導体を含む溶融るつぼから薄膜を生成方向に引き出すステップと、
結晶成長の間、薄膜の生成方向に実質的に垂直な方向において結晶成長速度が変化するように前記液状半導体を冷却するステップとを含み、
前記液状半導体より低温の基板(8)又は格子と接触することによって前記液状半導体が結晶することを特徴とする、一体化した電界を有する結晶半導体薄膜の製造方法。 - 結晶成長速度が、結晶成長の間に低下する請求項1に記載の方法。
- 結晶化の熱が非常に急速に放散して初期の結晶成長速度が非常に高いために、有効偏析係数keffが実質的に1に等しい請求項1に記載の方法。
- ドーピング物質が平衡偏析係数k0、ただしk0<0.01、を有する請求項1〜3のいずれかに記載の方法。
- 基板又は格子への、成長プロセス中の熱の放散が、前記基板又は前記格子の加熱によってアクティブな作用を受ける請求項4に記載の方法。
- 液状半導体(4)でキャスティングフレーム(2)を充填するステップと、
前記キャスティングフレームの下に基板ベルト(8)を通し、前記基板ベルトが前記キャスティングフレームの底の前記液状半導体より低温であるために前記液状半導体の下端層が前記基板ベルト(8)上で結晶し、前記キャスティングフレームの片面上の前記基板ベルト上にシリコン薄膜が作製されるステップと
を含む請求項4又は5記載の方法。 - ドーピング物質がガリウム、アルミニウム、インジウム及びV属元素からなる群から1つ選択される請求項1〜6のいずれかに記載の方法。
- 薄膜の結晶化の間、前記結晶の成長速度が10mm/秒から10μm/秒の間で変化する請求項1〜7のいずれかに記載の方法。
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