JPS5955077A - Photovoltaic device - Google Patents

Photovoltaic device

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JPS5955077A
JPS5955077A JP57165504A JP16550482A JPS5955077A JP S5955077 A JPS5955077 A JP S5955077A JP 57165504 A JP57165504 A JP 57165504A JP 16550482 A JP16550482 A JP 16550482A JP S5955077 A JPS5955077 A JP S5955077A
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Takashi Shibuya
澁谷 尚
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Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
Sanyo Denki Co Ltd
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/06Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/075Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PIN type
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/548Amorphous silicon PV cells

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the photoelectric conversion efficiency from decreasing by containing silicon and small amount of IV Group elements except the silicon in a semiconductor layer of amorphous silicon series. CONSTITUTION:A semiconductor layer 3 has a PIN junction type structure in which a P type layer 3p, an I type layer 3i and an N type layer 3n are sequentially laminated from a transparent electrode film 2 side of light incident side, and the layer 3p is, for example, formed of amphous silicon carbide which is formed by glow discharge in atmosphere which contains 30% of methane and 70% of silane with 0.3% of diboran as doping gas. Further, the layer 3i is formed of compound of IV Group element except the silicon formed in mixture gas atmosphere of silane gas and small amount of hydrogenated gas of IV Group element except the silicon such as carbon, germanium tin and amorphous silicon, and the layer 3n is formed of amorphous silicon formed by doping 1% of phosphine in silane gas.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 に1  産業上の利用分野 本発明は元エネルギを電気エネルギに直接変換Tる光起
電力装置に関Tる□。        □(口1従来技
術 非晶質シリコン等の非晶質半導体を備えた光起電力装置
が従来の:単結晶シリコシから成る光起電力1ifts
:M<エヤ□□に; (D :lオ、。、=、ヶ。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a photovoltaic device that directly converts source energy into electrical energy. □(1) Conventional technology A photovoltaic device equipped with an amorphous semiconductor such as amorphous silicon is conventional: A photovoltaic device made of single-crystal silicon
:M<Eya□□ni; (D:loh,.,=,month.

えう、:脚光ヶ浴、′、C′コ、う。    □然し乍
ら、斯る一p4..質牟起電力装置は一知の如く単結晶
装置g:比して光エネルギを直接電気エネル□ギC巳゛
変換Tる際の光電変換効率(η)か低いことか最大の問
題点とな4でお□す、従来から光量変換効率を如何に上
昇すしめ□るかが研究・開発の第一方、非晶質光起電力
装ai上述の如き晃電変換効率の低率のみならず1強い
晃を長時間WA射し労瑞合i二上□記IQii綾換効:
率が低下Tることが実′験的に確認されたり ?]発明の目的 本発明は斯る光電変換効率の低下、u[1ち劣化?防1
(−Tることを目的とし1為されたものである。
Eh, : limelight, ', C', uh. □However, such one p4. .. As is well known, the biggest problem with single-crystal electromotive devices is that the photoelectric conversion efficiency (η) when converting light energy directly into electrical energy is low compared to single-crystal devices. The first step in research and development is how to increase the light intensity conversion efficiency, which we will discuss in Section 4. 1. Strong Akira is fired as WA for a long time, and the effect of IQii Aya is as follows:
Has it been experimentally confirmed that the rate decreases? ] Purpose of the Invention The present invention aims to reduce such a decrease in photoelectric conversion efficiency, u[1, deterioration? Defense 1
(It was made with the purpose of

以下に内面を参照しつつ詳述下る。The details will be explained below with reference to the inside.

(1発明の構[戊 (2)は該基板fi+の一重部に被着された酸化スズ、
酸化インジウム・スズ等の透明電極膜、(3)は該透明
矩′、極膜(2)ヒにシラン5in4等のグロー放電に
より形成された非晶質シリコン系の半導体層、(4)は
該半導体層(31−ヒに更に重畳されたアルミニウム。
(1) Structure of the invention [(2) is tin oxide deposited on a single portion of the substrate fi+;
A transparent electrode film such as indium tin oxide, (3) is the transparent rectangle, a polar film (2) is an amorphous silicon semiconductor layer formed by glow discharge of silane 5in4, etc., and (4) is the transparent rectangle. Semiconductor layer (aluminum further superimposed on 31-A).

チタン等の裏面′電極膜である。The backside electrode film is made of titanium or the like.

而して1本発明の特徴は上記半導体層(3)の組[戊に
ある。即ち、上記半導体層(31は光入射側である透明
電極11傳]2)側からP型層(3p)、夏型(負性〕
層(31)及びN型層(、r+n)を順次積層せしめた
PIN接合型構造を持ち、更に詳しくはP型層(3P)
はシラン5iH47095に対し30q6のメタンCH
4にドーピングガスとして0.5+ジボランB2H6を
含む雰囲気中でのグロー放電により形成された非晶質シ
リコンカーバイド(a−5” X C1−x)かF〕1
ノにり、夏型M(311JSi入暫 H4ガスにシリコンを除く第iV、、元紫例えば炭素C
One feature of the present invention lies in the above-mentioned set of semiconductor layers (3). That is, the P-type layer (3p), the summer type (negative)
It has a PIN junction type structure in which a layer (31) and an N-type layer (, r+n) are sequentially laminated, and more specifically, a P-type layer (3P).
is 30q6 methane CH for silane 5iH47095
Amorphous silicon carbide (A-5"
Nonori, summer type M (311JSi entering temporary H4 gas excluding silicon, original purple e.g. carbon C
.

ゲルマニウムG 、スズS などの水素化ガス(元素と
非晶質シリコンとの化合物かRIyQす、−f+、。
Hydrogen gases such as germanium G and tin S (compounds of elements and amorphous silicon, RIyQ, -f+, etc.).

て、N型層(ろn)はSiH4ガスにホスフィンPH5
’&1%ドーピングして形成された非晶質シリコン(a
 −S i : H)から構1戊きれている。この杼1
”−S i H4Y主成分とTる雰囲気中でのグロー放
′町により形成された上記P型層(3p)、1型層(3
1)及びN型層(5n)の各膜厚は例えている。
The N-type layer (Lon) is made of SiH4 gas and phosphine PH5.
'& 1% doped amorphous silicon (a
-S i: It is completely separated from H). This shuttle 1
The above P-type layer (3p) and 1-type layer (3p) formed by glow emission in an atmosphere of ``-S i H4Y main component and T atmosphere.
1) and the N-type layer (5n) are shown as examples.

第2図は1−述の如き構成にある光起電力装置■−於い
て、炭素Cの夏型層(31)に於ける含有量をパラメー
タとして光電変換効率(η)の経時空化!測定した特性
図である。同図に於いて、縦軸は炭素Cの含有量そのも
θ月二上り膜質が変化Tるために、該光電変換効率(η
)′?初期値で規格化したものであり、横軸は500m
W/cJのAIJ −1光の照射時間である。
Figure 2 shows 1--In a photovoltaic device having the configuration as described above, the photoelectric conversion efficiency (η) changes over time using the carbon C content in the summer type layer (31) as a parameter. It is a diagram of measured characteristics. In the figure, the vertical axis shows the photoelectric conversion efficiency (η
)'? It is normalized to the initial value, and the horizontal axis is 500m.
This is the irradiation time of AIJ-1 light of W/cJ.

尚、測定に供せられた光起電力装置の炭素Cの含有量は
以下の通りである。
The carbon C content of the photovoltaic device used for measurement is as follows.

上記、含有量はI型層(51)が形成される雰囲気中の
混合ガス比率である− により与えられる。
The above content is given by - which is the mixed gas ratio in the atmosphere in which the I-type layer (51) is formed.

この様に、発電即ち、光電変換効率(η)に寄与下る電
子及び正孔対が主として発生し半導体層(31の大部分
を占める夏型、@(31)に炭素CY添加Tると、光を
変換効率(η)の劣化特骨は変動し、しかもその変動幅
は炭素Cの添加量Z増せば増゛Tはど縮小−rるもので
はなく、上記測定結果によれば試料(C)の2%の時最
小の変動幅が得られ、試料(b)及び(d)に於いても
略満足のいく結果が得られた。然し乍ら、炭素Cの含有
量がP型層 (3p )に含存せしめられる程闇の50
95以上になるとバンドギャップエネルギが変動すると
共に、膜質も悪化し初期特性も低下下るので好ましくな
い。
In this way, electrons and hole pairs that contribute to power generation, that is, photoelectric conversion efficiency (η), are mainly generated, and when carbon CY is added to the semiconductor layer (31), The deterioration characteristics of the conversion efficiency (η) fluctuate, and the width of the fluctuation increases as the amount Z of carbon C increases. The smallest fluctuation range was obtained when the carbon C content was 2%, and almost satisfactory results were obtained for samples (b) and (d). 50 dark enough to be contained
If it exceeds 95, the bandgap energy will fluctuate, the film quality will deteriorate, and the initial characteristics will also deteriorate, which is not preferable.

従って、上述の如く第■族元素として炭素Cを含んだ光
起電力装置にあっては、その含有量は約0.1%〜10
%か好適であり、特1:296近傍が好ましい。また上
述の範囲内で含**wI型層(51)に於いて光入射側
から所次減少せしめても良I/N。
Therefore, as mentioned above, in a photovoltaic device containing carbon C as a Group Ⅰ element, its content is approximately 0.1% to 10%.
% is suitable, especially around 1:296. Also, within the above range, the I/N may be reduced from the light incident side in the I type layer (51).

次にゲルマニウムGoの夏型@(31)に於ケる含有量
であるか、含有量が多くなるとバンドギャップエネルギ
が変動下るので上記炭素C4考慮し約0.195〜5q
6が適当である。
Next, the content should be in the summer form of germanium Go (31), or the bandgap energy will fluctuate as the content increases, so considering the carbon C4 mentioned above, it should be about 0.195 to 5q.
6 is appropriate.

更にスズS n CD I型層(31)に於ける含有量
はバンドギャップエネルギの変動のみならず、嗅質への
悪影響が著しいために、先の炭素C,ゲルマニウムGo
に較べ少ないことが望ましく、約0゜0196〜5%i
が適当である。
Furthermore, the content of tin in the Sn CD type I layer (31) not only changes the bandgap energy but also has a significant negative effect on the olfactory substance.
It is desirable that it is less than
is appropriate.

(ホ)効 果 本発明光起電力装置は以上の説明から明らかな如く1発
電に寄与下る電子及びまたは正孔対を発生下る非晶質シ
リコン系の半導体層はシリコン並びに該シリコンを除く
少量の第■族元素を含んでいるので、光照射による光電
変換効率の劣化を防止下ることができ、今まで研究開発
の@1の目標とされていた光電変換効率を違った観点か
ら実質的にL昇せしめることができる。
(E) Effect As is clear from the above explanation, the photovoltaic device of the present invention generates electrons and/or hole pairs that contribute to one power generation.The amorphous silicon semiconductor layer contains silicon and a small amount of Since it contains Group Ⅰ elements, it is possible to prevent deterioration of photoelectric conversion efficiency due to light irradiation, and it is possible to substantially reduce the photoelectric conversion efficiency from a different perspective, which was the goal of research and development @1 until now. It can be raised.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は本発明装置の断面間、第2図は光電変換効率の
経時変化を測定した特性図で、(1)は基板。 (31は半導体層、を夫々示している。 第1図
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a characteristic diagram showing the change in photoelectric conversion efficiency over time. (1) is a substrate. (31 indicates a semiconductor layer, respectively.)

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】 +1J  非晶質シリコン系の半導体層i備′、t′だ
光起電力装置に於いて、上記半□導体層はシリコン並び
にiシリコン!除く少量の第1■族元紫を合み、光照射
に□よる光1jL*換効率の劣□化を防止したこ逅赫特
徴と下る光起電力装置。   ′ 1    ′(2)
上記半導体層に含存される少量の更■族元素は炭素であ
って、そフ釡有’*#薔約0.□195〜1095+あ
ることン特徴とした特鉢柚i*j範囲第1楢記戦の□光
起電力装置。        :    ′(31上記
半導体層に′含有される少量の第■族呆素はゲルマヨウ
云であってa” ”C(’) ’l有1に一約0:、1
□%〜595であることを特徴とする特許請求の範−更
1項記載の光し電力装−0□ (4)上記半導体層に含有□される少電ア第□■゛族□
元素は□スズであって、′その釜材量fl約0.019
6〜3′%であることを特徴とする特許i求の範囲第1
項□ξ己載め光起電力装置。            
[Claims] +1J Amorphous silicon-based semiconductor layer i', t' In the photovoltaic device, the semiconductor layer is silicon and i-silicon! This photovoltaic device is characterized by containing a small amount of group 1 element violet and preventing deterioration of the light 1jL* conversion efficiency due to light irradiation. '1'(2)
The small amount of the metallurgical group element contained in the semiconductor layer is carbon, which is approximately 0.5% carbon. □195~1095+ □Photovoltaic device of special pottery yuzu i*j range 1st Narakki battle with certain characteristics. : '(31) The small amount of group ⅆ element contained in the above semiconductor layer is germanium and has a ratio of about 1 to 0:1.
□% to 595% - 0□ Optical power device according to claim 1, characterized in that the amount is □% to 595%.
The element is □tin, and the pot material amount fl is approximately 0.019
6-3'%
Item □ξSelf-loaded photovoltaic device.
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