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Abstract
A thin film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a first electrode positioned on one surface of the substrate, an absorption layer positioned on the first electrode, a second electrode positioned on the absorption layer, and the other surface of the substrate. And an antireflective layer comprising a low refractive index material and a plurality of scattering particles.
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The present invention relates to a thin film solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same.
Recently, various researches have been conducted to replace existing fossil fuels in order to solve the energy problem. In particular, various studies have been conducted to utilize natural energy such as wind, nuclear power, and solar power to replace petroleum resources that will be exhausted within decades.
Unlike other energy sources, solar cells that use solar energy have unlimited resources and are environmentally friendly. Therefore, many studies have been conducted for decades since the Se solar cell was developed in 1983. Currently, solar cells using commercially available single crystal bulk silicon cannot be actively utilized due to high manufacturing cost and installation cost.
In order to solve this cost problem, researches on thin film solar cells have been actively conducted. Especially, thin film solar cells using amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) have attracted much attention as a technology for manufacturing large-area solar cells at low cost. I am getting it.
In general, the thin film solar cell may have a form in which a first electrode, an absorption layer, and a second electrode are stacked on a substrate, but the efficiency thereof is not satisfactory. Accordingly, research to improve the efficiency of solar cells using sunlight is ongoing.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a thin film solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same, which can improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell by reducing the reflectance of the sunlight incident to the solar cell and increasing the scattering ratio of transmitted light.
In order to achieve the above object, a thin-film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention is a substrate, a first electrode located on one surface of the substrate, an absorbing layer located on the first electrode, the first layer located on the absorbing layer Located on the other surface of the second electrode and the substrate, it may include an antireflection layer comprising a low refractive index material and a plurality of scattering particles.
The low refractive index material may be made of a silicon oxide (SiOx) -based material.
The plurality of scattering particles are selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), tungsten oxide (WO 2 ), zirconium oxide (ZrO 2 ), hafnium oxide (HfO 2 ), and polystyrene. It may be made of any one or more.
The antireflective layer may have a thickness of 50 to 500 nm.
The particle diameter of the plurality of scattering particles may be 10 to 50% of the thickness of the antireflective layer.
The content of the plurality of scattering particles may be included in an amount of 1 to 10 parts by weight based on the content of the low refractive index material.
The plurality of scattering particles may be distributed to the lower side inside the anti-reflective layer.
The plurality of scattering particles are biased to an upper side of the inside of the anti-reflective layer, and may be distributed to protrude at least a part thereof.
The plurality of scattering particles may be uniformly distributed in the antireflective layer.
In addition, the method for manufacturing a thin film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of forming an antireflection layer including a low refractive index material and a plurality of scattering particles on one surface of the substrate, to form a first electrode on the other surface of the substrate The method may include forming an absorbing layer on the first electrode and forming a second electrode on the absorbing layer.
The antireflective layer may be formed by mixing the low refractive index material and the plurality of scattering particles and coating the same on the substrate.
The antireflective layer may be formed by coating the low refractive index material on the substrate and then scattering the plurality of scattering particles.
The antireflective layer may be formed by coating the low refractive index material after scattering the plurality of scattering particles on the substrate.
The thin film solar cell of the present invention and the manufacturing method thereof have the advantage of improving the light scattering rate of incident sunlight to improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency.
1 is a view showing a thin film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2a to 2c are views showing various structures of the antireflective layer of the present invention.
3a to 6 are views showing a manufacturing method of a thin film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention by process.
7 to 9 are SEM photographs showing anti-reflective layers of thin film solar cells prepared according to Experimental Examples 1 to 3 of the present invention, respectively.
10 to 12 are graphs showing the light transmittance of the glass substrate prepared according to Comparative Example and the light transmittance of the glass substrate prepared according to Experimental Examples 1 to 3 of the present invention, respectively.
13 is a graph measuring the light scattering properties of the glass substrate prepared according to Experimental Example 1 and Comparative Example of the present invention.
14 and 15 are graphs measuring the J sc and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the thin film solar cell manufactured according to Experimental Example 1 and Comparative Example of the present invention.
16 is a graph measuring power generation efficiency according to the solar angle of the thin film solar cell manufactured according to Experimental Example 1 and Comparative Example of the present invention.
Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a view showing a thin film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2a to 2c is a view showing a variety of structures of the antireflective layer of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a thin film
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Here, the pin structure absorbs sunlight from the silicon thin film layer when the sunlight is incident, the electron-hole is generated at this time. In the pin structure, electrons and holes generated earlier by the built-in potential generated by p-type and n-type are transferred to n-type and p-type semiconductors, and can be used.
In the present embodiment, the
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In this case, the thickness of the
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On the other hand, as shown in Figure 2b, the plurality of scattering
As described above, the thin film solar cell according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an antireflection layer including a low refractive index material and diffusion particles, thereby improving the incident amount of sunlight incident into the solar cell due to the low refractive index material, and diffusing the same. There is an advantage that the photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved by increasing the scattering degree of the incident sunlight due to the particles.
Hereinafter, a manufacturing method of a thin film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention described above is as follows. Since the description of each component has been described above, it will be briefly described below.
3A to 6 are views illustrating a method of manufacturing a thin film solar cell according to one embodiment of the present invention.
The antireflective layer of the present invention may have different manufacturing methods depending on the structure thereof. That is, the structure in which the
First, a structure in which the diffusion particles are uniformly dispersed in the antireflection layer will be described with reference to FIG. 3A. 223). In this case, the solvent may be water, toluene, pyridine, quinoline, cyclohexanone, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, isopropyl ether, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, isopropyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, dimethylacetamide, dimethylformamide, and the like. have.
Subsequently, the
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Therefore, the plurality of scattering
On the contrary, referring to FIG. 3B, a structure in which diffusion particles are dispersed and protruded on the upper side of the anti-reflective layer will be described. The low
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In addition, referring to FIG. 3C, a structure in which diffused particles are biased and dispersed under a non-reflective layer, after scattering the diffused
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Therefore, a thin film solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention can be manufactured.
As described above, the thin film solar cell according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an antireflection layer including a low refractive index material and diffusion particles, thereby improving the incident amount of sunlight incident into the solar cell due to the low refractive index material, and diffusing the same. There is an advantage that the photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved by increasing the scattering degree of the incident sunlight due to the particles.
Hereinafter, preferred experimental examples will be disclosed to aid in understanding the present invention. However, the following experimental examples are merely to illustrate the present invention is not limited to the following experimental examples.
Experimental Example 1
On one surface of the glass substrate, titanium oxide particles, which are scattering particles, were mixed with liquid silicon oxide, which is a low refractive index material, to form an antireflection layer having a thickness of 200 nm. At this time, the content of the scattering particles were mixed in 1 part by weight based on the content of the low refractive index material.
Then, the first electrode, the absorption layer, and the second electrode were formed on the other surface of the glass substrate to manufacture a thin film solar cell. (See FIG. 7).
Experimental Example 2
Under the same process conditions as those of Experimental Example 1 described above, a thin film solar cell was manufactured by forming an antireflective layer made of only a low refractive index material except for scattering particles. (See FIG. 8)
Experimental Example 3
Under the same process conditions as in Experimental Example 2 described above, the low refractive index material was changed to siloxane (sixoxane) to prepare a thin film solar cell. (See FIG. 9)
Comparative Example
Under the same process conditions as in Experimental Example 1, a thin film solar cell was manufactured without forming an antireflection layer.
SEM photographs of the antireflective layer prepared according to Experimental Examples 1 to 3 described above are shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, respectively.
In addition, the light transmittances of the glass substrates prepared according to Experimental Examples 1 to 3 were measured, and the results are shown in FIGS. 10, 11, and 12, respectively, compared to the light transmittances of the glass substrates prepared according to Comparative Examples. Light scattering properties of the glass substrates prepared according to the present invention are shown in FIG. 13.
In addition, J sc (short-circuit photocurrent density) and photoelectric conversion efficiency of the thin film solar cells manufactured according to Experimental Example 1 and Comparative Example were measured and shown in Table 1, FIG. 14 and FIG. 15.
In addition, the power generation efficiency (power generation efficiency during the day) of the thin film solar cells manufactured according to Experimental Example 1 and Comparative Example was measured and shown in Table 2 and FIG. 16.
First, referring to FIGS. 10 to 12, in the case of the light transmittance of the glass substrate, Experimental Examples 1 to 3 it was found that the transmittance is increased compared to the comparative example.
In addition, referring to FIG. 13, in the case of light scattering characteristics of the glass substrate, that is, haze, the solar cell of Experimental Example 1 was found to be about 3% higher than the solar cell of Comparative Example.
And, looking at the following Table 1, 14 and 15, it can be seen that the J sc and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the thin film solar cell of Experimental Example 1 is improved than Comparative Example 1.
In addition, looking at Table 2 and Figure 16, it was found that the power generation efficiency of the thin film solar cell of Experimental Example 1 also improved than the comparative example.
(In this case, the angle sets the angle at which the incident angle of the glass substrate and the sunlight is perpendicular to 0.)
As described above, the thin film solar cell of the present invention is provided with an antireflective layer including scattering particles, thereby improving the J sc and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the thin film solar cell.
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood that the invention may be practiced. Therefore, the embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. In addition, the scope of the present invention is shown by the claims below, rather than the above detailed description. Also, it is to be construed that all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts are included in the scope of the present invention.
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A first electrode on one surface of the substrate;
An absorbing layer on the first electrode;
A second electrode on the absorber layer; And
Located on the other side of the substrate, a thin film solar cell including a low refractive index material and a non-reflective layer comprising a plurality of scattering particles.
The low refractive index material is a thin film solar cell made of a silicon oxide (SiOx) -based material.
The plurality of scattering particles are selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), tungsten oxide (WO 2 ), zirconium oxide (ZrO 2 ), hafnium oxide (HfO 2 ), and polystyrene. Thin film solar cell consisting of any one or more.
The thickness of the anti-reflective layer is 50 to 500nm thin film solar cell.
A particle diameter of the plurality of scattering particles is 10 to 50% of the thickness of the anti-reflective layer.
The amount of the plurality of scattering particles is a thin film solar cell containing 1 to 10 parts by weight based on the content of the low refractive index material.
The plurality of scattering particles are thin film solar cells are distributed to the lower side inside the anti-reflective layer.
The plurality of scattering particles are biased to the upper side of the inside of the non-reflective layer, wherein at least a portion of the thin film solar cell is distributed.
The plurality of scattering particles are thin film solar cell uniformly distributed in the anti-reflective layer.
Forming a first electrode on the other surface of the substrate;
Forming an absorbing layer on the first electrode; And
A method of manufacturing a thin film solar cell comprising forming a second electrode on the absorber layer.
The anti-reflective layer is a method of manufacturing a thin film solar cell formed by mixing the low refractive index material and the plurality of scattering particles and coated on the substrate.
The anti-reflective layer is formed by coating the low refractive index material on the substrate and then scattering the plurality of scattering particles.
The antireflective layer is formed by coating the low refractive index material after scattering the plurality of scattering particles on the substrate.
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