WO2003005456A1 - Method for forming light-absorbing layer - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for forming a thin film of a compound semiconductor:
- Fig. 1 shows the basic structure of a thin film solar cell using a general compound semiconductor. It consists of a Mo electrode layer 2 serving as a positive electrode formed on an SLG (soda lime glass) substrate 1, a light collecting layer 4 formed on the Mo electrode layer 2, and a light absorbing layer 4 formed on the Mo electrode layer 2.
- a transparent electrode layer 6 made of ZnO: A1 or the like serving as a negative electrode is formed via a buffer layer 5 made of ZnS, CdS, or the like.
- the light-absorbing layer 4 of the compound semiconductor thin-film solar cell has a high energy conversion efficiency of over 18% at present, and is based on Cu, (In, Ga) and Se.
- IL [A CIGS thin film of Cu (In + Ga) Se2 of the family is used.
- the quality of the film is improved and a high energy conversion effect can be obtained.However, it takes time to form the film, and the product has a poor throughput through the process. I will.
- the CIGS thin film is formed by the sputtering method, it is possible to form the film at a high speed, and since the life of the target is long, the number of times of supplying the raw material is small and the target itself is stable. Although the quality of film formation is reproducible, the reality is that energy conversion efficiency comparable to that of the vapor deposition method has not been obtained. '
- the photovoltaic conversion efficiency of a solar cell on which a CIGS thin film is formed by a method of supplying Se by the sparging method is only about 6-8%.
- the surface of a single target of Cu or 2In is contaminated by Se vapor by vapor deposition, and CxiSe or ⁇ 11Se and fc compounds are generated on the surface.
- the spattering has become unstable.
- a metal precursor (precursor) thin film is used, and a thermochemical reaction using a Se source such as H2Se gas is used.
- a selenization method that produces Se compounds.
- U.S. Pat.No. 4,798,660 the structure was formed by laminating a metal back electrode layer, a ⁇ Cu single layer, and a pure III single layer in this order by a DC magnetron sputtering method. It is disclosed that a light absorbing layer composed of a CIS single phase having a uniform composition is formed by converting a metal thin film layer into selenium in a Se atmosphere, preferably H 2 Se gas.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,915,745 states that a laminated precursor thin film composed of a Cu—Ga alloy layer and a pure In layer is heat-treated in a Se atmosphere to form a CIGS thin film. Is disclosed. In this case, the Ga component contained in the CIGS thin film is biased toward the Mo electrode layer below the light absorbing layer, and the adhesion between the light absorbing layer and the Mo electrode layer is enhanced, and The characteristics of the battery are improved.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-135495 describes a metal thin film formed by using a CU—Ga alloy target as a metal precursor and a sputter-formed metal thin film, and a sputter film formed by using an In target. 1 shows a structure with a stacked structure with a thin metal film.
- a Cu—Ga metal thin film 31 is formed by a first sparging process S ⁇ ⁇ —1 using a Cu—Ga alloy target T 1, and then an III target T 2 is used.
- the second metal sputter 32 is formed by SPT-2 to form a metal precursor 3 ′ having a laminated structure of 'metal thin films 31, 32'.
- the metal precursor 3 ′ is heat-treated in a Se atmosphere to form the light absorption layer 4 of a CIGS thin film.
- the metal precursor 3 ′ is formed by a stacked structure of the C ii—Ga metal thin film 31 and the In metal thin film 32, the solid layer diffusion ( The alloying reaction due to diffusion between solids proceeds, and the ternary alloy of Cu—In—Ga is shaped. The alloying reaction also proceeds in Se Chemical Engineering: IS, which is performed later. It is difficult to uniformly control the progress of the alloying reaction at the interface of the stack of the metal precursors 3 between the samples (it is necessary to control the parameters involved in the alloying reaction such as temperature and time). The quality of the obtained light absorbing layer 4 varies. Then, the In layer is agglomerated, and the composition in the plane is likely to be non-uniform.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-3390936 discloses that, in order to suppress a temperature rise of a substrate formed by sputtering and to enable high-speed film formation, A pair of targets made of the same material are provided facing each other, and a magnetic field is applied so as to surround the opposing space, so that the sputter plasma is trapped in the space and laterally directed so as to face the space. Discloses a counter target-type spa-jittering apparatus in which a film is formed on a substrate that has been killed.
- a precursor thin film made of an Ib-Kb group metal is formed by the sputtering method, and a light-collecting layer made of a CIGS thin film is formed by heat-treating the precursor thin film in a Se atmosphere.
- the formation of a precursor thin film with a laminated structure by performing typical sparging has the problem that the alloying reaction proceeds at the interface of the laminated structure and the quality of the obtained light absorbing layer is degraded.
- the method for forming the pre-absorption layer according to the present invention is based on the Ib—fflb group metal by the sparging method.
- the precursor thin film has a laminated structure that causes alloying reaction at the interface.
- the opposing target type spasitalin is used to form a precursor thin film in a state where the heterogeneous target particles i and the respective sputter particles of the material are mixed together.
- the precursor thin film when forming a light absorbing layer in a thin film solar cell using a compound semiconductor, may have a laminated structure in which an alloy reaction occurs at the interface.
- a group Ib-based metal element and a Bib-based metal element are simultaneously supplied to form a single-layer alloy precursor thin film, and the formed precursor thin film is exposed to Se gas to form selenium. It is trying to become.
- FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing a basic structure of a thin film Myoyo battery using a general compound semiconductor.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a process of forming a CIGS thin film by forming a metal precursor in a conventional method of forming a light absorption layer.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing a process of forming a metal precursor to form a CIGS thin film in the method for forming a light absorption layer of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing a state of the sputter particles when a metal precursor is formed by facing target sputtering according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of heating characteristics when a metal precursor is heat-treated in a Se atmosphere to form a CIG : S thin film and formed according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a simplified configuration diagram showing an example of an apparatus for mass production for actually forming a 33 ⁇ 4 absorption layer by applying the present invention.
- a light absorption layer 4 made of a CIGS thin film is formed on a Mo electrode layer 2 formed on an SLG substrate 1.
- the sputtering target of the opposed target type provided with the Cu-Ga alloy target T1 and the In target T2 provides Cu ++ in a state where the respective sputtering particles of each target material are mixed.
- a heat treatment step HEAT for forming a light absorption layer 4 of a CIGS thin film by heat-treating the metal pre-pressor 3 in a Se atmosphere to form a light absorbing layer 4 is performed. .
- Fig. 4 shows that Cu + Ga + I in the state where each sparger particle in the Cu—Ga alloy target T1 and In n target target T2 is mixed by the opposing target-type sparging. This shows the state of sparger particles when n metal precursors 3 are formed.
- each target T 1 »T 2 is initially used. It is possible to form a single-layer metal precursor 3 in which the sputtered CuGa particles and In particles are mixed.
- the metal elements Cu, Ga, and III are more evenly distributed in the thin film, and the promotion of alloying due to solid layer diffusion between the metal elements can be suppressed. I will be able to.
- the metal foil is used.
- the deposited layer of the metal precursor 3 has an amorphous pseudo-structure, which is also a factor in obtaining a high-quality CIGS thin film.
- the metal precursor 3 to be formed is a ternary alloy deposited structure, a short circuit as a battery hardly occurs.
- each target # 1 and # 20 enables the metal precursor 3 to be formed at a high speed.
- the metal precursor 3 having a layer structure in which the metal elements Cu, G a, and In are uniformly distributed in the thin film is selenized by heat treatment in a Se atmosphere to provide high quality. It becomes possible to form a light-absorbing layer (p-type semiconductor) using a CIGS thin film of Gu (In + Ga) Se2.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell when the light absorbing layer 4 is formed according to the present invention is 15% or more.
- Fig. 5 shows that the heat treatment using H 2 Se gas (5% concentration of Ar gas) generates a thermochemical reaction (gas phase Se conversion), and the light from the metal precursor 3 is emitted by the CIGS thin film.
- An example of the furnace temperature characteristic when forming the absorption layer 4 is shown.
- the temperature inside the furnace reaches 10 ot: after starting heating, preheating is performed for 10 minutes to stabilize the furnace. Then, it takes about 30 minutes to allow stable lamp apposition, and the furnace temperature can be set to 500 to 520 so that the SLG substrate does not warp and high quality heat treatment is performed. Raise to C. At that time, the supply of Se by thermal decomposition of the H 2 Se gas is started from the time t 1 when the temperature in the furnace reaches 230 to 250 ° C. In order to obtain high quality crystals by high heat treatment, heat treatment is performed for 40 minutes while keeping the furnace temperature at 500 to 2.CTC.
- H 2 Se gas is charged at a low temperature, and heat treatment is performed while maintaining a constant pressure in the furnace. Then, at the end of the heat treatment ⁇ ⁇ 2, the inside of ⁇ is 100 Pa to prevent unnecessary precipitation of Se. Ar gas is replaced at a low level.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of a volcano for actually forming a light absorbing layer by applying the present invention.
- An in-line film forming apparatus comprising a substrate cooling nitrogen 3 and an annealing apparatus B for subjecting a plurality of substrates cooled in the grave material cooling chamber P3 to a heat treatment in an S atmosphere.
- the transfer of the substrates 6, 6 ' is performed in synchronism with the operation state of the' spargitating portions SPT1, SPT2 'under the control of a controller (not shown).
- a gradient profile can be realized by using a plurality of Cu—Ga target objects having different G composition ratios.
- the present invention is not limited to the combination of CuGa alloy and III as a pair of target materials when forming a metal precursor 3 by facing target sputtering.
- Combination of Ga alloy or Cu—A1 alloy and In—Cu alloy, combination of Cu and In or A1, and combination of Cu and In—Cu alloy are possible. More specifically, a combination of two of an alloy of a group Ib metal—a group nib metal, a group Ib metal, and a group IIIb metal may be used.
- a precursor thin film made of a group Ib-fflb group metal is formed by the sputtering method, and is heat-treated in a Se atmosphere to form a CIGS system.
- the precursor thin film is formed by opposing target-type spastagling, in which each spa 'jitter particle' of the heterogeneous target material provided in a pair is mixed together.
- a precursor thin film is formed in a state where the metal elements of both targets are mixed and mixed, and the precursor heat treatment step is performed later.
- the pre-force can be selenized uniformly, and a high-quality light-absorbing layer can be formed at a high speed, which is useful for the manufacture of a thin film solar cell using a compound semiconductor.
- a group Ib group metal element and a group ffib group metal element are used.
- a step of forming a precursor thin film of an alloy by a single layer, and a step of exposing the formed precursor thin film to Se force to form selenide are performed.
- a thin precursor film is formed by mixing the base metal element and the ffl b group metal element, and the selenization of the precursor, which is performed later, can be performed evenly. This makes it possible to form a condensed layer at a high speed, which is useful for the production of thin film solar cells using compound semiconductors.
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