WO2004064166A1 - 光電変換素子、光電変換装置、及び鉄シリサイド膜 - Google Patents
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- Photoelectric conversion element photoelectric conversion device, and iron silicide film
- the present invention relates to a photoelectric conversion element, a photoelectric conversion device, and an iron silicide film.
- Photoelectric conversion elements used in solar cells include group IV semiconductors (crystalline, amorphous), compound semiconductors (III-V, II-VI, I-1 III-VI, transition metal silicides) Etc.), materials such as organic semiconductors (pigments, polymers, etc.) are used.
- group IV semiconductors crystalline, amorphous
- compound semiconductors III-V, II-VI, I-1 III-VI, transition metal silicides) Etc.
- materials such as organic semiconductors (pigments, polymers, etc.) are used.
- compound semiconductors have a high light absorption coefficient, and have a forbidden bandwidth (band gap energy Eg) suitable for obtaining good photoelectric conversion efficiency.
- iron silicide showing semiconductor characteristics among the transition metal silicides is in the spotlight.
- Iron silicide is an element that has low environmental impact and long resource life because its constituent elements are iron and silicon.
- iron silicide is a material that has a small lattice mismatch with a silicon substrate generally used in semiconductor devices, and has a wide range of optical characteristics, electrical characteristics, magnetic characteristics, and thermoelectric characteristics.
- iron silicide expressed by F e X S i y the composition ratio of the main its growth conditions and iron atoms and Kei atom (X: y) expressing a plurality of types of crystal phase by.
- F e S i 2 Various methods have been proposed as the formation method. Among them, as an F e S i 2 and its forming method applicable to large area devices such as a photoelectric conversion element, for example, may employ the method described in Patent Documents 1 to 4.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4 1 2 1 0 4 6 3
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-1 6 6 3 2 3
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2 0 0 1-6 4 0 9 9
- Patent Document 4 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2 0 0 2-4 7 5 6 9
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an iron silicide film that can be easily formed by low-temperature processing (process) and that can sufficiently exhibit semiconductor characteristics, and excellent element characteristics. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photoelectric conversion element having the same and a photoelectric conversion device including the element.
- a photoelectric conversion element includes a first P layer, a first n layer provided to face the first p layer, a first p layer, and a first p layer. And a first Pin junction having an iron atom, a silicon atom bonded to the iron atom, and a first i layer containing a hydrogen atom. It is characterized by. According to the photoelectric conversion element having such a configuration, the i layer in the first Pin junction is composed of a combined structure of iron atoms and silicon atoms, that is, iron silicide.
- the first i layer is preferably one in which at least a part of hydrogen atoms are bonded to a silicon atom or an iron atom. From the viewpoint of terminating dangling bonds of silicon atoms or iron atoms, those containing fluorine atoms instead of hydrogen atoms are also estimated to be useful.
- the hydrogen content suitable for exhibiting sufficient semiconductor characteristics is, in some cases, the necessary hydrogen amount assumed from the amount of defects in the i-layer film evaluated separately.
- the details of the microstructure, such as whether or not most of the hydrogen atoms contained in the i layer are highly selectively bonded to dangling bonds, are still unclear.
- the main factor that causes the semiconductor characteristics to appear even if the film quality can potentially cause bond defects is that the trap level due to the bond defects is eliminated by the termination of hydrogen atoms. Inferred.
- the amount of defects in the film in the i layer can be measured and evaluated by ESR. In this case, the amount of defects in the film can be evaluated using a calibration curve obtained by ESR measurement on amorphous silicon film whose amount of defects has been quantified in advance.
- mainly amorphous means substantially non-single crystalline and polycrystalline, and both amorphous and microcrystalline, and a mixture of both. Including things. If thus those of the first i-layer is predominantly amorphous at the time of manufacture, crystalline (monocrystalline, polycrystalline) prior having] 3- F e S i 4 0 was necessary in 2 High temperature treatment above 0 ° C (Process Is not required.
- the content ratio of hydrogen atoms in the first i layer is preferably 1 to 25 atoms ° / 0 .
- bond defects contained in amorphous iron silicide are estimated to be 1 atomic percent or less, and usually 0.1 atomic percent or less in terms of atoms.
- this content ratio of hydrogen atoms in the i layer is less than 1 atomic%, it is difficult to sufficiently eliminate bond defects that may occur in the i layer. On the other hand, if this content exceeds 25 atomic%, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the device may be significantly lowered.
- the first pin junction is provided between the first p layer and the first n layer, and the second i layer made of a key film that is mainly amorphous. It is preferable to have further.
- the photoelectric conversion element having such a configuration is a so-called hybrid element, that is, the first! ) Intrinsic semiconductor layer in the junction, the hydrogen-containing iron silicide (F e X S i y: H) and the first i-layer composed of, a second i-layer of amorphous silicon and Z or microcrystalline silicon It consists of a composite layer containing.
- the second i-layer has a higher absorption coefficient for high-energy energy photons (short-wavelength photons) than the first i-layer, so the absorption wavelength region of the entire device is expanded and the output current can be increased.
- the first; pin junction and the second pin junction are arranged in series to form a tandem element, and the first i-layer and the third are respectively configured to constitute both. Since the wavelength absorption characteristics are different in the i-layer as described above, the output voltage of the element is increased.
- the photoelectric conversion device includes a base, a first electrode layer provided on one side of the base, a second electrode layer provided to face the first electrode layer, and a first electrode A first n layer formed on the first layer; a first layer formed on one side of the second electrode layer so as to face the first ri layer; a layer; a first P layer; N layers of A first in-junction having an iron atom, a silicon atom bonded to the iron atom, and a first i layer containing a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom. It should be noted that the first! ) Layer, and a first n layer may be formed on one side of the second electrode layer.
- the iron silicide film according to the present invention constitutes the i layer in the in-junction and contains an iron atom, a silicon atom bonded to the iron atom, and a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, and is mainly amorphous. It is characterized by quality.
- a photoelectric conversion element using the same as a pin junction i-layer, and a photoelectric conversion device including the element, the substrate and the element can be easily manufactured by low-temperature processing.
- the thermal adverse effect on each layer can be eliminated, and excellent semiconductor characteristics can be expressed.
- high conversion efficiency can be achieved, and device characteristics can be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a cross-sectional structure of the solar cell according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a cross-sectional structure of the solar cell according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a cross-sectional structure of the solar cell according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing a spectral spectrum of transmittance and reflectance of the iron silicide film obtained in Example 1.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing the spectral spectrum of the transmittance and reflectance of the iron silicide film obtained in Comparative Example 1.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing the change of the absorption coefficient a with respect to the photon energy h V of the iron silicide film obtained in Example 1.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing the change in (ah V) 2 value with respect to the photon energy h V of the iron silicide film obtained in Example 1.
- the solar cell according to the present embodiment includes the photoelectric conversion element and the iron silicide film according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a cross-sectional structure of the solar cell according to the first embodiment.
- a metal electrode layer 12 In the solar cell 10 (photoelectric conversion device), a metal electrode layer 12, a pin junction 100 (first pin junction, photoelectric conversion element), and a transparent electrode layer 16 are sequentially laminated on a substrate 11. It is.
- the substrate 11 As the substrate 11, a silicon substrate, a film made of polyamide resin or polyimide resin, or the like can be used.
- the material of the metal electrode layer 12 is not particularly limited, but exhibits a predetermined high conductivity and is not easily damaged by a high temperature atmosphere of about 400 ° C. Further, each layer constituting the pin junction 100 (described later) and It is preferable that the material is made of a material having as low a reactivity as possible. Such materials include precious metals such as Au, Pt, Pd, Ir, and Ag, precious metal alloys such as Au—Pd, Au—Pt :, Ag—Pd, and Ag—Pt, and Ag—P. An example of a preferable alloy is a noble metal element such as d-Cu, which contains a base metal element.
- the metal electrode layer 12 is usually set to a thickness of, for example, about 0.1 to 1; ⁇ , and can be formed using a known method such as a PVD method such as sputtering.
- the transparent electrode layer 16 is located on the light receiving surface side of the solar cell 10 and is made of a transparent conductive material.
- a transparent conductive material for example, can be used I n 2 0 3, S n0 2, I TO, or ⁇ ⁇ - A 1 such oxide conductive material or the like.
- the transparent electrode layer 16 is usually about 0.05 to 1 ⁇ thick, and can be formed using a PVD method such as sputtering or any other known method.
- the pin junction 100 is formed by sequentially laminating an n layer 13, an i layer 14 (iron silicide film), and a P layer 15 on the metal electrode layer 12.
- 11 layers 1 3 include n-type silicon layers.
- the impurity imparting n-type (dopant) includes atoms of group V elements (phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, etc.).
- the n layer 13 is usually about 10 to 500 nm thick, and can be formed using a known method such as a plasma CVD method or a CVD method such as a thermal CVD method.
- the i layer 14 (i-type semiconductor layer) is made of ⁇ silicide (F e x S i y : H) containing hydrogen atoms and is mainly amorphous (as mentioned above, even if it is composed of a microcrystalline phase, it is microcrystalline. Phase), ie, substantially free of single crystal and polycrystalline components. Further, the content ratio of hydrogen atoms in the i layer 14 is preferably 1 to 25 atomic%, more preferably 5 to 20 atomic%. The thickness of the i layer 14 is usually preferably about 0.1 to 10 xm, for example.
- Examples of a method for forming such an i layer 14 include the following methods. First, the base body 11 on which the metal electrode layer 12 and the n layer 13 are formed is placed in an appropriate chamber, and a silicon atom-containing gas such as monosilane or disilane gas and hydrogen (H 2 ) gas are used as raw materials in a reduced pressure atmosphere. The gas is supplied into the chamber. Then, high-frequency power is applied in the chamber to form a raw material gas plasma, and further, for example, iron vapor generated by heating an iron target is supplied into the plasma. At this time, the substrate 11 is heated to 100 ° C. or higher and lower than 400 ° C. to deposit F e x S i y : H on the n layer 13 to obtain the i layer 14.
- a silicon atom-containing gas such as monosilane or disilane gas and hydrogen (H 2 ) gas are used as raw materials in a reduced pressure atmosphere.
- the gas is supplied into the chamber.
- high-frequency power is applied in the chamber to form
- the ratio of the raw material supply amount that is, the supply amount of the above-described silicon-containing gas and the supply amount of the iron vapor is variously changed to obtain the raw material composition ratio at which the i layer 14 can exhibit semiconductor characteristics.
- the p layer 15 is a! type silicon layer.
- the p-type silicon layer is not particularly limited as long as it is generally used for solar cells; used for in-junction, and may be a layer containing a crystalline phase or an amorphous layer.
- the impurity imparting P-type (dopant) includes atoms of group III elements (boron, aluminum, gallium, etc.).
- the p layer 15 is usually about 10 to L 0 nm thick, and can be formed using a known CVD method such as a plasma CVD method or a thermal CVD method.
- the i layer 14 is formed of iron silicide (F e x S i y: H) that is mainly amorphous and contains hydrogen atoms. Therefore, the pin junction 10 0 functions as an excellent photoelectric conversion element. That is, light having an energy wavelength larger than the bandgap energy E g of the i layer 14 out of the photons incident on the pin junction 100 through the transparent electrode layer 16 is photoelectrically converted in the i layer 14. Photoelectron ⁇ hole pairs are formed, and high-efficiency photoelectric conversion efficiency is obtained as a battery.
- iron silicide Fe x S i y: H
- the i-layer 14 is formed of such a primarily amorphous material, F x S i y : H, in the process of forming the conventional crystallinity — F e S i 2
- the amount of heat input to the substrate 11 can be significantly reduced, and the transformation / deformation of the substrate 11 can be suppressed.
- the thermal budget is reduced by reducing the heat input, the thermal effects on the metal electrode layer 12 and n layer 13 can be eliminated.
- the solar cell 10 can be made thinner and lighter.
- the content ratio of hydrogen atoms in i layer 14 is 1 atom. /. If this is the case, dangling bond termination (conceptually, 'embedding' of bond defects) can be promoted sufficiently.
- the hydrogen atom content in the i layer 14 is 20 atomic% or less, the photoelectric conversion efficiency in the solar cell 10 can be sufficiently suppressed.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a cross-sectional structure of the solar cell according to the second embodiment.
- the solar cell 20 (photoelectric conversion device) has the solar cell 10 shown in FIG. 1 except that it has a pin junction 2 0 0 (first: in junction) instead of the pin junction 1 0 0 It has the same configuration.
- the pin junction 20 0 is configured in the same manner as the pin junction 10 0 of the solar cell 10 except that the composite i layer 24 is provided instead of the i layer 14.
- the solar cell 20 is a hybrid type photoelectric conversion device in which a plurality of different types of i layers are stacked.
- the i layer 2 41 has the same structure as the i layer 14 described above, and can be formed in the same manner as the i layer 14.
- the i layer 24 2 is usually about 100 to 500 nm thick, and can be formed using a known method such as a plasma CVD method or a CVD method such as a thermal CVD method.
- the i layer 2 4 1 has a higher absorption coefficient for low energy photons (long wavelength photons) than the i layer 2 4 2, so the i layer 2 4 2 Among photons incident on, those with relatively short wavelengths are photoelectrically converted with high efficiency, and those with relatively long wavelengths pass through i-layer 2 42 and enter i-layer 2 4 1. In the i layer 2 4 1, the relatively long wavelength photons are photoelectrically converted and absorbed.
- the absorption wavelength region of the solar cell 20 as a whole can be expanded, so that a larger current can be obtained with the same voltage as that of the solar cell 10.
- Other functions and effects exhibited by the solar cell 20 are the same as those of the solar cell 10, and are not described here in order to avoid duplication.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a cross-sectional structure of the solar cell according to the third embodiment.
- the solar cell 30 (photoelectric conversion device) is shown in FIG. 1 except that it further includes a pin junction 30 (second pin junction) between the pin junction 100 and the transparent electrode layer 16. It has the same configuration as the solar cell 10 shown.
- the pin junction 300 is composed of an n layer 3 3 (second n layer) formed in the same manner as the n layer 13; and a p layer 3 5 (second p layer formed in the same manner as the p layer 15) In the same manner as the i layer 2 4 2, an i layer 3 4 (third i layer) made of amorphous silicon is provided.
- the solar cell 30 configured as described above is a tandem photoelectric conversion device in which pin junctions 100 and 300 are connected in series.
- Photons incident on the i layer 3 4 of 3 0 0 are relatively short-wavelength photoelectrically converted, and those of relatively long wavelength pass through the i layer 3 4 and pass through the pin junction 1 Incident on i layer 1 4.
- the relatively long wavelength photons are photoelectrically converted and absorbed. Therefore, there is an advantage that the output voltage can be increased as compared with the solar cell 10.
- Note that other functions and effects of the solar cell 30 are the same as those of the solar cell 10, and are not described here in order to avoid duplication.
- each of the P i n junctions 1 0 0, 2 0 0, 3 0 0! ) Layer and each n layer may be replaced with each other.
- the metal electrode layer 12 and the transparent electrode layer 16 may be replaced with each other, but the i layer 2 4 2 in the solar cell 2 0 is arranged upstream of the i layer 2 4 1 in the light incident direction. It is desirable to do this. Further, it is desirable that the pin junction 30 0 in the solar cell 30 is disposed upstream of the pin junction 100 in the light incident direction.
- a Si wafer having a main surface orientation of (1 0 0) as a substrate is accommodated in the upper part of the chamber and fixed to the support base by the face-down method, and the pressure in the chamber becomes 1.3 3 Pa.
- vacuum exhaust was performed from the force of the upper part of the chamber (the upper wall of the chamber facing the back side of the Si wafer).
- supply monosilane from the bottom of the chamber SiHJ gas at 50 sccm and 7 elemental (H 2 ) gas into the chamber at a flow rate of 50 sccm and install around the champ.
- a high frequency power of 50 W was applied to the copper coil of the L coupling, and plasma of a mixed gas of monosilane gas and hydrogen gas was formed in the chamber.
- the iron ingot placed under the Si wafer is heated to about 190 ° C. by resistance heating and melted, and the iron vapor generated by the vaporization of iron is reduced.
- the plasma was supplied along the exhaust flow in the chamber. Further, the heater installed on the support was energized, and the Si wafer was heated so that the substrate temperature was 25 ° C.
- amorphous Fe x Si y : H was deposited on the Si wafer to form an iron silicide film according to the present invention having a thickness of 300 nm.
- the content of hydrogen atoms contained in this iron silicide film was determined from the amount of desorbed hydrogen gas obtained by the above-mentioned TDS and found to be 12.5 atomic%.
- the Si wafer with the main surface orientation of (100) as the substrate is stored in the P VD chamber and fixed to the support base, and the inside of the chamber is adjusted so that the pressure in the chamber becomes 1.33 Pa.
- the vacuum was exhausted.
- the heater installed on the support was energized to heat the Si wafer so that the substrate temperature was 250 ° C.
- Ar gas is supplied into the PVD chamber at a flow rate of 40 sccm, and high-frequency power of 100 W is applied to generate Ar ions, facing the Si Juha chamber. It was incident on an iron silicide target installed inside.
- iron silicide sputtering particles were deposited on the Si wafer to form an iron silicide film with a thickness of 300 nm.
- the iron silicide film of Example 1 has a transmission characteristic for light having a wavelength of about 1,500 nm or more, whereas the iron silicide film of Comparative Example 1 has a transmission characteristic for light in the illustrated wavelength range. It was confirmed that it does not have sex.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing changes in the absorption coefficient of the iron silicide film obtained in Example 1 with respect to photon energy hV.
- Curve L5 in the figure is a reference line obtained by smoothing the plot data.
- ((h V) 2 values were calculated.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the change in ( ⁇ hv) 2 value with respect to the photon energy h V of the iron silicide film obtained in Example 1.
- the straight line L 6 in the figure is a reference line extrapolated by connecting the plot data (marked with X) of photon energy h V 0.9 to 1. le V.
- the iron silicide film obtained in Example 1 has a semiconducting optical characteristic with an optical band gap E g (opt) of about 0.85 eV (horizontal intercept of straight line L 6 in FIG. 7). It was found to have properties. This E g value is consistent with the trend of the transmission spectrum shown by curve L 1 in Fig. 4.
- the iron silicide film of Example 1 formed at a substrate temperature of 250 ° C. has semiconductor characteristics, the i layer in the Pin junction of the photoelectric conversion element and device according to the present invention is heat treated at an extremely low temperature. It is understood that it can be formed by.
- a metal electrode layer 12 having a thickness of 0.3 ⁇ composed of Ti was formed on a glass substrate (base body 11) having a main surface orientation of (100) by sputtering. Then, thereon was formed a 1 layer 1 3 having a thickness of 3,011,111 made of ⁇ -type silicon by plasma CVD, further thereon, having a thickness of 400 nm of iron silicide film in the same manner as in Example 1 i layer 14 was formed. Then, plasma CVD method on it! The pin junction 100 was formed by forming a 20 nm thick p-layer made of) -type silicon. Further, a transparent electrode layer 16 made of ITO and having a thickness of 80 ⁇ was formed, and a photoelectric conversion device according to the present invention having the same configuration as the solar cell 10 shown in FIG. 1 was manufactured. 2004/000322
- i layer 14 (equivalent to i layer 241) plasma CVD method (deposition conditions; Si H 4 flow rate: 20 sccm, H 2 flow rate: 200 sccm, chamber pressure: 133 Pa
- the i-layer 242 made of amorphous silicon with a thickness of 200 nm is formed by the high-frequency power 60W and the substrate temperature 200 ° C, and the p-layer is formed on the i-layer 242.
- a photovoltaic device according to the present invention having the same configuration as the hybrid solar cell 20 shown in FIG. 2 was produced in the same manner as in Example 2 except that 15 was formed to form the pin junction 200.
- an n-layer 33 similar to the n-layer 13 is formed on the p-layer 15 and an i-layer 34 similar to the i-layer 242 is formed on the p-layer 15 and p is further formed thereon.
- the photoelectric junction according to the present invention has the same configuration as that of the tandem solar cell 30 shown in FIG. 3 in the same manner as in Example 2, except that the p junction 35 is formed by forming the p layer 35 similar to the layer 15. A conversion device was manufactured.
- a photoelectric conversion device was produced in the same manner as in Example 2 except that the i layer composed of an iron silicide film having a thickness of 400 ⁇ was formed in the same manner as in Comparative Example 1 instead of the i layer 14.
- V o c (reference value): 0.15 (V)
- the photoelectric conversion element, photoelectric conversion device, and iron silicide film of the present invention can be used for solar cells.
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