WO2007040065A1 - 太陽電池及び太陽電池モジュール - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a solar cell and a solar cell module.
- solar cells are highly expected due to their cleanliness, safety and ease of handling.
- Solar cells are generally configured using a crystalline semiconductor material such as single crystal silicon or polycrystalline silicon, an amorphous semiconductor material typified by amorphous silicon, or a compound semiconductor material such as GaAs or CuInSe.
- a crystalline semiconductor material such as single crystal silicon or polycrystalline silicon
- an amorphous semiconductor material typified by amorphous silicon
- a compound semiconductor material such as GaAs or CuInSe.
- it has a photoelectric conversion part consisting of a multi-layer structure including a pn junction or a pin junction, and electron-hole pairs generated in the photoelectric conversion part by the incidence of light through a pair of electrodes. It is configured to be taken out to the outside.
- a solar cell usually has a concavo-convex surface called a texture on the light-receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion unit, and by scattering incident light on the concavo-convex surface, the optical path length of light incident in the photoelectric conversion unit is reduced.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency is increased by increasing the photoelectric conversion efficiency.
- JP-A-5-335610 For the purpose of improving photoelectric conversion efficiency and weather resistance, JP-A-5-335610 describes forming a protective film containing fine particles on a light receiving surface. In JP-A-5-335610, light incident on a solar cell is scattered by fine particles in a protective film to increase the optical path length of the light in the photoelectric conversion unit, thereby increasing the photoelectric conversion efficiency. .
- the present invention is a thick type capable of obtaining sufficient photoelectric conversion efficiency.
- An object is to provide a positive battery and a solar battery module.
- the first feature of the present invention is that a photoelectric conversion part having a concavo-convex surface on a light incident surface, a protective layer having fine particles inside provided so as to cover the concavo-convex surface In the cross section of the protective layer parallel to the light incident direction, the convex portion of the concave and convex surface is centered more than the number of fine particles contained in the first region per unit length centered on the concave portion of the concave and convex surface.
- the gist is that the solar cell has a smaller number of fine particles contained in the second region per unit length.
- the amount of light scattered and emitted to the outside by the fine particles present in the region corresponding to the convex portion can be reduced, and the photoelectric conversion unit Since the amount of light taken in can be increased, photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved.
- the protective layer is formed such that the second region is thinner than the first region!
- the film thickness of the protective layer formed in the first region is formed to be smaller than the difference in height between the convex portion and the concave portion of the uneven surface. preferable.
- the amount of light scattered and emitted to the outside by the fine particles existing in the region corresponding to the convex portion can be further reduced, and the photoelectric conversion portion Since the amount of light taken in can be increased, the photoelectric conversion efficiency can be further improved.
- a second feature of the present invention includes a photoelectric conversion portion having a concavo-convex surface on a light incident surface, and a protective layer having fine particles inside provided to cover the concavo-convex surface,
- the number of fine particles per unit length centered on the convex portion of the concavo-convex surface is larger than the number of fine particles contained in the first region per unit length centered on the concave portion of the concavo-convex surface.
- the number of fine particles contained in the two regions is smaller, the solar cell, the light-receiving surface side translucent member disposed on the light incident side of the solar cell, and the rear surface disposed on the side opposite to the light incident side of the solar cell.
- the gist of the invention is a solar cell module having a value between the refractive index of the material to be made.
- the solar cell module of the second feature the amount of incident light that is reflected at the interface between the resin layer and the protective layer, and the light that is reflected at the interface between the protective layer and the photoelectric conversion unit. Since the amount of light that is generated can be reduced, the light can be used effectively.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a light-receiving surface side protective layer in a solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining in detail the structure of the light-receiving surface side protective layer in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the effect of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a solar cell module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the light-receiving surface side protective layer in the solar cell according to Experiment 1.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a light-receiving surface side protective layer in a solar cell according to Experiment 2.
- a solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. To do.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the structure of solar cell 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the substrate 1 is an n-type single crystal silicon substrate, and has a textured surface on the light receiving surface 1A.
- an i-type amorphous silicon layer 2 having a thickness of about lOnm
- a p-type amorphous silicon layer 3 having a thickness of about lOnm
- a light-receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 4 having an ITO force of about lOOnm.
- the substrate 1 has a textured surface on the light receiving surface 1A, the i-type amorphous silicon layer 2, the p-type amorphous silicon layer 3 and the light-receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 4 laminated on the light receiving surface 1A
- An uneven surface reflecting the shape of the textured surface formed on the light receiving surface 1A of the substrate 1 is also formed on the light receiving surface.
- a light-receiving surface-side transparent electrode layer 4 for current collection partially made of a conductive paste such as Ag paste is formed on the light-receiving surface of the light-receiving surface-side transparent electrode layer 4.
- the back surface 1B of the single crystal silicon substrate 1 has a textured surface.
- an i-type amorphous silicon layer 6 having a thickness of about lOnm
- an n-type amorphous silicon layer having a thickness of about lOnm. 7.
- a backside transparent electrode layer 8 made of ITO having a thickness of about lOOnm is sequentially laminated.
- a current collecting back side electrode 9 made of a conductive paste such as Ag paste is formed.
- the solar cell 100 includes a light-receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 4, a p-type amorphous silicon layer 3, an i-type amorphous silicon layer 2, an n-type single crystal silicon substrate 1,
- a photoelectric conversion unit 101 is configured by the stacked body strength of the i-type amorphous silicon layer 6, the n-type amorphous silicon layer 7, and the back-side transparent electrode layer 8.
- the light receiving surface 4A of the light receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 4 corresponding to the light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 101 has an uneven surface.
- the light receiving surface side protective layer 10 is provided on the light receiving surface 4A of the photoelectric conversion unit 101 so as to cover the light receiving surface 4A including the surface of the light receiving surface side electrode 5.
- This light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 contains fine particles having a particle diameter of 20 to about LOOnm, such as ZnO, SiO, ITO, MgO, TiO, and AlO.
- the configuration of the photoelectric conversion unit 101 in the solar cell of the present invention is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1, but has a pn junction inside a crystalline semiconductor power such as a single crystal silicon or polycrystalline silicon solar cell, Amorphous silicon is a thin film semiconductor such as microcrystalline silicon. A known structure such as one having a pin junction can be used.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an enlarged cross-sectional structure in the vicinity of the light receiving surface 4A of the photoelectric conversion unit 101 in the solar cell 100 shown in FIG.
- the light receiving surface 4A of the photoelectric conversion unit 101 has an uneven surface, and the light receiving surface side protective layer 10 is formed so as to cover the entire surface of the uneven surface.
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 contains a plurality of fine particles 11 therein.
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is preferably formed such that the second region (B2) centered on the convex portion is thinner than the first region (B1) centered on the concave portion. (See Figure 6 (a)). Furthermore, it is preferable that the thickness B 1 of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 formed in the first region centered on the concave portion is smaller than the height difference B3 between the convex portion and the concave portion of the concave and convex surface. .
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is not limited to a single layer structure, and as shown in FIG. 7, a coating material containing two kinds of fine particles having different viscosities is used to form the first protective layer 10a. And a second protective layer 10b. Similarly, the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 may have a thickness of three or more layers.
- an organic material having translucency such as acrylic resin or an inorganic translucent material such as SiO can be used.
- the fine particles are made of a light-transmitting material such as ZnO, SiO, ITO, MgO, TiO, and AlO.
- a particle size of 20 to about LOOnm can be used.
- an appropriate material can be selected according to the material of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10.
- ultraviolet rays such as ZnO and TiO
- the UV-blocking effect by the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 can be obtained, so the amount of UV irradiation to the photovoltaic device is suppressed, leading to improved weather resistance.
- FIG. 4 shows that incident light is scattered by fine particles in the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 including the fine particles 11 provided so as to cover the uneven surface provided on the light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 101. It is typical sectional drawing for demonstrating a child.
- the light incident on the light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 101 the light L1 incident on the region corresponding to the convex portion 101b of the concave and convex surface is shown by arrows Sl l, S12, Scattered in the direction indicated by S13, S14, S15, S16, S17 and S18.
- the light L2 incident on the region corresponding to the convex portion 1 Ola of the uneven surface is caused by the fine particles 11 in the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 to show arrows S21, S22, S23, S24, S25, S26, S27 and S28.
- the tongue is L in the direction indicated by
- the light scattered in the direction indicated by arrows S14 and S15 among the light scattered by the fine particles 11 corresponds to the convex portion 101b.
- the light is incident on the photoelectric conversion unit 101 in the region where the light is emitted and contributes to power generation in this region.
- the light scattered in the directions indicated by the arrows S13 and S16 is incident on the photoelectric conversion unit 101 in the region corresponding to the adjacent recess 101a, and contributes to power generation in this region.
- the light scattered by the fine particles 11 in the directions indicated by the arrows S22, S23, S24, S25, S26, and S27 is photoelectrical near the portion 101a.
- the light enters the converter 101 and contributes to power generation in this region.
- the light scattered in the directions indicated by the arrows S21 and S28 is reflected in the light incident direction without entering the photoelectric conversion unit 101, and does not contribute to power generation.
- the direction of the light incident on the region corresponding to the convex portion 101b of the uneven surface is scattered by the fine particles 11 than the light incident on the region corresponding to the concave portion 101a of the uneven surface.
- the ratio of light emitted in the light incident direction and not incident on the photoelectric conversion unit is large.
- the number of the fine particles 11 dispersed in the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is less in the region corresponding to the convex portion 10 lb than in the region corresponding to the concave portion 101 a of the uneven surface.
- the solar cell of the embodiment the light incident direction of the light incident on the region corresponding to the convex portion 101b
- the ratio of the light emitted to the photoelectric conversion unit 101 can be reduced, and the amount of light absorbed by the photoelectric conversion unit 101 can be increased, so that the photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved.
- the force described for the case where fine particles 11 are included in the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 in the corresponding region on the convex portion 101b of the concave and convex surface is not limited to this, and the convex portion 101b If the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 in the corresponding region above does not contain the fine particles 11, light incident on the corresponding region on the convex portion 101b is emitted in the light incident direction due to scattering by the fine particles 11. Therefore, a higher effect can be obtained.
- the film thickness of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 containing the fine particles 11 in the region on the concave and convex surface 101a on the concave and convex surface is made smaller than the difference in height between the convex and concave portions 101b and 101a on the concave and convex surface. Is preferred.
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 for example, by applying a low-viscosity coating material in which the fine particles 11 are dispersed on the concavo-convex surface using a spray method or a printing method, for an appropriate time. Allow to cure. In this way, the coating material applied on the uneven surface is accumulated on the concave portion 101a by flowing until it is cured, so that the convex portion 101b is thinner than the concave portion 101a.
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 can be formed on the substrate. Therefore, the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 can be formed so that the number of the fine particles 11 is smaller on the convex portion 101b than on the region on the concave portion 101a.
- the thickness of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 becomes too thin in the region on the convex-concave surface 101b of the concave-convex surface, or in the region on the convex portion 101b
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 may not be formed, and the weather resistance may be reduced.
- a first protective layer is formed using a low-viscosity coating material containing fine particles 11, and a second protective layer is formed thereon using a high-viscosity coating material.
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 composed of the protective layer and the second protective layer may be configured. .
- the second protective layer using a coating material having a high viscosity, the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 having a sufficient thickness can be formed even in the region on the convex portion 101b of the concave and convex surface. Therefore, a solar cell having good weather resistance can be provided.
- fine particles may be dispersed or fine particles may not be present.
- the concentration of the fine particles is set to the first concentration.
- the height of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 in the region above the concave and convex surface 101a is made smaller than the height between the convex and concave portions 101b and 101a of the concave and convex surface. It is preferable to adjust the thicknesses of the first protective layer and the second protective layer.
- the solar cell module 200 includes the above-described solar cell 100, the light-receiving surface side translucent member 21 disposed on the light incident side of the solar cell 100, and the light from the solar cell 100.
- a back side member 23 disposed on the side opposite to the incident side and a resin 22 disposed between the light receiving surface side translucent member 21 and the back side member 23 and sealing the solar cell 100 are provided.
- the solar cell 100 includes a photoelectric conversion unit 101 having a concavo-convex surface on the light-receiving surface, and a light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 provided so as to cover the concavo-convex surface.
- the light-receiving surface side translucent member 21 is made of a translucent material such as glass or plastic.
- the back side member 23 also has a member force such as metal, plastic, resin film, glass, and the like.
- the plurality of solar cells 100 are electrically connected in series or in parallel by a wiring member (not shown), and have a light-transmitting sealing property between the light-receiving surface side light-transmitting member 21 and the back surface side member 23.
- the resin layer 22 is sealed.
- the refractive index of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 provided on the light-receiving surface of the solar cell 100 has a value between the refractive index of the resin layer 22 and the refractive index of the material constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 101.
- the refractive index of glass EVA is about 1.5
- the refractive index of ITO is about 2.0
- the refractive index of cSi is 3.
- the refractive index of the material constituting the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is about 1.5 to 2.0 or 1.5 to 3.8.
- the refractive index takes an intermediate value between the material of the light receiving surface side protective layer 10 and the fine particles.
- the refractive index of ZnO is about 2.0
- the refractive index of the entire light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 to which the fine particles are added approaches 2.0.
- the refractive index difference between the resin layer 22 and the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is large, reflection at the interface between the resin layer 22 and the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 increases. Therefore, considering that the refractive index approaches 2.0 by ZnO additive and at least the difference in refractive index is 0.1, the refractive index of the material constituting the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is 1.5 to 1.6 is more preferable.
- the solar cell module According to the solar cell module according to the present embodiment, of the incident light, the amount of light reflected at the interface between the resin layer 22 and the light receiving surface side protective layer 10, and the light receiving surface side protective layer 10 and the photoelectric conversion. Since the amount of light reflected at the interface with the part 101 can be reduced, the light can be used more effectively.
- the photoelectric conversion part 101 shown in FIG. 1 was produced as follows.
- the substrate 1 an n-type single crystal silicon substrate having a specific resistance of about 1 ⁇ 'cm and a thickness of 300 m is used. After cleaning the substrate 1 by a normal method, the light-receiving surface 1A of the substrate 1 And a textured surface was formed on the back 1B by etching.
- an i-type amorphous silicon layer 2 having a thickness of 10 nm and a p-type amorphous silicon having a thickness of 10 nm are respectively formed on the light-receiving surface 1A and the back surface 1B of the substrate 1 by using a normal plasma CVD method.
- Layer 3 and an i-type amorphous silicon layer 6 having a thickness of 10 nm and an n-type amorphous silicon layer 7 having a thickness of 10 nm were formed.
- Table 1 shows the conditions for forming the amorphous silicon layer.
- i-type refers to i-type amorphous silicon layer 2 and i-type amorphous silicon layer 6, and “p-type” refers to p-type amorphous silicon layer 3 as “n-type”.
- p-type refers to p-type amorphous silicon layer 3 as “n-type”.
- an ITO force having a thickness of lOOnm is also formed on the n-type amorphous silicon layer 7 and the P-type amorphous silicon layer 3 formed on both main surfaces of the n-type single crystal silicon substrate 1.
- the back side transparent electrode layer 8 and the light receiving side transparent electrode 4 were formed by sputtering.
- a mold-like back side electrode 9 and light receiving side electrode 5 were formed.
- coating materials containing ZnO filler as fine particles and having different viscosities are respectively formed on the light receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 4 formed on the light receiving surface of the n-type single crystal silicon substrate 1 of the photoelectric conversion unit 101 and The light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 was formed on the light-receiving surface side electrode 5 by printing.
- ZnO having a particle diameter of about 20 nm is used as fine particles
- acrylic resin is used as a coating material
- ZnO fine particles and a diluent are mixed in the coating material, By stirring, a coating material in which ZnO fine particles were dispersed almost uniformly was obtained.
- the viscosity of the coating material was adjusted by adjusting the amount of diluent added. That is, increase the viscosity of the coating material by reducing the amount of diluent added. The viscosity of the coating material can be lowered by increasing the amount of diluent added.
- Table 2 shows the result of the short-circuit current (Isc) as a photoelectric conversion characteristic obtained as a result.
- the viscosity of the coating material is shown as a standard value where the smallest value is 1.
- the amount of coating material applied is the value obtained by standardizing the amount of coating material applied to each sample with the value of Sample 1 as 1.
- the Isc value is a value normalized with the value of a solar cell in which the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is formed using the coating material having the highest viscosity as 1.
- sample 1 has the lowest viscosity, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the thickness force of the protective film in the region of the concave portion is thicker than the thickness of the protective film in the region of the convex portion. .
- sample 4 has the highest viscosity, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the thickness of the protective film in the concave region and the thickness of the protective film in the convex region are not so different.
- the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 was provided on the light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion unit.
- the film was formed on the uneven surface with a substantially uniform film thickness, and the fine particles were dispersed almost uniformly in the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10. That is, the number of fine particles in the light receiving surface side protective layer 10 in the region on the convex portion of the uneven surface and the number and number density of the fine particles in the light receiving surface side protective layer 10 in the region on the concave portion were approximately the same.
- the thickness of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 is higher than that on the concave portion of the uneven surface.
- the upper part was thinner. That is, the number of fine particles in the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 in the region on the convex portion is smaller than the number of fine particles in the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 in the region on the concave portion of the uneven surface.
- the thickness of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 formed on the concave portion of the uneven surface was smaller than the height difference between the convex portion and the concave portion of the uneven surface.
- the number of fine particles contained in the region per unit length centered on the convex portion is more than the number of fine particles contained in the region per unit length centered on the concave portion.
- a solar cell having a light-receiving-surface-side protective layer 10 having a two-layer structure formed using two types of coating materials having different viscosities was prepared and used as Sample 5.
- the convex portion is centered rather than the number of fine particles contained in the region per unit length centering on the concave portion.
- the second protective layer is formed using a coating material having a high viscosity, so that the thickness of the light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 at the convex portion of the uneven surface is larger than that of sample 1. Therefore, it is possible to provide a solar cell with excellent weather resistance.
- a solar cell having a light-receiving surface side protective layer 10 having a two-layer structure formed by using two types of coating materials having different viscosities was prepared and used as Sample 6.
- the structure of Sample 6 is the same as that of Sample 5, but in Sample 6, after the first protective layer was applied, the second protective layer was formed without curing. And after apply
- sample 6 convection of fine particles occurred in the coating material during thermosetting, and almost no concentration distribution in the depth direction was observed in each of the concave and convex areas. That is, sample 5 has a two-layer structure in which a layer not containing fine particles is formed on a high-concentration fine particle layer, but sample 6 has a depth of 2 by applying two types of materials successively and then drying. It was found that no fine particle distribution was observed in the direction, and a high concentration fine particle layer was formed in the concave portion and a low concentration fine particle layer was formed in the convex portion.
- Sample 6 has the advantage of reducing the number of steps for curing the first protective film compared to sample 5. Further, sample 6 has an advantage that there is no clear interface between the first protective film and the second protective film, and light reflection and stress concentration at the interface are less likely to occur.
- the solar cell and the solar cell module according to the present invention scatter incident light and effectively use the light absorbed by the photoelectric conversion unit, thereby improving the output characteristics. And it can use suitably as a solar cell module.
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