WO2007111028A1 - 微結晶シリコン膜形成方法及び太陽電池 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for forming a microcrystalline silicon film and a solar cell, and more particularly to a method for forming a microcrystalline silicon film with a reduced hydrogen gas flow rate in a source gas.
- amorphous silicon (a _S i) films produced by plasma CVD have been mainly used for large-area solar cells, but the solar spectrum has been changed from the infrared region to the ultraviolet region.
- a solar cell with a tandem structure in which an a_S i film and a microcrystalline silicon (c_S i) film are stacked is attracting attention, and a part of it has been put into practical use.
- This microcrystalline silicon film is manufactured using a parallel plate type (capacitive coupling type) plasma CV D apparatus under film formation conditions different from those of the a_Si film.
- it is produced by supplying a larger high-frequency power at a larger hydrogen gas flow rate (hydrogen gas silane gas flow rate ratio) than an a-Si film. That is, in order to generate a large amount of hydrogen radicals necessary for crystallization, a large amount of hydrogen gas (approximately 20 times or more) is flowed compared to silane, and a larger amount of power is supplied to decompose the hydrogen gas.
- the substrate temperature is usually suitably about 300 to 400 ° C, but if the a_Si film is formed on the underlayer as in the tandem structure, for example, it is suppressed to 200 to 250 ° C or less. There is a need. In addition, it is said that if the substrate temperature is lowered, a higher flow rate of hydrogen gas is required for crystallization.
- This plasma CVD device emits toxic and dangerous gases such as unreacted silane gas and hydrogen gas, and reaction product gas. Normally, in order to ensure safety, the exhaust gas is made nonflammable. After diluting with nitrogen gas, etc., to reduce the hydrogen gas concentration below the explosive limit concentration, the silane-based gas is treated with a detoxifier and released into the atmosphere.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-1 58276
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-143592
- Non-patent document 1 Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cels, 62, 97-108 (2000)
- Non-patent document 2 Research Institute of Electronic Technology Research Report No. 864, 46-57
- a relatively inexpensive nitrogen gas is usually used as a non-combustible gas for diluting hydrogen gas, but in the case of microcrystalline silicon, a large amount of hydrogen gas is used, and most of it is used.
- Nitrogen gas cost is a problem because the gas is discharged unreacted. That is, for example, as a raw material gas for forming microcrystalline silicon for a large substrate, in the case of a silane gas flow rate of 1 L (liter) min, a hydrogen gas flow rate of 2 O LZmin or more is generally required.
- the use of a large amount of hydrogen not only increases the cost required for hydrogen gas, but also increases the cost of the microcrystalline silicon solar cell by increasing the size of the exhaust pump.
- a large amount of nitrogen gas of 500 LZm in is required. It contributed to the cost increase.
- the present inventor has examined various formation methods and formation conditions in addition to the conventional parallel plate plasma C V DD method in order to reduce the hydrogen gas flow rate.
- a method of generating plasma by arranging a plurality of antennas with one end connected to a high-frequency power supply and the other end grounded is suitable for forming microcrystalline silicon.
- microcrystalline silicon suitable for solar cells can be formed even if the hydrogen gas flow rate is kept low.
- the present invention aims to provide a plasma CVD method capable of forming microcrystalline silicon with a lower flow rate of hydrogen gas and at a lower substrate temperature as compared with the prior art, and more inexpensive microcrystalline.
- An object is to provide a silicon solar cell.
- the microcrystalline silicon film forming method of the present invention is a method of forming microcrystalline silicon by a plasma CVD method.
- a plurality of antennas each having both ends connected to a high-frequency power source and a ground are arranged in one plane.
- a substrate is arranged opposite to the array antenna, the temperature of the substrate is set to 1550-250 ° C, and a mixed gas containing hydrogen gas and silane gas is used.
- plasma is generated by supplying high-frequency power to the plurality of antennas, and the hydrogen gas silane gas flow rate ratio is adjusted within a range of 1 to 10 to cause crystal silicon on the substrate.
- the microcrystalline silicon film ratio I c Z la is 2 to 6 and 4 8 0 c m_ 1 near the Raman scattering intensity I a due to the Raman scattering intensity I c and the amorphous silicon down of c m_ near 1 It is characterized by forming.
- microcrystalline silicon film of the present invention the ratio of the 5 2 0 Raman scattering intensity of c m- 1 I c (peak intensity) and 4 8 0 c m_ 1 Raman scattering intensity I a (peak intensity) Ic ZIa is microcrystalline silicon with a value of 2 to 6, and by combining this microcrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, it is possible to effectively use sunlight even though it is a thin layer and has excellent power generation efficiency. Solar cell can be constructed.
- microcrystalline silicon film by adjusting the flow rate ratio of hydrogen gas and silane gas in the range of 1-7.
- the antenna is preferably folded in the center, and the phase difference of the high-frequency power is preferably controlled between adjacent antennas.
- a rod-shaped antenna Compared with the case of using, it is possible to form a microcrystalline silicon thin film having a uniform thickness with a substrate having a larger area.
- the array antenna has three or more rows and is simultaneously discharged in three or more regions.
- two boards are placed between the array antennas. This arrangement not only improves productivity, but also makes it possible to further reduce the hydrogen gas flow rate compared to the case where the array antenna is 1-2 and the discharge zone is 1-2.
- the microcrystalline silicon film forming method of the present invention is a method of forming microcrystalline silicon by an inductively coupled plasma CVD method, wherein a substrate is placed in a vacuum chamber, and the temperature of the substrate is set to 150 to 250. The temperature is set to ° C, hydrogen gas and silane gas mixed gas are introduced, high frequency power is supplied to generate plasma, and the hydrogen gas silane gas flow rate ratio is adjusted in the range of 1 to 10, and I cZ I is formed on the substrate. A microcrystalline silicon film in which a is 2 to 6 is formed. Further, it is preferable to form the microcrystalline silicon film by adjusting the hydrogen gas silane gas flow ratio in the range of 1-7.
- an inductively coupled plasma CVD method in particular, a plasma CVD method using an array antenna, less hydrogen than a parallel plate (capacitively coupled) plasma CVD method is used.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a plasma C V D apparatus suitably used in the method for forming microcrystalline silicon of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plasma CVD apparatus of FIG. 1 viewed from the side.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the crystallinity I cZ la of microcrystalline silicon and the hydrogen gas silane gas flow ratio.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the electrical conductivity of microcrystalline silicon and the flow rate ratio of hydrogen gas and silane gas.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate transport direction
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view seen from the transport direction.
- the plasma CVD apparatus has a vacuum chamber 1 having a gas introduction port 2 and an exhaust port 3 and an antenna 11 bent in a U-shape inside the vacuum chamber 1.
- the gas excluding device 10 is composed of:
- Each of the antennas 1 1 has a power feeding part 1 2 at one end via a coaxial cable 16. The other end is connected to the wall of the vacuum chamber 1 and grounded, and a plurality of the other ends are arranged at predetermined intervals so as to cover the entire substrate 13.
- a plurality of array antennas are arranged at predetermined intervals.
- the substrate 13 is arranged on both sides of each array antenna so as to face the array antenna, and a heater (not shown) for heating the substrate is arranged on the wall surface of the vacuum chamber.
- the source gas supply source includes a cylinder of silane gas and hydrogen gas, a mass flow controller, and the like, and a gas adjusted to a predetermined flow rate and flow rate ratio is introduced into the vacuum chamber from the gas introduction port.
- a gas adjusted to a predetermined flow rate and flow rate ratio is introduced into the vacuum chamber from the gas introduction port.
- a hollow antenna having a plurality of gas jets is used, and the source gas is introduced into the antenna from the grounding part of the antenna, and the vacuum chamber is opened from the jet. It may be configured to release to
- the exhaust device is composed of a mechanical booster pump 7 and a rotary pump 9, and the discharge port of the rotary pump 9 is connected to the abatement device 10.
- a nitrogen gas supply source 8 for dilution is connected to a pipe between the rotary pump 9 and the abatement apparatus 10.
- General aS i / cS i tandem solar cells are made of p-type a _S i, i-type a_S i, n-type a_S i, p-type / c_ S i on a glass substrate on which a transparent conductive film is formed.
- I-type c_S i, n-type c_S i, and back electrode are formed in this order.
- a method of manufacturing an i-type / c_S i tandem solar cell will be described using the plasma CVD apparatus shown in FIG.
- 1 5 is transferred into the i-type c_S i forming chamber (vacuum chamber) 1 and the substrate 13 is placed facing each array antenna. As shown in FIG. 2, two substrates 13 are arranged so as to sandwich the array antenna. A p-type c_Si film has already been formed on the substrate 13 in another plasma CVD chamber. The gate valve is closed, and the substrate 13 is heated to a temperature for forming the jUC_Si film (eg, 200 ° C) by a heater (not shown). From the source gas supply source 4, Gas and silane gas are introduced into the vacuum chamber 1, and the hydrogen gas silane gas flow rate ratio is adjusted to a range of 1 to 10 to adjust the vacuum chamber 1 to a predetermined pressure.
- a temperature for forming the jUC_Si film eg, 200 ° C
- a predetermined high frequency power is supplied from the high frequency power source 5 to each antenna 11 to generate plasma.
- discharge zones as many as the number of array antennas are formed, and at the same time, i-type / c_Si films can be formed on the substrate 13 twice as many as the number of discharge zones.
- the / c-Si film having a predetermined thickness is deposited on the substrate 13, the supply of high-frequency power is stopped.
- the substrate temperature is reduced.
- the substrate 13 after the formation of the i layer is transferred to the n-type / c_Si film forming apparatus to form the n layer. Furthermore, a back surface electrode etc. are formed and a solar cell is completed.
- a dielectric film is formed on the surface of the antenna or the thickness of the dielectric film is adjusted in accordance with the plasma density distribution. It is effective to change.
- the plasma density on the entire substrate surface is made more uniform, and the film thickness of the microcrystalline silicon film Uniformity and film quality uniformity can be further improved.
- silicon films were specifically produced under various conditions, and crystallinity and photoelectric characteristics were evaluated.
- a plasma C VD apparatus with the configuration shown in Fig. 1 was used except for the gas introduction method.
- a U-shaped antenna with a length of 1.6 m and a center-to-center distance of 35 mm is made of a SUS pipe with a diameter of 8 mm with a large number of gas ejection holes (pitch: 5 O mm).
- 25 antennas were arranged to form an array antenna.
- the distance between the pipe centers of adjacent antennas was 7 O mm.
- this Three rows of array antennas were placed, and the substrate was placed so that the distance from the array antenna was 35 mm.
- the gas inlet of the plasma CVD apparatus used in this example is provided in the grounding portion of each antenna, and the mixed gas of silane gas and hydrogen gas enters the vacuum chamber through the gas ejection hole of the antenna. It is the composition to be discharged.
- a glass substrate of 1.2 X 1.6 m was used as the substrate, and a 85 MHz power source was used as the high-frequency power source.
- Deposition conditions include silane gas flow rate 250 to 1,500 ml, hydrogen gas flow 0 to 40, OOO ml Zmin, hydrogen gas, silane gas flow ratio 0 to 40, pressure 2 to 29 Pa, one antenna A silicon thin film was formed under various conditions in the range of 20 to 428 W and a substrate temperature of 1 to 250 ° C, and a Raman spectrum was measured for each sample, and a photocurrent and a dark current were measured. did. The results are shown in Figs.
- Figure 3 shows the ratio of the hydrogen gas silane gas flow ratio to the Raman peak intensity I c of 520 cm- 1 due to crystalline silicon and the Raman peak intensity I a of 480 cm- 1 due to amorphous silicon. It is a graph which shows the relationship with IcZ la.
- ⁇ is the data when high frequency power is supplied to all three array antennas and plasma is generated in the three zones.
- ⁇ is two array antennas, and the mouth and country are only one array antenna. This is the data when 2 and 1 discharge zones are formed by supplying power to each.
- microcrystalline silicon is formed not only when the flow rate ratio is 10 but also when it is 1. Although the reason is not clear at present, microcrystalline silicon can be formed with a smaller hydrogen gas flow rate by setting the number of discharge zones to three.
- Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the electrical conductivities CTph, CTd in light and dark and the flow rate ratio.
- the inductively coupled plasma CVD method using an array antenna has been described.
- the present invention is not limited to these, and is described in, for example, JP-A-10-26521 2 and JP-A-2001-35697. It can also be applied to an external antenna system or an internal antenna system.
- a pin type solar cell in which the i layer is a tandem structure of an a_S i film and a c_S i film has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and in addition to a pin type, a pn type, a Schottky type solar cell
- the present invention can be applied to the formation of various types of microcrystalline silicon films constituting a battery.
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