WO2010109692A1 - 基板の粗面化方法および光起電力装置の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a substrate roughening method and a photovoltaic device manufacturing method.
- the texture processing is processing for intentionally forming fine irregularities having dimensions of several tens of nm to several tens of ⁇ m on the substrate surface.
- a pyramid shape or an inverted pyramid shape is known.
- the pyramid shape refers to a shape in which a square pyramid is placed on a plane
- the inverted pyramid shape refers to a hollow shape that is dug into a shape in which the quadrangular pyramid is depressed with respect to the plane. If the inverted pyramid texture is arranged on the substrate without any gaps, the substrate surface is all composed of the slopes of the inverted pyramid, and almost all the reflected light on the slopes is reincident on the adjacent slopes, and the light utilization efficiency Will be maximized.
- the plane orientation dependence of the etching rate of silicon with respect to an alkaline aqueous solution is used. That is, when crystal silicon is etched with an alkaline aqueous solution, the etching rate is high for the crystal plane orientation ⁇ 100>, while it is slow for the crystal plane orientation ⁇ 111>. Therefore, when a crystalline silicon substrate having a crystal plane orientation ⁇ 100> on the surface is etched with an alkaline aqueous solution, the etching proceeds to some extent and the etching rate is remarkably reduced when the ⁇ 111> plane is exposed, resulting in the ⁇ 111> plane.
- a pyramid shape consisting of or an inverted pyramid shape is formed.
- a fine unevenness can be formed at a desired position and size by forming a pre-patterned etching mask on the substrate and performing etching.
- a resist can be used as an etching mask, and a photolithography technique can be used as a patterning method.
- a method using a silicon nitride film as an etching mask and laser processing as a patterning method has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- the silicon substrate is etched with an acidic or alkaline solution to remove a damaged layer at the time of slicing.
- an SiN x film (silicon nitride film) is formed by PECVD (plasma chemical vapor deposition) as an etching mask.
- PECVD plasma chemical vapor deposition
- a pattern opening is formed on the etching mask using a laser.
- etching using an acidic or alkaline solution is performed on the silicon substrate to form a recess on the silicon substrate.
- this method has a problem of laser processing time. Since laser processing is performed by the area of the recess, it is necessary to increase the laser processing area relative to the surface area in order to form fine irregularities on the entire surface of the silicon substrate. A long and long machining time is required, and the entire machining time becomes long.
- laser processing is, for example, processing in a small dot-like area, and subsequently etching with a mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid to generate an undercut under the mask, and finally using an alkaline aqueous solution
- a method of shaping into an inverted pyramid shape by etching is conceivable. Since the size of the concave shape can be made larger than the laser processing size by undercutting, it is possible to finally spread the uneven shape over the entire surface even if the laser processing diameter is small.
- a method of etching an aqueous alkali solution following etching of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
- the present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a substrate roughening method and a photovoltaic device capable of uniformly forming an uneven structure having an inverted pyramid shape over a wide area of the substrate in a short time. It aims at obtaining the manufacturing method of an electric power apparatus.
- a substrate roughening method includes a first step of forming a protective film on the surface of a semiconductor substrate, and forming an opening in the protective film. And performing isotropic etching on the surface of the semiconductor substrate on which the protective film is formed using the protective film on which the opening is formed as a mask. Etching is performed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate on which the protective film is formed, using the third step of forming a first recess in the vicinity thereof and the protective film on which the opening is formed as a mask.
- anisotropic edges Characterized in that it comprises a fifth step of subjecting the ring to form a second recess at the bottom and its vicinity area of the opening, and a sixth step of removing the protective film.
- an uneven structure having an inverted pyramid shape is uniformly formed over a wide area of a substrate in a short time without requiring an expensive apparatus such as lithography and a redundant manufacturing process.
- the surface roughening can be performed uniformly, and the surface of the substrate that exhibits an excellent antireflection effect can be roughened.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a p-type single crystal silicon substrate having a surface roughened by the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a p-type single crystal silicon substrate having a surface roughened by the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining steps of the substrate roughening method according to the
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a photovoltaic device manufactured using the substrate according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a p-type single crystal silicon substrate having a surface roughened by the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining a manufacturing process for the photovoltaic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining a manufacturing process of the photovoltaic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a first conductivity type substrate for a solar cell which is a photovoltaic device, and a p-type single crystal whose surface is roughened by the method of roughening a substrate according to the present embodiment.
- 1 is a diagram showing a silicon substrate 101 (hereinafter referred to as a substrate 101).
- 1A is a cross-sectional view
- FIG. 1B is a top view.
- one main surface on which the surface is roughened is referred to as a light receiving surface side main surface, and the other is referred to as a back surface main surface.
- This substrate 101 has a textured structure in which fine concave portions 106 having an inverted pyramid shape with an average pitch between holes of about 10 ⁇ m are formed substantially uniformly on the substrate surface on the light receiving surface side.
- 2 to 8 are diagrams for explaining the steps of the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment.
- (a) is a sectional view and corresponds to (a) in FIG. 2 to 8
- (b) is a top view and corresponds to (b) of FIG.
- the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment will be described below with reference to these drawings.
- step 1 the surface of one surface of a p-type single crystal silicon substrate 101a (hereinafter referred to as substrate 101a) that is a target for roughening the surface of the substrate is etched resistant to etching described later as a protective film.
- a mask film 102 having the above is formed.
- a substrate 101a as shown in FIG. 2 is prepared.
- the substrate 101a is obtained by slicing a silicon ingot produced by a casting method or a pulling method with a multi-wire saw, and then cleaning with an organic solvent and removing a damaged layer with an acid or alkali solution.
- a p-type single crystal silicon substrate having a square of 156 mm on one side and a thickness of 180 ⁇ m is used. Note that the dimensions of the substrate 101a are not limited to this, and can be changed as appropriate.
- the substrate 101a was immersed in a 10% by weight sodium hydroxide aqueous solution heated to 80 ° C. and immersed for about 2 minutes.
- the conditions for removing the damaged layer are not limited to these, and it is sufficient that the damaged layer can be removed, and conditions other than those described above may be used.
- the substrate 101a a single crystal silicon substrate is used here as the substrate 101a, it is also possible to use a polycrystalline silicon substrate. In this case, there is an advantage that the substrate can be obtained at a low cost.
- a p-type silicon substrate is used here as the substrate 101a, an n-type substrate can also be used.
- a mask film 102 is formed on the surface on one side of the substrate 101a.
- a silicon nitride film SiN x film having a thickness of 10 nm is formed as the mask film 102 by PECVD (plasma chemical vapor deposition).
- PECVD plasma chemical vapor deposition
- a silicon nitride film is used here as the mask film 102, other materials may be selected as the mask film 102 as long as an opening can be formed in a later process and there is etching selectivity with the substrate 101a.
- a silicon oxide film (SiO 2 film), a metal film, an organic film, or the like can be used.
- the thickness of the mask film 102 may be selected in consideration of the film formation speed, etching selectivity, removability, etc., and is not limited to 10 nm.
- fine hole processing is performed on the mask film 102. That is, a plurality of fine openings 103 are formed in the mask film 102 by laser processing.
- a laser having a Gaussian intensity distribution was made incident on a HOE (holographic optical element) which is a kind of interference optical element, and branched into a plurality of light beams.
- the branched light flux was allowed to pass through the optical system so as to form an image on the substrate 101a.
- the number of branches of the used HOE is 100, and the light utilization efficiency in this case is 91%.
- the method of branching using the HOE has a light intensity distribution according to a Gaussian distribution in each branched light beam, and the light intensity between each branched light beam, compared to the method of irradiating multiple points with light shielding by an aperture. Advantages include a small difference and a high light utilization efficiency.
- Laser processing was performed while moving the substrate 101a horizontally on a precision stage in order to perform fine hole processing over the entire surface of the substrate 101a.
- the stage speed necessary for continuous processing can be calculated from the laser oscillation frequency and the single laser processing region width.
- HOE is used as a multi-point irradiation method.
- fine hole processing can be performed, multi-point irradiation using light shielding by an aperture, single-point irradiation and stage movement may be used in combination.
- the entire surface of the substrate 101a may be processed, and there is no problem in realizing the present invention.
- horizontal movement by a precision stage is used for processing the entire surface of the substrate 101a, but optically using a combination of a galvanometer mirror and an f ⁇ lens with respect to multi-branched laser light.
- the entire surface may be processed by scanning.
- a laser with a wavelength of 355 nm is used as the laser.
- other types of lasers and lasers with other wavelengths may be used as long as the desired fine hole processing can be performed. There is no problem to realize.
- isotropic etching is performed as the first etching step. That is, the surface of the substrate 101a exposed at the bottom of the fine opening 103 of the mask film 102 is isotropically etched by immersing and etching the substrate 101a in an acid solution using the mask film 102 as an etching mask. Then, the first recess 104 is formed as shown in FIG. At this time, an oxide film 104 a is formed on the surface of the first recess 104.
- a hydrofluoric acid nitric acid aqueous solution in which 50% hydrofluoric acid and 69% nitric acid are mixed at a volume ratio of 1: 7 is used as the acid solution of the etching solution.
- the chemical temperature is 10 ° C.
- the etching proceeds substantially isotropically regardless of the crystal plane orientation, and a substantially hemispherical first recess 104 as shown in FIG. 5 is formed.
- This etching characteristic is an important characteristic for forming an undercut under the mask film 102, and is important for reducing the opening area in the mask film 102 by laser processing, in other words, reducing the laser processing time. It is a characteristic.
- the first etching process is terminated when the diameter of the first recess 104 reaches 8 ⁇ m.
- the etching solution an additive such as acetic acid or phosphoric acid may be added to the above-mentioned hydrofluoric acid nitric acid aqueous solution, or it may be diluted with pure water. Furthermore, the mixing ratio of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid can be freely changed.
- the chemical solution temperature is set to 10 ° C. lower than room temperature in order to increase the etching selectivity between the mask film (silicon nitride film) used in this embodiment and silicon. Other temperatures may be used as long as the concave portion 104 can be formed, and no problem occurs in realizing the present invention.
- oxide film removal etching is performed as a second etching step which is a feature of the present invention. That is, using the mask film 102 as an etching mask, the oxide film 104a is removed by immersing and etching the substrate 101a that has undergone the first etching step in a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, as shown in FIG. The surface 105 of the recess is exposed.
- a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution in which 50% hydrofluoric acid is diluted with water to 20% by volume is used as an etching solution.
- the chemical temperature is room temperature and the treatment time is 30 seconds.
- step 3 which is the first etching step described above, the formation of the silicon oxide film on the silicon surface with nitric acid and the removal of the silicon oxide film with hydrofluoric acid are performed simultaneously. Therefore, a silicon oxide film (chemical oxide film) is formed on the silicon surface when step 3 is completed. It is well known that etching with alkali does not proceed when a silicon oxide film is formed on the silicon surface.
- the surface of the first recess 104 is hydrophilic at the time of completion of the step 3, and when etching with alkali is subsequently performed, a portion where etching proceeds and a portion where etching does not proceed are mixed. In-plane unevenness of etching occurred. Further, when elemental analysis in the depth direction was performed by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), a high concentration of oxygen was detected near the surface, and the presence of a silicon oxide film was confirmed.
- SIMS secondary ion mass spectrometry
- the surface 105 of the first recess is hydrophobic, and in the SIMS analysis, the concentration of oxygen in the vicinity of the surface is significantly reduced, and the silicon oxide film is removed. It was confirmed that it was done.
- the ratio of the etching solution, the chemical solution temperature, and the processing time in this step can be freely selected if attention is paid to the removal of the silicon oxide film and the remaining of the mask film.
- anisotropic etching is performed as a third etching step. That is, by using the mask film 102 as an etching mask, the substrate 101a that has undergone the second etching step is immersed and etched in an alkaline solution, so that the substrate 101a exposed under the fine opening 103 of the mask film 102 is exposed.
- the surface (surface of the first concave surface 105) is anisotropically etched to form a second concave portion (inverted pyramid-shaped fine concave portion) 106 as shown in FIG.
- an alkaline aqueous solution obtained by adding 1% by weight of IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to a 10% by weight aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was used.
- IPA isopropyl alcohol
- a so-called reverse shape of a quadrangular pyramid is formed as shown in FIG.
- a pyramidal fine concave portion 106 is formed. This is due to the fact that the etching rate with the alkaline aqueous solution varies depending on the plane orientation. The etching rate is the fastest on the ⁇ 100> plane, followed by the ⁇ 110> plane, and the slowest on the ⁇ 111> plane.
- the plane orientation changes continuously depending on the location, but by performing etching with an alkaline aqueous solution, the etching proceeds at a rate according to the plane orientation.
- the etching stops substantially automatically when the ⁇ 111> plane is exposed.
- the width of the terrace portion 107 is set to 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the inverted pyramid-shaped fine recesses 106 When a single crystal silicon substrate having a surface orientation ⁇ 100> is used as the substrate 101a, the inverted pyramid-shaped fine recesses 106 have a quadrangular pyramid shape with a square bottom surface, and therefore the fine openings 103 are arranged on a square lattice.
- the width of the terrace 107 at each location can be made constant, and an inverted pyramid-shaped uneven structure can be uniformly formed on the surface of the substrate 101a. For this reason, it is possible to achieve both the maximum suppression of light reflectance on the surface of the substrate 101a and the prevention of the separation of the mask 102.
- IPA is added to the etching solution to increase the etching rate ratio between the ⁇ 100> plane and the ⁇ 111> plane, but it is exposed below the fine opening 103 of the mask film 102.
- another additive may be added or the additive may not be used. There will be no hindrance to the realization of.
- an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is used as an etching solution, but other alkaline solutions such as an aqueous potassium hydroxide solution may be used.
- step 6 the mask film 102 is removed by wet etching as a fourth etching step.
- an etching solution for removing the mask film 102 is obtained by diluting 50% hydrofluoric acid to 20% by volume with pure water.
- the chemical temperature is room temperature and the treatment time is 6 minutes.
- substrate 101 which has the fine concavo-convex structure (texture structure) in which the fine recessed part 106 of the inverted pyramid shape was formed substantially uniformly on the substrate surface as shown in FIG. 1 can be obtained.
- FIG. 9 is a view showing a photovoltaic device manufactured using the substrate 101 described above, FIG. 9A is a cross-sectional view, and FIG. 9B is a top view.
- the photovoltaic device shown in FIG. 9 includes a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate 121 having an N layer 121a which is an impurity diffusion layer in which a second conductivity type impurity is diffused in the substrate surface layer, and a light receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate 121.
- the light receiving surface side electrode 123 includes a grid electrode 123a and a bus electrode 123b of a photovoltaic device, and FIG. 9A shows a cross-sectional view in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the grid electrode 123a.
- the semiconductor substrate 121 is a 156 mm square photovoltaic device using the substrate 101 in which an inverted pyramid-shaped fine concavo-convex structure is formed on the substrate surface by using the substrate roughening method described above. Yes.
- the substrate 101 that has been subjected to the processing in the above step 6 is put into a thermal oxidation furnace and heated in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride (POCl 3 ) vapor to form phosphorus glass on the surface of the substrate 101, thereby forming the substrate 101 in the substrate 101.
- Phosphorus is diffused to form a second conductivity type N layer 121 a on the surface layer of the substrate 101.
- the diffusion temperature is set to 840 ° C., for example. Thereby, the semiconductor substrate 121 having the N layer 121a on the substrate surface layer is obtained. Since a p-type silicon substrate is used here, phosphorus of different conductivity type is diffused to form a pn junction. However, when an n-type silicon substrate is used, p-type impurities may be diffused.
- an SiN film is formed on the N layer 121a as the antireflection film 122 by plasma CVD.
- the film thickness and refractive index of the antireflection film 122 are set to values that most suppress light reflection. Note that two or more layers having different refractive indexes may be stacked. Further, the antireflection film 122 may be formed by a different film formation method such as a sputtering method.
- a paste mixed with silver is printed on the light receiving surface of the substrate 121 in a comb shape by screen printing, and a paste mixed with aluminum is printed on the entire back surface of the substrate 121 by screen printing, and then a baking process is performed.
- the light receiving surface side electrode 123 and the back surface electrode 124 are formed. Firing is performed at 760 ° C. in an air atmosphere, for example.
- the photovoltaic device shown in FIG. 9 is manufactured.
- a substrate obtained by etching a single crystal silicon substrate with an alkaline aqueous solution was prepared. And the light reflection characteristic was evaluated with the spectrophotometer with respect to the board
- the reflectance at a wavelength of 900 nm is 21% in the substrate of the comparative example, whereas the surface is roughened by the method of roughening the substrate according to the first embodiment, and the inverted pyramid. In the substrate 101 having the shape texture structure, it can be suppressed to 12%. Thereby, it turned out that the board
- the short-circuit current density is significantly increased and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved as compared with the photovoltaic device of the comparative example.
- the surface reflection loss of the substrate 101 is successfully achieved. It has been found that the short-circuit current density is greatly increased and contributes to the improvement of photoelectric conversion efficiency.
- the fine opening 103 is uniformly formed by laser processing on the mask film 102 formed on the surface of the substrate 101a, and the fine opening is formed. Since the surface of the substrate 101a in the lower region of the portion 103 is etched, the texture structure having the inverted pyramid-shaped recess 106 can be uniformly and densely formed on the entire surface of the substrate 101a.
- the first etching process isotropic etching using an acid solution is performed to form the first recess 104 as an undercut under the mask film 102. Therefore, the processing time by laser processing on the mask film 102 is reduced. It can be shortened.
- the oxide film 104a formed on the surface of the first recess 104 is removed with a hydrofluoric acid solution to expose the surface 105 of the first recess, thereby eliminating the instability of generation of unevenness. Thus, it is possible to create a situation in which the etching of the first recess 104 with the alkaline solution easily proceeds.
- anisotropic etching with an alkaline solution is performed on the surface 105 of the first recess, so that the inverted pyramid-shaped recess 106 is uniformly formed in the lower region of the fine opening 103. be able to.
- a fine roughening can be easily performed on the surface of the substrate 101a without requiring an expensive apparatus such as lithography and a redundant manufacturing process.
- the substrate can be uniformly formed, and the surface of the substrate exhibiting an excellent reflection suppressing effect can be roughened, and the light reflection suppressing effect can be maximized over the entire surface of the substrate 101a.
- the substrate 101 is roughened by using the substrate roughening method according to the first embodiment.
- a photovoltaic device having good photoelectric conversion efficiency in which surface light reflection loss on the substrate surface on the light incident side is significantly reduced and photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved, is produced. Can do.
- the area of the substrate is reduced, the amount of the raw material of the substrate is reduced, and the photovoltaic device is reduced in size and weight. It is possible to reduce the volume.
- Embodiment 2 When the electrodes are formed by the screen printing method, the printability deteriorates if the surface of the underlying surface is large.
- the surface on the light-receiving surface side of the solar cell substrate has a concavo-convex structure (texture structure) for photobinding, so that there are breaks in the printed film or extremely thin portions.
- the light receiving surface side electrode is generally formed as a thin grid electrode in order to reduce shadow loss. In this case, the uneven structure of the substrate causes disconnection.
- FIG. 10 is a first conductivity type substrate for a solar cell which is a photovoltaic device, and a p-type single crystal whose surface is roughened by the method of roughening a substrate according to the present embodiment.
- 1 is a view showing a silicon substrate 111 (hereinafter referred to as a substrate 111).
- FIG. 10A is a cross-sectional view
- FIG. 10B is a top view. In the cross-sectional view, the upper part is shown as the light receiving surface side, and the top view shows a view seen from the light receiving surface side.
- This substrate 111 has a textured structure in which fine concave portions 106 having an inverted pyramid shape with an average pitch between holes of about 10 ⁇ m are formed substantially uniformly on the substrate surface on the light receiving surface side.
- An n + layer 109 is formed on the terrace portion 107.
- FIGS. 11 to 20 are diagrams for explaining the substrate roughening method and the photovoltaic device manufacturing process according to the second embodiment.
- 11 to 20 (a) is a cross-sectional view and corresponds to (a) of FIG. 11 to 20, (b) is a top view corresponding to FIG. 10 (b).
- the basic configuration of the photovoltaic device according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the photovoltaic device according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- a p-type single crystal silicon substrate 111a (hereinafter referred to as substrate 111a) as shown in FIG. 11 is prepared, and n + layers 109 are formed on the front and back surfaces of the substrate 111a by a first diffusion process.
- the substrate 111a is obtained by slicing a silicon ingot produced by a casting method or a pulling method or the like in the same manner as the substrate 101a with a multi-wire saw, and then cleaning with an organic solvent and removing a damaged layer with an acid or alkali solution.
- a p-type single crystal silicon substrate having a square of 156 mm on one side and a thickness of 180 ⁇ m is used.
- substrate 111a is not limited to this, It can change suitably.
- the substrate 101a was immersed in a 10% by weight sodium hydroxide aqueous solution heated to 80 ° C. and immersed for about 2 minutes.
- the conditions for removing the damaged layer are not limited to these, and it is sufficient that the damaged layer can be removed, and conditions other than those described above may be used.
- the substrate 111a is put into a thermal oxidation furnace and heated in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride (POCl 3 ) vapor to form phosphorous glass on the surface of the substrate 111a, so that phosphorus is contained in the substrate 111a.
- the n + layer 109 which is a first impurity diffusion layer having a first concentration which is a relatively high phosphorus concentration is formed on the surface layer of the substrate 101 by diffusion. The significance of setting a high phosphorus concentration will be described later. Since a p-type silicon substrate is used here, phosphorus of different conductivity type is diffused to form a pn junction.
- n-type silicon substrate when used, p-type impurities may be diffused. Thereafter, the phosphorus glass layer is removed in a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, and the n + layer 109 is exposed on the surface of the substrate 111a as shown in FIG.
- a mask film 102 having etching resistance against etching described later is formed as a protective film on the surface of one surface of the substrate 111a, that is, the surface of the n + layer 109.
- step 13 fine hole processing is performed on the mask film 102 as shown in FIG. That is, a plurality of fine openings 103 are formed in the mask film 102 by laser processing.
- this step 13 is characterized in that the fine opening 103 is not formed in the light receiving surface side electrode formation region 110.
- the laser a laser having a wavelength of 355 nm, which is the third harmonic of the Nd-YAG laser, was used, and as shown in FIG. 14, fine holes with a diameter of 2 ⁇ m were formed into square lattice points with an interval of 10 ⁇ m.
- step 14 isotropic etching is performed as the first etching step, as in step 3 in the first embodiment. That is, the surface of the substrate 111a exposed at the bottom of the fine opening 103 of the mask film 102 is isotropically etched by immersing and etching the substrate 111a in an acid solution using the mask film 102 as an etching mask. Then, the first recess 104 is formed as shown in FIG. At this time, an oxide film 104 a is formed on the surface of the first recess 104. However, this step 14 is characterized in that the first recess 104 is not formed in the light receiving surface side electrode formation region 110. In addition, by this step 14, the n + layer 109 formed on the back surface of the substrate 111a is also removed.
- a hydrofluoric acid nitric acid aqueous solution in which 50% hydrofluoric acid and 69% nitric acid are mixed at a volume ratio of 1: 7 is used as the acid solution of the etching solution.
- the chemical temperature is 10 ° C.
- the etching proceeds substantially isotropically regardless of the crystal plane orientation, and a substantially hemispherical first recess 104 as shown in FIG. 15 is formed.
- This etching characteristic is an important characteristic for forming an undercut under the mask film 102, and is important for reducing the opening area in the mask film 102 by laser processing, in other words, reducing the laser processing time. It is a characteristic.
- the first etching process is terminated when the diameter of the first recess 104 reaches 8 ⁇ m.
- oxide film removal etching is performed as a second etching step. That is, using the mask film 102 as an etching mask, the oxide film 104a is removed by immersing and etching the substrate 111a that has undergone the first etching step in a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, as shown in FIG. The surface 105 of the recess is exposed.
- a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution in which 50% hydrofluoric acid is diluted with water to 20% by volume is used as an etching solution.
- the chemical temperature is room temperature and the treatment time is 30 seconds.
- anisotropic etching is performed as a third etching step. That is, using the mask film 102 as an etching mask, the substrate 111a that has undergone the second etching step is immersed and etched in an alkaline solution, so that the substrate 111a exposed under the fine opening 103 of the mask film 102 is exposed.
- the surface (the surface of the surface 105 of the first recess) is anisotropically etched to form a second recess (inverted pyramid-shaped fine recess) 106 as shown in FIG.
- the second concave portion (inverted pyramid-shaped fine concave portion) 106 is not formed in the light receiving surface side electrode forming region 110.
- An n + layer 109 is formed in the terrace portion 107 and the light receiving surface side electrode formation region 110.
- an alkaline aqueous solution obtained by adding 1% by weight of IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to a 10% by weight aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was used.
- the width of the terrace portion 107 is set to 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the mask film 102 is removed by wet etching as a fourth etching step.
- an etching solution for removing the mask film 102 is obtained by diluting 50% hydrofluoric acid to 20% by volume with pure water.
- the chemical temperature is room temperature and the treatment time is 6 minutes.
- a phosphorus diffusion concentration of the n + layer 109 by the second diffusion treatment to the surface of the substrate 111a, phosphorus than the n + layer 109
- a shallow n + layer 112 which is a second impurity diffusion layer having a low diffusion concentration is formed.
- the substrate 111a is put into a thermal oxidation furnace, and heated in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride (POCl 3 ) vapor to form phosphorus glass on the surface of the substrate 111a, so that phosphorus is contained in the substrate 111a.
- POCl 3 phosphorus oxychloride
- a shallow n + layer 112 is formed on the front surface of the second concave portion (inverted pyramid-shaped fine concave portion) 106 and the back surface of the substrate 111a by diffusion.
- a shallow n + layer is also formed on the terrace portion 107, the n + layer 109 by the first diffusion process has already been formed here, and the change of the phosphorus concentration in the second diffusion process is small.
- the phosphorus glass layer is removed in an aqueous hydrofluoric acid solution to expose the shallow n + layer 112 and the n + layer 109 formed by the first diffusion treatment as shown in FIG.
- the inverted pyramid-shaped fine recess 106 has a fine uneven structure (texture structure) formed substantially uniformly on the substrate surface, and the light-receiving surface side electrode A substrate 111 in which the second concave portion (inverted pyramid-shaped fine concave portion) 106 is not formed in the formation region 110 can be obtained.
- an SiN film is formed as the antireflection film 122 on the shallow n + layer 112 and the n + layer 109 by plasma CVD.
- the film thickness and refractive index of the antireflection film are set to values that most suppress light reflection. Note that two or more layers having different refractive indexes may be stacked. Further, the antireflection film 122 may be formed by a different film formation method such as a sputtering method.
- a paste mixed with silver is printed on the light receiving surface of the substrate 111 in a comb shape by screen printing, and a paste mixed with aluminum is printed on the entire back surface of the substrate 111 by screen printing.
- the texture structure is not formed in the formation area of the light receiving surface electrode, and the base is the n + layer 109.
- a baking process is performed to form the light receiving surface side electrode 123 and the back surface electrode 124. Firing is performed at 760 ° C. in an air atmosphere, for example.
- the shallow n + layer 112 formed on the back surface of the substrate 111 can be ignored by printing and baking a paste mixed with aluminum.
- the photovoltaic device shown in FIG. 9 is manufactured.
- the photovoltaic device of the comparative example manufactured in the first embodiment was used as a comparative example for comparing the power generation characteristics with the photovoltaic device according to the present embodiment.
- the power generation characteristics of the comparative example are also shown in Table 3.
- the short-circuit current density is significantly increased and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved as compared with the photovoltaic device of the comparative example.
- the surface reflection loss of the substrate 101 has been successfully suppressed. It has been found that the short-circuit current density is greatly increased and contributes to the improvement of photoelectric conversion efficiency.
- the texture structure is not formed in the formation region of the light-receiving surface side electrode 123, the electrode formability is good and the electrode cross-sectional area depends on the formation location. Few. Therefore, in the light receiving surface side electrode 123, the conductor resistance does not partially increase, and a good curve factor can be maintained. This can also be confirmed from the results in Table 3.
- the short circuit current density is improved as compared with the photovoltaic device according to the first embodiment.
- a pn junction is necessary to obtain a photovoltaic power.
- the impurity concentration (phosphorus concentration) of the n + layer is too high, recombination of minority carriers is promoted and a loss occurs.
- the short-circuit current density can be improved as in this case by setting the n + layer to the minimum necessary shallow diffusion concentration.
- n + layers are shallow n + layers, another adverse effect occurs. That is, in the formation portion of the light receiving surface side electrode 123, if the diffusion of the n + layer is shallow, the contact resistance increases and the fill factor deteriorates. However, in the photovoltaic device according to the present embodiment, since the n + layer 109 is formed in the light receiving surface side electrode formation region 110, it is a factor for improving the curve factor.
- the fine opening 103 is uniformly formed by laser processing on the mask film 102 formed on the surface of the substrate 111a, and the fine opening is formed. Since the surface of the substrate 111a in the lower region of the portion 103 is etched, a texture structure having the inverted pyramid-shaped fine recesses 106 can be uniformly and densely formed on the entire surface of the substrate 111a.
- the first etching process isotropic etching using an acid solution is performed to form the first recess 104 as an undercut under the mask film 102. Therefore, the processing time by laser processing on the mask film 102 is reduced. It can be shortened.
- the oxide film 104a formed on the surface of the first recess 104 is removed with a hydrofluoric acid solution to expose the surface 105 of the first recess, thereby eliminating the instability of generation of unevenness. Thus, it is possible to create a situation in which the etching of the first recess 104 with the alkaline solution easily proceeds.
- anisotropic etching with an alkaline solution is performed on the surface 105 of the first recess, so that the inverted pyramid-shaped microrecess 106 is uniformly formed in the lower region of the microopening 103. can do.
- the texture structure is not formed in the formation area of the light-receiving surface side electrode 123, the uniformity of the cross-sectional area of the light-receiving surface side electrode 123 is improved, Conductor resistance is reduced, and a good fill factor can be obtained.
- the shallow n + layer 112 is formed on the surface of the second concave portion (inverted pyramid-shaped fine concave portion) 106, the recombination loss of carriers can be reduced and the short-circuit current density can be improved.
- the n + layer 109 is formed in the formation region of the light receiving surface side electrode 123, the contact resistance with the light receiving surface side electrode can be reduced, and a good curve factor can be obtained.
- the substrate roughening method according to the second embodiment fine surface roughening can be easily performed on the surface of the substrate 111a without requiring an expensive apparatus such as lithography and a redundant manufacturing process.
- the substrate can be uniformly formed, and the substrate exhibiting an excellent reflection suppressing effect can be roughened, and the light reflection suppressing effect can be maximized over the entire surface of the substrate 111a.
- the method for producing a substrate roughening method according to the present invention is useful in the case where an uneven structure having an inverted pyramid shape is uniformly formed over a wide area of the substrate in a short time.
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図1は、光起電力装置である太陽電池用の第1導電型の基板であって、本実施の形態にかかる基板の粗面化方法により表面の粗面化が施されたp型単結晶シリコン基板101(以下、基板101と称する)を示す図である。図1の(a)は断面図であり、図1の(b)は上面図である。以下では、基板101の2つの主面のうち、表面の粗面化が施された一主面を受光面側主面、他方を裏面側主面と呼ぶ。また、断面図では上部を受光面側として示し、上面図では受光面側から見た図を示している。この基板101は、穴間平均ピッチが略10μm程度の逆ピラミッド形状の微細凹部106が受光面側の基板表面に略均一に形成されたテクスチャ構造を有している。
スクリーン印刷法により電極を形成する場合、下地の表面の凹凸が大きい場合には印刷性が低下する。特に太陽電池基板の受光面側の表面には、光綴じ込めのための凹凸構造(テクスチャ構造)が存在するため、印刷膜に途切れや、極端に膜厚の薄い箇所が発生する。また、受光面側電極は、影損失を減らすために細いグリッド状の電極を形成するのが一般的であるが、この場合は基板の凹凸構造は、断線を引き起こす原因となる。
101a p型単結晶シリコン基板
102 マスク膜
103 微細開口部
104 第1の凹部
104a 酸化膜
105 第1の凹部の表面
106 第2の凹部(逆ピラミッド形状の微細凹部)
107 テラス部
109 n+層
110 受光面側電極の形成領域
111 表面の粗面化が施されたp型単結晶シリコン基板
111a p型単結晶シリコン基板
112 浅いn+層
121 半導体基板
121a N層
122 反射防止膜
123 受光面側電極
123a グリッド電極
123b バス電極
124 裏面電極
Claims (7)
- 半導体基板の表面に保護膜を形成する第1の工程と、
前記保護膜に開口部を形成する第2の工程と、
前記開口部が形成された前記保護膜をマスクとして、前記半導体基板における前記保護膜が形成された面に対して、等方性エッチングを施して前記開口部の下部およびその近傍領域に第1の凹部を形成する第3の工程と、
前記開口部が形成された前記保護膜をマスクとして、前記半導体基板における前記保護膜が形成された面に対して、エッチングを施して前記第1の凹部の表面に形成された酸化膜を除去する第4の工程と、
前記開口部が形成された前記保護膜をマスクとして、前記半導体基板における前記保護膜が形成された面に対して、異方性エッチングを施して前記開口部の下部およびその近傍領域に第2の凹部を形成する第5の工程と、
前記保護膜を除去する第6の工程と、
を含むことを特徴とする基板の粗面化方法。 - 前記半導体基板が結晶シリコンからなり、
前記第2の工程がレーザー加工を施して前記保護膜に開口を形成する工程であり、
前記第3の工程の等方性エッチングが酸溶液を用いたエッチングであり、
前記第4の工程のエッチング処理がフッ酸水溶液を用いたエッチングであり、
前記第5の工程の異方性エッチングがアルカリ性溶液を用いたエッチングであること、
を特徴とする請求項1に記載の基板の粗面化方法。 - 前記半導体基板は、結晶面方位が<100>である単結晶シリコンからなること、
を特徴とする請求項2に記載の基板の粗面化方法。 - 前記レーザー加工処理において微細孔を正方格子点上に配列すること、
を特徴とする請求項2に記載の基板の粗面化方法。 - 請求項1~4のいずれか1つに記載の基板の粗面化方法により第1導電型の前記半導体基板の一面側を粗面化する粗面化工程と、
前記半導体基板の一面側に、第2導電型の不純物元素を拡散して不純物拡散層を形成する不純物拡散層形成工程と、
前記半導体基板の一面側における電極形成領域および前記半導体基板の他面側に電極を形成する電極形成工程と、
を含むことを特徴とする光起電力装置の製造方法。 - 前記粗面化工程の前に、前記半導体基板の一面側に前記第2導電型の不純物元素を第1の濃度で拡散して第1不純物拡散層を形成する第1不純物拡散層形成工程を有し、
前記第1の工程では、前記第1不純物拡散層上に前記保護膜を形成し、
前記第2の工程では、前記第1不純物拡散層に達する開口部を前記保護膜に形成し、
前記第3の工程では、前記第1不純物拡散層および前記半導体基板をエッチングして前記開口部の下部およびその近傍領域に前記第1の凹部を形成し、
前記不純物拡散層形成工程が、前記第2の凹部の表面に前記第2導電型の不純物元素を前記第1の濃度よりも低い第2の濃度で拡散して第2不純物拡散層を形成する第2不純物拡散層形成工程であること、
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の光起電力装置の製造方法。 - 前記第2の工程において、前記半導体基板の一面側における電極形成領域には前記開口部を形成しないこと、
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の光起電力装置の製造方法。
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