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- the present invention relates to a silicon solar cell, and more particularly to a silicon solar cell comprising a carbon nanotube layer located on at least one of the front and rear surfaces of the p-n junction silicon substrate.
- a solar cell is a semiconductor device that directly converts solar energy into electrical energy using a photovoltaic effect, the basic structure of which is shown in FIG. 1.
- a solar cell has a junction structure of a p-type semiconductor 110 and an n-type semiconductor 120 like a diode, and when light L is incident on the solar cell, the solar cell forms a semiconductor of the light and the solar cell.
- the interaction with the material causes the negatively charged electrons and electrons to escape, creating positively charged holes, and as they move, current flows. This is called a photovoltaic effect.
- the electrons are attracted toward the n-type semiconductor 120 and the holes are attracted to the p-type semiconductor 110 by the electric field formed at the pn junction 115, respectively, and the n-type semiconductor 120 and the p-type semiconductor, respectively.
- the electrode 140 moves to the electrodes 140 and 130 bonded to the 110, and current flows through the external circuit 150 connected to the electrodes 140 and 130.
- the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a silicon solar cell with improved photoelectric conversion efficiency by the introduction of a carbon nanotube layer.
- an aspect of the present invention provides a pn junction silicon substrate including a p-type silicon layer and an n-type silicon layer, a carbon nanotube layer located on the front or rear surface of the silicon substrate, and the carbon nanotube layer.
- a silicon solar cell comprising a first electrode located on a surface of a silicon substrate that is not located.
- the silicon solar cell may further include a second electrode positioned on the carbon nanotube layer.
- the surface of the silicon substrate on which the carbon nanotube layer is located may have an uneven structure.
- Another aspect of the present invention to achieve the above technical problem is a silicon aspect comprising a pn junction silicon substrate comprising a p-type silicon layer and an n-type silicon layer, and carbon nanotube layers located on the front and rear surfaces of the silicon substrate Provide a battery.
- the silicon solar cell may further include an electrode disposed on at least one carbon nanotube layer among carbon nanotube layers positioned on the front and rear surfaces of the silicon substrate.
- At least one of the front and rear surfaces of the silicon substrate may have an uneven structure.
- the carbon nanotube layer may be formed on the surface of the p-n junction silicon substrate to increase the intensity of the electric field applied to the device, thereby reducing the recombination rate or recombination rate of the electrons and holes.
- a new p-n junction may be induced, thereby obtaining a multi-exciton generation (MEG) effect.
- the carbon nanotube layer when the carbon nanotube layer is located on the p-type silicon layer, the carbon nanotube layer itself has an advantage that the back field (BSF) effect can be obtained. Therefore, the efficiency of the silicon solar cell can be increased by introducing a carbon nanotube layer.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the basic structure of a solar cell.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a silicon solar cell in which a carbon nanotube layer is located on the front surface of a p-n junction silicon substrate.
- FIG 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a silicon solar cell in which a carbon nanotube layer is located on a rear surface of a p-n junction silicon substrate.
- FIG 4 is a schematic view showing a carbon nanotube layer located on a surface of a silicon substrate having a flat structure (a) or an uneven structure (b).
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a silicon solar cell in which a carbon nanotube layer is positioned on the front and rear surfaces of a silicon substrate.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a silicon solar cell not including a carbon nanotube layer prepared according to Comparative Example 1.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a silicon solar cell not including a carbon nanotube layer prepared according to Comparative Example 1.
- 8 to 10 are graphs showing photoelectric conversion efficiency of silicon solar cells including carbon nanotube layers prepared according to Preparation Examples 1 to 3, respectively.
- 11 and 12 are cross-sectional views illustrating silicon solar cells manufactured according to Preparation Example 4 and Preparation Example 5, respectively.
- FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a silicon solar cell manufactured according to Comparative Example 2.
- FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing a silicon solar cell manufactured according to Preparation Example 6.
- 16 is a graph showing the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the silicon solar cell prepared according to Preparation Example 6.
- a silicon solar cell includes a pn junction silicon substrate including a p-type silicon layer and an n-type silicon layer, a carbon nanotube layer positioned on the front or rear surface of the silicon substrate, and the carbon nanotube layer. And a first electrode located on the surface of the silicon substrate, which is not located, and a second electrode located on the carbon nanotube layer. However, the second electrode positioned on the carbon nanotube layer may be omitted.
- the silicon solar cell may have an uneven structure on the surface of the silicon substrate on which the carbon nanotube layer is located.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a silicon solar cell in which a carbon nanotube layer is located on the front surface of a p-n junction silicon substrate.
- the silicon solar cell includes a pn junction silicon substrate 100 including a p-type silicon layer 110 and an n-type silicon layer 120, and a front surface 122 of the silicon substrate 100. on the surface of the n-type silicon layer), the carbon nanotube layer 220, the rear electrode 130 and the carbon nanotube layer 220 located on the back surface 112 of the silicon substrate 100 It includes a front electrode 140 located. However, the front electrode 140 may be omitted.
- FIG 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a silicon solar cell in which a carbon nanotube layer is located on a rear surface of a p-n junction silicon substrate.
- the silicon solar cell includes a pn junction silicon substrate 100 including a p-type silicon layer 110 and an n-type silicon layer 120, and a back surface 112 of the silicon substrate 100 (ie, on the carbon nanotube layer 210 located on the surface of the p-type silicon layer, on the front electrode 140 and the carbon nanotube layer 210 located on the front surface 122 of the silicon substrate 100. It includes a rear electrode 130 located. However, the back electrode 130 may be omitted.
- the pn junction silicon substrate 100 is a substrate on which the pn junction 115 of the p-type silicon layer 110 and the n-type silicon layer 120 is formed. It plays a role of generating electric current by power effect.
- the p-type silicon layer 110 may be, for example, a silicon layer doped with group III elements such as B, Ga, and In
- the n-type silicon layer 120 may be, for example, P, As, Sb. It may be a silicon layer doped with Group 5 elements, such as.
- the p-n bonded silicon substrate 100 may be formed by applying an n-type dopant of a Group 5 element to a p-type silicon substrate and then heat-treating the n-type dopant to the p-type silicon substrate. On the other hand, it may be formed by ion doping using plasma or by stacking a p-type emitter silicon layer on an n-type silicon substrate.
- the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the thicknesses of the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 positioned on the front surface 122 or the rear surface 112 of the pn junction silicon substrate 100 are not particularly limited, solar light may be formed on the surface of the silicon substrate 100.
- the carbon nanotube layer 220 positioned on the incident front surface 122 it may be preferably formed to a thickness of about 200nm or less. This is because when the thickness of the carbon nanotube layer 220 positioned on the front surface 122 of the silicon substrate 100 exceeds 200 nm, it may partially block sunlight from entering the silicon substrate 100.
- the carbon nanotubes forming the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 are not particularly limited, and may include carbon nanotubes known in the art such as single-walled carbon nanotubes and multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
- the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 may be formed using a spray method, a screen printing method using a paste, or the like. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 may be formed using a spray method.
- the spray method is to disperse the carbon nanotubes in a solvent such as ethanol to prepare a dispersion solution, spray the dispersion solution on the silicon substrate 100, and then a simple heat treatment (for example, at about 80 °C) Heat treatment) has the advantage of easily forming the carbon nanotube layer (220, 210).
- the strength of the electric field applied to the device may be increased, thereby reducing the recombination rate or recombination rate of electrons and holes.
- Photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved.
- carbon nanotubes generally have the characteristics of a p-type semiconductor, when the carbon nanotube layer is located on an n-type silicon layer, it may induce formation of a new pn junction, thereby generating multiple exciton generation (MEG). The effect can be obtained.
- the back surface field (BSF) effect can be obtained by the carbon nanotube layer itself. There is an advantage that can omit the process of forming the backside electric field by high temperature heat treatment (to be described later).
- the surface of the silicon substrate 100 on which the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 are positioned may have an uneven structure.
- FIG 4 is a schematic view showing a carbon nanotube layer located on a surface of a silicon substrate having a flat structure (a) or an uneven structure (b).
- the carbon is arranged close to the vertical direction with respect to the pn junction surface in the silicon substrate 100.
- the amount of nanotubes 200 may be increased.
- the intensity of the electric field applied to the device can be further increased, thereby contributing to the improvement of the photoelectric conversion efficiency.
- the texturing process for forming the uneven structure is not particularly limited, and wet etching using a base or an acid solution or dry etching using a plasma may be used.
- the vertical direction of the carbon nanotubes included in the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 may be increased by using a rubbing method such as rubbing the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 with a rubbing roller.
- the front electrode 140 may include a metal such as Au, Ag, Pd / Ag, Ti / Au, or the like.
- the front electrode 140 may be formed by, for example, applying an electrode forming paste containing Ag or Au according to a predetermined pattern and then performing heat treatment, or using the patterned chrome mask as the front electrode.
- Metal, for example, Ti / Au may be formed by vapor deposition by sputtering.
- the front electrode 140 may be omitted, in which case the carbon nano having excellent light transmittance and electrical conductivity
- the tube layer 220 may take the role of the front electrode 140.
- the back electrode 130 may include, for example, one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Cu, W, Fe, Al, C, Ag, Ni, Ti, and TiN.
- the back electrode 130 may use an aluminum electrode. This is because the aluminum electrode not only has excellent conductivity but also has good affinity with silicon, so that the aluminum electrode is well bonded.
- the aluminum electrode may form a P + layer, that is, a back surface field (BSF, not shown), at a junction surface with the back surface 112 of the silicon substrate 100 through a high temperature heat treatment process as a trivalent element. have.
- BSF back surface field
- the rear electric field prevents electrons excited by sunlight from inside the silicon substrate 100 to move to the rear side and recombine, thereby reducing leakage current and increasing solar cell efficiency.
- the back electrode 130 may be formed by applying an electrode forming paste including a metal such as aluminum according to a predetermined pattern and then performing heat treatment.
- the rear electrode 130 may be omitted. In this case, the carbon nanotube layer 210 as described above. By itself, the effect of the rear field can be obtained.
- a silicon solar cell includes a pn junction silicon substrate including a p-type silicon layer and an n-type silicon layer, a carbon nanotube layer positioned on the front and rear surfaces of the silicon substrate, and the front and rear surfaces. It includes an electrode located on the carbon nanotube layer positioned on. However, at least one of the electrodes positioned on the carbon nanotube layer may be omitted.
- the silicon solar cell may have a concave-convex structure on at least one surface of the front and rear of the silicon substrate.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a silicon solar cell in which a carbon nanotube layer is positioned on the front and rear surfaces of a silicon substrate.
- a silicon solar cell includes a pn junction silicon substrate 100 including a p-type silicon layer 110 and an n-type silicon layer 120, a front surface 122 and a rear surface of the silicon substrate 100 ( Carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 positioned on 112, and a front electrode 140 and a rear electrode 130 positioned on the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 are included. However, at least one of the front electrode 140 and the rear electrode 130 positioned on the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 may be omitted.
- Each configuration and manufacturing method of the silicon solar cell illustrated in FIG. 5 is except that the carbon nanotube layers 220 and 210 are formed on both the front surface 122 and the rear surface 112 of the silicon substrate 100. 2 and 3 are the same as described above.
- At least one of the front surface 122 and the rear surface 112 of the silicon substrate 100 may have a concave-convex structure, and with reference to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. .
- p-type silicon wafer manufactured by Siltron, resistivity: 1 to 5 ⁇ m, thickness: 500 ⁇ 5 ⁇ m, doping density: 4.5 x 10 16 ion / cm 3 , Orientation: 100
- the standard RCA cleaning process includes SC1 (Standard Clean-1) and SC2 (Standard Clean-2) processes.
- SC1 Standard Clean-1
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- 4 OH: H 2 O 2 : DI-water 1: 1: 5 with a cleaning solution for 5 minutes at 70 °C to remove the metal and organic residue on the wafer cone
- SPM surfuric acid peroxide mixture or piraha solution
- a back electrode including Al was formed to a thickness of 200 nm on the rear surface of the pn junction silicon substrate (the surface of the p-type silicon layer) by using a sputtering method, and an RTA process using a halogen lamp ( Run at 850 ° C.) to form a BSF layer.
- a silicon solar cell was manufactured in the same manner as in Preparation Example 1, except that the carbon nanotube layer was formed on the rear surface of the p-n junction silicon substrate (the surface of the p-type silicon layer).
- a silicon solar cell was manufactured in the same manner as in Preparation Example 1, except that the carbon nanotube layer was formed on both surfaces (front and back) of the p-n junction silicon substrate.
- a silicon solar cell was manufactured in the same manner as in Preparation Example 1, except that no carbon nanotube layer was formed (FIG. 6).
- dark current is a current measured in the absence of light, and current on the light is close to natural light using a Xen lamp. Measured by configuring the light source in the state.
- the light intensity of the xenon lamp is 4 mW / cm 2
- the AM (air mass) is 1.5.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the silicon solar cell may be improved, and in particular, the carbon nanotubes are formed on both sides of the pn junction silicon substrate. It can be seen that the highest efficiency can be obtained when a layer is introduced (Production Example 3).
- p-type silicon wafer (resistance: 1 to 10 ⁇ m, thickness: 500 ⁇ m, doping density: 2.5 x 10 15 ion / cm 3 Orientation: 100) was prepared, and then soaked for 10 seconds in a 50% HF solution for removal of the native oxide film on the wafer. After adding 4M KOH solution and isopropyl alcohol (isopropylalcohol, IPA) to the etchant in a volume ratio of 14: 1, the wafer was added to the etchant, and anisotropic wet etching was performed at 80 ° C. for 10 minutes to perform p-type silicon. The uneven structure was formed on the surface of the wafer.
- isopropyl alcohol isopropylalcohol, IPA
- a silicon solar cell was manufactured in the same manner as in Preparation Example 4, except that the carbon nanotube layer was not formed (FIG. 13).
- Preparation Example 4 and Preparation Example 5 can be seen that the current density and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is significantly improved compared to Comparative Example 2.
- the light absorption rate can be increased by the uneven structure formed on the surface of the p-n bonded silicon substrate, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency can be further increased by forming a carbon nanotube layer on the uneven structure.
- a silicon solar cell was manufactured in the same manner as in Preparation Example 5, except that the back electrode was not formed (FIG. 15).
- the efficiency of the silicon solar cell including the carbon nanotube layer prepared according to Preparation Example 6 but not including the back electrode is shown in FIG. 16 and Table 3 below.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency of Preparation Example 6 shows a value close to about 90% of the photoelectric conversion efficiency of Preparation Example 5. That is, in the case of forming the carbon nanotube layer on the back surface (the surface of the p-type silicon layer) of the pn junction silicon substrate, the high temperature heat treatment process (ie, RTA process) for forming the back electrode and the back electric field is omitted. It can be seen that even in the case of high photoelectric conversion efficiency. This is because the carbon nanotubes formed on the rear surface play a role of the rear electrode, and the carbon nanotube layer itself may obtain the rear field effect.
- the high temperature heat treatment process ie, RTA process
- p-n junction silicon substrate 110 p-type silicon layer
- n-type silicon layer 122 the front
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비교예 1 | 제조예 1 | 제조예 2 | 제조예 3 | |
전압(V) | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.47 |
전류밀도(mA/cm2) | 35.1 | 87.1 | 39.9 | 109 |
충전인자(FF) | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.45 |
광전변환효율(Eff)(%) | 5.25 | 15.56 | 8.24 | 20.53 |
비교예 2 | 제조예 4 | 제조예 5 | |
전압(V) | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.53 |
전류밀도(mA/cm2) | 49.01 | 74.43 | 105.44 |
충전인자(FF) | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.72 |
광전변환효율(Eff)(%) | 9.29 | 15.13 | 22.73 |
제조예 6 | |
전압(V) | 0.51 |
전류밀도(mA/cm2) | 86.21 |
충전인자(FF) | 0.73 |
광전변환효율(Eff)(%) | 20.45 |
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- p형 실리콘층과 n형 실리콘층을 포함하는 p-n 접합 실리콘 기판;상기 실리콘 기판의 전면 또는 후면 상에 위치하는 탄소나노튜브층; 및상기 탄소나노튜브층이 위치하지 않는 실리콘 기판의 표면 상에 위치하는 제1 전극을 포함하는 실리콘 태양전지.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 탄소나노튜브층 상에 위치하는 제2 전극을 더 포함하는 실리콘 태양전지.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 탄소나노튜브층이 위치하는 실리콘 기판의 표면은 요철 구조를 갖는 실리콘 태양전지.
- p형 실리콘층과 n형 실리콘층을 포함하는 p-n 접합 실리콘 기판; 및상기 실리콘 기판의 전면 및 후면 상에 위치하는 탄소나노튜브층을 포함하는 실리콘 태양전지.
- 제4항에 있어서,상기 실리콘 기판의 전면 및 후면 상에 위치하는 탄소나노튜브층 중 적어도 하나의 탄소나노튜브층 상에 위치하는 전극을 더 포함하는 실리콘 태양전지.
- 제4항에 있어서,상기 실리콘 기판의 전면 및 후면 중 적어도 한 면은 요철 구조를 갖는 실리콘 태양전지.
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