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- the present invention relates to a photovoltaic device.
- a photovoltaic device in which a substantially intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is formed between a crystalline silicon substrate and a doped amorphous silicon layer.
- Patent Document 1 As a means for improving the output characteristics of a photovoltaic device having such a structure, a structure in which oxygen is introduced into the interface portion between the silicon substrate and the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is disclosed (see Patent Document 1).
- an i-type amorphous silicon thin film is provided between the crystalline silicon substrate and the p-type amorphous silicon thin film, and boron (B) is formed at the interface between the crystalline silicon substrate and the i-type amorphous silicon thin film.
- An introduced structure is disclosed (see Patent Document 2).
- the number of recombination centers at the interface between the crystalline silicon substrate and the amorphous silicon layer is further reduced, and It is important to suppress the disappearance of carriers due to bonding as much as possible. In addition, it is required to simultaneously reduce the series resistance component near the interface.
- the present invention includes a crystalline semiconductor substrate and an amorphous semiconductor layer formed on the main surface of the substrate, and the thickness of the interface between the substrate and the amorphous semiconductor layer from the vicinity of the interface with the substrate.
- a photovoltaic device having a p-type dopant density profile that decreases stepwise along the direction.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency in the photovoltaic device can be increased.
- the photovoltaic device 100 includes a substrate 10, a first amorphous layer 12a, a second amorphous layer 12b, a transparent conductive layer 14, and a third amorphous layer.
- the layer 16a, the fourth amorphous layer 16b, the transparent conductive layer 18, the first electrode 20, and the second electrode 22 are configured.
- the structure of the photovoltaic device 100 will be described while showing a method for manufacturing the photovoltaic device 100.
- Table 1 shows examples of conditions for forming each amorphous layer in the photovoltaic device 100. Note that the various film forming conditions used in the present embodiment are examples, and should be appropriately changed and optimized depending on the apparatus to be used. As shown in Table 1, diborane (B 2 H 6 ) and phosphine (PH 3 ) were diluted with hydrogen.
- the substrate 10 is a crystalline semiconductor material.
- the substrate 10 can be an n-type or p-type conductive crystalline semiconductor substrate.
- the substrate 10 absorbs incident light to generate electron and hole carrier pairs by photoelectric conversion.
- an n-type silicon single crystal substrate is used as the substrate 10 will be described.
- the substrate 10 is placed in the film forming tank after cleaning.
- the substrate 10 can be cleaned using a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution (HF aqueous solution) or an RCA cleaning solution. It is also preferable to form a texture structure on the front surface or the back surface of the substrate 10 using an alkaline etching solution such as a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution (KOH aqueous solution).
- the surface of the substrate 10 is one surface of the main surface of the substrate 10, and the back surface of the substrate 10 is a surface opposite to the surface of the substrate 10.
- the surface treatment is performed by simultaneously introducing a p-type dopant-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas in the hydrogen plasma treatment.
- a p-type dopant-containing gas for example, diborane (B 2 H 6 ) is used as the p-type dopant-containing gas.
- carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is used as the oxygen-containing gas.
- boron (B) and oxygen (O) are introduced into the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a.
- the first amorphous layer 12a which is an amorphous semiconductor layer, is formed on the surface of the substrate 10 thus surface-treated.
- the first amorphous layer 12a is an amorphous silicon layer containing hydrogen.
- the first amorphous layer 12a is preferably thin so that light absorption can be suppressed as much as possible, while being thick enough to sufficiently passivate the surface of the substrate 10.
- the film thickness of the first amorphous layer 12a is not less than 1 nm and not more than 25 nm, preferably not less than 5 nm and not more than 10 nm.
- the first amorphous layer 12a can be formed by PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition), Cat-CVD (Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition), sputtering, or the like.
- PECVD any method such as RF plasma CVD, high frequency VHF plasma CVD, or microwave plasma CVD may be used. In this embodiment, a case where an RF plasma CVD method is used will be described.
- hydrogen is supplied as a silicon-containing gas such as silane (SiH 4 ) and a diluent gas, and RF high-frequency power is applied to parallel plate electrodes and the like to form plasma, thereby heating the semiconductor substrate 10.
- the first amorphous layer 12a can be formed by supplying to the film formation surface.
- the substrate temperature during film formation is 150 ° C. or more and 250 ° C. or less, and the RF power density is 1 mW / cm 2 or more and 10 mW / cm 2 or less.
- a p-type dopant-containing gas such as diborane (B 2 H 6 ) and an oxygen-containing gas such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) are added at the initial stage of film formation of the first amorphous layer 12a.
- an oxygen-containing gas such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 )
- the supply amount of the p-type dopant-containing gas is decreased stepwise.
- the supply of the p-type dopant-containing gas is decreased over four stages, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is preferable to reduce the supply stepwise at least once.
- the density of the p-type dopant contained in the first amorphous layer 12a is such that the maximum density in the vicinity of the interface is 1 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 or more and less than 5 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 , and then the staircase is When the density is decreased to 5 ⁇ 10 17 / cm 3 or more and less than 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 , the density of the bottom may be 1 ⁇ 10 17 / cm 3 or more and less than 2 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3. Is preferred.
- the supply amount of the oxygen-containing gas may be changed step by step.
- the supply amount of the oxygen-containing gas is also preferably reduced stepwise at least once. In particular, it is preferable to decrease at the same timing as the supply amount of the p-type dopant-containing gas.
- the density of oxygen contained in the first amorphous layer 12a has a maximum density in the vicinity of the interface of 1 ⁇ 10 21 / cm 3 or more, more preferably 10 times or more and less than 1000 times the p-type dopant density. It is preferable that the density when decreasing stepwise from 1 ⁇ 10 17 / cm 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 21 / cm 3 and the bottom density to be less than 5 ⁇ 10 20 / cm 3 .
- the second amorphous layer 12b is a layer made of an amorphous semiconductor film containing a p-type conductive dopant.
- the second amorphous layer 12b is an amorphous silicon layer containing hydrogen.
- the second amorphous layer 12b has a higher density of p-type dopant in the film than the first amorphous layer 12a.
- the second amorphous layer 12b preferably has a p-type dopant density of 1 ⁇ 10 20 / cm 3 or more.
- the film thickness of the second amorphous layer 12b is preferably thin so as to suppress light absorption as much as possible, while carriers generated in the substrate 10 are effectively separated at the pn junction, and It is preferable to increase the thickness so that the generated carriers are efficiently collected by the transparent conductive layer 14.
- the thickness is preferably 1 nm or more and 10 nm or less.
- the second amorphous layer 12b can be formed by PECVD, Cat-CVD, sputtering, or the like.
- PECVD an RF plasma CVD method can be applied.
- a p-type dopant-containing gas such as diborane (B 2 H 6 ) is added to a silicon-containing gas such as silane (SiH 4 ), diluted with hydrogen, and supplied to a parallel plate electrode or the like.
- the second amorphous layer 12b can be formed by applying RF high frequency power to generate plasma and supplying it to the heated first amorphous layer 12a.
- the substrate temperature during film formation is preferably 150 ° C. or more and 250 ° C. or less, and the RF power density is preferably 1 mW / cm 2 or more and 10 mW / cm 2 or less.
- the surface treatment for the back surface is a hydrogen plasma treatment in which no p-type dopant-containing gas and oxygen-containing gas are introduced.
- a third amorphous layer 16a is formed on the back surface of the substrate 10 that has been subjected to the surface treatment.
- the third amorphous layer 16a is an amorphous silicon layer containing hydrogen.
- the density of the p-type or n-type dopant contained in the third amorphous layer 16a is preferably less than 1 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 .
- a semiconductor layer having a difference in p-type or n-type dopant density of less than 1 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 is used.
- the film thickness of the third amorphous layer 16a is not less than 1 nm and not more than 25 nm, preferably not less than 5 nm and not more than 10 nm, like the first amorphous layer 12a.
- the third amorphous layer 16a can be formed by PECVD, Cat-CVD, sputtering, or the like.
- PECVD an RF plasma CVD method can be applied.
- a silicon-containing gas such as silane (SiH 4 ) is diluted with hydrogen and supplied, and RF high frequency power is applied to a parallel plate electrode or the like to form plasma, thereby heating the heated substrate 10.
- the third amorphous layer 16a can be formed by supplying the film formation surface.
- the fourth amorphous layer 16b is a layer made of an amorphous semiconductor film containing an n-type conductive dopant.
- the fourth amorphous layer 16b is an amorphous silicon layer containing hydrogen.
- the fourth amorphous layer 16b has a higher n-type dopant density than the third amorphous layer 16a.
- the fourth amorphous layer 16b preferably has an n-type dopant density of 1 ⁇ 10 20 / cm 3 or more.
- the film thickness of the fourth amorphous layer 16b is preferably thin so that light absorption can be suppressed as much as possible.
- carriers generated in the substrate 10 are effectively prevented by a BSF (Back Surface Field) structure. It is preferable to increase the thickness of the generated carriers so as to be efficiently collected by the transparent conductive layer 18 while being separated.
- the thickness is preferably 1 nm or more and 10 nm or less.
- the fourth amorphous layer 16b can also be formed by PECVD, Cat-CVD, sputtering, or the like.
- PECVD an RF plasma CVD method can be applied.
- a silicon-containing gas such as silane (SiH 4 ) and an n-type dopant-containing gas such as phosphine (PH 3 ) are diluted with hydrogen and supplied, and RF high frequency power is supplied to parallel plate electrodes and the like.
- the fourth amorphous layer 16b can be formed by applying the plasma and supplying the plasma onto the third amorphous layer 16a of the heated substrate 10.
- the substrate temperature during film formation is preferably 150 ° C. or more and 250 ° C. or less, and the RF power density is preferably 1 mW / cm 2 or more and 10 mW / cm 2 or less.
- the front surface side of the substrate 10 is a light receiving surface (a surface on which light is mainly introduced from outside) or the back surface side is a light receiving surface.
- the first amorphous layer 12a and the second amorphous layer 12b on the front surface side are formed, and then the third amorphous layer 16a and the fourth amorphous layer 16b on the back surface side are formed.
- the formation order of these is also arbitrary.
- the transparent conductive layers 14 and 18 are formed on the second amorphous layer 12b and the fourth amorphous layer 16b, respectively.
- the transparent conductive layers 14 and 18 are made of, for example, a metal oxide such as indium oxide (In 2 O 3 ), zinc oxide (ZnO), tin oxide (SnO 2 ), or titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) having a polycrystalline structure. These metal oxides are composed of at least one, and tin (Sn), zinc (Zn), tungsten (W), antimony (Sb), titanium (Ti), cerium (Ce), gallium (Ga). Or the like.
- the transparent conductive layers 14 and 18 can be formed by a thin film forming method such as vapor deposition, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), or sputtering. Although the film thickness of the transparent conductive layers 14 and 18 can be suitably adjusted with the refractive index of the transparent conductive layers 14 and 18, in this embodiment, they were 70 nm or more and 100 nm or less.
- PECVD plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
- the first electrode 20 and the second electrode 22 are formed on the transparent conductive layers 14 and 18, respectively. It is preferable that the first electrode 20 and the second electrode 22 have a comb-like finger electrode structure.
- the first electrode 20 and the second electrode 22 can be formed by a screen printing method, a plating method, or the like.
- the first electrode 20 and the second electrode 22 are formed by applying a silver paste or the like to a thickness of about several tens of ⁇ m.
- FIG. 3 shows the density profile of boron (B) and oxygen (O) in the depth direction from the second amorphous layer 12b and the first amorphous layer 12a toward the substrate 10.
- the density profile of boron decreases stepwise from the vicinity of the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a toward the film thickness direction of the first amorphous layer 12a. is doing.
- the boron density is 1 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 or more and 5 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 or less.
- it has the area
- a stepwise boron density profile is shown along the film thickness direction with the region B as a boundary.
- the film thickness range of the region B is preferably 2 nm or more and 5 nm or less.
- the boron density in the region B is preferably 5 ⁇ 10 17 / cm 3 or more and less than 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 .
- diborane (B 2 H 6 ) is supplied in the surface treatment stage before starting the film formation of the first amorphous layer 12a.
- a supplying diborane (B 2 H 6) at the stage of surface treatment, while stepwise reducing diborane (B 2 H 6) at the time of forming the first amorphous layer 12a supplies It depends.
- diborane (B 2 H 6 ) is supplied while being decreased stepwise during the formation of the first amorphous layer 12a.
- the oxygen density profile is the same as that of the first amorphous layer 12a.
- the density decreases stepwise from the vicinity of the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a toward the film thickness direction.
- the oxygen density is not less than 10 times and not more than 1000 times the boron density.
- the density profile of boron and oxygen in the film thickness direction may have at least one step-like change region, and may further have two or more step-like change regions.
- the density of each element in the semiconductor film can be measured by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) or the like.
- SIMS secondary ion mass spectrometry
- the density of each element in the film may be measured by a method that does not reduce the resolution in the film thickness direction due to the texture.
- the photovoltaic device having the first amorphous layer 12a having a boron density profile whose density decreases stepwise from the interface with the substrate 10 in the film thickness direction was taken as an example. That is, a boron density peak exists at the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a, and the boron density in the first amorphous layer 12a is lower than that at the interface. Thus, a boron density profile in which one region where the density decreases stepwise exists.
- the density profile is a measurement result under conditions of no texture, no transparent conductive layers 14 and 18, no first electrode 20 and no second electrode.
- Example 1 in the surface treatment of the substrate 10 before the first amorphous layer 12a is formed, the flow ratio of hydrogen to diborane (B 2 H 6 ) is set to 1: 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 for 3 minutes. Processing time was provided. Thereafter, the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide is set to 100: 2.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 to 0, and the initial layer of the first amorphous layer 12a is formed to 2 to 5 nm. Filmed. Thereafter, the first amorphous layer 12a was formed with the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide being 100 to 0 to 0.
- the density of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a thus formed is measured by SIMS, the maximum density near the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a (region A in FIG. 3) is 4 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 , and the density of the stepped portion (region B in FIG. 3) was 5 ⁇ 10 17 / cm 3 .
- Example 2 after performing the surface treatment under the same conditions as in Example 1, the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ) and carbon dioxide was set to 100: 2.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 to 0.
- the initial layer of the first amorphous layer 12a was formed to 2 to 5 nm.
- the film formation of the first amorphous layer 12a was continued with the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide set to 100 to 0 to 0.
- the density of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a thus formed is measured by SIMS, the maximum density near the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a (region A in FIG. 3) is Similar to Example 1, the density was 4 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 , and the density of the stepped portion (region B in FIG. 3) was 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 .
- Example 3 after performing the surface treatment under the same conditions as in Example 1, the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ) and carbon dioxide was set to 100: 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 to 0.
- the initial layer of the first amorphous layer 12a was formed to 2 to 5 nm.
- the film formation of the first amorphous layer 12a was continued with the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide set to 100 to 0 to 0.
- the density of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a thus formed is measured by SIMS, the maximum density near the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a (region A in FIG. 3) is Similarly 4 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 becomes as in example 1, the density of the stepped portion (a region of FIG. 3 B) became 2 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3.
- Example 4 after performing the surface treatment under the same conditions as in Example 1, the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide was 100: 2.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 : 5.
- the initial layer of the first amorphous layer 12a was formed to 2 to 5 nm. Thereafter, the film formation of the first amorphous layer 12a was continued with the flow ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide set to 100: 0: 5.
- the density of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a thus formed is measured by SIMS, the maximum density near the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a (region A in FIG.
- Example 3 is Similar to Example 1, the density was 4 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 , and the density of the stepped portion (region B in FIG. 3) was 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 . Further, in this example, the oxygen density was 2 ⁇ 10 20 / cm 3 over the entire first amorphous layer 12a.
- Example 5 after performing the surface treatment under the same conditions as in Example 1, the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide was 100: 2.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 : 5.
- the initial layer of the first amorphous layer 12a was formed to 2 to 5 nm. Thereafter, the film formation of the first amorphous layer 12a was continued with the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide set to 100 to 0 to 0.
- the density of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a thus formed is measured by SIMS, the maximum density near the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a (region A in FIG.
- Example 3 is Similar to Example 1, the density was 4 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 , and the density of the stepped portion (region B in FIG. 3) was 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 . Furthermore, in this example, the oxygen density was 2 ⁇ 10 20 / cm 3 in the vicinity of the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a (region A in FIG. 3).
- Comparative Example 1 after surface treatment under the same conditions as in Example 1, the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide was set to 100: 0 to 0, and the first amorphous The initial layer of the quality layer 12a was formed to 2 to 5 nm. Thereafter, the film formation of the first amorphous layer 12a was continued with the flow rate ratio of silane (SiH 4 ), diborane (B 2 H 6 ), and carbon dioxide set to 100 to 0 to 0.
- the density of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a formed thereby is measured by SIMS, the density of boron decreases monotonously from the vicinity of the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a, and is stepped. It did not become the profile that becomes a part of.
- the boron density in the first amorphous layer 12a thus formed is measured by SIMS, the boron density is determined by the first amorphous layer excluding the vicinity of the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a. It was 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 in almost all layers of 12a.
- the density of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a formed thereby is measured by SIMS, the density of boron is the first amorphous layer including the vicinity of the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a. It was 4 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 in almost all layers of 12a.
- Table 3 shows the output characteristics of the photovoltaic devices of Examples and Comparative Examples.
- the measurement data are the open circuit voltage (Voc), the short circuit current (Isc), the fill factor (FF), and the output (Pmax).
- Table 2 shows values normalized by setting each value of Comparative Example 1 to 1.
- the measurement result is a result of measurement after forming the texture, the transparent conductive layers 14 and 18, the first electrode 20 and the second electrode to form the device.
- Examples 1 to 5 show improvement in fill factor (FF) and output (Pmax).
- the difference between the comparative examples 1 to 3 and the examples 1 to 5 is that the density distribution of boron in the first amorphous layer 12a has a stepped portion (region B in FIG. 3). From this, it was confirmed that the photoelectric conversion efficiency in the photovoltaic device is increased by providing a stepped portion (region B in FIG. 3) in the boron density distribution in the first amorphous layer 12a.
- the initial growth layer of the first amorphous layer 12a is greatly disturbed in structure and has a low conductivity.
- introducing boron has the effect of improving electrical conductivity by acting as an acceptor, but increases the number of recombination centers.
- the conductivity can be improved while suppressing an increase in recombination centers, and the power generation efficiency can be improved.
- the power generation efficiency can be improved more effectively by controlling the boron density when decreasing stepwise from the vicinity of the interface to a range of 5 ⁇ 10 17 / cm 3 or more and less than 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 .
- the power generation efficiency can be further increased by introducing high-density oxygen into the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a. This is presumably because defects introduced by boron addition are inactivated by introducing high-density oxygen into the interface between the substrate 10 and the first amorphous layer 12a.
- the resistance value of the first amorphous layer 12a increases as the oxygen density increases. Therefore, it is speculated that by making the oxygen density in the high-density oxygen region 10 times or more and less than 1000 times the boron density, conductivity can be improved while defect generation is suppressed, and power generation efficiency can be increased. .
- the oxygen density profile is preferably stepped in accordance with the boron density profile.
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- 結晶系半導体の基板と、
前記基板の主面上に形成された非晶質半導体層と、
を備え、
前記非晶質半導体層は、前記基板と前記非晶質半導体層との界面近傍から膜厚方向に沿って階段状に減少するp型ドーパント密度プロファイルを有する、光起電力装置。 - 請求項1に記載の光起電力装置であって、
前記基板と前記非晶質半導体層との界面近傍の2nm以内の領域におけるp型ドーパント密度は1×1018/cm3以上5×1019/cm3以下である、光起電力装置。 - 請求項1に記載の光起電力装置であって、
前記基板と前記非晶質半導体層との界面近傍の2nm以内の領域における酸素密度は1×1019/cm3以上である、光起電力装置。 - 請求項1に記載の光起電力装置であって、
前記非晶質半導体層は、前記基板と前記非晶質半導体層との界面近傍から膜厚方向に沿って階段状に減少する酸素密度プロファイルを有する、光起電力装置。 - 請求項3及び4に記載の光起電力装置であって、
前記基板と前記非晶質半導体層との界面近傍の2nm以内の領域における酸素密度はp型ドーパント密度の10倍以上1000倍未満である、光起電力装置。 - 請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の光起電力装置であって、
p型ドーパント密度プロファイルの前記階段状部分の膜厚範囲は2nm以上5nm以下である、光起電力装置。 - 請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の光起電力装置であって、
p型ドーパント密度プロファイルの前記階段状部分のp型ドーパント密度は5×1017/cm3以上5×1018/cm3未満である、光起電力装置。
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