WO2014208353A1 - 太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法および太陽光発電装置用基板の製造装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a substrate for a solar power generation device and an apparatus for manufacturing a substrate for a solar power generation device.
- One of the methods for improving the power generation efficiency is a method of forming a concavo-convex structure on the surface of the silicon substrate of the solar power generation device in order to efficiently absorb more sunlight.
- This concavo-convex structure called texture is a general term for micro concavo-convex formed on the surface of a silicon substrate.
- a silicon substrate is immersed in a high-temperature chemical solution (wet etching solution) in which an organic substance such as IPA is added as an additive to an alkaline aqueous solution such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, and the surface orientation of silicon
- wet etching solution a high-temperature chemical solution
- an organic substance such as IPA
- alkaline aqueous solution such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide
- chips and abrasives generated by cutting the wire adhere to the substrate. Such chips and abrasives are washed away after slicing. Further, the processing strain due to the slice called a damage layer is generated on the surface layer of the sliced substrate up to a depth of about 5 ⁇ m. If this damaged layer remains in the photovoltaic power generation device, recombination of electrons is promoted in the damaged layer, and the characteristics of the photovoltaic power generation device are deteriorated. For this reason, a damaged layer removing step is generally required.
- a step of etching the substrate surface using an alkaline solution, a mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid, or the like and shaving the substrate surface is required.
- organic impurities and metal impurities, which are contaminants remaining on the substrate surface are removed together with the peeling of the natural oxide film.
- Patent Document 1 a chemical oxide film is formed on the active silicon substrate surface from which the damaged layer has been removed to protect the active silicon substrate surface, thereby suppressing adhesion of organic impurities and metal impurities as contaminants. It is supposed to be possible. Since the silicon substrate after removal of the damaged layer can be left in the atmosphere for a long time, it can be carried out without worrying about storage of texture formation in the next process.
- a damage layer removing device and a texture forming device are required, and at least two processing devices are required.
- a drying process or the like is necessary for processing of any apparatus, and the process becomes redundant.
- Patent Document 1 organic impurities and metal impurities adhere from the atmosphere on the oxide film formed on the surface of the silicon substrate, but the problem is because the impurities are removed together with the oxide film in the next texture formation process. It is said that there is no.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above, and a textured structure is uniformly and inexpensively formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate to manufacture a high-quality substrate for a solar power generation device with low light reflectance on the surface at a low cost. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a method for manufacturing a substrate for a solar power generation device and a device for manufacturing a substrate for a solar power generation device.
- a method for manufacturing a substrate for a photovoltaic power generation apparatus includes subjecting a surface of a semiconductor substrate to surface treatment after slicing a semiconductor ingot and cutting the semiconductor substrate.
- a method for manufacturing a substrate for a photovoltaic power generation apparatus that forms a texture structure by performing a cleaning step of cleaning and removing organic impurities and metal impurities attached to the surface of the semiconductor substrate with a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent, Performed continuously after the cleaning step, and anisotropically etching the surface of the semiconductor substrate with an alkaline aqueous solution to remove a damaged layer on the substrate surface caused by the slicing, and the texture structure on the surface of the semiconductor substrate And an etching process to be formed.
- the present invention it is possible to form a texture structure uniformly and inexpensively on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and to produce a high-quality solar power generation device substrate having low light reflectance on the surface at low cost.
- FIG. 1 is principal part sectional drawing of the solar power generation device produced using the board
- FIG. 2 is a top view of a solar power generation device manufactured using the solar power generation device substrate formed by the method for manufacturing a solar power generation device substrate according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an electron micrograph of the etched surface when the texture is satisfactorily formed by cleaning the silicon substrate before texture formation.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing an electron micrograph of the etched surface in the case where the silicon substrate is not cleaned before texture formation and a texture formation failure occurs.
- FIG. 1 is principal part sectional drawing of the solar power generation device produced using the board
- FIG. 2 is a top view of a solar power generation device manufactured using the solar power generation device substrate formed by the method for manufacturing a solar power generation device substrate according
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the method for manufacturing the substrate for the solar power generation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a solar power generation apparatus substrate manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a solar power generation apparatus substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a characteristic diagram showing measurement results of light reflectance when texture formation is performed on a P-type single crystal silicon substrate cleaned with a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent.
- FIG. 8 is a characteristic diagram showing the defect occurrence rate (%) in the texture formation process when texture formation is performed on a P-type single crystal silicon substrate cleaned using a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent.
- FIG. 9 is a characteristic diagram showing the total amount of organic impurities remaining on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate after cleaning the substrate at the cleaning temperature with the cleaning liquid containing the oxidizing agent.
- Embodiment is a method for cleaning organic impurities and metal impurities, which are contaminants that adhere to the surface of a silicon substrate containing single crystal silicon and inhibit texture formation on the surface of the silicon substrate, and silicon by wet etching.
- the present invention relates to the formation of a texture on the surface of a substrate.
- FIG. 1 and 2 are diagrams showing a solar power generation device manufactured using a solar power generation device substrate formed by the method for manufacturing a solar power generation device substrate according to the present embodiment. Is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the photovoltaic power generation apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a top view of the photovoltaic power generation apparatus.
- 1 and 2 includes a single crystal silicon substrate 11 having an N-type impurity diffusion layer 11a on the surface layer of a P-type single crystal silicon substrate, and a light-receiving surface side surface of the single crystal silicon substrate 11 ( An antireflection film 12 formed on the surface), a light receiving surface side electrode 13 formed on the light receiving surface side surface (front surface) of the single crystal silicon substrate 11, and a surface opposite to the light receiving surface of the single crystal silicon substrate 11. A back electrode 14 formed on the back surface.
- the light receiving surface side electrode 13 is formed so as to be surrounded by the antireflection film 12 in the surface direction of the single crystal silicon substrate 11.
- the light receiving surface side electrode 13 includes a grid electrode 13a and a bus electrode 13b
- FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the grid electrode 13a.
- the single crystal silicon substrate 11 uses a single crystal silicon substrate having a texture structure formed on the surface of the substrate using the method for manufacturing a substrate for a solar power generation device according to this embodiment. Is configured.
- a P-type single crystal silicon substrate is cut out from a silicon ingot by slicing.
- Organic impurities and metal impurities which are contaminants consisting of chips, abrasives, etc., generated by cutting the wire during slicing, adhere to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate cut out from the silicon ingot by slicing. Yes.
- a cleaning process such as a water cleaning process is performed on the P-type single crystal silicon substrate cut out from the silicon ingot.
- these contaminants remain on the surface of the cleaned P-type single crystal silicon substrate without being removed. Therefore, it is necessary to perform cleaning to remove these contaminants adhering to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate.
- a processing strain due to the slice called a damage layer occurs to a depth of about 5 ⁇ m. If this damaged layer remains in the photovoltaic power generation device, recombination of electrons is promoted in the damaged layer, and the characteristics of the photovoltaic power generation device are deteriorated. For this reason, it is necessary to remove the damaged layer.
- a high-temperature chemical solution in which an organic substance such as IPA is added as an additive to an alkaline aqueous solution so that the solar power generation apparatus can absorb more sunlight.
- a texture structure composed of irregularities having quadrangular pyramid-shaped convex portions surrounded by the (111) plane of silicon is formed by anisotropic etching using.
- cleaning for removing these contaminants adhering to the surface of the above-described P-type single crystal silicon substrate, removal of the damaged layer, and formation of the texture structure are performed. Will be described later.
- a P-type single crystal silicon substrate with a texture formed on the surface 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 P-type single crystal silicon substrate.
- POCl 3 phosphorus oxychloride
- the N-type impurity diffusion layer 11a is formed on the surface layer of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate, and the single crystal silicon substrate 11 is formed.
- a silicon nitride film (SiN film) is formed on the N-type impurity diffusion layer 11a as the antireflection film 12 by plasma CVD.
- the film thickness and refractive index of the antireflection film 12 are set to values that most suppress light reflection. Note that two or more layers having different refractive indexes may be stacked.
- the antireflection film 12 may be formed by a different film forming method such as a sputtering method.
- the silver mixed paste is screen printed in a comb shape on the light receiving surface of the single crystal silicon substrate 11, and the aluminum mixed paste is screen printed on the entire back surface of the single crystal silicon substrate 11. Thereafter, the printed paste is baked to form the light receiving surface side electrode 13 and the back surface electrode 14.
- the solar power generation device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is manufactured as the solar power generation device.
- the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate before the formation of the texture structure usually remains without being removed by washing after the slicing process, resulting in poor texture formation.
- Organic impurities and metal impurities are attached as causative contaminants.
- FIG. 3 the texture bottom surface surrounded by the (111) surface of silicon is formed.
- a quadrangular pyramid having a side length of about 1 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m is uniformly and densely formed in all regions in the plane of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing an electron micrograph of the etched surface when the texture is satisfactorily formed by cleaning the silicon substrate before forming the texture.
- 0.75 wt% of sodium hydroxide and 2.0 vol% of an organic substance called an additive such as IPA for controlling the etching rate according to the plane orientation of silicon are mixed and heated to 85 ° C.
- the texture structure is formed by immersing the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in the alkaline aqueous solution for 20 minutes.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing an electron micrograph of the etched surface in the case where the silicon substrate is not cleaned before texture formation and a texture formation failure occurs.
- the texture is not formed normally, that is, uniformly and densely in the plane of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate, the characteristics of the photovoltaic power generation device are deteriorated and the appearance is deteriorated. Therefore, it is required to remove these contaminants.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate cut out from the silicon ingot by slicing is used to remove contaminants attached to the surface, remove the damaged layer, and form a texture structure.
- the processing shown in FIG. 5 is performed.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the method for manufacturing the substrate for the solar power generation apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- the damage layer removal process on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is not performed, and even after the cleaning process after the slicing process.
- Organic impurities and metal impurities that are contaminants adhering to the natural oxide film covering the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate are washed away.
- a cleaning process is performed in which the surface of a P-type single crystal silicon substrate cut out from a silicon ingot by a slicing process is cleaned (surface treatment) with a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent (step S10).
- This cleaning process is performed, for example, by immersing the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent.
- organic impurities and metal impurities which are contaminants attached on the natural oxide film covering the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate, are removed.
- the cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent for example, hydrogen peroxide water, ozone water, or the like is used.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate does not necessarily need to be immersed in a cleaning solution containing an oxidizing agent, and may be cleaned by supplying a cleaning solution containing an oxidizing agent to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate. The same applies to other processes.
- a rinsing process for rinsing and removing the cleaning liquid containing the oxidizing agent adhering to the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in the cleaning process in step S10 is performed continuously after the execution of step S10 (step S20).
- the cleaning liquid containing the oxidizing agent may be removed by washing with a neutralizing agent.
- a neutralizing agent for example, an alkaline aqueous solution containing sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide is used.
- a wet etching process for forming a texture on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate by immersing the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in an alkaline aqueous solution as an etchant is continuously performed after Step S20.
- an alkaline aqueous solution as an etchant
- the etching solution for example, a high-temperature chemical solution obtained by adding an organic substance such as IPA as an additive to an alkaline aqueous solution containing sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide is used.
- a texture structure composed of irregularities having quadrangular pyramid-shaped convex portions surrounded by the (111) plane of silicon is obtained. It is formed on the surface of the type single crystal silicon substrate. In this step, a texture is formed on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate and a damaged layer on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is also removed. As a result, a photovoltaic power generation device substrate having a texture structure uniformly and densely formed on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is formed.
- step S30 is continuously performed after step S10.
- Step S20 in order to maintain the cleanliness of the etching solution and to form the texture normally, that is, uniformly and densely in the plane of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate, it is preferable to perform Step S20.
- the damage layer on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is not removed after the slicing process and before the etching process for forming the texture as described above.
- the silicon active surface is not exposed on the surface.
- the texture is continuously formed without exposing the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate to the atmosphere for a long time.
- the etching solution is used a plurality of times by adding the alkali and additives consumed in one etching process after the etching process.
- the contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) that are contained in the atmosphere and cause the formation failure of the texture as described above are adsorbed on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate. Can be prevented. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the performance of the etching solution by suppressing the accumulation of contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) attached to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in the etching solution. .
- the exchange period of etching liquid can be lengthened and the cost of chemical
- the damage layer on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is simultaneously removed when the texture structure is formed on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate as described above.
- a damaged layer removing step which is separately required can be omitted.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a solar power generation apparatus substrate manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a solar power generation apparatus substrate according to the present embodiment.
- the solar power generation device substrate manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG. 6 does not expose the silicon surface from which contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) are removed by immersing a P-type single crystal silicon substrate in an oxidizing chemical solution to the atmosphere. It is an apparatus capable of forming a texture.
- a cleaning tank 101, a water-washing tank 102, and a texture-forming tank 103 are arranged in a first processing chamber 111.
- a water washing tank 104, a neutralization tank 105, a water washing tank 106, and a drying tank 107 are disposed in the second processing chamber 112.
- a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent for cleaning and removing organic impurities and metal impurities, which are contaminants adhering to the natural oxide film covering the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is stored.
- a type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed.
- the water washing tank 102 is disposed adjacent to the washing tank 101 and stores water or a neutralizing agent for washing away the washing liquid containing the oxidizing agent attached to the P-type single crystal silicon substrate pulled up from the washing tank 101. Then, the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed.
- the texture forming tank 103 is disposed adjacent to the washing tank 102 and stores an alkaline aqueous solution for forming a texture structure by performing anisotropic etching on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate pulled up from the washing tank 102. Then, the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed.
- an alkaline aqueous solution for example, a high-temperature chemical solution obtained by adding an organic substance such as IPA as an additive to an alkaline aqueous solution containing sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide is used.
- the water washing tank 104 is disposed in the second processing chamber 112 at a position adjacent to the texture forming tank 103, and is a water for washing away the alkaline aqueous solution adhering to the P-type single crystal silicon substrate pulled up from the texture forming tank 103. Is stored and the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed.
- the neutralization tank 105 is disposed at a position adjacent to the washing tank 104 and stores a neutralizing agent for neutralizing the alkaline aqueous solution attached to the P-type single crystal silicon substrate pulled up from the washing tank 104. A P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed.
- the water washing tank 106 is disposed at a position adjacent to the neutralization tank 105, and water for washing away the neutralizing agent adhering to the P-type single crystal silicon substrate pulled up from the neutralization tank 105 is stored in the water washing tank 106. A single crystal silicon substrate is immersed.
- the drying tank 107 is disposed at a position adjacent to the washing tank 106, and dries the P-type single crystal silicon substrate that is pulled up from the washing tank 106 and is wet.
- This solar power generation device substrate manufacturing apparatus may include one or more of the above-described tanks, and all the tanks may have a system for circulating the liquid.
- water such as ion-exchanged water is used as the solvent used for the chemical solution stored in the washing tank 106 from the washing tank 101.
- the substrate is transferred by a substrate transfer means (not shown).
- the installation place of the photovoltaic power generation apparatus substrate manufacturing apparatus is a clean room environment.
- the first treatment chamber 111 which is an area including at least the washing tank 101, the washing tank 102, and the texture forming tank 103, is composed of the washing tank 104, the neutralization tank 105, and the water washing. It is isolated from the second processing chamber 112, which is an area including the tank 106 and the drying tank 107.
- the atmosphere in the first processing chamber 111 isolated from the second processing chamber 112 is a clean atmosphere equivalent to a clean room environment from which organic impurities and metal impurities as contaminants are removed.
- the first processing chamber 111 has a structure in which a purified atmosphere (air) is supplied through a chemical filter (air filter) or the like that removes organic impurities and metal impurities as contaminants. That is, the first processing chamber 111 is supplied with the atmospheric gas from the in-apparatus atmospheric air supply port 121 having a contaminant removing function. In addition, the atmospheric gas in the first processing chamber 111 is exhausted from the in-apparatus atmosphere exhaust port 122. Further, the atmosphere supplied into the isolated first processing chamber 111 may be a clean inert gas equivalent to a clean room environment from which organic impurities and metal impurities as contaminants are removed.
- the atmosphere in the first processing chamber 111 as described above is an organic impurity and a metal that are contaminants in the atmosphere as long as the content ratio of the organic impurities and metal impurities that are contaminants is lower than the atmosphere.
- impurities can be prevented from adhering to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate after the substrate cleaning, in order to form a textured structure uniformly and densely in all regions in the plane of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate It is preferable to use the atmosphere as described above.
- a P-type single crystal silicon substrate that has been sliced from an ingot and has not been subjected to surface damage layer removal after slicing is immersed in the cleaning bath 101.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is a contaminant that adheres to the natural oxide film that covers the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate by being immersed in a cleaning tank 101 in which a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent is stored. Organic impurities and metal impurities are removed and the surface is cleaned.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is pulled up from the cleaning tank 101 and subsequently immersed in the water cleaning tank 102.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed in a water rinsing tank 102 in which water or a neutralizing agent for washing away the cleaning liquid containing the oxidizing agent is stored, so that the cleaning liquid containing the oxidizing agent adhering to the surface is removed. Washed away.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is pulled up from the water washing tank 102 and subsequently immersed in the texture forming tank 103.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed in a texture forming tank 103 in which an alkaline aqueous solution for forming a texture structure is stored on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate. It is formed.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is pulled up from the texture forming tank 103, transported from the first processing chamber 111 to the second processing chamber 112, and immersed in the washing bath 104.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed in a washing tank 104 in which water for washing the alkaline aqueous solution is stored, so that the alkaline aqueous solution attached to the surface is washed away.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is pulled up from the water washing tank 104 and immersed in the neutralization tank 105.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed in a neutralization tank 105 in which a neutralizing agent for neutralizing the alkaline aqueous solution is stored, so that the alkaline aqueous solution attached to the surface is neutralized.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is pulled up from the neutralization tank 105 and immersed in the washing tank 106.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is immersed in a water washing tank 106 in which water for washing away the neutralizing agent is stored, so that the neutralizing agent attached to the surface is washed away.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is pulled up from the water washing tank 106 and dried in the drying tank 107.
- the above processes are performed continuously in at least the washing tank 101, the water washing tank 102, and the texture forming tank 103. That is, the cleaning and texture formation of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate are continuously performed.
- the atmosphere in the first processing chamber 111 is a clean atmosphere equivalent to a clean room environment from which organic impurities and metal impurities as contaminants are removed.
- the texture formation is continuously performed without exposing the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate to the atmosphere for a long time. It is possible to prevent the contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) that cause the formation failure of the silicon from being adsorbed on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate.
- Example 1 a natural oxidation that covers the surface of a P-type single crystal silicon substrate is performed by immersing a P-type single crystal silicon substrate whose surface damage layer is not removed after slicing in a cleaning solution containing an oxidizing agent for 3 minutes.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrate was cleaned by removing organic impurities and metal impurities that are contaminants adhering to the film (step S10).
- the cleaning liquid containing the oxidizing agent hydrogen peroxide water (overwater) having a liquid temperature of 55 ° C. and a concentration of 0.1 vol% was used.
- step S30 by immersing the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in an alkaline aqueous solution for 20 minutes, a texture structure was formed on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate by anisotropic etching (step S30).
- the texture was formed using a continuous batch processing method capable of processing a plurality of substrates at a time, and a plurality of batch processings were performed.
- the quality of the texture was evaluated by measuring the light reflectance of the surface of the textured P-type single crystal silicon substrate. Note that the measurement result of the light reflectance is obtained by measuring the light reflectance with respect to light having a wavelength of 700 nm at five points in the plane of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate (average light reflectance).
- FIG. 7 is a characteristic diagram showing measurement results of light reflectance when texture formation is performed on a P-type single crystal silicon substrate cleaned with a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent.
- the horizontal axis indicates the number of etching processes (number of batches) in which texture formation is performed on a P-type single crystal silicon substrate using the same etching solution
- the vertical axis indicates the average light reflectance (%).
- the reflectance of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in the first batch is 10.3%.
- the light reflectance gradually increased as the number of batches increased, but the light reflectance of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate in the sixth batch was 11.8%, which was a good result at a practical level.
- the P-type single crystal silicon substrates of the first to sixth batches were used.
- the light reflectance was about 10.0 to 13.0%, which was a good result at a practical level.
- the treatment is preferably performed in the atmosphere through the chemical filter.
- Example 2 In substrate cleaning of a P-type single crystal silicon substrate using hydrogen peroxide solution, the concentration of hydrogen peroxide solution, the cleaning temperature, the cleaning time, etc. affect the cleaning effect. For this reason, in order to investigate the influence of the washing temperature on the washing ability when the hydrogen peroxide concentration is first set to 0.1 vol%, the temperature under the five conditions of 20 ° C., 40 ° C., 55 ° C., 70 ° C., and 80 ° C. Using a hydrogen peroxide solution, a substrate of a P-type single crystal silicon substrate (substrate A) having a specific manufacturing history was washed, and then texture formation was performed to compare the quality of the texture.
- substrate A substrate of a P-type single crystal silicon substrate having a specific manufacturing history was washed, and then texture formation was performed to compare the quality of the texture.
- FIG. 8 is a characteristic diagram showing the defect occurrence rate (%) in the texture formation process when texture formation is performed on a P-type single crystal silicon substrate cleaned using a cleaning liquid containing an oxidizing agent.
- the horizontal axis represents the cleaning temperature (temperature of hydrogen peroxide solution) (° C.) of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate, and the vertical axis represents the defect rate (%) in the texture forming process.
- the defect rate in the texture forming process shown in FIG. 8 is the ratio of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate having a region where the texture is not normally formed as shown in FIG. 4 with respect to the number of substrates subjected to the texture forming process. Yes, it is an index that represents the quality of texture formation.
- the cleaning temperature was 20 ° C.
- the defective rate was 80%
- the cleaning temperature was 40 ° C.
- the defective rate decreased to 50%.
- the texture is normally formed over the entire substrate surface.
- FIG. 9 is a characteristic diagram showing the total amount of organic impurities remaining on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate after cleaning the substrate at the cleaning temperature with the cleaning liquid containing the oxidizing agent.
- the horizontal axis represents the cleaning temperature (overwater cleaning temperature)
- the vertical axis represents the total amount of organic impurities (arb.unit) that are impurities on the substrate surface.
- the ratio of the total amount of organic impurities is shown.
- FIG. 9 shows that the total amount of organic impurities decreases as the cleaning temperature increases. Further, according to the results shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, it can be seen that when the total amount of organic impurities is reduced to 60% before the substrate cleaning, the texture formation failure is eliminated.
- the organic impurities and metal impurities adhering to the surface of the substrate provided by various substrate processing manufacturers are different for each substrate processing manufacturer. For this reason, it was necessary to raise the cleaning temperature to 55 ° C. for the specific substrate A evaluated by cleaning with hydrogen peroxide solution this time.
- an experiment was conducted at a cleaning temperature of 20 ° C. in the same manner as described above for a P-type single crystal silicon substrate (substrate B) having another specific manufacturing history. The results are also shown in FIG. From this result, even in the case where the cleaning temperature is 20 ° C., the substrate B has an effect of cleaning that suppresses poor texture formation.
- the cleaning temperature is preferably 20 ° C. or higher. Further, from the viewpoint of the volatilization rate of hydrogen peroxide, the upper limit of the cleaning temperature in the substrate cleaning of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate using the hydrogen peroxide solution is 100 ° C.
- Example 3 Next, the influence of the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide solution on the substrate cleaning ability in the cleaning of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate using the hydrogen peroxide solution was examined.
- concentration of hydrogen peroxide 0.001 vol%, 0.005 vol%, 0.01 vol%, 0.025 vol%, 0.05 vol%, 0.1 vol%, 0.2 vol%
- a hydrogen peroxide solution with a concentration of 10 conditions of 0.5 vol%, 1.0 vol%, and 2.0 vol% a substrate cleaning of a p-type single crystal silicon substrate having a specific manufacturing history is performed, and then texture formation is performed. And compared the quality of the textures.
- the experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the temperature of the hydrogen peroxide solution was changed.
- the substrate cleaning temperature was 55 ° C., and the cleaning time was 3 minutes.
- Table 1 The results are shown in Table 1.
- the index of the quality evaluation of the texture shown in Table 1 is ⁇ when the texture is formed well over the entire surface of the substrate, ⁇ when there is a portion where the texture is not formed on a part of the substrate surface, and the entire surface of the substrate surface. In the case where no texture was formed, x was indicated.
- the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide solution is 0.001 vol%, the effect of the substrate cleaning is hardly seen, and when the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide solution is 0.005 vol%, the effect of the substrate cleaning begins to appear. Except for a region where the texture was not formed on a part of the substrate surface, the texture was excellent. Further, when the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide solution was 0.01 vol% or more, the texture was satisfactorily formed in the entire region of the substrate surface. Further, even when the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide solution is higher than 0.1 vol%, the substrate cleaning effect is saturated and there is no further improvement, and it is considered that the hydrogen peroxide solution cleaning is the reaction rate-limiting.
- the hydrogen peroxide solution concentration is preferably 0.01 vol% to 0.1 vol%.
- the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is continuously exposed to the atmosphere for a long time. Since the texture is formed, it is possible to prevent the contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) that are contained in the atmosphere and cause the formation failure of the texture from being adsorbed on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate.
- the damage layer on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is not removed after the slicing and before the etching process for forming the texture. Therefore, contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) adhering to the oxide film on the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate can be removed without exposing the silicon active surface to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate. Etching is not hindered by contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities). This prevents the formation of texture due to contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) adhering to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate, and makes the texture uniform and dense within the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate. Can be formed stably.
- the atmosphere in which the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is transported after cleaning the substrate is changed to a clean atmosphere from which organic impurities and metal impurities are removed, so that the P-type single crystal silicon substrate is being transported.
- the texture formation is continuously performed so that the substrate surface is not exposed to the atmosphere. For this reason, the cleanliness of the substrate surface at the start of texture formation can be kept good. This prevents the formation of texture due to contaminants (organic impurities and metal impurities) adhering to the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate, and makes the texture uniform and dense within the surface of the P-type single crystal silicon substrate. In addition, it can be formed more stably.
- a texture structure comprising a concavo-convex structure having a quadrangular pyramid-shaped convex portion surrounded by the (111) plane of silicon, which has a low light reflectance on the substrate surface and is uniform within the substrate surface.
- substrate for solar power generation devices excellent in the light confinement effect can be obtained stably and cheaply.
- the high quality solar power generation device excellent in the power generation characteristic can be obtained stably and cheaply.
- the method for manufacturing a substrate for a solar power generation device according to the present invention is useful when a texture structure having low light reflectance is stably and inexpensively formed on the surface of a silicon substrate.
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本実施の形態は、単結晶シリコンを含むシリコン基板の表面に付着してシリコン基板の表面におけるテクスチャの形成を阻害する汚染物質である有機不純物および金属不純物の洗浄、およびウェットエッチングによるシリコン基板の表面へのテクスチャの形成に関するものである。
まず、スライス加工後において表面のダメージ層除去が実施されていないP型単結晶シリコン基板を酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液中に3分間浸漬させることにより、P型単結晶シリコン基板の表面を覆う自然酸化膜上に付着している汚染物質である有機不純物および金属不純物を除去してP型単結晶シリコン基板を洗浄した(ステップS10)。酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液には、液温55℃、濃度0.1vol%の過酸化水素水(過水)を用いた。
過酸化水素水を用いたP型単結晶シリコン基板の基板洗浄では、過酸化水素水濃度と洗浄温度、洗浄時間等が洗浄効果に影響する。このため、まず過酸化水素水濃度を0.1vol%としたときに、洗浄温度が洗浄能力に与える影響を調べるため、20℃、40℃、55℃、70℃、80℃の5条件の温度の過酸化水素水を用いて、特定の製造履歴のP型単結晶シリコン基板(基板A)の基板洗浄を実施し、その後テクスチャ形成を行い、テクスチャの出来栄えを比較した。過酸化水素水の温度を変化させること以外は、実施例1と同様にして実験を行った。その結果を図8に示す。図8は、酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液を用いて洗浄したP型単結晶シリコン基板にテクスチャ形成を実施したときのテクスチャ形成工程における不良発生率(%)を示す特性図である。図8においては、P型単結晶シリコン基板の洗浄処理温度(過酸化水素水の温度)(℃)を横軸に、テクスチャ形成工程における不良率(%)を縦軸に示している。
つぎに過酸化水素水を用いたP型単結晶シリコン基板の洗浄の基板洗浄における、過酸化水素水の濃度が基板洗浄能力に与える影響について検討した。過酸化水素水の濃度が洗浄能力に与える影響を調べるため、0.001vol%、0.005vol%、0.01vol%、0.025vol%、0.05vol%、0.1vol%、0.2vol%、0.5vol%、1.0vol%、2.0vol%の10条件の濃度の過酸化水素水を用いて、特定の製造履歴のP型単結晶シリコン基板の基板洗浄を実施し、その後テクスチャ形成を行い、テクスチャの出来栄えを比較した。過酸化水素水の温度を変化させること以外は、実施例1と同様にして実験を行い、基板洗浄の温度は55℃、洗浄時間は3分とした。その結果を表1に示す。
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- 半導体インゴットをスライスして半導体基板を切り出した後に前記半導体基板の表面に表面処理を施してテクスチャ構造を形成する太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法であって、
前記半導体基板の表面に付着した有機不純物と金属不純物とを酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液により洗浄除去する洗浄工程と、
前記洗浄工程後に連続して行われ、前記半導体基板の表面をアルカリ性水溶液により異方性エッチングすることにより、前記スライスにより生じた基板表面のダメージ層を除去するとともに前記半導体基板の表面に前記テクスチャ構造を形成するエッチング工程と、
を含むことを特徴とする太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記半導体基板が、結晶シリコン基板であること、
を特徴とする請求項1に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記洗浄工程と前記エッチング工程とが、前記有機不純物と前記金属不純物との含有率が大気よりも低い雰囲気において行われること、
を特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記雰囲気は、エアフィルタを通して前記有機不純物と前記金属不純物とが除去された空気であること、
を特徴とする請求項3に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記雰囲気は、不活性雰囲気であること、
を特徴とする請求項4に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記半導体基板に付着している前記酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液を洗い流す洗浄液除去工程を前記洗浄工程と前記エッチング工程との間に有し、
前記洗浄工程と、前記洗浄液除去工程と、前記エッチング工程とを連続して行うこと、
を特徴とする請求項1から5のいずれか1つに記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記アルカリ性水溶液が、水酸化ナトリウムまたは水酸化カリウムを含むこと、
を特徴とする請求項1から6のいずれか1つに記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液は、20℃以上の過酸化水素水であること、
を特徴とする請求項1から7のいずれか1つに記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 前記酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液は、濃度0.01vol%以上0.1vol%以下の過酸化水素水であること、
を特徴とする請求項8に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造方法。 - 半導体インゴットをスライスして切り出した半導体基板の表面に酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液を供給して前記半導体基板の表面に付着した有機不純物と金属不純物とを洗浄除去する洗浄処理を行う洗浄部と、
前記洗浄部において前記有機不純物と金属不純物とが洗浄除去された前記半導体基板の表面にアルカリ性水溶液を供給して前記半導体基板の表面を異方性エッチング処理することにより、前記スライスにより生じた基板表面のダメージ層を除去するとともに前記半導体基板の表面にテクスチャ構造を形成するエッチング部と、
を備え、
前記洗浄部における処理に連続して前記エッチング部における処理が行われること、
を特徴とする太陽光発電装置用基板の製造装置。 - 前記洗浄部における前記洗浄処理と前記エッチング部における前記異方性エッチング処理とが、前記有機不純物と前記金属不純物との含有率が大気よりも低い雰囲気において行われること、
を特徴とする請求項10に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造装置。 - 前記雰囲気は、エアフィルタを通して前記有機不純物と前記金属不純物とが除去された空気であること、
を特徴とする請求項11に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造装置。 - 前記雰囲気は、不活性雰囲気であること、
を特徴とする請求項11に記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造装置。 - 前記洗浄部における前記洗浄処理において前記半導体基板に付着した前記酸化性薬剤を含む洗浄液を洗い流す洗浄液除去処理が、前記洗浄部における前記洗浄処理と前記エッチング部における異方性エッチング処理との間に行われ、
前記洗浄処理と、前記洗浄液除去処理と、前記異方性エッチング処理とが連続して行われること、
を特徴とする請求項10から13のいずれか1つに記載の太陽光発電装置用基板の製造装置。
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