WO2020090612A1 - 太陽電池および太陽電池の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- an area for generating high electron concentration when irradiated with light or the like is formed on a substrate, an insulating film transmitting light or the like is formed on the area, and electrons are taken out from the area on the insulating film.
- the vanadate glass which is a conductive glass, applied by the present inventors is used for the bus bar electrode to reduce the resistance value between the connection between the finger electrode and the ribbon (lead wire) taken out to the outside, and the bus bar.
- There is a technique for reducing the loss of electrons collected in the electrode Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2016-015873 and 2015-180720.
- the present inventors focused on the fact that the upper portions of the finger electrodes were exposed on the insulating film, and provided the insulating glass having openings in the exposed finger electrodes with strong adhesion.
- the inventors have found a configuration in which a series resistance component is reduced and a parallel resistance component in which electrons leak from the external terminal to the inside is increased by directly forming and connecting a ribbon ribbon, which is an external terminal, from above.
- the direct resistance component between the finger electrode and the external terminal is made small, and the parallel resistance component between the external terminal and the inside of the substrate is made large, while the conventional bus bar electrode material such as silver or conductive glass is used.
- Insulating glass which is an inexpensive material, is used instead of the expensive material to form a fixed bar with an opening, and the external terminal is firmly fixed directly on it, resulting in high efficiency, low leakage current, simple structure, and It made it possible to manufacture inexpensive solar cells.
- the inventors of the present invention form a region that generates a high electron concentration when light is irradiated onto the substrate, form an insulating film that transmits light and the like on the region, and form the region on the insulating film.
- a finger electrode that is an extraction port for taking out an electron from the electron electrode is formed and the electron is taken out to the outside through the finger electrode
- a finger electrode containing silver and lead is formed on the insulating film
- the finger electrode portion or Insulating film that is the film under the finger electrode due to the action of silver and lead contained in the finger electrode at the time of baking after forming an insulating fixed bar on the insulating film with an opening with an allowance
- an insulating fixed bar or a glass material contained in the fixed bar is formed. And so as to form a firmly fixed and soldering good insulation of the fixed bar in the insulating film by.
- the part with a margin is defined as the opening, and the part with a predetermined width, which is less affected by an error in forming the finger electrode and the insulating fixing bar, is defined as the opening.
- the opening is equal to or slightly narrower than the contact part of the tip of the ultrasonic soldering iron when ultrasonically soldering the external terminal onto the finger electrode and the insulating fixing bar.
- the contact portion of the tip does not directly touch the insulating film.
- the firing is performed at the temperature of firing the finger electrodes and the temperature of forming the insulating fixed bar, the former being equal to or higher than the latter, and the former temperature.
- firing is set to be 1 second to 60 seconds.
- one or more of phosphate glass and bismuth glass are used as the insulating fixed bar or the insulating glass material contained in the fixed bar.
- solder material for soldering the external terminals to the finger electrodes and the insulating fixed bar is made to contain at least one of tin, tin oxide, zinc, and zinc oxide.
- solder material one or more of copper, silver, aluminum, bismuth, indium and antimony are added as an additive as needed.
- ultrasonic waves are used to solder the external terminals to the finger electrodes and the insulating fixed bar.
- the external terminals are strip-shaped ribbons.
- aluminum or partially perforated aluminum is formed on the entire surface of the backside opposite to the front side where the above-mentioned region of the substrate, the insulating film, the finger electrodes, and the insulating fixing bar are provided, and the external terminals on the backside are soldered It is designed to be attached or ultrasonic soldered.
- the external terminals on the back side correspond to the same positions as the insulative fixing bar on the front side. I am trying to attach it. Also, without forming an insulating fixing bar on the insulating film, solder or pre-soldered lead-out wires are directly soldered to the finger electrode and the insulating film corresponding to the finger electrode and the portion where the fixing bar is not formed. Then, the bus bar electrode is formed, or the bus bar electrode is formed and the lead wire is soldered. The soldering is done by ultrasonic soldering.
- the present invention has a configuration in which the upper portions of the finger electrodes are exposed on the oxide film, and the insulating glass having openings at the finger electrode portions is formed with strong adhesion, If a strip ribbon, which is an external terminal, is directly connected from above, the series resistance component becomes small, and the parallel resistance component in which electrons leak from the external terminal to the inside becomes large, resulting in a highly efficient solar cell.
- insulating fixing bar, and ribbon are soldered (such as ultrasonic soldering), they are insulating. Since the fixing bar has good solder adhesion, there is an effect that the bondability between the finger electrode or the oxide film and the ribbon is stably extended.
- 1 to 3 show configuration diagrams of an embodiment of the present invention.
- the nitride film 3 is an insulating film formed on the substrate (wafer) 1.
- the finger electrode 5 is formed by printing a paste of silver or lead (lead glass) on the nitride film 3 and sintering the paste to break through the nitride film 3 by a known firing to form a space between the high density electron region. An electrically conductive path is formed so that electrons can be extracted to the outside (described later).
- the fixing bar 6 is an insulative fixing bar provided in the present invention.
- the finger bar 5 is used as an opening to firmly fix it to the nitride film 3 and to solder an external terminal (strip-shaped ribbon) well. And the leakage of electrons taken out from the finger electrode 5 to the substrate (nitride film 3 and the like) (that is, the parallel resistance component is reduced) (described later).
- the fixed bar area 61 is an area for forming the insulating fixed bar 6 (described later).
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a schematic view in which a finger electrode 5 and an insulating fixing bar 6 are partially enlarged from the upper side of the wafer.
- FIG. 1 the rectangular substrate (silicon substrate, wafer) shown in the figure was used for the experiment.
- the size of the rectangle used here was 48 mm (numerical values are one example).
- the finger electrodes 5 are provided in the lateral direction at a predetermined interval, and are sintered to form an electrically conductive path with the high-concentration electron region by firing. It is the one (described later).
- the fixed bar area 61 is an insulating fixed bar area 61, and is an area for forming an insulating fixed bar 6 described later with a predetermined width in a direction perpendicular to the finger electrodes 5 as shown by a dotted line in the figure.
- FIG. 2 shows an example of a partially enlarged schematic view of the finger electrode 5 and the insulating fixing bar 6 from the upper side of the wafer.
- the insulating fixing bar 6 is formed in the insulating fixing bar region 61 of FIG. 1, and here, as shown in the drawing, a strip-shaped portion having the finger electrode 5 as an opening is formed. A plurality of are provided. Here, for example, as shown in the figure, a plurality of electrodes having a width of 2.0 mm and a length of 1.2 mm and a distance from the finger electrodes 5 of about 0.5 mm are provided.
- the insulating fixing bar 6 is formed by screen printing, and thereafter, sintering is performed to firmly fix the insulating fixing bar 6 to the nitride film 3 and to make good soldering (described later).
- FIG. 3 shows an example of a schematic sectional view in which the finger electrodes 5 and the insulating fixing bar 6 are partially enlarged from the side surface of the wafer.
- the finger electrode 5 is screen-printed and sintered, and penetrates through the lower nitride film 3 by firing to form an electrically conductive path with the lower high-concentration electron region.
- a protrusion of about 20 ⁇ m is formed as an upper part (head) in the upward direction (described later).
- the insulative fixing bar 6 is adopted in the present invention, and is insulative glass or insulative paste containing insulative glass is screen-printed and melted by simultaneous heating when the finger electrodes 5 are sintered. It is firmly fixed to the nitride film 3 and is formed in a state where the surface is easily soldered (described later). It is desirable that the insulating fixed bar 6 be electrically highly insulative (that is, the parallel resistance component be large), because electrons flowing through the ribbon do not leak to the substrate or the like. As shown, the insulating fixing bar 6 is formed to have a height (here, about 20 ⁇ m or less) lower than the height (here, about 20 ⁇ m) of the upper portion (head) of the finger electrode 5.
- the concentration of the insulating glass or the insulating paste containing the insulating glass during screen printing is desirable to adjust the concentration of the insulating glass or the insulating paste containing the insulating glass during screen printing.
- the ribbon 7 is soldered (preferably ultrasonic soldering)
- the ribbon 7 is completely soldered so as to cover the upper part (head) of the finger electrode 5 to reduce the contact resistance (series resistance component). It is possible to increase the small size and the mechanical strength (so that the ribbon 7 is not peeled off even when pulled).
- the lower limit is that the solder sloped part shown in Fig. 3 is not too steep, and it is within the screen printing overlay accuracy so that the solder material does not cut (determined by experiment).
- the upper limit of the width between the finger electrode 5 and the insulating fixed bar 6 is the ribbon width (width of the fixed bar 6).
- the lower limit is about 0.8 which is the upper limit.
- ultrasonic soldering should be about 2W. If it is too large, it damages the N + emitter (high-concentration electron region). If it is small, solder adhesion cannot be obtained (the solder adhesion is specified to be 0.2 N or more, and in the present invention, 0.5 N or more). Therefore, the optimum W number is determined by an experiment (ultrasonic soldering iron (tip) (Length, width, etc.) will be determined by experiment).
- the requirement for soldering the insulating fixed bar 6 and the finger electrode 5 and the ribbon (external terminal) is that the adhesiveness between the finger electrode 5 (silver) and the insulating fixed bar 6 (insulating glass) is It is good.
- the ultrasonic output when ultrasonically soldering the ribbon (pre-soldered) to the insulating fixed bar 6 and the finger electrode 5 is about 2 W as described above. Ultrasonic soldering does not require higher temperatures than necessary. Further, it is not necessary to raise the temperature of the unnecessary portion outside the soldering area, and it is possible to prevent the performance deterioration due to the unnecessary temperature rise in the surroundings.
- the ribbon (external terminal) is a wire made of copper at the center, and the outside is covered with solder material (pre-soldered).
- the entire back side of the substrate is coated with aluminum, so the ribbon is ultrasonically soldered directly or after forming a conductive fixing bar (vanadate glass). Attach.
- additives copper, silver, etc.
- aluminum, bismuth, indium, antimony, etc. are added as additives, and an appropriate amount is added as necessary, such as improving wettability, improving oxidizability, and making solder alloy easier (determined by experiment) ).
- the formation of the insulating fixed bar 6 was -Phosphate / zinc glass, bismuth glass, or a paste mainly containing these was screen-printed and sintered.
- insulating glass phosphate / zinc-based glass, bismuth-based glass (see Fig. 11), etc.
- insulating glass paste containing these insulating glass paste containing these.
- this insulating fixed bar 6 The requirements for forming this insulating fixed bar 6 are (1) Good adhesion to the solder material used (2) Good electrical insulation (3) Material, screen printing thickness, sintering temperature, etc. so that good adhesion to the nitride film 3 is satisfied Is determined experimentally.
- S1 prepares a Si substrate (tetravalent). This prepares the wafer used as the board
- S2 creates P-type (trivalent) substrate 1. This diffuses boron or the like into the S1 Si substrate (tetravalent) to make it P-type (trivalent).
- N + type a high-concentration electron region
- the nitride film 3 is formed on the N + region (high electron concentration region) on the front side of the substrate 1.
- the nitride film 3 is usually about 60 nm. As a result, the N + region (high electron concentration region) is protected by the nitride film 3.
- the aluminum film 4 is formed on the back side of the substrate 1 by vapor deposition, sputtering or the like.
- the aluminum film 4 is a portion which becomes an electrode on the back side of the solar cell.
- S5 prints the finger electrodes. For this, screen printing is performed on the shape of the finger electrodes 5 in FIGS. 1 to 3 described above using a paste made of silver or lead glass.
- ⁇ S6 is to remove the solvent. This is performed by heating at 100 to 120 ° C. for about 1 hour to completely remove the solvent contained in the screen-printed paste.
- step S7 of FIG. 6 the insulating fixed bar 6 is printed.
- the shape of the insulating fixing bar 6 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 described above is screen-printed using insulating glass or an insulating paste containing insulating glass.
- ⁇ S8 removes the solvent from the insulating fixed bar. This is carried out by heating at 100 to 120 ° C. for about 1 hour to completely remove the solvent contained in the screen-printed insulating paste.
- S9 is firing.
- firing is performed under the condition that causes the fire through of the finger electrodes 5.
- the finger electrodes 5 are screen-printed on the nitride film 3 by using a paste made of silver and lead glass (silver / lead glass paste), and S7 and S8 do not overlap.
- a paste made of silver and lead glass solder / lead glass paste
- S7 and S8 do not overlap.
- the insulating fixing bar 6 is screen-printed on the nitride film 3 using insulating glass or an insulating paste containing insulating glass, both are baked (heated) at the same time.
- the firing temperature of the former (fire-through with silver / lead glass paste) and the temperature of the latter (melting / fixing of the insulating glass paste) (a kind of brazing temperature) are compared.
- the former is required to be higher than or equal to the latter, and here, the former firing temperature (fire-through firing temperature) is adopted to perform firing. Specifically, for example, firing is performed within a range of 750 ° C. to 850 ° C. for a period of 1 to 60 seconds (heating is performed using a far infrared lamp, optimum conditions are determined by experiment).
- Fig. 7 performs pre-soldering. As shown in FIG. 3 described above, this is performed by pre-soldering the solder material with an ultrasonic soldering iron from above the finger electrode 5 and the insulating fixing bar 6 which are fired in S9.
- ⁇ S11 attaches a ribbon.
- the ribbon is soldered after the pre-soldering in S10 (for details, refer to the description of FIG. 3 described above).
- ultrasonic soldering may be performed directly on the finger electrodes 5 and the insulating fixing bar 6 using the pre-soldered ribbon.
- ⁇ In S12 attach the ribbon on the back side. This is done by ultrasonically soldering the ribbon to the aluminum film 4 formed on the back side of the substrate 1 in S4 of FIG.
- the pre-soldered ribbon may be directly ultrasonically soldered onto the aluminum film 4 of S4 in FIG. 5, or a conductive glass (for example, vanadate glass) may be screened on the back side having an opening.
- a conductive glass for example, vanadate glass
- FIG. 8 shows a specific example of the present invention and a conventional example.
- FIG. 8A shows a photograph of an example of the split type of the present invention. This shows an example (called a split type) in which the insulating fixed bar 6 is separated from the finger electrode 5 and the insulating fixed bar 6 is divided in the length direction.
- Fig. 8 (b) shows a photograph of a conventional touch bar type example. This shows an example (referred to as a touch bar type) in which the conductive fixed bar is in contact with the finger electrode 5 and the conductive fixed bar is divided in the length direction.
- the tip size is slightly smaller than the tip size (longitudinal direction) at the time of ultrasonic soldering. Since it is possible to prevent a situation in which the metal comes into contact with the underlying nitride film 3 and is destroyed, it is possible to perform good soldering.
- FIG. 8C shows an example in which finger electrodes are provided below the conventional bus bar electrodes.
- the strip-shaped bus bar electrode is formed by screen-printing a paste containing silver and lead glass so as to be orthogonal to the finger electrodes and firing it, so that the finger electrodes project above the bus bar electrodes. Since it was not possible to solder the ribbon directly to the finger electrode of the present invention, and as a result, electrons were taken out via the finger electrode-bus bar electrode-ribbon, the resistance of the path (series resistance component) was reduced. There is a drawback in that the efficiency cannot be reduced and the efficiency of the solar cell is reduced as a result.
- FIG. 9 shows a glass manufacturing flowchart of the present invention. This is a manufacturing flowchart of the insulating glass for forming the insulating fixed bar 6 as shown in FIG.
- glass components are mixed.
- glass components each component such as Zno, P2O5, Cao, B2O3.ZnO
- insulating glass such as phosphate-zinc glass or bismuth glass shown in FIG.
- ⁇ S23 is put in an electric furnace at 1000 ° C.
- the powder of each glass component is put in a crucible, stirred and mixed well, and then put in an electric furnace at 1000 ° C (the crucible may be put in an electric furnace and heated to 1000 ° C).
- the optimum heating temperature is determined by experiments.
- S24 heats for 1 hour. This is placed in an electric furnace at 1000 ° C. in S23 and then heated for 1 hour (stirring when heating).
- ⁇ S25 is taken out from the electric furnace on an outside iron plate at room temperature and quenched. As a result, an insulative glass block was created.
- steps S21 to S25 it is possible to create a lump of insulating glass such as phosphoric acid / zinc glass and bismuth glass shown in FIG. 11 described later.
- This lump of insulating glass is crushed into a predetermined particle size by a known method to obtain a material for an insulating glass paste.
- FIG. 10 shows an example of components and conditions of the insulating glass of the present invention. This shows an example of components, conditions, etc. required when using insulating glass for the insulating fixed bar 6 of the solar cell in FIG.
- the insulating glass used in the insulating fixed bar 6 of the solar cell is required to have water resistance, light resistance, insulation, adhesion (nitride film, solder adhesion), and the like. The following conditions and component restrictions shown in FIG. 10 are required.
- Alkali metal components Li, Na, K 1.0 wt% or less 2.
- Alumina oxide Silicon oxide 3.0 wt% or less 3.
- Metal elements Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu component 1.0 wt% or less 4.
- Insulation film on the solar cell surface Adhesion of bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) to (nitride film) should be 2.0 wt% or more.
- Glass skeleton Phosphorus or zinc containing zinc phosphate tetrahydrate Zn3 (PO4) 2 / H2O or zinc metaphosphate ZnP2O6 By forming the fixed bar 6 of FIG.
- the insulating fixed bar 6 is strongly fixed to the nitride film and the insulating fixed bar 6 is formed. Even if the ribbon is ultrasonically soldered on top of it, there is an insulating fixing bar 6 under the ribbon, and the resistance component (called parallel resistance component) inside the substrate becomes extremely large, and it is taken out from the finger electrode 5 to the ribbon. The ratio of electrons leaking through the parallel resistance component to the inside of the substrate can be made extremely small, and as a result, reduction in the efficiency (current x voltage) of the solar cell can be reduced (see the figure below). 16 to 19).
- FIG. 11 shows examples of the phosphate glass and bismuth glass of the present invention.
- the unit is% by weight.
- Examples 1 and 2 of the phosphoric acid-zinc glass have the following components (% by weight) shown in the figure.
- Example 1 Ingredients Phosphoric acid / zinc glass Range Example 1 Example 2 ZnO 31.22 28.67 25-35 P2O5 54.44 49.99 48-60 CaO 14.34 13.17 11-15 B2O3 8.17 0-13 Total 100 100 In FIG. 11, Examples 1 and 2 of bismuth glass have the following components (% by weight) shown in the figure.
- FIG. 12 shows a flow chart of applying the insulating paste of the present invention. This shows a flow chart in the case where an insulating paste made of powder of insulating glass (phosphate / zinc-based glass; bismuth glass) is actually applied to create the fixed bar 5 of the solar cell.
- insulating paste made of powder of insulating glass (phosphate / zinc-based glass; bismuth glass) is actually applied to create the fixed bar 5 of the solar cell.
- the insulating paste is screen-printed to print the pattern of the fixed bar 5. This involves screen-printing the fixed bar 6 shown in FIG. 2 on the fixed bar region 61 shown in FIG. 1 using an insulating paste.
- S32 is left to stand in a dry atmosphere (2 to 24 hours).
- a dry atmosphere for example: -Dry BOX (drying box, container) or the like is used.
- this process may be omitted.
- the solvent ((3) organic solvent) of the printed insulating paste is volatilized.
- ⁇ In the temperature range of 40 to 100 ° C, -Heat treatment for about 100 minutes (drying process) (solvent removal process) I do.
- drying process solvent removal process
- S34 is left in a dry atmosphere (2 to 24 hours).
- a dry atmosphere for example: -Dry BOX (drying box, container) or the like is used.
- this process may be omitted.
- S35 performs firing (sintering).
- ⁇ As an example of far infrared sintering equipment, : Sintering in the range of 340 to 900 ° C. and in the range of 3 to 60 seconds.
- a sintering device using infrared rays may be used instead of the far infrared sintering device.
- a lamp far-infrared lamp
- any ceramic heater, laser, or the like that emits infrared rays or far-infrared rays may be used.
- other means may be used as long as the temperature and the sintering time within the above range can be sintered (for example, hot air obtained by heating a gas such as air may be used).
- the film thickness may be adjusted by screen printing and sintering multiple times.
- the insulating fixed bar 5 of the solar cell was screen-printed with the insulating insulating paste of the present invention and sintered within the above range (temperature, sintering time) to obtain the conventional silver paste (silver). It was possible to measure the efficiency (conversion efficiency) of the solar cell which is better than powder (100%) (see FIGS. 16 to 19 described later).
- FIG. 13 shows a composition example of the insulating glass paste of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a composition example of an insulating glass paste, which is a paste composed of a main material, an organic material, an organic solvent, and a resin, and was prepared in an experiment with the following composition shown in the drawing.
- FIG. 14 shows an example of screen conditions used for screen printing of the present invention.
- the conditions of the screen are, for example: Screen wire diameter: 16 ⁇ m ⁇ Mesh: 325 / inch ⁇ Opening: 62 ⁇ m ⁇ Vacancy rate: 63% Is.
- the film thickness of the insulating fixed bar 6 of the solar cell is controlled by changing the conditions of the screen or changing the concentration of the organic solution material in the insulating paste.
- FIG. 15 shows an actual application example of the present invention. This is because finger electrodes are screen-printed with silver paste (containing lead) on the nitride film formed on the substrate of the solar cell, and 6 fixing bars are screen-printed with insulating glass paste, and then both are fired together to make fingers. An example of a photograph after the electrode 5 and the insulating fixing bar 6 are simultaneously formed is shown.
- -The width of the finger electrode 5 is 0.1 mm
- the width x length of the insulating fixed bar 6 is 0.5 mm x 0.7 mm
- the distance between the finger electrode 5 and the fixed bar 6 is 0.3 mm
- the insulating fixed bar 6 was made of phosphoric acid-based glass, and the photo used yellow light illumination to clearly capture the glass.
- Original glass is colorless and transparent.
- the lead wire is soldered by ultrasonically soldering a copper tape with pre-solder vertically on the finger electrode 5 and the insulating fixed bar 6 created as shown in the figure.
- the tape was directly ultrasonically soldered to the finger electrodes 5 to eliminate the conventional bus bar electrode (silver) between the finger electrodes 5 and reduce the series resistance component.
- the insulating fixed bar 6 replaces the conventional bus bar electrode (silver, conductive glass) to reduce the leakage component of electrons from the bus bar electrode (silver, conductive glass) into the substrate ( That is, the parallel resistance component can be made extremely large to reduce the leakage).
- the insulative fixing bar 5 is firmly fixed to the underlying nitride film, and the insulative fixing bar 5 can firmly solder the copper tape by ultrasonic soldering.
- the substrate is firmly fixed to the substrate.
- the conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be reduced by reducing the first series resistance component and the second parallel resistance component of the present invention to an extremely large value to reduce leakage. The improvement will be described in detail.
- FIG. 16 shows an explanatory diagram of the characteristics of the present invention (No. 1-reduction effect of series resistance component).
- the vertical axis represents the current output from the solar cell, and the horizontal axis represents the voltage output at that time.
- the solid IV curve in the figure shows an example of the IV curve (insulating fixed bar 5) by the insulating fixed bar 6 (FIG. 15) according to the present invention, and the dotted line shows the conventional conductive bus bar.
- An example of IV bending (conventional conductive bus bar electrode) by electrodes is shown.
- the large elliptical portion schematically shows a state in which the current component is increased by directly soldering the ribbon to the finger electrode 5 by ultrasonic wave and reducing the series resistance component. That is, according to the present invention, since the ribbon (copper tape) is ultrasonically soldered directly to the protruding portion of the finger electrode 5, there is no conventional bus bar electrode between the finger electrode 5 and the ribbon, and the corresponding resistance (series resistance) is eliminated. ) Is eliminated and the series resistance component is reduced by that amount, the current of IV bending in FIG. 16 is increased, and a state in which it moves upward is schematically shown.
- FIG. 17 shows an explanatory diagram of the characteristics of the present invention (part 2—leakage current reduction effect due to a large parallel resistance component).
- the vertical axis and the vertical axis are the same as those in FIG.
- FIG. 17 a large elliptical portion schematically shows a state where the conventional conductive bus bar electrode portion is made of insulating glass as the fixed bar 6 and the parallel resistance component is increased to reduce the leakage current. .. That is, in the present invention, an insulating split type fixed bar 6 is formed in place of the conventional conductive bus bar electrode, and a ribbon (copper tape) is ultrasonically soldered to the fixed bar 6. Therefore, there is an insulating fixing bar 6 between the ribbon and the substrate, which greatly increases the resistance from the ribbon to the inside of the substrate to reduce the leakage current, and the parallel resistance component for this amount becomes extremely large.
- FIG. 17 schematically shows a state in which the voltage of the IV bend in FIG. 17 has increased and moved to the right.
- FIG. 18 shows an explanatory view of characteristics of the present invention (part 3—effect of increasing current and voltage by fixed bar of insulating glass).
- the vertical axis and the horizontal axis are the same as in FIG.
- the large ellipse portion has a synergistic effect of the large ellipse of FIG. 16 and the large ellipse of FIG. 5 schematically shows a synergistic effect that the product of increase in voltage and decrease is increased.
- FIG. 19 shows a transition explanatory diagram of the bus bar electrodes on the surface of the solar cell according to the present invention. This shows a transition explanatory diagram of the application by the present inventors of the bus bar electrode on the surface of the solar cell.
- FIG. 19 (a) schematically shows a case where a conductive glass bus bar electrode is used. This application is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-015873.
- FIG. 19 (b) schematically shows a state where a split type conductive glass bus bar electrode is used.
- This application is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-257471.
- this split-type conductive glass busbar electrode the use of split-type conductive glass reduces the 0 series resistance and increases the conversion efficiency of the solar cell by 0.1-0.2%. did.
- FIG. 19 (c) schematically shows a state where the split type insulating glass fixed bar 6 (bus bar) of the present invention is used (there is no conductive bus bar electrode).
- the fixed bar 6 (bus bar) of the split type insulating glass as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18, by using the split type insulating glass, the 001 series resistance component Due to the decrease and the decrease in leakage due to the increase of the parallel resistance component, the conversion efficiency of the solar cell was increased by 0.2-0.4% or more.
- a lead wire or a wire Procedure for directly ultrasonically soldering a wire
- a substrate a film formed on the substrate, a fixing bar, an aluminum surface on the back surface, a portion having a hole in the aluminum surface, or the like to be ultrasonically soldered.
- FIG. 20 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention (when there is no preliminary solder).
- S101 the temperature of the soldering iron, the wafer mounting table and the like, the ultrasonic oscillation frequency and the like are set. This is done as follows as a pre-preparation prior to ultrasonic soldering.
- Solder iron Heating to a predetermined temperature (heating to a temperature at which the solder attached to the ribbon or wire melts).
- Wafer mounting table The wafer mounting table, which is the substrate, is preheated to a predetermined temperature (a temperature slightly lower than the temperature at which the solder attached to the ribbon or the wire melts, for example, 180 ° C. (described later)).
- S102 sets the wafer at a predetermined position. This is done by ultrasonically soldering a ribbon or a wire, for example, a wafer of a solar cell is conveyed and fixed to a predetermined position of a wafer mounting table heated to a predetermined temperature in S101 by an automatic machine (not shown). When fixed, it is instantly preheated to a predetermined temperature (for example, 180 ° C.).
- a predetermined temperature for example, 180 ° C.
- S103 sends out a wire or ribbon with solder.
- This is a wire (wire material) to which solder is previously attached at a predetermined position (a predetermined position of a substrate to be ultrasonically soldered or a film on the substrate) which is preheated and fixed at a predetermined position of the wafer mounting table in S102.
- the ribbon is sent by an automatic machine (not shown).
- Wires (ribbons) or ribbons are delivered from a reel, or delivered from a mounting box containing a large number of wires or ribbons cut into a predetermined length. It is desirable that the wire (wire material) cut into a predetermined length be sent from the loading box by an automatic machine, since the wire sometimes occasionally breaks due to twisting while being sent from the reel. Not so much for ribbons.
- S104 is ultrasonic soldering. This is because the wafer is fixed on the wafer mounting table in S102 and preheated to a predetermined temperature (for example, 180 ° C.), and the wire (ribbon) or ribbon to which the solder is attached in S103 is placed on the wafer or on the wafer. While it is supplied (or placed) on the film (aluminum film, nitride film, glass film, etc.) formed on, the ultrasonic soldering iron tip is pressed lightly to supply ultrasonic waves and remove dust, etc. At the same time, the solder attached to the wire (wire) or ribbon is melted, and the wire or ribbon and the film (film on the substrate) formed on the wafer (substrate) or wafer are ultrasonicated. Solder.
- a predetermined temperature for example, 180 ° C.
- S105 determines whether there is a processed wafer. In the case of YES, there are still wafers to be processed, so the processing of the next wafer (the processing of S102 to S104) is repeated in S106. In the case of NO, since the processing of all the wafers has been completed, the processing ends.
- the wire (wire material) or ribbon to which the solder has been attached in advance is attached to the wafer (substrate) or the film (film on the substrate) formed on the wafer that has been preheated by the solder attached to the wire or ribbon. It melts and can be ultrasonically soldered directly to the film on the wafer or wafer. This has the following advantages as compared with the case where the wire or ribbon to which the solder is not attached is ultrasonically soldered to the substrate or the film on the substrate as described above.
- solder is attached to the wire or the ribbon, an automatic solder supply device, a preheating device, etc. are unnecessary. 2
- the preliminary soldering step is not required as compared with the case where the solder is pre-soldered on the substrate or the film on the substrate and then the wire or the ribbon is soldered.
- FIG. 21 shows an example of ribbon connection according to the present invention.
- the ribbon to which the solder is attached is directly ultrasonically soldered to a wafer (for example, a solar cell) or a film on the wafer, and the ribbon is electrically and mechanically strengthened.
- a wafer for example, a solar cell
- the ribbon is electrically and mechanically strengthened.
- connecting to is an example of connecting to.
- FIG. 21A shows an example of connection to the finger surface
- FIG. 21B shows an example of connection to the silicon surface
- FIG. 21C shows an example of connection to the back surface aluminum surface.
- FIG. 21A shows an example of connection to the finger surface.
- 21A-1 shows an example in which a ribbon is ultrasonically soldered to the finger surface
- FIG. 21A-2 shows a view seen from the lateral direction.
- the illustrated ribbon (a ribbon to which solder is attached) is ultrasonically soldered directly to the finger surface formed on the silicon substrate according to the flowchart of FIG. 20, and the ribbon is attached to the finger surface (
- FIG. 21B shows an example of connection to the silicon surface (substrate).
- FIG. 21 (b-1) shows an example in which a ribbon is ultrasonically soldered to a silicon surface
- FIG. 21 (b-2) shows a lateral view.
- the illustrated ribbon (solder attached ribbon) is ultrasonically soldered directly onto a silicon substrate according to the flowchart of FIG. 20, and the ribbon is electrically connected to the silicon surface (substrate). And an example in which the ribbon is mechanically and firmly connected (fixed) to the silicon surface (substrate).
- FIG. 21 (c) shows an example of connection to the back aluminum surface.
- FIG. 21 (c-1) shows an example in which the ribbon is ultrasonically soldered to the back aluminum surface
- FIG. 21 (c-2) shows a view seen from the lateral direction.
- the illustrated ribbon (solder attached ribbon) is ultrasonically soldered directly to the aluminum surface of the back surface of the silicon substrate according to the flowchart of FIG. 20, and the ribbon is attached to the back surface aluminum surface.
- An example in which the ribbon is electrically connected and the ribbon is mechanically strongly connected (fixed) is shown.
- FIG. 22 shows an example of wire connection of the present invention.
- the wire (wire material) to which the solder is attached is directly ultrasonically soldered to a wafer (for example, a solar cell) or a film on the wafer to electrically and mechanically connect the wire.
- a wafer for example, a solar cell
- a film on the wafer to electrically and mechanically connect the wire.
- An example in which they are strongly connected together is shown.
- FIG. 22A shows an example of connection to the finger surface
- FIG. 22B shows an example of connection to the silicon surface
- FIG. 22C shows an example of connection to the back surface aluminum surface.
- FIG. 22A shows an example of connection to the finger surface.
- 22 (a-1) shows an example in which a wire is ultrasonically soldered to the finger surface
- FIG. 22 (a-2) shows a view seen from the lateral direction.
- the illustrated wire (wire to which solder is attached) is ultrasonically soldered directly to the finger surface formed on the silicon substrate according to the flowchart of FIG. 20, and the wire is attached to the finger surface (
- An example is shown in which the wire is electrically connected and the wire is mechanically and firmly connected (fixed) to a film (nitride film or a glass film formed on the nitride film).
- 22 (b) shows an example of connection to a silicon surface (substrate).
- 22B-1 shows an example in which a wire is ultrasonically soldered to a silicon surface
- FIG. 22B-2 shows a view seen from the lateral direction.
- the illustrated wire (wire to which solder is attached) is ultrasonically soldered directly on a silicon substrate according to the flowchart of FIG. 20, and the wire is electrically connected to the silicon surface (substrate). And an example in which the wire is mechanically and firmly connected (fixed) to the silicon surface (substrate).
- 22C shows an example of connection to the back aluminum surface.
- 22C-1 shows an example in which a wire is ultrasonically soldered to the back aluminum surface, and
- FIG. 22C-2 shows a view seen from the lateral direction.
- the illustrated wire (wire to which solder is attached) is ultrasonically soldered directly to the aluminum surface of the back surface of the silicon substrate according to the flowchart of FIG. 20, and the wire is attached to the back surface aluminum surface.
- An example of electrically connecting and mechanically firmly connecting (fixing) the wire is shown.
- FIG. 23 shows an example of soldering conditions of the present invention. This shows an example of the soldering conditions used for ultrasonic soldering in FIGS. 20, 21, and 22 described above. As shown in the figure, the sample, ultrasonic output, ultrasonic frequency, iron temperature, and stage temperature (wafer holding table temperature) were as shown below.
- FIG. 24 shows a soldering condition of the wire of the present invention and an example of successful soldering.
- (a-1) “about 10 ⁇ m thick solder coat” is a wire (copper wire) to which solder of about 10 ⁇ m is attached (attached by solder coat).
- (a-2) "The crushed shape of the wire” is a shape obtained by crushing the O-shaped wire of "about 10 ⁇ m thick solder coat” as described later with reference to FIG. 24 (b).
- (a-3) “Preliminary solder, copper wire ⁇ shape” is obtained by pre-soldering on a substrate and ultrasonically soldering a copper wire ⁇ shape wire thereto.
- a wire of 0.5 mm ⁇ (a wire with a copper wire having solder attached to the surface of 0.5 mm ⁇ ) is too hard, and the wafer may be cracked or peeled off when ultrasonically soldered to the wafer. , It is difficult to handle. To use the wire, it is necessary to soften it by annealing or the like.
- FIG. 24B shows a crushing wire explanatory diagram. This shows an explanatory view of “(a-2) crushed shape of the wire” in FIG.
- FIG. 24B-1 shows an example of a copper wire-shaped wire
- FIG. 24B-2 shows an example of a crushed shape.
- the copper wire ⁇ -shaped wire of (b-1) of FIG. 24 is crushed a little in the upper and lower parts in the diametrical direction, as shown in the drawing, and the portion contacting the lower substrate is
- the thickness is about 100 to 200 ⁇ m or more, stable soldering can be performed (ultrasonic soldering according to the flow chart of FIG. 20 is possible).
- FIG. 25 shows an explanatory diagram of ultrasonic soldering of the present invention (presence / absence of preliminary solder, presence / absence of solder supply, etc.).
- the vertical axis indicates the presence / absence of preliminary solder. This is the case where the wire or ribbon is pre-soldered beforehand on the part of the substrate (for example, the wafer or the film formed on the surface of the wafer) to be ultrasonically soldered, and it is not distinguished when it is not pre-soldered. Is.
- the horizontal axis indicates the presence / absence of a wire or ribbon soldered. This is present when the surface of the wire or ribbon is previously soldered (or solder coated), and is not present when it is not soldered.
- Pre-solder (2) 1 Wire with crushed shape (4) 1 No need for solder supply or ribbon adhered 2 ⁇ Shaped wire adhered 2 Wire or ribbon unstable supply 3 Solder supply adhered 3 Solder work is unstable. There is a problem in the adhesion of peeled parts. 3 It is difficult to supply uniform solder material.
- solder material may not be applied uniformly. This is because the wire or ribbon that is not soldered is superposed on the part that is pre-soldered by ultrasonic soldering on the part of the substrate (wafer) or the film formed on the substrate where the wire or ribbon is to be ultrasonically soldered. It is an experimental result at the time of sonic soldering. The result shows that the solder material may not be uniformly applied depending on how the heat is transferred.
- solder since the solder is not attached to the wire or ribbon, and the preliminary solder is applied to the part of the board to be soldered, ultrasonic soldering is performed while gently pressing the wire or ribbon with the soldering iron tip. In some cases, uniform and clean soldering cannot be performed depending on how the heat is transferred to the iron tip, the wire or the ribbon, or the path where the heat is transferred to the preliminary solder portion on the substrate. This can be solved by soldering to the wire or ribbon.
- FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram of ABS-F (Art Beam solar cell technique) of the present invention.
- FIG. 26A is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique (when the bus bar finger electrodes are in the same process). This shows a conventional technique of applying (screen printing) and baking silver paste (containing lead glass) to the conventional bus bar 61 and finger electrodes 5 in the same process. After coating and firing, a ribbon (external terminal) was soldered onto the bus bar 61 with a Hansa material (lead solder) 71.
- FIG. 26B shows an explanatory view of the ABS-F technique (when the bus bar / finger electrode is a separate process).
- This is the ABS-F technique according to the present invention, in which the glass paste of the present invention is applied to the fixed bar region (instead of the conventional bus bar 61) 6 and the silver paste (containing lead glass) of the finger electrodes 5 is applied.
- This is a technique in which the steps (1) and (2) are performed in separate steps, and then firing is performed simultaneously. After coating and firing, a ribbon or wire (external terminal) was soldered or ultrasonically soldered onto a fixed bar (conventional bus bar 61) 6 with a Hansa material (lead-free solder) 72.
- the configuration of the ABS-F technique of the present invention is (1)
- the fixed bar 6 replaces the conventional bus bar 61, and the fixed bar 6 is an insulating and light-transmitting film, and is strongly fixed to the underlying nitride film 3.
- the solder material (lead-free solder) 72 fixes the external terminals (ribbon, wire) to the fixing bar 6 and the finger electrodes 5 by soldering or ultrasonic soldering, the external terminals (ribbon, The wire is mechanically firmly fixed to the nitride film 3 and further to the substrate 1 via the fixing bar 6, and the external terminal (ribbon, wire) is directly and electrically connected to the upper part (head) of the finger electrode 5. It is connected.
- the details will be sequentially described below.
- FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram of advantages and disadvantages of the ABS-F of the present invention.
- the "conventional technique (when the bus fingers are in the same process)" in the upper part will be described.
- the characteristics of this conventional technique are as follows. 1 Silver (containing lead glass) was used for the bus bar finger electrodes in the same process. That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 26, the bus bar 61 and the finger electrode 5 are coated (screen printed) with silver (silver paste) containing lead glass, dried, and fired at the same time, and the bus bar 61 and the finger are separated. The electrode 5 is manufactured in the same process as shown in FIG. 2 The silver paste used at that time is tin / lead solder. Further, the advantages and disadvantages of the conventional technique are as shown below.
- bus bar finger electrodes can be manufactured in the same process, the process can be shortened as compared with the case where the bus bar finger electrodes are manufactured in another process of the present invention described later.
- Electron recombination occurs due to the influence of lead glass or lead solder of the bus bar.
- the bus bar 61 of FIG. 26 (a) is made by applying and firing lead-containing silver paste, and since the external terminals are soldered to the bus bar 61 using lead solder,
- the rate of electron recombination due to crystal breakage of a portion of the silicon substrate 1 near the bus bar 61 increases and the conversion efficiency of the solar cell decreases.
- the silver in the busbar region reduces the incident light rate. This is because the bus bar 61 of FIG. 26 (a) is made by applying and firing lead-containing silver paste, so that the incident light is completely blocked and the light in this portion is blocked, resulting in a light rate. Will be reduced.
- the fixing bar is a lead-free glass (for example, phosphate glass), and the finger electrodes are separate processes. That is, as shown in (b) of FIG. 26, the fixed bar 6 in which the conventional bus bar 61 is changed is lead-free glass (for example, phosphate glass), and the finger electrodes 5 are the same as the conventional silver containing lead glass (silver paste). Is applied (screen printing) (separate step), and then dried and fired at the same time to manufacture the fixed bar 6 and the finger electrode 5 as shown in FIG. 2 Fixed bar 6 is lead-free glass (eg phosphate glass) The finger electrodes are lead-containing silver paste. Further, advantages and disadvantages of the present invention are as shown below.
- the fixing bar 6 is made of a lead-free material (for example, phosphate glass), the recombination of electrons (due to crystal destruction etc.) due to the influence of the lead-free glass or the lead-free solder is reduced.
- the fixing bar 6 of FIG. 26 (b) is made by applying and firing lead-free glass (for example, phosphate glass), and thus fixing the external terminal using lead-free solder-6 Since the soldering is carried out, the occurrence of electron recombination due to crystal destruction of the portion of the silicon substrate 1 near the fixed bar 6 due to these is reduced, and the conversion efficiency of the solar cell is improved.
- the fixed bar 6 Since the fixed bar 6 is made of a transparent lead-free material (for example, phosphate glass), the light passes through and the incident light rate improves. This is because the fixed bar 6 of FIG. 26B is made of a lead-free material (for example, phosphate glass), so that incident light is transmitted and the conversion efficiency is increased by the amount of the transmitted incident light. More specifically, since the fixed bar 6 of FIG. 26B transmits light, the transmitted light reaches the electron high-concentration region below and generates electrons, so that the number of electrons increases by this amount. As a result, the conversion efficiency of the solar cell corresponding to this increased amount can be improved.
- a transparent lead-free material for example, phosphate glass
- a ribbon or wire is soldered or ultrasonically soldered on the fixed bar 6 with lead-free solder.
- the width or thickness of the ribbon or wire is set to about 0.1 to 1 mm in the experiment. It was possible to take out enough electrons (current) to the outside. Therefore, only the portion of the fixed bar 6 having a width or thickness of the ribbon or the wire of 0.1 to 1 mm blocks light, and the other portions of the fixed bar 6 are made of glass (for example, phosphorus) of the fixed bar 6. The light transmitted through the acid glass) reached the electron high concentration region below and was converted into electrons, and the conversion efficiency could be increased by this amount.
- the fixed bar 6 (for example, phosphate glass) transmits about 50 to 95% of light in the range of far infrared rays (about 1117 nm) to ultraviolet rays (about 400 nm). 3 Silver materials can be reduced. This is because the fixed bar 6 in FIG. 26B is different from the conventional bus bar 61 using silver, and therefore the silver material can be reduced by that amount.
- ⁇ Disadvantages> 1 process increases a little.
- the bus bar 61 made of the lead-containing silver paste shown in FIG. 26A is replaced with the fixed bar 6 made of a lead-free material (for example, phosphate glass) shown in FIG. 26B as described above. Therefore, the application of the fixing bar 6 is made of a material different from that of the finger electrodes 5 and is a separate step, and the number of steps is slightly increased. The other steps are the same.
- the fixed bar 6 made of the lead-free material (for example, phosphate glass) of the present invention described in FIGS. 26 and 27 will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS. 28 to 33 in terms of features, configurations, effects, and the like. To do.
- the lead-free material for example, phosphate glass
- FIG. 28 shows a comparative example of IV characteristics of each glass of the present invention.
- a glass paste was prepared for each glass and used (applied and fired) on the fixed bar 6 of FIG. 26 (b) described above to prepare a solar cell, and the IV characteristics of the solar cell were measured.
- a comparative example of the measurement results is shown.
- the horizontal axis represents voltage V and the vertical axis represents current I.
- the phosphoric acid glass has a higher conversion efficiency of the solar cell than the bismuth acid glass, and is obtained outside as illustrated.
- the adhesion of the fixed bar 6 is 5N or more.
- Deterioration of power generation efficiency and Iv characteristics within 0.5% before and after the temperature cycle test (-20 ° C to + 80 ° C, 1000 hours) (3) No glass penetration into the silicon substrate .. The selection criterion is set. As a result, the phosphate glass passed, and the bismuth acid glass failed.
- the examples of the components of the phosphate glass used here are as follows.
- FIG. 29 shows an example of changes in temperature and humidity during 1000 hours of TC according to the present invention. This is an example in which changes in temperature and humidity during the 1000 hours of TC of each glass in FIG. 28 described above are recorded.
- the lower part shows an example of temperature change, where the low temperature is in the range of 0 to -20 ° C and the high temperature is in the range of around 60 to 80 ° C.
- the upper part shows an example of changes in humidity when the temperature changes.
- FIG. 30 shows an efficiency comparison example (phosphate glass) before and after TC 1000 hours of the present invention.
- 30 shows each sample No. It is what measured the conversion efficiency of the solar cell before and after the TC1000 hour test of FIG. As a result, in the example (No. 1 to No. 5) in which the phosphate glass was used for the fixed bar 6 of FIG. The result is 31% or less, which is not much lower.
- FIG. 31 shows an IV characteristic comparison example (No. 1) before and after TC in the phosphate glass of the present invention.
- No. 1 in FIG. 26 shows a comparative example of the IV characteristics before and after the 1000-hour test when the phosphate glass of No. 1 is used for the fixed bar 6 of FIG.
- the curve after 1000 hours of TC is considered to be deterioration due to severe temperature change because the IV curve is inside the curve before the test, but the maximum is 0.31% or less (see FIG. 30). )Met.
- FIG. 32 shows an EL comparative example (phosphate glass No. 1) before and after the passage of TC of the present invention.
- (A), (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) in the upper row show optical photographs of the whole, and (b), (b-1), (b-2), ( b-3) shows an enlarged view of the upper part.
- the phosphate glass had no unclear shadow before and after the TC test and no expansion was observed, and could be used as the fixed bar 6 of the solar cell.
- other glasses for example, bismuth acid glass
- FIG. 33 shows an example of SEM observation of the phosphate glass of the present invention after a lapse of TC 1000 hours.
- 33A shows an observation example at low magnification (30 times)
- FIG. 33B shows an observation example at high magnification (1000 times).
- FIG. 33A shows a photograph of the fixing bar 6 and the finger electrode 5 formed on the silicon substrate.
- the horizontally long rectangle in the lower right portion represents the fixed bar 6 in FIG. 26 (b), and a photograph of the fixed bar 6 magnified 1000 times is shown in FIG. 33 (b).
- FIG. 33 shows No. An example of elemental analysis of 1-3 (glass part) is shown. This shows an example of elemental analysis of the portions of each fixing bar 6 with respect to the No. 1-3 sample of FIG. 30, and Si of the substrate is not detected. That is, in the fixed bar 6 made of phosphate glass, silicon of the substrate coated and sintered with the fixed bar 6 is not detected, and silicon is not diffused in the phosphate glass (fixed bar 6). Confirmed after TC 1000 hour test.
- FIG. 33 shows No. An example of elemental analysis of 4-9 (Si surface portion) will be shown. This shows an example of elemental analysis of the Si portion without each fixing bar 6 for the No. 4-9 sample of FIG. 30, in which only Si of the substrate is detected, and others (Zn, P, Ca, B of phosphate glass, etc.) ) Was not detected, which was confirmed after the TC 1000 hour test.
- FIG. 34 shows a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention (without insulating glass, directly soldered sectional structure).
- the fixing bar (insulating) 6 of FIG. 2 described above is eliminated (not formed), and the fixing bar 6 and the finger electrode 5 are directly soldered or pre-soldered.
- It shows an embodiment in which a wire (ribbon or linear wire) is directly soldered.
- the solder 15 is directly soldered (ultrasonic solder) on the finger 13 and the nitride film (insulating film) 12.
- the substrate 11 is a silicon substrate of a solar cell.
- the nitride film 12 is an insulating film formed on the substrate 11.
- the finger 13 is a known one in which a silver paste containing lead is applied and sintered on the nitride film 12 to make a hole in the nitride film 12 to form an electric path in the high electron concentration region of the substrate 11.
- the solder 15 is a ribbon (or wire) which is directly soldered or pre-soldered to the finger 13 and the nitride film 12 (a portion corresponding to the fixing bar 6 in FIG. 2) in a direction orthogonal to the finger (finger electrode) 13. Is directly soldered and corresponds to a bus bar (bus bar electrode).
- FIG. 35 shows a diagram for explaining the transition of the bus bar according to the present invention.
- FIG. 35A shows an example in which a conventional bus bar (silver) 14 is provided.
- the illustrated bus bar (silver) 14 is formed by applying and sintering a silver paste in a line shape on the nitride film 13 in a direction orthogonal to the fingers (silver) 12. For this reason, the bus bar 14 is formed of silver and therefore has a drawback of consuming a large amount of silver.
- FIG. 35B shows an embodiment in which the bus bar (fixed bar) (conductive glass) 141 of the present invention 1 is provided.
- the illustrated bus bar (fixed bar) (conductive glass) 141 is formed by coating and sintering conductive glass on the nitride film 13 without the finger electrode (silver) 12 in a direction orthogonal to the finger (silver) 12. It was formed by. For this reason, the bus bar (fixed bar) (conductive glass) 141 is made of conductive glass, and therefore has a superior point that silver is unnecessary.
- FIG. 35C shows an embodiment in which the bus bar (fixed bar) (insulating glass) 142 of the present invention 2 is provided.
- the illustrated bus bar (fixed bar) (insulating glass) 142 is formed by coating and sintering insulating glass on the nitride film 13 in a direction orthogonal to the fingers (silver) 12 without the finger electrode (silver) 12 portion. It was formed by. For this reason, the bus bar (fixed bar) (insulating glass) 142 does not need silver because it is formed of insulating glass, and since it is insulating, it can reduce leakage current and increase the efficiency of the solar cell. There is a superior point that can be done.
- FIG. 35 (d) shows an embodiment in which the bus bar of the present invention 3 is not used, and instead, the fingers 12 and the nitride film 13 are directly soldered with solder (or a soldering ribbon).
- the illustrated solder (or soldering ribbon) 15 is formed by directly placing the solder (or soldering ribbon) 15 on the portion of the finger electrode (silver) 12 and the nitride film 13 in a direction orthogonal to the finger (silver) 12. It is formed by soldering (ultrasonic soldering) instead of the bus bars 14, 141, 142. For this reason, the bus bars 14, 141, 142 are not required, and the number of steps can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and the silver of the bus bar can be eliminated.
- FIG. 36 shows an example of making a bus bar of the present invention ((d) of FIG. 35).
- FIG. 36 shows an example of creating (d) of FIG. 35 described above.
- 151 is soldered (ultrasonic soldering) with a solder (solder ribbon) in a line with a width of 1 mm in a direction orthogonal to the fingers 12.
- the bus bar (solder (solder ribbon)) 151 is neatly soldered on the fingers 12 and the nitride film 13 with a width of 1 mm. I understand.
- the fingers 12 and the nitride film 13 are soldered with a width of 1 mm in the direction orthogonal to the fingers 12. It became possible to perform clean soldering (ultrasonic soldering) across the busbars 14, 141, 142 and the lead-out wire instead of the busbars 14, 141, 142.
- FIG. 37 shows an IV characteristic example of the present invention. This shows an example of the IV characteristics of the solar cells of FIGS. 35 (a), (b), (c), and (d) described above.
- the horizontal axis represents voltage and the vertical axis represents current.
- the bus bar area (conventional technique) is the one shown in FIG.
- the bus bar area (ABS-F technique) (with / without glass) shows the above-described (b) and (c) / (d) of FIG. 35, respectively.
- the bus bar region is changed from the conventional (FIG. 35 (a)) to Invention 1 (conductive glass (FIG. 35 (b)), Invention 2 (insulating glass (FIG. 35 (c)), invention). It was found that the IV characteristic was improved in all cases by replacing 3 (nothing ((d) in FIG. 35)) with a decrease in leakage current.
- FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram (an overall appearance diagram) of one embodiment of the present invention.
- 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention (example of a partially enlarged schematic view of a finger electrode 5 and a fixing bar 6 from the upper side of a wafer).
- 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention (an example of an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of a finger electrode 5 and a fixing bar 6 from the side surface of a wafer).
- It is a process flow (1) of this invention.
- It is a process flow (2) of this invention.
- It is a process flow (3) of this invention.
- It is a process flow (4) of this invention.
- It is a specific example of the present invention and a conventional example.
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Description
また、絶縁膜の上に絶縁性の固定バーを形成することなく、フィンガー電極と固定バーの形成しない部分とに相当するフィンガー電極および絶縁膜に直接に半田付けあるいは予備半田付きの取出線をハンダ付けし、バスバー電極の形成、あるいはバスバー電極の形成と取出線のハンダ付けを行うようにしている。ハンダ付けは、超音波半田付けするようにしている。
また、絶縁膜の上に絶縁性の固定バーを形成することなく、フィンガー電極と固定バーの形成しない部分とに相当するフィンガー電極および絶縁膜に直接に半田付けあるいは予備半田付きの取出線をハンダ付けし、バスバー電極の形成、あるいはバスバー電極の形成と取出線のハンダ付け(超音波半田付け)することにより、バスバーを無くすことが可能となる。
・固定バー6の幅:2mm
・超音波ハンダ鏝のこて先の長さ:2mm
・超音波ハンダ鏝のこて先の幅:2mm
とした場合に、フィンガー電極5と絶縁性の固定バー6との間隔(長さ方向の間隔)の
・上限はこて先の動作方向の長さ(上記例では2mm)より長すぎず、こて先が下方の窒化膜3に接触などして損傷しないようにする(実験で決定する)。
・上限はリボン幅(固定バー6の幅)とする。
・リン酸・亜鉛系ガラス、ビスマス系ガラスあるいはこれらを主体としたペーストを用い、スクリーン印刷して焼結して形成した。
(1)使用する半田材料との密着性が良好
(2)電気的絶縁性が良好
(3)窒化膜3との密着性が良好
を満たすように材料、スクリーン印刷の厚さ、焼結温度などを実験で決定する。
1.アルカリ金属成分
Li,Na,K 1.0重量%以下
2.アルミナ酸化物
シリコン酸化物 3.0重量%以下
3.金属元素
Ti,V,Cr,Mn,Fe,
Cuの成分 1.0重量%以下
4.太陽電池表面の絶縁膜 酸化ビスマス(Bi2O3)を
(窒化膜)との密着性が 2.0重量%以上を含有
よい事
5.ガラスの骨格 リン又は亜鉛を含有 リン酸亜鉛四水和物
Zn3(PO4)2/H2O又は
メタリン酸亜鉛ZnP2O6
以上の条件、成分制限などを満たす絶縁ガラスを用いて図2の固定バー6を焼成して形成することにより、絶縁性の固定バー6が強く窒化膜に固着すると共に、絶縁性の固定バー6の上にリボンを超音波半田付けしても、リボンの下に絶縁性の固定バー6がありその基板内部への抵抗成分(並列抵抗成分という)が極めて大きくなり、フィンガー電極5からリボンに取り出した電子が当該並列抵抗成分を通って基板内部に漏洩する割合が極めて小さくすることが可能となり、結果として、太陽電池の効率(電流×電圧)の低下を低減することができた(後述する図16から図19参照)。
例1 例2
ZnO 31.22 28.67 25-35
P2O5 54.44 49.99 48-60
CaO 14.34 13.17 11-15
B2O3 8.17 0-13
合計 100 100
図11において、ビスマスガラスの例1、例2は、図示の下記のような成分(重量%)を有するものである。
例1 例2
Bi2O3 61.00 66.74 60-70
B2O3 13.00 13.93 12-20
ZnO 15.00 11.95 10-20
BaO 3.00 2.38 1.5-3.5
SiO2 2.00 1.99 0-3.0
ZrO2 2.00 0.00 0-3.0
P2O5 4.00 3.00 1.0-5.0
合計 100 100
以上のような成分により絶縁性のリン酸・亜鉛系ガラス、ビスマスガラスを作成し、太陽電池の固定バー5として使用した場合に、並列抵抗成分を低減して効率を良好にすることが可能となった(後述する図16から図19参照)。
・乾燥BOX(乾燥用の箱、容器)等を使用する。
・40~100℃程度の温度領域で、
・100分程度の熱処理(乾燥処理)(溶媒飛ばし工程)
を行う。これにより、絶縁ペーストをスクリーン印刷した太陽電池の固定バー6の部分に含まれる溶剤が揮発され、かつ太陽電池の固定バー6の下地の部分に接着されることとなる。
・乾燥BOX(乾燥用の箱、容器)等を使用する。
・遠赤外線焼結装置の1例として、
:340~900℃の範囲内で、かつ3~60秒の範囲で焼結する。
リン酸系ガラス
又はビスマス系ガラス 75-80 主材(電気絶縁性ガラス)
ジエチレングリコール
ブチルアセテート 10-15 有機材(主材粒子を結合)
タピネオール 5-10 有機溶媒(ペースト濃度
を調整)
セルロース系樹脂 1-5 樹脂(全体をまとめる、
塗布材料に接着)
以上の組成を良く混錬して絶縁ガラスペーストを作成し、図12のフローチャートの従い固定バーを印刷・乾燥・焼結し、図2の絶縁性の固定バー6を作成した。
・スクリーン線径:16μm
・メッシュ :325本/inch
・目開き(オープニング):62μm
・空間率 :63%
である。ここで、太陽電池の絶縁性の固定バー6の膜厚をコントロールするには、上記スクリーンの条件を変えるか、あるいは絶縁ペースト中の有機溶材の濃度を変えることで行う。
・フィンガー電極5の幅は、0.1mm
・絶縁性の固定バー6の幅×長さは、0.5mm×0.7mm
・フィンガー電極5と固定バー6との間隔は、0.3mm
とした。
ワイヤー)を、基板、基板上に形成した膜、固定バー、裏面のアルミ面、該アルミ面に穴を開けた部分、などの超音波半田付け対象の部分に、直接に超音波半田付けする手順を詳細に説明する。
図20において、S101は、半田コテ、ウェーハ登載台等の温度、超音波発振周波数等の設定を行う。これは、超音波半田付けを行うに先立ち、前準備として下記を行う。
・ウェーハ登載台:基板であるウェーハの登載台を所定温度に予備加熱(リボンあ
るいは線材に付着している半田が溶融する温度よりも少し低い温度、例えば180℃(後述する))する。
るウェーハに供給するように調整する(例えば後述するように、数十KHz、1~6Wの超音波をコテ先に供給するように調整する)。
2 半田を基板あるいは基板上の膜に予備半田し、次に、ワイヤーあるいはリボンを半田付けする場合に比して、当該予備半田工程が不要となる。
図21の(a)は、フィンガー面への接続例を示す。図21の(a-1)はリボンをフィンガー面に超音波半田付けした例を示し、図21の(a-2)は横方向から見た図を示す。
図22の(a)は、フィンガー面への接続例を示す。図22の(a-1)はワイヤーをフィンガー面に超音波半田付けした例を示し、図22の(a-2)は横方向から見た図を示す。
(1mm幅)
ワイヤー 3W 40 kH 420 ℃ 180 ℃
(0.5mmφ) (1~6W) (20~60 kH) (350~500℃)(100~180℃)
リボン
(2mm 幅)
6Wを超えると 500℃以上になると 200℃以上に
セル特性劣化を セル特性劣化を生ず なるとセル
生ずる場合が有 る場合が有る。熱供給 特性劣化を
る。コテの大型 を安定にすることに 生ずる場合
化等で熱の安定 より低温にできる。 がある。
供給ができる。 コテ複数化。
(a-1)10μm程度厚半田コート 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10
(a-2)上記ワイヤーの潰し形状 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10
(a-3)予備半田、銅線〇形状 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10
備考 柔軟性なし
取り扱い難
度の半田を付着(半田コートで付着)させたものである。(a-2)「上記ワイヤーの潰し形状」は、後述する図24の(b)で説明するように、「10μm程度厚半田コート」の〇状のワイヤーを少し潰したものである。(a-3)「予備半田、銅線〇形状」は、基板上に予備
半田付けしておき、これに銅線〇形状のワイヤーを超音波半田付けしたものである。
は全て超音波半田付けができた(電気的、機械的な接続が良好となった)。
(2)0.5mmφのワイヤー(銅線が0.5mmφの表面に半田を付着させたワイヤー)は固すぎ、ウェーハに超音波半田付けした場合に当該ウェーハが割れたり、はがれたりすることがあり、取り扱いに難がある。当該ワイヤーを使うには焼きなましなどし、柔らかくする必要性がある。
ば、銅線〇形状のワイヤーでも基板に超音波半田付けが可能なことが判明した。
図24の(b)は、潰しワイヤー説明図を示す。これは、上述した図24の(a)の「(a-2)上記ワイヤーの潰し形状」の説明図を示す。
図24の(b-2)において、図24の(b-1)の銅線〇形状のワイヤーを、ここでは、直径方向の上下に図示のように、少し潰し、下方の基板と接する部分が約100~200μm程度あるいはそれ以上あると、安定的に半田付け可能(図20のフローチャーに従った超音波半田付けが可能)となることが実験で判明した。
半田付きの有 半田付きの無
予備半田の有 (1)1 安定した作業 (3)1 熱の伝わり方によっ
2 〇形状ワイヤーでも ては、半田材用が一様に
半田付け可能 つかない場合がある
の無 又はリボンは密着
2 〇形状ワイヤーの密着 2 ワイヤー又はリボンの
は不安定 供給と併せて半田供給は
3 付着させた半田が 作業が不安定
剥げた個所の密着に問題が 3 一様な半田材料の供給
あり が難しい
1 安定した作業
2 〇形状のワイヤーでも半田付け可能
という結果が得られた。これは、ワイヤー又はリボンを超音波半田付けしようとする基板(ウェーハ)あるいは基板の上に形成した膜の部分に予め超音波半田付けにより予備半田付けした部分に、半田付きのワイヤー又はリボンを超音波半田付けした場合の実験結果である。安定した作業ができ、かつ〇形状のワイヤーでも半田付けが良好に可能(電気的に接続、かつ機械的に強固に接続可能)であった。
1 〇形状の潰したワイヤー又はリボンは密着
2 〇形状のワイヤーの密着は不安定
3 付着させた半田が剥げた個所の密着が問題があり
という結果が得られた。これは、ワイヤー又はリボンを超音波半田付けしようとする基
板(ウェーハ)あるいは基板の上に形成した膜の部分に超音波半田付けによる予備半田付けしない部分に、半田付きのワイヤー又はリボンを超音波半田付けした場合の実験結果である。〇形状の潰したワイヤー又はリボンは密着良好、〇形状のワイヤーの密着は不安定、また、付着させた半田が剥げた個所の密着に問題がありという結果が得られた。
1 熱の伝わり方によっては、半田材料が一様につかない場合ばある
という結果が得られた。これは、ワイヤー又はリボンを超音波半田付けしようとする基
板(ウェーハ)あるいは基板の上に形成した膜の部分に予め超音波半田付けにより予備半田付けした部分に、半田付きでないワイヤー又はリボンを超音波半田付けした場合の実験結果である。熱の伝わり方によっては、半田材料が一様につかない場合ばあるという結果が得られた。つまり、ワイヤー又はリボンに半田が付着していなく、半田付けしようとする基板の部分に予備半田がされているので、ワイヤー又はリボンの上から半田コテ先で軽く押さえながら超音波半田付けするので、コテ先、ワイヤー又はリボン、基板上の予備半田部分へと熱が伝わる経路の熱の伝わり方によって、一様な綺麗な半田付けができない場合が発生した。これは、ワイヤー又はリボンに半田付けしておけば解決できる。
1 半田供給要
2 ワイヤー又はリボンの供給と併せての半田供給は作業が不安定
3 一様な半田材料の供給が難しい
という結果が得られた。これは、ワイヤー又はリボン、および半田付けしようとする基
板の部分にも予備半田がない場合であるので、ワイヤー又はリボンと、半田とを同時に供給する必要がある。そのため、半田供給が必要、ワイヤー又はリボンの供給と半田の供給の両者が供給作業が不安定、更に一様は半田材料の供給が難しいという結果が得られた。
図26の(a)は従来技法(バスバー・フィンガー電極が同一工程の場合)の説明図を示す。これは、従来のバスバー61、フィンガー電極5を銀ペースト(鉛ガラス入り)をそれぞれ塗布(スクリーン印刷)・焼成を同一行程で行う従来技法を示すものである。塗布・焼成後にバスバー61の上にハンザ材料(鉛半田)71でリボン(外部端子)を半田付けしていた。
(1)固定バー6が、従来のバスバー61を置換したものであって、当該固定バー6は絶縁性かつ光を透過する膜であり、下の窒化膜3に強く固着している。
(2)ハンダ材料(鉛フリー半田)72が外部端子(リボン、線材)を固定バー6、およびフィンガー電極5に半田付けあるいは超音波半田付けしてそれぞれ固定しているので、外部端子(リボン、線材)は固定バー6を介して窒化膜3、更に基板1に機械的に強固に固定されると共に、外部端子(リボン、線材)はフィンガー電極5の上部(頭部)に直接に電気的に接続されている。以下順次詳細に説明する。
図27において、上段の「従来の技法(バス・フィンガーが同一工程の場合)」について説明する。
1 バスバー・フィンガー電極を銀(鉛ガラス入り)を同一工程とする。つまり、図26の(a)に示すように、バスバー61と、フィンガー電極5とを鉛ガラス入りの銀(銀ペースト)を塗布(スクリーン印刷)、乾燥、焼成をそれぞれ同時に行い、バスバー61、フィンガー電極5を図26の(a)のように同一工程で製造する。
2 そのときに使用する銀ペーストは、錫・鉛半田である。
また、従来技法の利点・不利点は、図示の下記である。
1 工程短縮する。これは、バスバー・フィンガー電極を同一工程で製造できるので、後述する本願発明の別工程で製造する場合に比し、工程短縮できる。
1 バスバーの鉛ガラス又は、鉛半田の影響による電子の再結合(結晶破壊等による)が発生する。これは、図26の(a)のバスバー61が鉛入り銀ペーストを塗布・焼成したもので作成されているため、また、鉛半田を用いて外部端子をバスバー61に半田付けするため、これらによるシリコン基板1のバスバー61に近い部分の結晶破壊等による電子の再結合が発生する割合が増大し、太陽電池の変換効率を低下させる欠点がある。
2 バスバー領域の銀により入射光率が減少する。これは、図26の(a)のバスバー61が鉛入り銀ペーストを塗布・焼成したもので作成されているため、入射光を完全に遮断し、この部分の光が遮断され、結果として光率を低下させてしまう。
1 固定バーを鉛フリーガラス(例えばリン酸ガラス)、フィンガー電極を別工程とする。つまり、図26の(b)に示すように、従来のバスバー61を変えた固定バー6を鉛フリーガラス(例えばリン酸ガラス)、フィンガー電極5を従来と同じ鉛ガラス入りの銀(銀ペースト)をそれぞれ塗布(スクリーン印刷)(別工程)、次に、乾燥、焼成をそれぞれ同時に行い、固定バー6、フィンガー電極5を図26の(b)のように製造する。
2 固定バー6は鉛フリーガラス(例えばリン酸ガラス)
フィンガー電極は鉛入り銀ペーストである。
また、本発明の利点・不利点は、図示の下記である。
1 固定バー6の鉛フリー材料(例えばリン酸ガラス)による製造のため、鉛フリーガラス又は鉛フリー半田の影響による電子の再結合(結晶破壊等による)の減少となる。これは、図26の(b)の固定バー6が鉛フリーガラス(例えばリン酸ガラス)を塗布・焼成したもので作成されているため、また、鉛フリー半田を用いて外部端子を固定ー6に半田付けするため、これらによるシリコン基板1の固定バー6に近い部分の結晶破壊等による電子の再結合の発生が減少し、太陽電池の変換効率を向上させる。
。
3 銀材料を削減できる。これは、図26の(b)の固定バー6が従来の銀を用いたバスバー61から変わっているため、この分の銀材料を削減できる。
1 工程が少し増える。これは、上述したように、図26の(a)の鉛入り銀ペーストで作成したバスバー61を、図26の(b)の鉛フリー材料(例えばリン酸ガラス)で作成した固定バー6に代えたために、固定バー6の塗布がフィンガー電極5と異なる材料となり別工程となり、この分の工程が少し増える。他の工程は同じである。
・従来技法では、市場ではフィンガーとバスバーの個別製造が徐々に増えている傾向が見かけられる。
・本願発明の技法では、市場ではフィンガーとバスバーの個別製造による工程増加以上に変換効率向上と銀材料減少の効果を重要視している傾向が見かけられる。
(1)固定バー6の密着力が5N以上。
(2)温度サイクル(-20℃から+80℃、1000時間)のテスト前後で発電効率、I-v特性の劣化が0.5%程度以内
(3)シリコン基板にガラスが浸透することがないこと。
という選択基準を設けた。その結果、リン酸ガラスは合格し、ビスマス酸ガラスは不合格であった。
酸化亜鉛ZnO 28.00~29.00 wt%
五酸化リンP2O5 49.00~50.00 wt%
酸化カルシウムCaO 13.00~14.00 wt%
三酸化ホウ素B2O3 8.00~9.00 wt%
添加物:アルミナAl2O3、シリカSiO2 1wt%以下
である。上部の部分は温度変化したときの湿度変化例を表す。
窒化膜12は、基板11の上に形成された絶縁膜である。
フィンガー13は、窒化膜12の上に鉛入りの銀ペーストを塗布・焼結して当該窒化膜12に穴を開けて基板11の高電子濃度領域に電気通路を形成した公知のものである。
ハンダ15は、フィンガー(フィンガー電極)13に直交する方向に該フィンガー13と窒化膜12(図2の固定バー6に相当する部分)とに直接にハンダ付け、あるいは予備ハンダしたリボン(あるいは線材)を直接にハンダ付けしたものであって、バスバー(バスバー電極)に相当するものである。
図35の(a)は、従来のバスバー(銀)14を設けた例を示す。図示のバスバー(銀)14は、銀ペーストをライン状にフィンガー(銀)12に直交する方向に窒化膜13の上に塗布・焼結して形成したものである。このためにバスバー14は、銀で形成されているので銀を多量に消費する欠点がある。
図36の(a)は予備ハンダ加工前の例を示す。これは、バスバー(ハンダ(ハンダ付きリボン)151の形成前の状態を示し、横方向にフィンガー(銀)12が幅W=100μmで形成されている。
バスバー領域(ABS-F技法)(ガラス有り/無し)は、既述した図35の(b)、(c)/(d)をそれぞれ示す。
3、13:窒化膜(絶縁膜)
4:アルミ膜
5、12:フィンガー(フィンガー電極)
6:固定バー(絶縁性)
61:バスバー
61:固定バー領域
7:リボン、線材(プリハンダ付け)
71、72:ハンダ材料
14:バスバー(銀)
141:バスバー(導電ガラス)
142:バスバー(絶縁ガラス)
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- 基板上に光などを照射したときに高電子濃度を生成する領域を形成すると共に該領域の上に光などを透過する絶縁膜を形成し、該絶縁膜の上に前記領域から電子を取り出す取出口であるフィンガー電極を形成して該フィンガー電極を介して前記電子を外部に取り出す太陽電池において、
前記絶縁膜の上に銀および鉛を含むフィンガー電極を形成すると共に、該フィンガー電極の部分あるいは余裕を持たせた部分を開口として前記絶縁膜の上に絶縁性の固定バーを形成した後に焼成し、
該焼成時の前記フィンガー電極に含まれる銀および鉛の作用により該フィンガー電極の下の膜である前記絶縁膜を貫通して前記領域と該フィンガー電極との間に電気導電性通路を形成し、かつ更に、該焼成時に同時に前記絶縁性の固定バーあるいは固定バーに含まれるガラス材料の作用により前記絶縁膜に強固に固着およびハンダ付け良好な前記絶縁性の固定バーを形成したことを特徴とする太陽電池。 - 前記余裕を持たせた部分を開口とするとして、前記フィンガー電極および絶縁性の固定バーの形成時の誤差による影響が小さくなる所定幅の部分を開口とすることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の太陽電池。
- 前記余裕を持たせた部分を開口するとして、前記フィンガー電極および前記絶縁性の固定バーの上に外部端子を超音波ハンダ付けする際の該超音波ハンダこての先端の接触部分と等しいあるいは若干狭い開口とし、該先端の接触部分が直接に前記絶縁膜に触れないようにしたことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項2のいずれかに記載の太陽電池。
- 前記焼成は、フィンガー電極をファイアリングする温度と前記絶縁性の固定バーを形成する温度とのうち前者が後者と等しいあるいは高く、かつ前者の温度で行うことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項3のいずれかに記載の太陽電池。
- 前記焼成は、1秒以上60秒以下としたことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項4のいずれかに記載の太陽電池。
- 前記絶縁性の固定バーあるいは固定バーに含まれる絶縁ガラス材料として、リン酸塩ガラス、ビスマスガラスのいずれか1つ以上としたことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項5のいずれかに記載の太陽電池。
- 前記フィンガー電極および前記絶縁性の固定バーに、外部端子をハンダ付けするハンダ材料は、錫、錫の酸化物、亜鉛、亜鉛の酸化物の少なくとも1つ以上を含んだことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項6のいずれかに記載の太陽電池。
- 前記ハンダ材料は、添加物として銅、銀、アルミニウム、ビスマス、インジウム、アンチモン、リンのうちの1つ以上を必要に応じて添加したことを特徴とする請求項7記載の太陽電池。
- 前記フィンガー電極および前記絶縁性の固定バーに外部端子のハンダ付けは、超音波ハンダ付けすることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項8のいずれに記載の太陽電池。
- 前記外部端子は、帯状のリボンとしたことを特徴とする請求項9記載の太陽電池。
- 前記固定バーは、光を透過する絶縁膜とし、この上に前記リボンあるいは前記線材の外部端子をハンダ付けあるいは超音波半田つけし、該固定バーの部分を透過した光を前記高電子濃度を生成する領域に入射させて変換効率を向上させると共に、該光を透過する絶縁膜がこの上に半田付けあるいは超音波半田付けした外部端子から基板への漏洩電流を低減したことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項10のいずれかに記載の太陽電池。
- 前記リボンあるいは線材の幅あるいは太さを0.1mmないし1mmと細くし、固定バーの部分の光の透過割合を多くして変換効率を向上させたことを特徴とする請求項11に記載の太陽電池。
- 前記絶縁膜の上に絶縁性の固定バーを形成することなく、前記フィンガー電極と該固定バーの形成しない部分とに相当する該フィンガー電極および該絶縁膜に直接に半田付けあるいは予備半田付きの取出線をハンダ付けし、バスバー電極の形成、あるいはバスバー電極の形成と取出線のハンダ付けを行うことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項12に記載の太陽電池。
- 請求項13のハンダ付けは、超音波半田付けとしたことを特徴とする太陽電池。
- 前記基板の前記領域、絶縁膜、フィンガー電極、および絶縁性の固定バーを設けた表側と反対の裏側の全面にアルミニウムあるいは部分的に穴を開けたアルミニウムを形成して裏側の外部端子をハンダ付けあるいは超音波ハンダ付けしたことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項14記載の太陽電池。
- 前記裏側の外部端子は、前記表側の絶縁性の固定バーとほぼ同じ位置に対応する該裏側の前記アルミニウムの上の位置あるいは前記部分的に穴を開けた部分に該裏側の外部端子をハンダ付けあるいは超音波ハンダ付けすることを特徴とする請求項15に記載の太陽電池。
- 前記外部端子は、予め半田を付着させた外部に電流を取り出す取出し線であって、リボンあるいは線材を、前記基板あるいは基板上に形成した膜の部分あるいは前記固定バーあるいは前記基板の裏面のアルミニウム面あるいは該アルミニウム面に穴を開けた部分に、コテ先部分で押し付けつつ、当該コテ先を所定速度で半田付け方向に移動させ、
予めリボンあるいは線材に付着させた半田をコテ先部分で溶解かつ超音波を印加し、近接した部分の付着物を除去して当該部分に該溶融半田を付着させて半田付けすることを特徴とする請求項9から請求項16のいずれかに記載の太陽電池。 - 前記線材は円形状の線材を若干つぶした形状にしたことを特徴とする請求項17に記
載の太陽電池。 - 基板上に光などを照射したときに高電子濃度を生成する領域を形成すると共に該領域の上に光などを透過する絶縁膜を形成し、該絶縁膜の上に前記領域から電子を取り出す取出口であるフィンガー電極を形成して該フィンガー電極を介して前記電子を外部に取り出す太陽電池の製造方法において、
前記絶縁膜の上に銀および鉛を含むフィンガー電極を形成すると共に、該フィンガー電極の部分あるいは余裕を持たせた部分を開口として前記絶縁膜の上に絶縁性の固定バーを形成した後に焼成するステップと、
該焼成時の前記フィンガー電極に含まれる銀および鉛の作用により該フィンガー電極の下の膜である前記絶縁膜を貫通して前記領域と該フィンガー電極との間に電気導電性通路を形成し、かつ更に、該焼成時に同時に前記絶縁性の固定バーあるいは固定バーに含まれるガラス材料の作用により前記絶縁膜に強固に固着およびハンダ付け良好な前記絶縁性の固定バーを形成するステップと
を有することを特徴とする太陽電池の製造方法。 - 前記基板の前記領域、絶縁膜、フィンガー電極、および絶縁性の固定バーを設けた表側と反対の裏側の全面にアルミニウムを形成してこれに外部端子をハンダ付けあるいは超音波ハンダ付けしたことを特徴とする請求項19に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。
- 前記裏側の外部端子は、前記表側の絶縁性の固定バーとほぼ同じ位置に対応する該裏側の前記アルミニウムの上の位置あるいは任意の位置に導電性の固定バーを形成して焼成し、この上に該裏側の外部端子をハンダ付けあるいは超音波ハンダ付けすることを特徴とする請求項20に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。
- 外部端子は、予め半田を付着させた外部に電流を取り出す取出し線であって、リボンあるいは線材を、前記基板あるいは基板上に形成した膜の部分あるいは前記固定バーあるいは前記基板の裏面のアルミニウム面あるいは該アルミニウム面に穴を開けた部分に、コテ先部分で押し付けつつ、当該コテ先を所定速度で半田付け方向に移動させ、
予めリボンあるいは線材に付着させた半田をコテ先部分で溶解かつ超音波を印加し、近接した部分の付着物を除去して当該部分に該溶融半田を付着させて半田付けすることを特徴とする請求項19から請求項21のいずれかに記載の太陽電池の製造方法。 - 前記線材は円形状の線材を若干つぶした形状にしたことを特徴とする請求項22に記
載の太陽電池の製造方法。 - 前記固定バーは、光を透過する絶縁膜とし、この上に前記リボンあるいは前記線材の外部端子をハンダ付けあるいは超音波半田つけし、該固定バーの部分を透過した光を前記高電子濃度を生成する領域に入射させて変換効率を向上させると共に、該光を透過する絶縁膜がこの上に半田付けあるいは超音波半田付けした外部端子から基板への漏洩電流を低減したことを特徴とする請求項19から請求項23のいずれかに記載の太陽電池の製造方法。
- 前記リボンあるいは線材の幅あるいは太さを0.1mmないし1mmと細くし、固定バーの部分の光の透過割合を多くして変換効率を向上させたことを特徴とする請求項24に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。
- 前記絶縁膜の上に絶縁性の固定バーを形成することなく、前記フィンガー電極と該固定バーの形成しない部分とに相当する該フィンガー電極および該絶縁膜に直接に半田付けあるいは予備半田付きの取出線をハンダ付けし、バスバー電極の形成、あるいはバスバー電極の形成と取出線のハンダ付けを行うことを特徴とする請求項19から請求項25に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。
- 請求項26のハンダ付けは、超音波半田付けとしたことを特徴とする太陽電池の製造方法。
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