WO2014192899A1 - 太陽電池およびその製造方法、ならびに太陽電池モジュールおよびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
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- the present invention relates to a solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof. Furthermore, this invention relates to a solar cell module and its manufacturing method.
- a solar cell electric power is generated by taking out carriers (electrons and holes) generated by light irradiation to a photoelectric conversion unit made of a semiconductor junction or the like to an external circuit.
- carriers electrosprays
- a collector electrode is provided on the photoelectric conversion unit of the solar cell.
- a collector electrode made of a thin metal is provided on the light receiving surface.
- a collector electrode is provided on the transparent electrode layer.
- a solar cell collector electrode is generally formed by pattern printing a silver paste by a screen printing method. Although this method is simple in itself, there are problems that the material cost of silver is large and the silver paste material containing a resin is used, so that the resistivity of the collector electrode is increased. In order to reduce the resistivity of the collector electrode formed using the silver paste, it is necessary to print the silver paste thickly. However, if the printed thickness is increased, the line width of the electrode also increases, so that it is difficult to make the electrode thin, and the light shielding area by the collecting electrode increases.
- Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose solar cells in which a metal layer made of copper or the like is formed on a transparent electrode constituting a photoelectric conversion unit by a plating method.
- a resist material layer insulating layer
- electrolytic plating is applied to the resist opening on the transparent electrode layer.
- a metal layer is formed on the transparent electrode layer of the photoelectric conversion portion.
- the resist is removed to form a collector electrode having a predetermined shape.
- Patent Document 3 discloses that the line width of the plating electrode is made equal to or smaller than the line width of the base electrode layer by forming the plating electrode layer using a mask after the base electrode layer is formed.
- Patent Document 4 after an insulating layer of SiO 2 or the like on the transparent electrodes, to expose the surface or side of the transparent electrode layer is provided with grooves passing through the insulating layer, conducting with the exposed portion of the transparent electrode
- a method of forming a metal collector electrode is disclosed. Specifically, a method has been proposed in which a metal seed is formed on the exposed portion of the transparent electrode layer by a photoplating method or the like, and a metal electrode is formed by electrolytic plating using this metal seed as a starting point. Such a method is more advantageous in terms of material cost and process cost because it is not necessary to use a resist as in Patent Documents 1 and 2. Moreover, by providing a low-resistance metal seed, the contact resistance between the transparent electrode layer and the collector electrode can be reduced.
- Patent Document 5 a conductive seed having appropriate roughness and porosity is used, and an insulating layer is formed on the conductive seed, thereby forming discontinuous openings in the insulating layer on the conductive seed.
- a method of forming a collecting electrode by plating starting from the opening is disclosed.
- Patent Document 3 when a mask corresponding to the collector electrode pattern is used, there is a problem that costs and man-hours for manufacturing the mask are required and it is not suitable for practical use.
- Patent Document 4 it is possible to form a collector electrode having a fine line pattern by plating without using an expensive resist material.
- the method of forming the metal seed that is the starting point of electrolytic plating by the photoplating method can be applied to the n layer side of the semiconductor junction, but cannot be applied to the p layer side.
- a heterojunction solar cell it is known that the characteristics of the configuration in which an n-type single crystal silicon substrate is used and the heterojunction on the p-layer side is the light-receiving surface side are the highest.
- the opening A is formed in the insulating layer.
- the contact area between the conductive seed and the plated metal electrode layer can be increased as compared with the method described in Patent Document 4.
- the method of patent document 5 is applicable to both the p layer type and n layer side of the semiconductor junction of a solar cell.
- An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the related art related to the formation of a collector electrode of a solar cell as described above, to improve the conversion efficiency of the solar cell, and to reduce the manufacturing cost of the solar cell.
- the light shielding area by the collecting electrode is reduced by unevenly distributing the opening of the insulating layer formed on the conductive seed in the central portion in the width direction of the collecting electrode.
- the present inventors have found that the conversion efficiency of a solar cell can be improved, and have reached the present invention.
- the present invention relates to a solar cell having a collector electrode extending in one direction on a first main surface of a photoelectric conversion unit, and a solar cell module including the solar cell.
- the collector electrode includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer in order from the photoelectric conversion unit side, and an insulating layer in which an opening is formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
- the first conductive layer is covered with an insulating layer, and a part of the second conductive layer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the opening of the insulating layer.
- the first conductive layer is in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction, and a non-central portion L o that is within the range of each d 2 -d I from both ends of the first conductive layer, the middle between the two non-central portion Part.
- Density S c of the opening of the first conductive layer on the insulating layer in the central portion is higher than the density S o of the opening of the first conductive layer on the insulating layer in the non-central portion.
- d I is the thickness of the insulating layer
- d 2 is the thickness of the second conductive layer.
- the region is the central portion (L c ), and the region of the first conductive layer other than the central portion is the non-central portion (L o ).
- a N a straight line at s N perpendicular to the extending direction of the first conductive layer; E NA, E NB : intersections of A N and both ends of the first conductive layer; L N : spacing between E NA and E NB (line width of first conductive layer at s N ); C N: midpoint between E NA and E NB; s N Boundary point between the central part and the non-central part: a point on the straight line A N with a distance from the point C N is L N / 2 ⁇ (d 2 ⁇ d I ) (a point on the ENA side is b AN , ENB side point b BN ) It is.
- the first conductive layer is preferably a thermal flow temperature T 1 is comprising a low melting material is at a temperature lower than the heat resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit, a low-melting-point material are unevenly distributed in the central portion of the first conductive layer It is preferable.
- the low melting point material is formed in a plurality of island regions, and the distance d PL between one of the island regions and the nearest island region is d PL ⁇ 2 ⁇ (d 2 ⁇ d I ). It is preferable to satisfy.
- the photoelectric conversion unit has a silicon-based thin film and a transparent electrode layer in this order on the first main surface of the crystalline silicon substrate, and has a collector electrode on the transparent electrode layer.
- a step of forming a first conductive layer on the first main surface of the photoelectric conversion part (first conductive layer forming step), and an insulating layer is formed on the first conductive layer. It includes a process (insulating layer forming process) and a process (plating process) in which a second conductive layer electrically connected to the first conductive layer is formed by a plating method through an opening provided in the insulating layer in this order. An opening is formed in the insulating layer so as to be unevenly distributed in the central portion on the first conductive layer.
- the first conductive layer is formed, for example, by applying a coating material having a viscosity of 10 to 500 Pa ⁇ s on the first main surface of the photoelectric conversion portion and then curing the coating material.
- the first conductive layer is preferably heat flow temperature T 1 is comprising a low melting material is at a temperature lower than the heat resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit.
- the insulating layer formed by heat treatment at a high temperature of annealing temperature Ta than the heat flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material is carried out, it can form an opening in the insulating layer on the first conductive layer. Further, by forming the insulating layer at a high temperature of the substrate temperature Tb than the heat flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material, simultaneously with the formation of the insulating layer can form an opening in the insulating layer on the first conductive layer.
- the collector electrode can be formed by a plating method, the collector electrode has a low resistance, and the conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved.
- the second conductive layer is formed by plating at the center on the first conductive layer, the width of the collector electrode can be reduced, and a collector electrode with a small light-shielding area can be formed. Therefore, a highly efficient solar cell can be provided at low cost.
- the solar cell 100 of the present invention includes the collector electrode 7 on the first main surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the collector electrode 7 includes a first conductive layer 71 and a second conductive layer 72 in order from the photoelectric conversion unit 50 side.
- An insulating layer 9 having an opening is formed between the first conductive layer 71 and the second conductive layer 72.
- a part of the second conductive layer 72 is electrically connected to the first conductive layer 71, for example, through the opening 9h of the insulating layer 9.
- the insulating layer 9 on the first conductive layer is formed so that the density of the openings in the central part is higher than the density of the openings in the non-central part.
- the first conductive layer 71 preferably includes a low melting point material having a heat flow start temperature T 1 lower than the heat resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit 50. Heat flow starting temperature T 1 of, for example is 250 ° C. or less.
- the first conductive layer includes a low-melting-point material
- the low-melting-point material in the first conductive layer is preferably positioned so that the existence density in the central portion is higher than the existence density in the non-central portion.
- heterojunction solar cell is a crystalline silicon solar cell in which a diffusion potential is formed by having a silicon thin film having a band gap different from that of single crystal silicon on the surface of a single crystal silicon substrate of one conductivity type.
- the silicon-based thin film is preferably amorphous.
- a thin intrinsic amorphous silicon layer interposed between a conductive amorphous silicon thin film for forming a diffusion potential and a crystalline silicon substrate is a crystalline silicon solar cell having the highest conversion efficiency. It is known as one of the forms.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a heterojunction solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the heterojunction solar cell 101 includes, as the photoelectric conversion unit 50, a conductive silicon-based thin film 3a and a light-receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 6a in this order on one surface (light-receiving surface) of the one-conductive single-crystal silicon substrate 1. It is preferable that the other surface (opposite surface of the light receiving surface) of the one conductivity type single crystal silicon substrate 1 has the conductivity type silicon thin film 3b and the back surface side transparent electrode layer 6b in this order.
- a collecting electrode 7 including a first conductive layer 71 and a second conductive layer 72 is formed on the light receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 6 a on the surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- An insulating layer 9 having an opening is formed between the first conductive layer 71 and the second conductive layer 72.
- intrinsic silicon-based thin films 2a and 2b between the one-conductivity-type single crystal silicon substrate 1 and the conductive silicon-based thin films 3a and 3b. It is preferable to have the back metal electrode 8 on the back side transparent electrode layer 6b.
- a single crystal silicon substrate contains an impurity that supplies electric charge to silicon in order to provide conductivity.
- Single crystal silicon substrates include an n-type in which atoms (for example, phosphorus) for introducing electrons into silicon atoms and a p-type in which atoms (for example, boron) for introducing holes into silicon atoms are contained. That is, “one conductivity type” in the present invention means either n-type or p-type.
- the heterojunction on the light receiving surface side is preferably a reverse junction.
- the one-conductivity-type single crystal silicon substrate used for the heterojunction solar cell is preferably an n-type single crystal silicon substrate.
- the single conductivity type single crystal silicon substrate preferably has a texture structure on the surface from the viewpoint of light confinement.
- a silicon-based thin film is formed on the surface of the single conductivity type single crystal silicon substrate on which the texture structure is formed.
- a plasma CVD method is preferable.
- conditions for forming a silicon thin film by plasma CVD a substrate temperature of 100 to 300 ° C., a pressure of 20 to 2600 Pa, and a high frequency power density of 0.004 to 0.8 W / cm 2 are preferably used.
- a source gas used for forming a silicon-based thin film a silicon-based gas such as SiH 4 or Si 2 H 6 or a mixed gas of a silicon-based gas and H 2 is preferably used.
- the conductive silicon-based thin films 3a and 3b are one-conductive type or reverse-conductive type silicon-based thin films.
- the one-conductivity-type silicon-based thin film and the reverse-conductivity-type silicon-based thin film are n-type and p-type, respectively.
- B 2 H 6 or PH 3 is preferably used as the dopant gas for forming the p-type or n-type silicon-based thin film.
- the addition amount of impurities such as P and B may be small, it is preferable to use a mixed gas diluted with SiH 4 or H 2 in advance.
- a gas containing a different element such as CH 4 , CO 2 , NH 3 , GeH 4 is added to alloy the silicon thin film, thereby reducing the energy gap of the silicon thin film. It can also be changed.
- silicon thin films include amorphous silicon thin films, microcrystalline silicon (thin films containing amorphous silicon and crystalline silicon), and the like. Among these, it is preferable to use an amorphous silicon thin film.
- the transparent electrode layer 6a / p-type amorphous silicon thin film 3a / i type is used as a preferable configuration of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 when an n-type single crystal silicon substrate is used as the one-conductivity-type single crystal silicon substrate 1.
- Examples include a laminated structure in the order of amorphous silicon thin film 2a / n type single crystal silicon substrate 1 / i type amorphous silicon thin film 2b / n type amorphous silicon thin film 3b / transparent electrode layer 6b. In this case, it is preferable to use the p-layer side as the light-receiving surface for the reasons described above.
- i-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon composed of silicon and hydrogen is preferable.
- surface passivation can be effectively performed while suppressing impurity diffusion into the single crystal silicon substrate. Further, by changing the amount of hydrogen in the film, it is possible to give an effective profile to the carrier recovery in the energy gap.
- the p-type silicon thin film is preferably a p-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer, a p-type amorphous silicon carbide layer, or a p-type amorphous silicon oxide layer.
- a p-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer is preferable from the viewpoint of suppressing impurity diffusion and reducing the series resistance.
- the p-type amorphous silicon carbide layer and the p-type amorphous silicon oxide layer are wide gap low-refractive index layers, which are preferable in terms of reducing optical loss.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 of the heterojunction solar cell 101 preferably includes the transparent electrode layers 6a and 6b on the conductive silicon thin films 3a and 3b.
- the transparent electrode layers 6a and 6b are preferably composed mainly of a conductive oxide.
- the conductive oxide for example, zinc oxide, indium oxide, or tin oxide can be used alone or in combination. From the viewpoints of conductivity, optical characteristics, and long-term reliability, an indium oxide containing indium oxide is preferable, and an indium tin oxide (ITO) as a main component is more preferably used.
- the transparent electrode layer may be a single layer or a laminated structure composed of a plurality of layers.
- a doping agent can be added to the transparent electrode layer.
- examples of the doping agent include aluminum, gallium, boron, silicon, and carbon.
- examples of the doping agent include zinc, tin, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum, and silicon.
- examples of the doping agent include fluorine.
- the doping agent can be added to one or both of the light-receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 6a and the back surface side transparent electrode layer 6b.
- a doping agent By adding a doping agent to the light-receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 6a, the resistance of the transparent electrode layer itself can be reduced, and resistance loss between the transparent electrode layer 6a and the collector electrode 7 can be suppressed.
- the film thickness of the light-receiving surface side transparent electrode layer 6a is preferably 10 nm or more and 140 nm or less from the viewpoints of transparency, conductivity, and light reflection reduction.
- the role of the transparent electrode layer 6a is to transport carriers to the collector electrode 7, and it is only necessary to have conductivity necessary for that purpose, and the film thickness is preferably 10 nm or more.
- the film thickness of the transparent electrode layer 6a is within the above range, an increase in carrier concentration in the transparent electrode layer can also be prevented, so that a decrease in photoelectric conversion efficiency due to a decrease in transmittance in the infrared region is also suppressed.
- the method for forming the transparent electrode layer is not particularly limited, but a physical vapor deposition method such as a sputtering method, a chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method using a reaction between an organometallic compound and oxygen or water is preferable.
- a physical vapor deposition method such as a sputtering method, a chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method using a reaction between an organometallic compound and oxygen or water is preferable.
- MOCVD chemical vapor deposition
- energy by heat or plasma discharge can be used.
- the substrate temperature at the time of producing the transparent electrode layer is appropriately set.
- the temperature is preferably 200 ° C. or lower.
- the back surface metal electrode 8 is preferably formed on the back surface side transparent electrode layer 6b.
- the back surface metal electrode 8 it is desirable to use a material having high reflectivity from the near infrared to the infrared region and high conductivity and chemical stability. Examples of the material satisfying such characteristics include silver and aluminum.
- the method for forming the back surface metal electrode layer is not particularly limited, but a physical vapor deposition method such as a sputtering method or a vacuum evaporation method, a printing method such as screen printing, or the like is applicable.
- a collecting electrode 7 is formed on the transparent electrode layer 6a.
- the collector electrode 7 is a finger electrode extending in a predetermined direction on the photoelectric conversion unit, and includes a first conductive layer 71 and a second conductive layer 72.
- the first conductive layer 71, than the heat resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit has a thermal flow temperature T 1 of the low temperature, it is preferable to contain a low melting point material.
- the insulating layer 9 having an opening is formed between the first conductive layer 71 and the second conductive layer 72.
- a part of the second conductive layer 72 is electrically connected to the first conductive layer 71.
- “partially conducting” means a state in which an opening is formed in the insulating layer, and the opening is filled with the material of the second conductive layer, thereby conducting.
- the film thickness of a part of the insulating layer is very thin (about several nm) (that is, a locally thin film thickness region is formed)
- the second conductive layer 72 becomes the first conductive layer 71. Including those that are conducting.
- the low-melting-point material of the first conductive layer 71 is a metal material such as aluminum
- the first conductive layer 71 and the second conductive layer are interposed via an oxide film (corresponding to an insulating layer) formed on the surface thereof.
- a state in which the gap is conducted is exemplified.
- the insulating layer 9 is formed so as to cover the first conductive layer 71.
- An opening is formed in the insulating layer on the first conductive layer, and the opening of the insulating layer is unevenly distributed in the central portion on the first conductive layer.
- the central portion L c of the first conductive layer is a region (non-central portion L o) within the range of d 2 -d I from both ends of the first conductive layer in the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the first conductive layer. ).
- the non-central portion Lo of the first conductive layer is a region of the first conductive layer other than the central portion, and both ends of the first conductive layer in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the first conductive layer.
- d 2 -d I respectively.
- d 2 is the thickness of the second conductive layer
- d I is the thickness of the insulating layer.
- “Unevenly distributed in the central part” means that the density in the central part is higher than the density in the non-central part.
- the unevenly distributed openings formed in the first conductive layer on the insulating layer is a central portion
- the density S c of the opening in the central portion of the insulating layer is higher than the density S o of the opening in the insulating layer of the non-central portion That is, it means that S o ⁇ S c is satisfied.
- the fact that the low melting point material contained in the first conductive layer is unevenly distributed in the central portion means that the density M c of the low melting point material in the central portion is higher than the density M O of the low melting point material in the non-central portion.
- the film thickness d I of the insulating layer 9 is the distance between the first conductive layer 71 side interface and the second conductive layer 72 side interface of the insulating layer 9.
- the film thickness d 2 of the second conductive layer 72 is the distance between the surface of the first conductive layer 71 exposed at the opening of the insulating layer 9 and the surface of the second conductive layer 72.
- the length of the perpendicular leg drawn from the interface between the first conductive layer and the insulating layer (or the interface between the first conductive layer and the opening of the insulating layer) It is defined as the distance (thickness). If the thickness of the insulating layer and the second conductive layer is not uniform, the film thickness was measured at a plurality of positions, the average value of the film thickness at a plurality of locations may be set to d I and d 2.
- the central portion and the non-central portion of the first conductive layer are grasped by observing the surface of the first conductive layer.
- the region X is a region adjacent to the measurement region, and each of the region A and the region C corresponds to the region X in FIG.
- the region X is, for example, a region of about 0.5 mm along the extending direction of the first conductive layer (the direction indicated by the arrows in FIGS. 5A and 5B).
- the central portion Lc is a region sandwiched between two lines formed by sequentially connecting the boundary points between the central portion and the non-central portion in the region X of the first conductive layer.
- the non-central portion Lo is a region other than the central portion of the first conductive layer.
- the second conductive layer is selectively removed so that the surface of the first conductive layer can be observed.
- the method for removing the second conductive layer is not particularly limited, but may be performed by a method that does not change the shape of the first conductive layer by a method such as chemical etching, peeling using an adhesive tape, or mechanical polishing. preferable.
- an insulating layer is non-transparent, in order to observe the surface of a 1st conductive layer, in addition to a 2nd conductive layer, an insulating layer is also removed.
- FIG. 5A is an optical micrograph of the first conductive layer after the second conductive layer is removed by chemical etching.
- both ends E 1A and E 1B in the width direction of the first conductive layer at one end of the region X are extracted.
- a binarized image (FIG. 5B) of an observation image for example, a photograph observed with an optical microscope or a scanning electron microscope
- an end portion in the width direction of the first conductive layer, that is, the first conductive layer that is, the first conductive layer.
- the boundary between the formation region and the first conductive layer non-formation region can be easily extracted.
- FIG. 5C1 is a diagram for explaining a method for obtaining the boundary lines (O A and O B ) between the central portion and the non-central portion of the first conductive layer from the binarized image.
- a point having a distance (d 2 ⁇ d I ) along the straight line L N from each of the point E NA and the point E NB (a distance from the point C N on the straight line A N is L N / 2 ⁇ (d 2 ⁇ d I ) is the boundary bAN and bBN between the central part and the non-central part.
- d 2 film thickness of the second conductive layer
- d I film thickness of the insulating layer
- a N a straight line orthogonal to the extending direction of the first conductive layer and passing through s N
- E NA, E NB intersections of A N and both ends of the first conductive layer
- L N distance between E NA and E NB (line width of first conductive layer at s N )
- C N midpoint between ENA and ENB
- b AN and b BN points on the straight line A N that have a distance from C N of L N / 2 ⁇ (d 2 ⁇ d I ) (a point on the EN side is b AN , and a point on the E NB side is b BN And)
- O A b
- a method of forming a cross section by cutting a sample embedded in a resin and performing a polishing process on the cut surface, or a method of processing by a focused ion beam (FIB) can be applied.
- the cross-sectional image of the second conductive layer can be observed with an optical microscope or a scanning electron microscope.
- the length Lx of the measurement region is preferably the entire width of the region B, and is set to about 0.5 mm.
- the density of the opening of the insulating layer in the “non-central portion” of the first conductive layer is evaluated. This is similar to the measurement of the density of the opening of the insulating layer in the central portion of the first conductive layer, and the region to be measured along the straight line Q O passing through the non-central portion of the first conductive layer in the regions A and C ( Forming a cross section of region B), observing the cross section with a scanning electron microscope or the like, calculating the length of the opening of the insulating layer and the length of the measurement region, and calculating the ratio of the insulating layer at the non-central portion of the first conductive layer It is assumed that the density S o of the openings is. As shown in FIG.
- the straight line Q O is the non-central portion of the region A center (boundary line O B and the center of the end portion of the first conductive layer) around, and the non-central portion of the region C It passes through the vicinity of the center and is substantially parallel to the extending direction of the first conductive layer.
- the first conductive layer has non-central portions at both ends, but generally, the density of the openings of the insulating layer in these two non-central portions is equal. Therefore, the density of the opening of the insulating layer in any one of the non-central portions may be the density of the opening in the non-central portion of the measurement region.
- the above-mentioned (i) to (iii) are carried out in each of the plurality of measurement areas of the collector electrode, and in each measurement area, the density S c of the central opening and the density S O of the non-central opening are calculated. To do.
- the above measurement is performed in each of the ten measurement regions, and the average value of the openings in the insulating layer in each measurement region is defined as the density of the openings in the insulating layer.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B the light shielding by the collector electrode will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.
- a metal grows isotropically around the origin of formation. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3A (1), when the opening of the insulating layer (plating starting point 79) is uniformly formed on the first conductive layer 271, the metal is also formed from the vicinity of the end of the first conductive layer. As shown in FIG. 3A (2), the second conductive layer 272 grows out of the formation region of the first conductive layer 271 (the hatched region in FIG. 3A (2)).
- the width of the second conductive layer 272 is the first conductive layer. It tends to be larger than the width of the layer 271. That is, as compared with the case where only the first conductive layer is formed, the light shielding area by the collector electrode tends to be large, which causes a decrease in the current (Jsc) of the solar cell.
- the light shielding area can also be reduced by reducing the line width of the first conductive layer.
- the contact resistance between the first conductive layer and the transparent electrode layer also varies depending on the contact area between the two, if the line width (area) of the first conductive layer is reduced, the solar cell performance due to increased contact resistance is increased. The decline may not be negligible.
- the opening of the insulating layer (plating starting point 79) is arranged so as to be unevenly distributed in the central portion of the first conductive layer 71.
- the second conductive layer 72 is formed by plating using the opening of the insulating layer as a starting point.
- FIG. 3C is a schematic diagram showing a cross section taken along line C1-C2 of the collector electrode formed in FIG. 3B (2).
- the opening 9 h of the insulating layer 9 that is the starting point of the deposition of the second conductive layer 72 is unevenly distributed in the center of the first conductive layer 71. Therefore, the second conductive layer is not easily generated by protruding from the first conductive layer, and the contact resistance in the finger electrode can be reduced without increasing the light shielding area by the second conductive layer.
- the density of the insulating layer opening at the non-central portion on the first conductive layer is smaller than the density of the insulating layer opening at the central portion on the first conductive layer. It is preferable. In particular, it is preferable that the opening of the insulating layer is not formed in the non-central portion on the first conductive layer.
- a method for forming an opening in the insulating layer 9 for conducting the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is not particularly limited, and methods such as laser irradiation, mechanical drilling, and chemical etching can be employed.
- the low melting point material in the first conductive layer is thermally fluidized to form an opening in the insulating layer formed thereon.
- the thermal flow start temperature T of the low melting point material is formed.
- FIG. 4 is a process conceptual diagram showing an embodiment of a method for forming the collector electrode 7 on the photoelectric conversion unit 50 of the solar cell.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is prepared (photoelectric conversion unit preparation step, FIG. 4A).
- photoelectric conversion unit preparation step FIG. 4A
- a photoelectric conversion unit including a silicon-based thin film and a transparent electrode layer is prepared on one conductivity type silicon substrate.
- the first conductive layer 71 containing the low melting point material 711 is formed on the first main surface of the photoelectric conversion portion (first conductive layer forming step, FIG. 4B).
- the first conductive layer 71 is preferably formed such that the low melting point material 711 is unevenly distributed in the center.
- the insulating layer 9 is formed on the first conductive layer 71 (insulating layer forming step, FIG. 4C).
- the insulating layer 9 may be formed only on the first conductive layer 71, and is also formed on a region where the first conductive layer 71 of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is not formed (first conductive layer non-formation region). May be.
- the insulating layer 9 is preferably formed also on the first conductive layer non-formation region.
- annealing step After the insulating layer is formed, annealing by heating is performed (annealing step, FIG. 4D).
- the annealing process the first conductive layer 71 is heated to the annealing temperature Ta, and the low melting point material 711 is heat-fluidized, whereby the surface shape of the first conductive layer 71 is changed, and accordingly, on the first conductive layer 71.
- Deformation occurs in the formed insulating layer 9.
- the deformation of the insulating layer 9 is typically the formation of an opening 9h in the insulating layer.
- the opening 9h is formed in a crack shape, for example.
- the second conductive layer 72 is formed by a plating method (plating step, FIG. 4E).
- the first conductive layer 71 is covered with the insulating layer 9, the first conductive layer 71 is exposed at a portion where the opening 9h is formed in the insulating layer 9. Therefore, the first conductive layer is exposed to the plating solution, and metal can be deposited starting from the opening 9h.
- the second conductive layer corresponding to the shape of the collector electrode can be formed by plating without providing a resist material layer having an opening corresponding to the shape of the collector electrode. That is, since the second conductive layer is formed by the plating method starting from the opening of the insulating layer that is unevenly distributed in the central portion on the first conductive layer, the expansion of the line width of the second conductive layer can be suppressed. .
- the first conductive layer 71 is a layer that functions as a conductive underlayer when the second conductive layer is formed by a plating method. Therefore, the first conductive layer only needs to have conductivity that can function as a base layer for electrolytic plating. Note that in this specification, a volume resistivity of 10 ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ cm or less is defined as conductive. Further, if the volume resistivity is 10 2 ⁇ ⁇ cm or more, it is defined as insulating.
- the film thickness of the first conductive layer 71 is preferably 20 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 10 ⁇ m or less from the viewpoint of cost. On the other hand, from the viewpoint of setting the line resistance of the first conductive layer 71 in a desired range, the film thickness is preferably 0.5 ⁇ m or more, and more preferably 1 ⁇ m or more.
- the first conductive layer 71 preferably comprises a low melting point material of the heat flow temperature T 1.
- the softening point is a temperature at which the viscosity becomes 4.5 ⁇ 10 6 Pa ⁇ s (the same as the definition of the softening point of glass).
- an opening can be formed in the insulating layer on the region where the low melting point material exists, and the second conductive layer is deposited by plating using the opening as a starting point. Can do.
- the opening of the insulating layer can be easily formed in the central portion on the first conductive layer.
- an opening is formed in the insulating layer 9 on the low melting point material 711. Therefore, in order to reduce the line width of the second conductive layer, it is preferable that the density of the low-melting point material in the non-central portion of the first conductive layer is lower than that in the central portion, More preferably, it does not exist in the central part.
- the distribution (density) of the openings in the insulating layer can be estimated.
- the distribution of the low melting point material can be evaluated by observing the surface of the first conductive layer.
- the density of the low melting point material can be obtained by dividing the area occupied by the low melting point material in the predetermined observation region by the area of the observation region.
- the area occupied by the low melting point material can be measured using an optical microscope or a scanning electron microscope.
- the area occupied by the low-melting-point material can be measured by mapping measurement of the composition of the first conductive layer.
- the composition analysis can be carried out by detecting and spectrally analyzing characteristic X-rays generated by irradiation with an electron beam or the like. For example, the spatial distribution of the composition can be measured by scanning the electron beam irradiation position.
- M O / Mc is 1 is preferable (that is, it is preferable that the low melting point material is unevenly distributed in the central portion).
- M O / Mc is more preferably 0.5 or less, and further preferably 0.2 or less.
- the first conductive layer is formed of the first electrode pattern layer not including the low melting point material
- One example is a method in which the line width is smaller than that of one electrode pattern and a low-melting-point material is included to form a two-layer structure with a second electrode pattern layer. At this time, it is preferable to form the second electrode pattern layer so as to be positioned at the center of the first electrode pattern layer.
- the first conductive layer is formed by patterning using a coating material composed of a particulate low melting point material, a particulate high melting point material, and a resin, as described later, the low melting point material and the high melting point material
- the low melting point material can be unevenly distributed in the central portion of the first conductive layer also by controlling the particle size and content of and the viscosity of the coating material.
- the particle size of the low melting point material is preferably larger than the particle size of the high melting point material.
- the coating material has viscosity, and therefore, as shown in FIG. To do.
- the particle size of the low melting point material 711 is larger than the particle size of the high melting point material 712, the high melting point material having a smaller particle size is more likely to flow. Material 712 moves preferentially. As a result, the low melting point material 711 is left behind in the central portion of the first conductive layer 71, and the low melting point material 711 can be unevenly distributed in the central portion of the first conductive layer 71.
- the viscosity of the coating material forming the first conductive layer is preferably 10 to 500 Pa ⁇ s, and more preferably 50 to 300 Pa ⁇ s. If the viscosity of the coating material is within the above range, the flow of the low melting point material having a large particle size is unlikely to occur, and the flow of the high melting point material or the like is likely to occur. Therefore, as shown in FIG. The low melting point material tends to be unevenly distributed in the center of the layer.
- the viscosity of the coating material can be measured with a rotational viscometer (B type viscometer) manufactured by Brookfield Co., Ltd. under the conditions of a temperature of 25 ° C. and a rotational speed of 10 rpm.
- the low melting point material is preferably a material that causes heat flow in the annealing process and changes the surface shape of the first conductive layer 71. Therefore, the thermal flow temperature T 1 of the low-melting material is preferred over the annealing temperature Ta is low.
- the annealing process is preferably performed at an annealing temperature Ta lower than the heat resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit 50. Therefore, the heat flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material, it is preferred to heat the temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit is cold.
- the heat-resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion part is a temperature at which the characteristics of a solar battery (also referred to as “cell”) or a solar battery module produced using the cell is irreversibly lowered.
- a solar battery also referred to as “cell”
- a solar battery module produced using the cell is irreversibly lowered.
- the first conductive layer 71 is preferably heat flow temperature T 1 is comprises a low melting point material 250 ° C. or less.
- the lower limit of the thermal flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material is not particularly limited. From the viewpoint of easily forming the opening 9h in the insulating layer 9 by increasing the amount of change in the surface shape of the first conductive layer during annealing, the low-melting-point material exhibits thermal flow in the first conductive layer forming step. Preferably it does not occur.
- the first conductive layer is formed by coating or printing, heating may be performed for drying.
- the heat flow temperature T 1 of the low-melting material is preferred over the heating temperature for the drying of the first conductive layer is a high temperature. From this viewpoint, the heat flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point materials is preferably at least 80 ° C., more preferably at least 100 ° C..
- Low melting point material if the heat flow temperature T 1 is the above-mentioned range, be organic, it may be inorganic.
- the low melting point material may be electrically conductive or insulating, but is preferably a metal material having conductivity. If the low-melting-point material is a metal material, the resistance value of the first conductive layer can be reduced. Therefore, when the second conductive layer is formed by electrolytic plating, the film thickness of the second conductive layer can be increased. it can. If the low melting point material is a metal material, the contact resistance between the photoelectric conversion unit 50 and the collector electrode 7 can be reduced.
- the low melting point material a simple substance or an alloy of a low melting point metal material or a mixture of a plurality of low melting point metal materials can be suitably used.
- the low melting point metal material include indium, bismuth, and gallium.
- the first conductive layer 71 in addition to the above low melting point material preferably contains a refractory material having a thermal flow temperature T 2 of the relatively high temperature than the low-melting-point material. Since the first conductive layer 71 includes the high melting point material, the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer can be efficiently conducted, and the conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved. For example, when a material having a large surface energy is used as the low melting point material, when the first conductive layer 71 is exposed to a high temperature by the annealing process and the low melting point material is in a liquid phase, particles of the low melting point material aggregate. In some cases, the first conductive layer 71 may be disconnected due to coarse particles.
- the first conductive layer formation material contains the high melting point material so that the first conductive layer is coarsened by the low melting point material. The disconnection of the layer can be suppressed.
- Heat flow temperature T 2 of the high-melting material is preferably higher than the annealing temperature Ta. That is, when the first conductive layer 71 contains a low melting point material and a high melting point material, the heat flow starting temperature T 1 of the low melting point material, the heat flow starting temperature T 2 of the high melting point material, and the annealing temperature Ta in the annealing process are: , T 1 ⁇ Ta ⁇ T 2 is preferably satisfied.
- the high melting point material may be an insulating material or a conductive material, but a conductive material is preferable from the viewpoint of reducing the resistance of the first conductive layer.
- the resistance of the first conductive layer as a whole can be reduced by using a material having high conductivity as the high melting point material.
- a material having high conductivity for example, a single metal material such as silver, aluminum, copper, or a plurality of metal materials can be preferably used.
- the content ratio is to suppress disconnection due to coarsening of the low-melting-point material as described above, to the conductivity of the first conductive layer, to the insulating layer. From the standpoint of easiness of forming the opening (increase in the number of starting points of metal deposition of the second conductive layer), etc., it is appropriately adjusted. The optimum value differs depending on the material used and the combination of particle sizes.
- the weight ratio of the low melting point material to the high melting point material (low melting point material: high melting point material) is 5:95 to 67:33. It is a range.
- the weight ratio of the low melting point material to the high melting point material is more preferably 10:90 to 50:50, and further preferably 15:85 to 35:65.
- the particle diameter D L of the low melting point material is from the viewpoint of facilitating the formation of an opening in the insulating layer by annealing. It is preferably 1/20 or more of the film thickness d of the first conductive layer, and more preferably 1/10 or more. Particle size D L of the low-melting material, more preferably 0.25 [mu] m, more preferably not less than 0.5 [mu] m.
- the particle size of the particles can be set as appropriate according to the mesh size of the screen plate.
- the particle size is preferably smaller than the mesh size, and more preferably 1 ⁇ 2 or less of the mesh size.
- the particle size is defined by the diameter of a circle having the same area as the projected area of the particles (projected area circle equivalent diameter, Heywood diameter).
- the shape of the particles of the low melting point material is not particularly limited, but a non-spherical shape such as a flat shape is preferable. In addition, non-spherical particles obtained by combining spherical particles by a technique such as sintering are also preferably used. Generally, when the metal particles are in a liquid phase, the surface shape tends to be spherical in order to reduce the surface energy. If low melting point material of the first conductive layer before annealing is non-spherical, the annealing is heated in heat flow starting temperature above T 1, since the particles approaches the spherical shape, the surface shape of the first conductive layer The amount of change is greater. Therefore, it becomes easy to form an opening in the insulating layer 9 on the first conductive layer 71.
- the first conductive layer 71 may be conductive and have a volume resistivity of 10 ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ cm or less.
- the volume resistivity of the first conductive layer 71 is preferably 10 ⁇ 4 ⁇ ⁇ cm or less.
- the low melting point material only needs to have conductivity.
- the combination of low melting point material / high melting point material includes insulation / conductivity, conductivity / insulation, conductivity / conductivity.
- Both the low melting point material and the high melting point material are preferably conductive materials.
- a paste containing a binder resin or the like can be preferably used in addition to the low melting point material (and high melting point material).
- the binder resin contained in the paste it is preferable to use a material that can be cured at the drying temperature, and an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, an acrylic resin, or the like is applicable.
- the shape of the low melting point material changes with hardening, and as shown in FIG. 4D, an opening (crack) is likely to occur in the insulating layer near the low melting point material during the annealing process.
- the ratio between the binder resin and the conductive low melting point material may be set to be equal to or higher than a so-called percolation threshold (a critical value of the ratio corresponding to the low melting point material content at which conductivity is manifested).
- the first conductive layer 71 can be produced by a known technique such as an inkjet method, a screen printing method, a conductive wire bonding method, a spray method, a vacuum deposition method, or a sputtering method.
- the first conductive layer 71 is preferably patterned in a predetermined shape such as a comb shape.
- a screen printing method is suitable for forming the patterned first conductive layer from the viewpoint of productivity.
- a method of printing a collector electrode pattern using a printing paste containing a low melting point material made of metal particles and a screen plate having an opening pattern corresponding to the pattern shape of the collector electrode is preferably used.
- the drying temperature in this case it is preferred to heat flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material is a low temperature.
- the drying time can be appropriately set, for example, from about 5 minutes to 1 hour.
- the first conductive layer may be composed of a plurality of layers.
- a laminated structure including a lower layer having a low contact resistance with the transparent electrode layer on the surface of the photoelectric conversion portion and an upper layer containing a low melting point material may be used.
- an improvement in the curve factor of the solar cell can be expected with a decrease in contact resistance with the transparent electrode layer.
- the resistance of the first conductive layer can be further reduced by adopting a laminated structure of the low-melting-point material-containing layer and the high-melting-point material-containing layer.
- the first conductive layer is formed by the printing method
- the formation method of the first conductive layer is not limited to the printing method.
- the first conductive layer may be formed by vapor deposition or sputtering using a mask corresponding to the pattern shape.
- An insulating layer 9 is formed on the first conductive layer 71.
- the first conductive layer 71 is formed in a predetermined pattern (for example, comb shape)
- the insulating layer 9 is formed at least in the first conductive layer formation region.
- the insulating layer 9 is preferably formed also on the first conductive layer non-formation region, and particularly preferably formed on the entire surface of the first conductive layer non-formation region.
- the photoelectric conversion part can be protected chemically and electrically from the plating solution when the second conductive layer is formed by plating. It becomes.
- a transparent electrode layer is formed on the surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 like a heterojunction solar cell
- an insulating layer is formed on the surface of the transparent electrode layer, so that the transparent electrode layer and the plating solution Contact is suppressed and precipitation of the metal layer (second conductive layer) on the transparent electrode layer can be prevented.
- the insulating layer is formed in the entire first conductive layer formation region and the first conductive layer non-formation region.
- an insulating layer having an opening is formed so as to cover the first conductive layer.
- the opening of the insulating layer is formed so as to be unevenly distributed in the central portion on the first conductive layer.
- the density of the openings in the insulating layer is higher in the non-central portion on the first conductive layer than in the central portion on the first conductive layer. It is preferable that the opening is low, and it is more preferable that the opening of the insulating layer is not formed in the non-central portion on the first conductive layer.
- the insulating layer 9 is preferably a material having chemical stability with respect to the plating solution. By using a material having high chemical stability with respect to the plating solution, the insulating layer is hardly dissolved during the plating step when forming the second conductive layer, and damage to the surface of the photoelectric conversion portion is less likely to occur. Moreover, when the insulating layer 9 is formed also on the 1st conductive layer non-formation area
- the insulating layer 9 preferably has a high adhesion strength with the transparent electrode layer 6a on the surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the adhesion strength between the transparent electrode layer and the insulating layer it becomes difficult for the insulating layer to be peeled off during the plating step, and metal deposition on the transparent electrode layer can be prevented.
- the insulating layer 9 it is preferable to use a material with little light absorption. Since the insulating layer 9 is formed on the light receiving surface side of the photoelectric conversion unit 50, more light can be taken into the photoelectric conversion unit if light absorption by the insulating layer is small. For example, when the insulating layer 9 has sufficient transparency with a transmittance of 90% or more, the optical loss due to light absorption in the insulating layer is small, and without removing the insulating layer after forming the second conductive layer, the solar Can be used as a battery. Therefore, the manufacturing process of a solar cell can be simplified and productivity can be further improved. When the insulating layer 9 is used as it is as a solar cell without being removed, the insulating layer 9 is more preferably made of a material having sufficient weather resistance and stability against heat and humidity in addition to transparency. .
- the material of the insulating layer may be an inorganic insulating material or an organic insulating material.
- the inorganic insulating material for example, materials such as silicon oxide, silicon nitride, titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, and zinc oxide can be used.
- the organic insulating material for example, materials such as polyester, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, acrylic, epoxy, and polyurethane can be used. From the viewpoint of facilitating the formation of an opening in the insulating layer due to interface stress caused by the change in the surface shape of the first conductive layer in the annealing treatment, the material of the insulating layer is an inorganic material having a small breaking elongation. It is preferable.
- silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, aluminum oxide, sialon (SiAlON), yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, barium titanate, samarium oxide, Barium tantalate , tantalum oxide, magnesium fluoride, titanium oxide, strontium titanate and the like are preferably used.
- silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, aluminum oxide, sialon (SiAlON), yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, barium titanate, samarium oxide, Barium tantalate , tantalum oxide, magnesium fluoride, and the like are preferable, and silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and the like are particularly preferably used from the viewpoint that the refractive index can be appropriately adjusted.
- These inorganic materials are not limited to those having a stoichiometric composition, and may include oxygen deficiency or the like.
- the film thickness of the insulating layer 9 is appropriately set according to the material and forming method of the insulating layer.
- the thickness of the insulating layer 9 is preferably thin enough that an opening can be formed in the insulating layer due to interface stress or the like caused by a change in the surface shape of the first conductive layer in the annealing process. From this viewpoint, the thickness of the insulating layer 9 is preferably 1000 nm or less, and more preferably 500 nm or less.
- the optical characteristics and film thickness of the insulating layer 9 in the first conductive layer non-forming portion the light reflection characteristics are improved, the amount of light introduced into the solar cell is increased, and the conversion efficiency is further improved. It becomes possible to improve.
- the refractive index of the insulating layer 9 is preferably lower than the refractive index of the surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the film thickness is preferably set in the range of 30 nm to 250 nm, and more preferably in the range of 50 nm to 250 nm.
- the film thickness of the insulating layer on the first conductive layer forming region and the film thickness of the insulating layer on the first conductive layer non-forming region may be different.
- the thickness of the insulating layer is set from the viewpoint of facilitating the formation of the opening by annealing treatment, and in the first conductive layer non-formation region, the optical film thickness having appropriate antireflection characteristics
- the film thickness of the insulating layer may be set so that
- the refractive index of an insulating layer is an intermediate value of a sealing agent and a transparent electrode layer.
- the refractive index of the insulating layer 9 is preferably 1.4 to 1.9, more preferably 1.5 to 1.8, and still more preferably 1.55 to 1.75.
- the refractive index of the insulating layer can be adjusted to a desired range depending on the material, composition, etc. of the insulating layer. For example, in the case of silicon oxide, the refractive index is increased by reducing the oxygen content.
- the refractive index in this specification is a refractive index with respect to the light of wavelength 550nm, and is a value measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Further, it is preferable that the optical film thickness (refractive index ⁇ film thickness) of the insulating layer is set so as to improve the antireflection characteristics according to the refractive index of the insulating layer.
- the insulating layer can be formed using a known method.
- a dry method such as a plasma CVD method or a sputtering method is preferably used.
- a wet method such as a spin coating method or a screen printing method is preferably used. According to these methods, it is possible to form a dense film with few defects such as pinholes.
- the insulating layer 9 is preferably formed by a plasma CVD method.
- a plasma CVD method not only a thick film having a thickness of about 200 nm but also a thin insulating film having a thickness of about 30 to 100 nm can be formed.
- the surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 has a texture structure (uneven structure) as in the solar cell shown in FIG. It is preferably formed by a CVD method.
- a highly dense insulating layer it is possible to reduce damage to the transparent electrode layer during the plating process and to prevent metal deposition on the transparent electrode layer.
- Such a highly dense insulating film can function as a barrier layer for water, oxygen, and the like for the layer inside the photoelectric conversion unit 50, like the silicon-based thin film 3 in the heterojunction solar cell of FIG. Therefore, the effect of improving the long-term reliability of the solar cell can be expected.
- the shape of the insulating layer 9 between the first conductive layer 71 and the second conductive layer 72 is not necessarily a continuous layer shape, and is an island shape. It may be.
- the term “island” in this specification means a state in which a part of the surface has a non-formation region where the insulating layer 9 is not formed.
- the insulating layer 9 can also contribute to an improvement in adhesion between the first conductive layer 71 and the second conductive layer 72.
- the adhesion between the Ag layer and the Cu layer is small, but the Cu layer is formed on an insulating layer such as silicon oxide. Therefore, it is expected that the adhesion of the second conductive layer is enhanced and the reliability of the solar cell is improved.
- the annealing process is performed before the second conductive layer 72 is formed.
- the first conductive layer 71 is heated to a temperature higher than the thermal flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material, for the low-melting-point material is fluidized state, the surface shape of the first conductive layer is changed. Along with this change, an opening 9h is formed in the insulating layer 9 formed thereon (FIG. 4D). Therefore, in a subsequent plating step, a part of the surface of the first conductive layer 71 is exposed to the plating solution and becomes conductive, so that the metal is deposited starting from this conductive portion as shown in FIG. It becomes possible.
- the opening is mainly formed on the low melting point material 711 of the first conductive layer 71.
- the low-melting point material is an insulating material, it is insulative immediately below the opening.
- the plating solution penetrates into the conductive high-melting point material around the low-melting point material, the first conductive layer and the plating layer are plated. It is possible to conduct the liquid.
- the annealing temperature (heating temperature) Ta during the annealing treatment is preferably higher than the thermal flow start temperature T 1 of the low melting point material, that is, T 1 ⁇ Ta.
- the annealing temperature Ta preferably satisfies T 1 + 1 ° C. ⁇ Ta ⁇ T 1 + 100 ° C., and more preferably satisfies T 1 + 5 ° C. ⁇ Ta ⁇ T 1 + 60 ° C.
- the annealing temperature can be appropriately set according to the composition and content of the material of the first conductive layer.
- the annealing temperature Ta is preferably lower than the heat resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the heat-resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion unit varies depending on the configuration of the photoelectric conversion unit.
- the heat resistant temperature in the case of having a transparent electrode layer or an amorphous silicon-based thin film, such as a heterojunction solar cell or a silicon-based thin film solar cell is about 250 ° C. Therefore, in the case of a heterojunction solar cell in which the photoelectric conversion portion includes an amorphous silicon thin film or a silicon thin film solar cell, the annealing temperature is 250 from the viewpoint of suppressing thermal damage at the amorphous silicon thin film and its interface.
- the temperature is set to be equal to or lower.
- the annealing temperature is more preferably 200 ° C. or less, and further preferably 180 ° C. or less.
- the heat flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material of the first conductive layer 71 is preferably less than 250 ° C., more preferably less than 200 ° C., more preferably less than 180 ° C..
- the crystalline silicon solar cell having the reverse conductivity type diffusion layer on the first main surface of the one conductivity type crystal silicon substrate does not have an amorphous silicon thin film or a transparent electrode layer. About 900 ° C. Therefore, the annealing process may be performed at an annealing temperature Ta higher than 250 ° C.
- the method of forming the opening in the insulating layer is not limited to the method of performing the annealing treatment after the insulating layer is formed as described above.
- the opening 9h can be formed simultaneously with the formation of the insulating layer 9.
- an opening is formed substantially simultaneously with the formation of the insulating layer by forming the insulating layer while heating the substrate.
- substantially simultaneously with the formation of the insulating layer means that a separate step such as annealing is not performed in addition to the insulating layer forming step, that is, during or immediately after the formation of the insulating layer. Means the state.
- immediateately after film formation includes the period from the end of film formation of the insulating layer (after the stop of heating) to the time when the substrate is cooled and returned to room temperature or the like.
- the insulating layer on the low-melting-point material when an opening is formed in the insulating layer on the low-melting-point material, even after the insulating layer on the low-melting-point material has been formed, the insulating layer is formed around the periphery. Thus, the case where the insulating layer around the low melting point material is deformed and an opening is formed is included.
- the substrate is heated to a temperature Tb higher than the thermal flow start temperature T 1 of the low melting point material 711 of the first conductive layer 71.
- a method of forming the insulating layer 9 on the first conductive layer 71 is used. Since the insulating layer 9 is formed on the first conductive layer in which the low melting point material is in a fluid state, stress is generated at the film forming interface at the same time as the film formation, for example, a crack-shaped opening is formed in the insulating layer.
- the substrate temperature Tb at the time of forming the insulating layer represents the substrate surface temperature (also referred to as “substrate heating temperature”) at the start of the formation of the insulating layer.
- the average value of the substrate surface temperature during the formation of the insulating layer is usually equal to or higher than the substrate surface temperature at the start of film formation. Therefore, the insulating layer forming temperature Tb, if elevated temperatures than the heat flow temperature T 1 of the low melting point material, it is possible to form the deformation of openings such as the insulating layer.
- the insulating layer 9 when the insulating layer 9 is formed by a dry method such as a CVD method or a sputtering method, by setting the substrate surface temperature in the insulating layer film formation to be higher than the thermal flow start temperature T 1 of the low melting point material, An opening can be formed.
- the insulating layer 9 is formed by a wet method such as coating, the opening is formed by setting the substrate surface temperature when drying the solvent to be higher than the heat flow start temperature T 1 of the low melting point material. be able to.
- the “film formation start point” when the insulating layer is formed by a wet method refers to the time point when the solvent starts drying.
- the preferable range of the insulating layer formation temperature Tb is the same as the preferable range of the annealing temperature Ta.
- the substrate surface temperature can be measured, for example, by attaching a temperature display material (also called a thermo label or thermo seal) or a thermocouple to the substrate surface.
- a temperature display material also called a thermo label or thermo seal
- the temperature of the heating unit can be appropriately adjusted so that the surface temperature of the substrate falls within a predetermined range.
- the material and composition of the insulating layer, and the film forming conditions are adjusted as appropriate.
- an opening can be formed in the insulating layer.
- the insulating layer forming temperature Tb is preferably 130 ° C. or higher, more preferably 140 ° C. or higher, and further preferably 150 ° C. or higher. Moreover, it is preferable that the highest temperature reached on the substrate surface during the formation of the insulating layer is lower than the heat-resistant temperature of the photoelectric conversion part.
- the film deposition rate by plasma CVD is preferably 1 nm / second or less, more preferably 0.5 nm / second or less, and further preferably 0.25 nm / second or less from the viewpoint of forming a denser film.
- a substrate temperature of 145 ° C. ⁇ 250 ° C.
- a pressure 30 Pa ⁇ 300 Pa a power density of 0.01W / cm 2 ⁇ 0.16W / cm 2 is preferred.
- the above-described annealing step may be further performed.
- the opening is formed in the insulating layer on the low melting point material. Therefore, if the first conductive layer is formed so that the low melting point material is unevenly distributed in the central portion on the first conductive layer, the opening of the insulating layer is formed so as to be unevenly distributed in the central portion on the first conductive layer. As shown in FIG. 6, even if the low melting point material is not present on the outermost surface of the first conductive layer, an opening can be formed in the insulating layer on the projection surface in the thickness direction of the low melting point material.
- the opening of the insulating layer is formed so as to unevenly distributed on the center portion of the first conductive layer, the density S c of the opening in the insulating layer of the central part, the opening of the insulating layer of the non-central portion It is higher than the density S 2 O. That is, the ratio S O / S c between the density S c of the opening in the central insulating layer and the density S O of the opening in the non-central insulating layer is less than 1.
- S O / S C is preferably 0.5 or less, more preferably 0.2 or less. More S O / S C is small, even if the thickness d 1 of the second conductive layer is large, it is possible to reduce the width of the second conductive layer. For this reason, the width of the collecting electrode is reduced and the light shielding by the collecting electrode is reduced, so that the power generation amount of the solar cell can be improved.
- the method of unevenly distributing the opening of the insulating layer in the central portion on the first conductive layer is not limited to the method of causing the low-melting-point material in the first conductive layer to thermally flow.
- the opening may be formed so as to be unevenly distributed in the central insulating layer on the first conductive layer by a method such as laser irradiation, mechanical drilling, or chemical etching.
- the distance d IP between adjacent openings in the insulating layer is small.
- the metal material of the second conductive layer deposited from the bottom of one opening (on the first conductive layer) of the insulating layer on the first conductive layer is deposited from the bottom of the adjacent opening.
- d IP is more preferably 1.5 times or less of d 2 -d I (that is, d IP ⁇ 1.5 ⁇ (d 2 -d I )).
- the opening 9h m (+ Y) the distance d IP of adjacent certain opening 9h m and + Y direction side (+ Y ), and of the opening 9h m and -Y direction side of the adjacent spacing d IP between the opening (-Y), either greater value of the d IP.
- d IP (-Y) and d IP (-Y) is desirably either double or less of (d 2 -d I), it is 1.5 times or less of (d 2 -d I) Is more desirable.
- the distance d PL between adjacent low melting point materials is preferably 2 ⁇ (d 2 ⁇ d I ) or less. More preferably, it is 1.5 ⁇ (d 2 -d I ) or less. If the distance between the low melting point materials adjacent in the first conductive layer is small, the distance d IP between the adjacent openings in the insulating layer thereon is small, so the second conductive layer starting from a plurality of openings is Electrical connection is made and the resistance of the collector electrode is reduced.
- d PL (-Y) and d PL (-Y) is desirably either double or less of (d 2 -d I), it is 1.5 times or less of (d 2 -d I) Is more desirable.
- the low melting point material is formed in an island shape, for example, the particulate low melting point material is surrounded by a material other than the low melting point material of the first conductive layer (for example, a high softening point material or a resin paste). , Refers to the case where it exists in isolation. Further, when the low melting point material is aggregated, the aggregated low melting point material is regarded as one island (low melting point material) and the distance between adjacent low melting point materials may be obtained.
- the second conductive layer 72 is formed on the insulating layer 9 in the first conductive layer forming region by a plating method.
- the metal deposited as the second conductive layer is not particularly limited as long as it is a material that can be formed by a plating method. For example, copper, nickel, tin, aluminum, chromium, silver, gold, zinc, lead, palladium, etc., or these Mixtures can be used.
- the second conductive layer line width L 2 of the may be set in accordance with the first conductive layer line widths L T1 and the second conductive layer thickness d 2, etc. of.
- the width of the first conductive layer A second conductive layer is formed starting from the end. Since the width of the second conductive layer formed outside the first conductive layer non-formation region is d 2 at the maximum, the line width of the collector electrode (the line width of the second conductive layer) is L T1 + 2 ⁇ at the maximum. d 2 becomes the light shielding area increases.
- the opening of the insulating layer is unevenly distributed in the central portion on the first conductive layer, the ratio of the second conductive layer being formed starting from the end portion on the first conductive layer is small, The width of the second conductive layer formed so as to protrude from the first conductive layer non-formation region can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the width L F of the second conductive layer, it is possible to reduce the line width of the collector electrode as a result.
- Line width L F of the collector electrode it is preferable to satisfy L F ⁇ L T1 + d 2 , and more preferably satisfies L F ⁇ L T1 + 0.6 ⁇ d 2. If L F ⁇ L T1 + d 2 is satisfied, light shielding by the second conductive layer can be reduced and the solar cell performance can be improved.
- the light I B in the normal direction of the light receiving surface forms an approximately 45 ° angle greater than the surface of the collector electrode Incident.
- Reflected light R B at week electrode surface of the light I B which is incident at an angle of 45 ° or more in collector collector electrode is made to be reflected to the solar cell side, easily incorporated into the cell. Therefore, even if the second conductive layer protrudes from the end of the first conductive layer formation region within the range of width 0.3 ⁇ d 2 , the light shielding by the second conductive layer in this region is substantially It tends to be negligible.
- the width of the second conductive layer protruding from both ends of the first conductive layer is 0.3 ⁇ d 2 or less, respectively. If, namely, the line width L F of the collector electrode, it satisfies the L F ⁇ L T1 + 0.6 ⁇ d 2, is possible to suppress the deterioration in the power generation amount by the light shielding of the collector electrode.
- the thickness d 2 of the second conductive layer is preferably at least 1 [mu] m, more preferably not less than 3 [mu] m.
- d 2 is more preferably 5 ⁇ m to 35 ⁇ m.
- the line resistance of the second conductive layer is preferably as small as possible.
- the line resistance of the second conductive layer is preferably 1 ⁇ / cm or less, and more preferably 0.5 ⁇ / cm or less.
- the line resistance of the first conductive layer only needs to be small enough to function as a base layer during electrolytic plating, and may be, for example, 5 ⁇ / cm or less.
- the second conductive layer can be formed by either an electroless plating method or an electrolytic plating method, but the electrolytic plating method is preferable from the viewpoint of productivity. In the electroplating method, since the metal deposition rate can be increased, the second conductive layer can be formed in a short time.
- FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram of the plating apparatus 10 used for forming the second conductive layer.
- the first conductive layer 71 on the substrate 12 is connected to the power source 15 via the substrate holder 14.
- copper is selectively formed on the first conductive layer not covered with the insulating layer 9, that is, with an opening formed in the insulating layer by annealing treatment as a starting point. It can be deposited.
- the plating solution 16 used for acidic copper plating contains copper ions.
- a known composition mainly composed of copper sulfate, sulfuric acid, and water can be used, and a metal that is the second conductive layer is deposited by applying a current of 0.1 to 10 A / dm 2 thereto. be able to.
- An appropriate plating time is appropriately set according to the area of the collecting electrode, current density, cathode current efficiency, set film thickness, and the like.
- a third conductive layer may be further formed on the second conductive layer as a collector electrode.
- a first plating layer (second conductive layer) made of a material having high conductivity such as Cu is formed on the first conductive layer through the opening of the insulating layer, the second is excellent in chemical stability.
- the plating layer (third conductive layer) is formed on the second conductive layer, a collector electrode having low resistance and excellent chemical stability can be formed.
- a plating solution removing step after the plating step to remove the plating solution remaining on the surface of the substrate 12.
- the plating solution removing step it is possible to remove the metal that can be deposited starting from the opening 9h of the insulating layer 9 formed by the annealing process. Examples of the metal deposited starting from other than the opening 9h include those starting from a pinhole of the insulating layer 9 or the like.
- a transparent electrode layer such as ITO or an insulating layer such as silicon oxide is hydrophilic, and a contact angle with water on the surface of the substrate 12 or the surface of the insulating layer 9 is about 10 ° or less.
- the contact angle with the water on the surface of the substrate 12 is preferably set to 20 ° or more.
- the surface of the substrate 12 may be subjected to water repellent treatment.
- the water repellent treatment is performed, for example, by forming a water repellent layer on the surface. By the water repellent treatment, the wettability of the substrate surface to the plating solution can be reduced.
- the insulating layer 9 which has water repellency may be formed. That is, by forming the insulating layer 9 having a large contact angle ⁇ with water (for example, 20 ° or more), a separate water repellent treatment step can be omitted, so that the productivity of the solar cell can be further improved.
- the insulating layer is formed by a plasma CVD method in which the film forming conditions of the insulating layer (for example, the flow rate ratio of silicon source gas and oxygen source gas introduced into the film forming chamber) are changed. And a method of forming a silicon oxide layer as the above.
- the insulating layer removing step may be performed after the collector electrode is formed (after the plating step).
- the insulating layer it is preferable to perform an insulating layer removing step in order to suppress a decrease in solar cell characteristics due to the light absorption of the insulating layer.
- the method for removing the insulating layer is appropriately selected according to the characteristics of the insulating layer material.
- the insulating layer can be removed by chemical etching or mechanical polishing. An ashing method can also be applied depending on the material.
- the insulating layer removing step does not need to be performed.
- the collector electrode 7 is provided on the light receiving surface side of the heterojunction solar cell has been mainly described, but a similar collector electrode may be formed on the back surface side. Since a solar cell using a crystalline silicon substrate, such as a heterojunction solar cell, has a large amount of current, in general, power generation loss due to loss of contact resistance between the transparent electrode layer / collector electrode tends to be significant. On the other hand, in the present invention, since the collector electrode having the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer has a low contact resistance with the transparent electrode layer, it is possible to reduce power generation loss due to the contact resistance. .
- the present invention provides a crystalline silicon solar cell other than a heterojunction solar cell, a solar cell using a semiconductor substrate other than silicon such as GaAs, a pin junction or a pn junction of an amorphous silicon thin film or a crystalline silicon thin film.
- Various solar cells such as silicon-based thin-film solar cells with transparent electrode layers, compound semiconductor solar cells such as CIS and CIGS, organic thin-film solar cells such as dye-sensitized solar cells and organic thin films (conductive polymers) It is applicable to.
- the crystalline silicon solar cell has a reverse conductivity type (for example, n-type) diffusion layer on the first main surface of one conductivity type (for example, p-type) crystal silicon substrate, and the collector electrode on the diffusion layer. Is mentioned.
- a crystalline silicon solar cell is generally provided with a conductive layer such as a p + layer on the back side of one conductive layer.
- heat flow temperature T 1 and the annealing temperature Ta of the low melting point material may be higher than 250 ° C..
- the silicon thin film solar cell examples include an amorphous silicon thin film solar cell having an amorphous intrinsic (i type) silicon thin film between a p type thin film and an n type thin film, and a p type thin film and an n type thin film.
- Examples thereof include a crystalline silicon-based semiconductor solar cell having a crystalline intrinsic silicon thin film between the thin film.
- a tandem thin film solar cell in which a plurality of pin junctions are stacked is also suitable.
- the thermal flow temperature T 1 and the annealing temperature Ta of the low melting point material is 250 ° C. or less
- it is 200 degrees C or less, More preferably, it is 180 degrees C or less.
- the solar cell of the present invention is preferably modularized for practical use.
- the modularization of the solar cell is performed by an appropriate method.
- a bus bar is connected to a collector electrode via an interconnector such as a tab, so that a plurality of solar cells are connected in series or in parallel, and sealed with a sealant and a glass plate to be modularized. Done.
- Example 1 The heterojunction solar cell of Example 1 was produced as follows.
- a single conductivity type single crystal silicon substrate As a single conductivity type single crystal silicon substrate, an n-type single crystal silicon wafer having an incident plane of (100) and a thickness of 200 ⁇ m was used, and this silicon wafer was immersed in a 2 wt% HF aqueous solution for 3 minutes. After the silicon oxide film was removed, rinsing with ultrapure water was performed twice. This silicon substrate was immersed in a 5/15 wt% KOH / isopropyl alcohol aqueous solution maintained at 70 ° C. for 15 minutes, and the texture was formed by etching the surface of the wafer. Thereafter, rinsing with ultrapure water was performed twice. When the surface of the wafer was observed with an atomic force microscope (AFM manufactured by Pacific Nanotechnology Co., Ltd.), the wafer surface was etched and a pyramidal texture with an exposed (111) plane was formed. .
- AFM atomic force microscope
- the etched wafer was introduced into the CVD apparatus, and an i-type amorphous silicon film having a thickness of 5 nm was formed on the light receiving surface side as the intrinsic silicon-based thin film 2a.
- the film formation conditions for the i-type amorphous silicon were: substrate temperature: 150 ° C., pressure: 120 Pa, SiH 4 / H 2 flow rate ratio: 3/10, and input power density: 0.011 W / cm 2 .
- the film thickness of the thin film in a present Example measures the film thickness of the thin film formed on the glass substrate on the same conditions by the spectroscopic ellipsometry (brand name M2000, JA Woollam Co., Ltd. product). It is a value calculated from the film forming speed obtained by this.
- a p-type amorphous silicon film having a thickness of 7 nm was formed as the reverse conductivity type silicon-based thin film 3a.
- the film forming conditions for the p-type amorphous silicon layer 3a were as follows: the substrate temperature was 150 ° C., the pressure was 60 Pa, the SiH 4 / B 2 H 6 flow rate ratio was 1/3, and the input power density was 0.01 W / cm 2 . .
- the B 2 H 6 gas flow rate mentioned above is the flow rate of the diluted gas diluted with H 2 to a B 2 H 6 concentration of 5000 ppm.
- an i-type amorphous silicon layer having a thickness of 6 nm was formed as an intrinsic silicon-based thin film 2b on the back side of the wafer.
- the film formation conditions for the i-type amorphous silicon layer 2b were the same as those for the i-type amorphous silicon layer 2a.
- an n-type amorphous silicon layer having a thickness of 4 nm was formed as a one-conductivity-type silicon-based thin film 3b.
- the film forming conditions for the n-type amorphous silicon layer 3b were: substrate temperature: 150 ° C., pressure: 60 Pa, SiH 4 / PH 3 flow rate ratio: 1/2, input power density: 0.01 W / cm 2 .
- the PH 3 gas flow rate mentioned above is the flow rate of the diluted gas diluted with H 2 to a PH 3 concentration of 5000 ppm.
- transparent electrode layers 6a and 6b indium tin oxide (ITO, refractive index: 1.9) was formed to a thickness of 100 nm.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- a transparent electrode layer was formed by applying a power density of 0.5 W / cm 2 in an argon atmosphere at a substrate temperature of room temperature and a pressure of 0.2 Pa.
- silver was formed as a back surface metal electrode 8 with a film thickness of 500 nm by sputtering.
- the collector electrode 7 having the first conductive layer 71 and the second conductive layer 72 was formed as follows.
- the line width LN of the first conductive layer was determined at intervals of 20 ⁇ m in the direction.
- Table 1 shows the average value L T1 of the line width L N.
- the low melting point material was unevenly distributed in a region approximately 40 ⁇ m away from the center line, that is, in a region corresponding to the opening portion of the screen plate.
- the wafer on which the first conductive layer 71 was formed was put into a CVD apparatus, and a silicon oxide layer (refractive index: 1.5) was formed as an insulating layer 9 with a thickness of 80 nm on the light receiving surface side by the plasma CVD method. .
- the film forming conditions of the insulating layer 9 were: substrate temperature: 135 ° C., pressure 133 Pa, SiH 4 / CO 2 flow rate ratio: 1/20, input power density: 0.05 W / cm 2 (frequency 13.56 MHz). Thereafter, the wafer after the formation of the insulating layer was introduced into a hot-air circulating oven and annealed at 180 ° C. for 20 minutes in an air atmosphere (annealing by performing short-time plating as described later) To confirm that an opening was formed in the insulating layer).
- the substrate 12 that has been subjected to the annealing step as described above was put into the plating tank 11 as shown in FIG.
- the plating solution 16 copper sulfate pentahydrate, sulfuric acid, and sodium chloride were added to a solution prepared so as to have a concentration of 120 g / l, 150 g / l, and 70 mg / l, respectively.
- plating was performed under conditions of a temperature of 40 ° C. and a current of 3 A / dm 2 .
- Table 1 shows the measurement results of the characteristics (open circuit voltage (Voc), short circuit current density (Jsc), fill factor (FF), and conversion efficiency (Eff)) of this solar cell.
- the second conductive layer was removed by etching, and the surface of the first conductive layer was observed with an optical microscope. Based on the area ratio, the density of the low melting point material in the central portion and the non-central portion of the first conductive layer was calculated. . Moreover, cross-sectional observation of the collector electrode was performed, and the density of the openings in the central portion and the non-central portion was calculated based on the length ratio. These results are shown in Table 1. In grasping the central portion and the non-central portion and measuring the density of the low melting point material, an etching solution is dropped on the second conductive layer, the second conductive layer is etched for a predetermined time, and then the etching solution is removed. The second conductive layer was removed by washing with water. In etching, the surface of the second conductive layer was masked with a tape, an opening having a width of 1 mm was formed in the tape, and an etching solution was dropped onto the second conductive layer exposed in the opening.
- Example 2 A heterojunction solar cell was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the plating time during formation of the second conductive layer was changed and the film thickness of the second conductive layer was changed to 15, 20, and 30 ⁇ m, respectively. .
- Examples 5 and 6 The ratio of the low melting point metal material powder to the silver powder in the printing paste for forming the first conductive layer 71 (low melting point material weight ratio), the viscosity of the coating material (printing paste), and the film thickness of the second conductive layer are shown.
- a heterojunction solar cell was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except for the points changed as shown in FIG. In these examples, the opening width of the screen plate was changed according to the viscosity of the coating material so that the line width LT1 of the first conductive layer was equivalent to that of Example 1.
- Comparative Example 1 As in Example 1, except that an electrode material paste containing silver fine particles having an average particle size of 0.5 ⁇ m, a resin, and a solvent was used as the coating material (printing paste) for forming the first conductive layer. Thus, a heterojunction solar cell was produced.
- the melting point of silver is 961 ° C.
- silver particles having a small particle diameter are heated to about 180 ° C., fine particles are fused (necked), and the particle shape changes. That is, the silver fine particles in the coating material of Comparative Example 1 act as a “low melting point material”. Therefore, in Comparative Example 1, an opening was formed in the insulating layer by annealing as in the above examples, and copper was deposited starting from this opening in the plating step.
- the collector electrode width is equal to the larger one of the width of the first conductive layer and the width of the second conductive layer.
- Example 3 in which the first conductive layer is formed using a coating material having a high viscosity provides higher performance. It was. As the viscosity of the coating material increases, the line width of the first conductive layer after printing the first conductive layer (before drying) decreases, so when keeping the width of the first conductive layer the viscosity of the coating material Is higher, the printing width of the material (opening width of the screen) can be increased. Therefore, in Example 3, compared with Example 6, the application quantity of a 1st conductive layer forming material can be enlarged, and it is thought that the 1st conductive layer of lower resistance was formed.
- Example 3 where the first conductive layer has a low resistance, the film thickness of the second conductive layer formed by electrolytic plating can be made more uniform in the second conductive layer forming region. Compared with FF, it is thought that Eff was improved. From the above results, it is suggested that there is a suitable region for the viscosity of the first conductive layer material, and it is considered that about 250 Pa ⁇ s is suitable in this example.
- Example 2 had a longer film thickness and width than that of Example 1 because the plating time for forming the second conductive layer was longer.
- the widths of the second conductive layers of Example 1 and Example 2 are both equal to or smaller than the width of the first conductive layer, the collector electrode widths of both are the same, and Jsc of the solar cell is the same value. It was.
- Example 2 since the film thickness of the second conductive layer is larger than that of Example 1 and the line resistance of the second conductive layer is small, it is considered that FF increased and led to improvement of Eff.
- Example 4 in which the thickness of the second conductive layer is larger than that of Example 2, the width of the second conductive layer increases as the thickness of the second conductive layer increases, and the protrusion from the first conductive layer formation region does not occur. It is thought that Jsc decreased because it became larger. In Example 3, the second conductive layer protruded from the first conductive layer formation region. However, since the protrusion width is small, it is considered that Jsc equivalent to Example 2 was obtained.
- Example 3 and Example 4 FF improved with the increase in the film thickness of the 2nd conductive layer. From these results, the low melting point material in the first conductive layer is unevenly distributed in the center, and the M O / M c is reduced, so that the film thickness is large and the protrusion width from the first conductive layer is small. It can be seen that two conductive layers can be formed. Therefore, it can be seen that the light shielding area by the collecting electrode is reduced, and the FF can be increased by reducing the resistance of the collecting electrode while increasing Jsc.
- Example 5 in which the content of the low-melting-point material in the coating material was large showed higher FF. This is because in Example 5, the interval between the low-melting-point materials in the first conductive layer is small, so the openings of the insulating layer are formed more densely, the region where the second conductive layer material overlaps becomes larger, and the second conductive layer This is thought to be due to the decrease in resistance.
- the collector electrode of the solar cell can be produced without performing the patterning of the insulating layer, so that a high-power solar cell is provided at a low cost. It becomes possible to do.
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ただし、
AN:第一導電層の延在方向に直交するsNにおける直線;
ENA,ENB:ANと第一導電層両端部とのそれぞれの交点;
LN:ENA,ENBの間隔(sNでの第一導電層の線幅);
CN:ENAとENBとの中点;
sNでの中央部と非中央部の境界点:直線AN上における点CNからの距離がLN/2―(d2-dI)である点(ENA側の点をbAN、ENB側の点bBNとする)
である。
まず、ヘテロ接合太陽電池における、一導電型単結晶シリコン基板について説明する。一般的に単結晶シリコン基板は、導電性を持たせるために、シリコンに対して電荷を供給する不純物を含有している。単結晶シリコン基板は、シリコン原子に電子を導入するための原子(例えばリン)を含有させたn型と、シリコン原子に正孔を導入する原子(例えばボロン)を含有させたp型がある。すなわち、本発明における「一導電型」とは、n型またはp型のどちらか一方であることを意味する。
透明電極層6a上に、集電極7が形成される。集電極7は、光電変換部上で、所定方向に延在するフィンガー電極であり、第一導電層71と、第二導電層72とを含む。第一導電層71は、光電変換部の耐熱温度よりも低温の熱流動開始温度T1を有する、低融点材料を含むことが好ましい。
以下では、第一導電層上の中央部および非中央部における絶縁層の開口の密度の測定方法について説明する。絶縁層の開口の密度は、(i)絶縁層の膜厚dIおよび第二導電層の膜厚d2の測定、(ii)第一導電層の中央部と非中央部の把握、ならびに(iii)絶縁層の開口の密度の測定、の各ステップにより実施される。図5(D)において、領域Bが、絶縁層の開口の密度の被測定領域である。領域Bに隣接する領域Aおよび領域Cの観察により、第一導電層の中央部と非中央部の把握が行われる。
まず、絶縁層の開口の密度の被測定領域の近傍において、絶縁層の膜厚dIおよび第二導電層の膜厚d2を測定する。図9Aおよび図9Bに示すように、絶縁層9の膜厚dIは、絶縁層9の第一導電層71側界面と第二導電層72側界面との距離である。第二導電層72の膜厚d2は、絶縁層9の開口部に露出した第一導電層71の表面と、第二導電層72の表面との距離である。なお、2つの面が非平行である場合は、第一導電層と絶縁層との界面(または第一導電層と絶縁層の開口部との界面)から引いた垂線の足の長さを面間距離(厚み)と定義する。絶縁層や第二導電層の膜厚が不均一な場合は、複数箇所において膜厚を測定し、複数個所における膜厚の平均値をdIやd2とすればよい。
第一導電層の表面観察により、第一導電層の中央部および非中央部を把握する。領域Xは被測定領域に隣接する領域であり、図5(D)では、領域Aおよび領域Cのそれぞれが領域Xに該当する。領域Xは、例えば、第一導電層の延在方向(図5(A)、(B)中の矢印で示す方向)に沿って0.5mm程度の領域である。中央部Lcは、第一導電層の領域Xにおいて、中央部と非中央部の境界点を順に結んで形成される2本の線に挟まれた領域のことである。非中央部Loとは、第一導電層の中央部以外の領域である。
d2:第二導電層の膜厚;
dI:絶縁層の膜厚;
AN:第一導電層の延在方向に直交し、sNを通る直線;
ENA,ENB:ANと第一導電層両端部とのそれぞれの交点;
LN:ENA,ENB間の距離(sNでの第一導電層の線幅);
LT1:LN(N=1、2、・・・、u)の平均値;
CN:ENAとENBとの中点;
bANおよびbBN:直線AN上でCNからの距離がLN/2―(d2-dI)である点(ENA側の点をbAN、ENB側の点をbBNとする);
O1:CN(N=1、2、・・・、u)をN=1から順に結んだ線(中心線ともいう);
OA:bAN(N=1、2、・・・、u)をN=1から順に結んだ線;
OB:bBN(N=1、2、・・・、u)をN=1から順に結んだ線;
である。
なお、dIがd2に比べて十分小さい場合(例えば、d2≧50dIの場合)は、d2-dI=d2として、中央部および非中央部の把握を行ってもよい。
最後に、絶縁層の開口の密度を求める。まず、「中央部」における絶縁層の開口の密度の求め方を説明する。はじめに、領域A、Cの第一導電層の中央部を通る直線Qcに沿って、被測定領域(領域B)の断面を形成する。図5(D)に示すように、この直線Qcは、領域Aの中心線付近および領域Cの中心線付近を通り、かつ、第一導電層の延在方向と略平行である。断面の形成方法は特に限定されない。公知の手法としては、樹脂に埋め込んだ試料を切断し、切断面に研磨処理を行うことによって断面を形成する方法や、集束イオンビーム(FIB)により加工を行う方法が適用可能である。第二導電層の断面像は光学顕微鏡や走査型電子顕微鏡で観察することができる。
以下では、図3A,Bを用いて、集電極による遮光について説明する。一般に、めっき法では生成の起点を中心にして等方的に金属が成長する。そのため、図3A(1)に示されるように、絶縁層の開口(めっきの起点79)が第一導電層271上に均一に形成されている場合、第一導電層の端部近傍からも金属が成長し、図3A(2)に示すように、第二導電層272は、第一導電層271の形成領域からはみ出して成長する(図3A(2)のハッチング領域)。このように、第二導電層272が、第一導電層271が形成されていない領域(第一導電層非形成領域)上にも成長するため、第二導電層272の幅が、第一導電層271の幅よりも大きくなりやすい。すなわち、第一導電層のみを形成したときと比べて、集電極による遮光面積が大きくなりやすく、太陽電池の電流(Jsc)低下の原因となる。
絶縁層9に、第一導電層と第二導電層とを導通させるための開口を形成する方法は特に限定されず、レーザ照射、機械的な孔開け、化学エッチング等の方法が採用できる。一実施形態では、第一導電層中の低融点材料を熱流動させることによって、その上に形成された絶縁層に開口が形成される。
第一導電層71は、めっき法により第二導電層が形成される際の導電性下地層として機能する層である。そのため、第一導電層は電解めっきの下地層として機能し得る程度の導電性を有していればよい。なお、本明細書においては、体積抵抗率が10-2Ω・cm以下であれば導電性であると定義する。また、体積抵抗率が、102Ω・cm以上であれば、絶縁性であると定義する。
第一導電層71上には、絶縁層9が形成される。ここで、第一導電層71が所定のパターン(例えば櫛形)に形成された場合、光電変換部50の表面上には、第一導電層が形成されている第一導電層形成領域と、第一導電層が形成されていない第一導電層非形成領域とが存在する。絶縁層9は、少なくとも第一導電層形成領域に形成される。本発明において、絶縁層9は、第一導電層非形成領域上にも形成されていることが好ましく、第一導電層非形成領域の全面に形成されていることが特に好ましい。絶縁層が第一導電層非形成領域にも形成されている場合、めっき法により第二導電層が形成される際に、光電変換部をめっき液から化学的および電気的に保護することが可能となる。例えば、ヘテロ接合太陽電池のように光電変換部50の表面に透明電極層が形成されている場合は、透明電極層の表面に絶縁層が形成されることで、透明電極層とめっき液との接触が抑止され、透明電極層上への金属層(第二導電層)の析出を防ぐことができる。また、生産性の観点からも、第一導電層形成領域と第一導電層非形成領域との全体に絶縁層が形成されることがより好ましい。
これに伴って、第一導電層71の低融点材料の熱流動開始温度T1は、250℃未満であることが好ましく、200℃未満がより好ましく、180℃未満がさらに好ましい。一方、一導電型結晶シリコン基板の第一主面上に逆導電型の拡散層を有する結晶シリコン太陽電池は、非晶質シリコン薄膜や透明電極層を有していないため、耐熱温度は800℃~900℃程度である。そのため、250℃よりも高温のアニール温度Taでアニール処理が行われてもよい。
上記のように、開口9hを有する絶縁層9が形成された後、第一導電層形成領域の絶縁層9上に第二導電層72がめっき法により形成される。第二導電層として析出させる金属は、めっき法で形成できる材料であれば特に限定されず、例えば、銅、ニッケル、錫、アルミニウム、クロム、銀、金、亜鉛、鉛、パラジウム等、あるいはこれらの混合物を用いることができる。
本発明においては、集電極として、第二導電層上に、更に第三導電層を形成してもよい。
例えば、Cu等の導電率の高い材料からなる第一のめっき層(第二導電層)を、絶縁層の開口を介して第一導電層上に形成した後、化学的安定性に優れる第二のめっき層(第三導電層)を、前記第二導電層上に形成することにより、低抵抗で化学的安定性に優れた集電極を形成することができる。
開口9h以外を起点として析出する金属としては、例えば絶縁層9のピンホール等を起点とするものが挙げられる。めっき液除去工程によってこのような金属が除去されることによって、遮光面積が低減され、太陽電池特性をより向上させることが可能となる。
本発明においては、集電極形成後(めっき工程後)に絶縁層除去工程が行われてもよい。特に、絶縁層として光吸収の大きい材料が用いられる場合は、絶縁層の光吸収による太陽電池特性の低下を抑制するために、絶縁層除去工程が行われることが好ましい。絶縁層の除去方法は、絶縁層材料の特性に応じて適宜選択される。例えば、化学的なエッチングや機械的研磨により絶縁層が除去され得る。また、材料によってはアッシング(灰化)法も適用可能である。この際、光取り込み効果をより向上させる観点から、第一導電層非形成領域上の絶縁層が全て除去されることがより好ましい。また、絶縁層9上に撥水層が形成されている場合、絶縁層9とともに撥水層も除去されることが好ましい。なお、絶縁層として光吸収の小さい材料が用いられる場合は、絶縁層除去工程が行われる必要はない。
本発明は、ヘテロ接合太陽電池以外の結晶シリコン太陽電池や、GaAs等のシリコン以外の半導体基板が用いられる太陽電池、非晶質シリコン系薄膜や結晶質シリコン系薄膜のpin接合あるいはpn接合上に透明電極層が形成されたシリコン系薄膜太陽電池や、CIS,CIGS等の化合物半導体太陽電池、色素増感太陽電池や有機薄膜(導電性ポリマー)等の有機薄膜太陽電池のような各種の太陽電池に適用可能である。
実施例1のヘテロ接合太陽電池を、以下のようにして作製した。
第二導電層形成時のめっき時間を変更して、第二導電層の膜厚をそれぞれ15、20、30μmとした点を除いて、実施例1と同様にしてヘテロ接合太陽電池が作製された。
第一導電層71形成用の印刷ペースト中の低融点金属材料粉末と銀粉末との比率(低融点材料重量比)、塗布材料(印刷ペースト)の粘度、および第二導電層の膜厚が表1に示すように変更された点を除いて、実施例1と同様にしてヘテロ接合太陽電池が作製された。なお、これらの実施例では、第一導電層の線幅LT1が実施例1と同等になるように、塗布材料の粘度に応じてスクリーン版の開口幅を変更した。
第一導電層形成用の塗布材料(印刷ペースト)として、平均粒径0.5μmの銀微粒子と、樹脂と、溶剤とを含む電極材料ペーストが用いられた点を除いて、実施例1と同様にしてヘテロ接合太陽電池が作製された。なお、銀の融点は961℃であるが、粒径が小さい銀粒子は、180℃程度に加熱されると、微粒子の融着(ネッキング)を生じて、粒子形状が変化する。すなわち、比較例1の塗布材料中の銀微粒子は、「低融点材料」として作用する。そのため、比較例1では、上記各実施例と同様に、アニール処理によって、絶縁層に開口が形成され、めっき工程において、この開口を起点として銅が析出していた。
上記各実施例および比較例のヘテロ接合太陽電池の作製条件(第一導電層の作製に用いたペースト材料の特性およびスクリーン開口幅)、ならびに太陽電池特性(開放電圧(Voc)、短絡電流密度(Jsc)、曲線因子(FF)および変換効率(Eff))の測定結果を表1に示す。
2a,3a.真性シリコン系薄膜
3a,3b.導電型シリコン系薄膜
6a,6b.透明電極層
7.集電極
71.第一導電層
711.低融点材料
72.第二導電層
8.裏面金属電極
9.絶縁層
9h.開口
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- 光電変換部と、前記光電変換部の第一主面上において一方向に延在する集電極とを有する太陽電池であって、
前記集電極は、前記光電変換部側から順に第一導電層と第二導電層とを含み、かつ、前記第一導電層と前記第二導電層の間に開口が形成された絶縁層を含み、前記第一導電層は、前記絶縁層により被覆されており、前記第二導電層の一部が、前記絶縁層の前記開口を通じて前記第一導電層に導通されており、
前記第一導電層は、その延在方向と直交する方向において、前記第一導電層の両端からそれぞれd2-dIの範囲内にある非中央部と、前記2つの非中央部の間の中央部とを有し、
前記中央部における前記第一導電層上の絶縁層の開口の密度Scと、前記非中央部における前記第一導電層上の絶縁層の開口の密度Soが、So<Scを満たす太陽電池:
ただし、dIは前記絶縁層の膜厚であり、d2は前記第二導電層の膜厚である。 - 前記第一導電層は、熱流動開始温度T1が前記光電変換部の耐熱温度よりも低温である低融点材料を含み、
前記低融点材料は、前記第一導電層の中央部に偏在している、請求項1に記載の太陽電池。 - 前記第一導電層に含まれる低融点材料が複数の島状領域に形成され、
前記島状領域の1つと、それに最近接の島状領域との間隔dPLが、dPL≦2×(d2―dI)を満たす、請求項2に記載の太陽電池。 - 前記第二導電層の膜厚d2が、5μm≦d2≦35μmを満たす、請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載に記載の太陽電池。
- 前記光電変換部の第一主面上において前記第一導電層が形成されていない第一導電層非形成領域上にも、前記絶縁層が形成されている、請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載の太陽電池。
- 前記光電変換部は、結晶シリコン基板の第一主面上に、シリコン系薄膜および透明電極層をこの順に有し、
前記透明電極層上に前記集電極を有する、請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の太陽電池。 - 請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の太陽電池を備える太陽電池モジュール。
- 請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の太陽電池を製造する方法であって、
光電変換部の第一主面上に第一導電層が形成される第一導電層形成工程;
前記第一導電層上に絶縁層が形成される絶縁層形成工程;および
前記絶縁層に設けられた開口を介して、めっき法により前記第一導電層と導通する第二導電層が形成されるめっき工程、
を、この順に有し、
前記絶縁層の開口が、前記第一導電層上の中央部に偏在するように形成される、太陽電池の製造方法。 - 前記第一導電層形成工程において、前記光電変換部の第一主面上に、粘度が10~500Pa・sの塗布材料を塗布した後、前記塗布材料を硬化させることにより前記第一導電層が形成される、請求項8に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。
- 前記第一導電層は、熱流動開始温度T1が前記光電変換部の耐熱温度よりも低温である低融点材料を含み、
前記絶縁層形成工程後に、前記低融点材料の熱流動開始温度T1よりも高温のアニール温度Taで加熱処理が行われることにより、前記第一導電層上の前記絶縁層に前記開口が形成される、請求項8または9に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。 - 前記絶縁層形成工程において、前記光電変換部の第一主面上において前記第一導電層が形成されていない第一導電層非形成領域上にも絶縁層が形成される、請求項8~10のいずれか1項に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。
- 前記光電変換部は、一導電型結晶シリコン基板の第一主面上に、シリコン系薄膜および透明電極層をこの順に有し、
前記透明電極層上に前記集電極が形成される、請求項8~11のいずれか1項に記載の太陽電池の製造方法。 - 太陽電池モジュールの製造方法であって、
請求項8~12のいずれか1項に記載の方法により太陽電池が製造される工程;および
前記太陽電池が封止される工程、
をこの順に有する、太陽電池モジュールの製造方法。
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