WO2012002440A1 - 半導体基板の表面処理方法、半導体基板、および太陽電池の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a surface treatment method for a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor substrate subjected to the method, and a method for manufacturing a solar cell.
- Semiconductor devices such as LSI (Large Scale Integration), IC (Integrated Circuit), diodes, rectifiers, and solar cells are used for vapor phase growth, oxide film formation, impurity diffusion, and deposition of electrode metal films on semiconductor substrates. It is manufactured by applying the process. In each of these processes, the contamination of the semiconductor substrate by impurities such as metals has a significant effect on the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor device.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor substrate surface treatment method that reduces minority carrier loss due to surface recombination and improves minority carrier lifetime, a semiconductor substrate on which the semiconductor substrate is subjected, and a method for manufacturing a solar cell.
- a surface treatment method of a semiconductor substrate includes a hydrogen treatment step of hydrogen dangling bonds on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, hot water having an acid additive and an alkali additive, and having a pH of 7 or less And a hot water treatment step for contacting the surface of the semiconductor substrate having the dangling bond terminated with hydrogen.
- a semiconductor substrate according to one embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor substrate subjected to the above-described surface treatment method for a semiconductor substrate, and dangling bonds on the surface of the semiconductor substrate are terminated with a hydroxyl group.
- a method for manufacturing a solar cell according to an aspect of the present invention includes a substrate preparation step of preparing a semiconductor substrate for a solar cell having a semiconductor junction region and subjected to the above-described surface treatment method for a semiconductor substrate, and the semiconductor And an electrode forming step of forming an output extraction electrode on the substrate.
- a method for manufacturing a solar cell according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate preparation step of preparing a semiconductor substrate for a solar cell subjected to the above-described surface treatment method for a semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor junction region using the semiconductor substrate.
- the semiconductor substrate surface treatment method the semiconductor substrate subjected to the surface treatment method, and the solar cell manufacturing method, the loss of minority carriers due to surface recombination can be reduced, and the lifetime of the semiconductor substrate can be improved. And can provide solar cells.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a method for manufacturing a solar cell (double-sided electrode type solar cell element) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and (a) to (e) are cross-sectional schematic views, respectively.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a method for manufacturing a solar cell (heterojunction solar cell element) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and (a) to (d) are schematic cross-sectional views, respectively.
- At least a hydrogen treatment process and a hot water treatment process are performed on the semiconductor substrate.
- the hydrogen treatment process dangling bonds on the surface of the semiconductor substrate are terminated with hydrogen.
- the hot water treatment step the surface of the semiconductor substrate in which dangling bonds are hydrogen-terminated is brought into contact with hot water having an acid additive and an alkali additive and having a pH of 7 or less.
- the hydrogen treatment process is particularly preferably performed by bringing the surface of the semiconductor substrate into contact with a hydrofluoric acid solution.
- a hydrofluoric acid solution the surface of the semiconductor substrate may be brought into contact with a buffer solution in which fluoride is appropriately mixed, or a mixed solution of inorganic acid and organic acid for the purpose of removing metal ions.
- the hot water treatment step may be performed by bringing the surface of the semiconductor substrate into contact with warm water having a pH of 5 or more and 6 or less, and more preferably bringing the surface of the semiconductor substrate into contact with warm water at 80 ° C. or more and less than 100 ° C. It is good to do.
- warm water warm water to which an acid additive composed of nitric acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid and an alkaline additive composed of ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, tetramethylammonium hydroxide, or potassium cyanide was added, It may be performed by bringing the surface of the semiconductor substrate into contact.
- the surface of the semiconductor substrate is preferably brought into contact with warm water having a mass concentration of the acid additive of 1 ppm to 1000 ppm.
- a single crystal silicon substrate, a polycrystalline silicon substrate, a germanium substrate, or the like having a predetermined dopant element (impurity for conductivity control) and exhibiting one conductivity type (for example, p-type) is used.
- the surface oxide layer (natural oxide film) of the semiconductor substrate is removed, and dangling bonds on the surface of the semiconductor substrate are terminated with hydrogen.
- a wet etching process or a dry etching process is used as the processing method.
- the wet etching process for example, dangling bonds on the surface of the semiconductor substrate are terminated with hydrogen by immersing the semiconductor substrate in a hydrofluoric acid solution.
- the mass concentration of the hydrofluoric acid solution is preferably 0.01 to 50%.
- the surface oxide layer is removed by irradiating the surface of the semiconductor substrate with hydrogen plasma, and dangling bonds on the surface of the semiconductor substrate are terminated with hydrogen.
- the semiconductor substrate is immersed for about 10 to 80 minutes in a water bath filled with warm water having an acid additive and an alkali additive and having a pH of 7 or less, and the surface of the semiconductor substrate is immersed in the warm water. To process.
- the semiconductor substrate can reduce the loss of minority carriers due to surface recombination by sequentially performing the two steps described above, and can extend the lifetime of minority carriers.
- the reason for this is that when the surface oxide layer and the surface reconstruction layer of the semiconductor substrate are removed, for example, when the semiconductor substrate is a bulk crystal, the hydroxyl group terminates in the crystal structure that appears on the outermost surface, so This is presumed to be because the unit density was reduced and the loss of minority carriers due to surface recombination was reduced.
- the surface reconstruction layer is a layer having a structure different from the crystal structure as the original bulk over the outermost layer on the crystal surface and several layers below the outermost layer.
- the presence / absence of the surface oxide layer and the surface reconstruction layer of the semiconductor substrate can be confirmed from the presence / absence and disorder of the periodic structure by cross-sectional TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope) observation.
- the hydroxyl terminal to the crystal structure can be confirmed by, for example, three-dimensional mapping with a three-dimensional atom probe.
- Hot water having a temperature higher than that of room temperature water increases the ion product of water, thereby increasing the hydroxide ion concentration and promoting the hydroxyl group termination on the semiconductor substrate surface. Moreover, since the amount of dissolved oxygen is reduced in warm water, the formation of the surface oxide layer of the semiconductor substrate can be reduced.
- Hot water obtained by heating pure water is preferably used, and the temperature may be 80 ° C. or higher and lower than 100 ° C. Further, it is more preferable to use a degassed boiling water of warm water.
- the redox potential of the aqueous solution can be controlled to a value suitable for hydroxyl termination to the bulk crystal structure.
- the acid additive a strong acid composed of nitric acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, or a weak acid such as acetic acid or formic acid is used.
- strong acids are preferred because they have a high degree of ionization, so that the amount of acid additive added can be reduced.
- hydrofluoric acid is not used as an acid additive. This is because the hydroxyl group is replaced with hydrogen again.
- the mass concentration of the acid additive in warm water is preferably 1 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less.
- the hydroxide ion concentration in the warm water can be appropriately ensured while controlling the oxidation-reduction potential of the aqueous solution to a value suitable for hydroxyl group termination.
- the surface reconstruction layer of the semiconductor substrate is removed by the reaction between silicon and hydroxide ions (Si + 4OH ⁇ ⁇ Si (OH) 4 + 4e ⁇ ).
- some of the metal impurities adsorbed on the semiconductor substrate are removed as complex ions.
- the alkali additive ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, tetramethylammonium hydroxide, or potassium cyanide is used.
- ammonium carbonate as an alkali additive significantly increases the lifetime of minority carriers. This is considered to be because the surface reconstructed layer of the semiconductor substrate is more easily removed by the hydroxide ions generated by the hydrolysis of carbonate ions and contributes to the reaction with the semiconductor substrate.
- the concentration of the alkali additive is adjusted so that the pH of the warm water to which the acid additive and the alkali additive are added is 7 or less.
- silanol groups (Si—OH) formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate are weakly acidic groups. Formation of (Si—O—Si) can be suppressed, and the hydroxyl group termination on the surface of the semiconductor substrate can be stabilized.
- hydroxide ions in the hot water can be secured, so that the treatment time can be shortened and the hydroxyl group termination on the surface of the semiconductor substrate can be made more stable. Can do.
- ⁇ -PCD Microwave Photo-Conductivity Decay
- the lifetime is more remarkable than the semiconductor substrate not subjected to the hydrogen treatment step and the hot water treatment step. It was found that it has improved.
- a semiconductor device is manufactured by performing various processes on such a semiconductor substrate.
- a manufacturing example of a semiconductor device will be described below.
- a double-sided electrode type solar cell element in which electrodes having different polarities are arranged on each of the two main surfaces of the semiconductor substrate is produced, for example, as follows.
- a semiconductor substrate 11 made of single conductivity type single crystal or polycrystalline silicon is prepared.
- the semiconductor substrate 11 is preferably a p-type substrate having a specific resistance of about 0.2 to 2 ⁇ ⁇ cm using, for example, B (boron) or the like as a dopant.
- the semiconductor substrate 11 may be an n-type substrate exhibiting an n-type in some cases, but an example in which a p-type substrate is used as the semiconductor substrate 11 will be described below.
- the polycrystalline silicon ingot is sliced to a thickness of 350 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 200 ⁇ m or less (for example, 150 to 200 ⁇ m) using, for example, a wire saw or the like to form the semiconductor substrate 11.
- the surface is etched by a very small amount using a solution of NaOH, a solution of KOH, or a mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and hydrofluoric acid. It is desirable.
- Irregularities having a function of reducing light reflectance on the first main surface 11a side of the semiconductor substrate 11 by using a dry etching method, a wet etching method, or using an RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) apparatus or the like. It is preferable to form a structure.
- an n-type layer 12 is formed on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 11.
- P phosphorus
- the sheet resistance of the n-type layer 12 is about 30 to 150 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- a pn junction is formed between the n-type layer 12 and the p-type bulk region 10.
- the n-type layer 12 is formed, for example, after the semiconductor substrate 11 is placed in a furnace heated to about 700 to 900 ° C., and then maintained at this temperature, and in a gas state used as a diffusion source, POCl 3 (phosphorus oxychloride)
- the film is formed to a thickness of about 0.2 to 0.7 ⁇ m in an atmosphere for about 20 to 40 minutes by a vapor phase thermal diffusion method or the like.
- the n-type layer 12 formed on the second main surface 11b side of the semiconductor substrate 11 is removed, and the exposed surface 13 of the p-type bulk region 10 is formed on the second main surface 11b side. Form. In this way, the p-type bulk region 10 is exposed and the continuous portion of the pn junction is divided.
- the exposed surface 13 is formed, for example, by immersing only the second main surface 11b side of the semiconductor substrate 11 in a hydrofluoric acid solution and removing the n-type layer 12 formed on the n-type layer 10b side. Thereafter, in order to remove the phosphorus glass formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 11 when the n-type layer 12 is formed, the semiconductor substrate 11 is immersed in hydrofluoric acid, and then washed and dried.
- the semiconductor substrate 11 is immersed in a hydrofluoric acid solution to perform a hydrogen treatment process.
- this hydrogen treatment step may also serve as a hydrofluoric acid treatment for removing phosphorus glass.
- an acid additive nitric acid
- an alkali additive ammonium carbonate
- a semiconductor substrate for a solar cell having a semiconductor junction region of a pn junction region and subjected to a hydrogen treatment step and a hot water treatment step is prepared.
- the substrate preparation step of preparing a semiconductor substrate for a solar cell that has a semiconductor junction region (in the above example, a pn junction region) and that has been subjected to a semiconductor substrate surface treatment method is performed.
- an antireflection film 14 is formed on the first main surface 11a side.
- a material of the antireflection film 14 SiNx (silicon nitride), TiO 2 , SiO 2 , MgO, ITO (indium tin oxide), SnO 2 or ZnO can be used.
- the thickness of the antireflection film 14 is appropriately selected depending on the material so that an antireflection condition can be realized with respect to appropriate incident light. For example, in the case of the semiconductor substrate 11, the refractive index may be about 1.8 to 2.3 and the thickness may be about 500 to 1200 mm.
- a PECVD Pullasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
- a vapor deposition method a sputtering method, or the like can be used.
- a passivation film 15 is formed on the second main surface 11 b side of the semiconductor substrate 11.
- a material for the passivation film 15 SiNx (silicon nitride), TiO 2 , SiO 2, Al 2 O 3, or the like can be used.
- a PECVD method, a vapor deposition method, a sputtering method, an ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) method, or the like can be used.
- the surface recombination can be further reduced.
- a solar cell element with high output characteristics can be formed.
- a silicon oxide film may be formed before the antireflection film 14 and the passivation film 15 are formed.
- the silicon oxide film may be formed on the surface of the silicon substrate by treating the silicon substrate with a nitric acid solution or nitric acid vapor by a nitric acid oxidation method.
- the passivation effect can be further enhanced by forming a thin silicon oxide film on the surface of the silicon substrate.
- the silicon substrate is dipped in a heated nitric acid solution having a concentration of 60% by mass or more, or the nitric acid solution having a concentration of 60% by mass or more is heated until boiling to hold the silicon substrate in nitric acid vapor generated.
- a silicon oxide film can be formed on the surface of the silicon substrate.
- an electrode (bus bar electrode and finger electrode) 16 on the first main surface 11a side and an electrode (bus bar electrode and finger electrode) 17 on the second main surface 11b side are made of a paste such as silver. It is formed by baking after coating by a screen printing method or the like. In this manner, an electrode forming process for forming an output extraction electrode on the semiconductor substrate is performed.
- the loss of minority carriers due to the surface recombination of the semiconductor substrate can be reduced, and the lifetime of minority carriers can be greatly extended. Can be improved.
- a back contact type solar cell element in which electrodes having different polarities are arranged in parallel on the back side of the semiconductor substrate is expected to have the same effect as the above double-sided electrode type solar cell element. Can do.
- a solar cell having a pin junction region will be described as another example of the semiconductor device.
- a heterojunction solar cell element will be described below as an example of such a solar cell.
- a semiconductor substrate 21 which is a silicon substrate made of a single crystal having a thickness of 200 ⁇ m and an n-type conductivity is prepared in the same manner as described above. Then, the semiconductor substrate 21 is immersed in a hydrofluoric acid solution to perform a hydrogen treatment process. Thereafter, an acid additive (for example, nitric acid) and an alkali additive (for example, ammonium carbonate) are added to perform a warm water treatment step by immersing the semiconductor substrate 21 in warm water having a pH of 7 or less. Dry.
- substrate preparation process which prepares the semiconductor substrate for solar cells is performed.
- a junction region forming step for forming a semiconductor junction region of the pin junction region is performed.
- an i-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer 22 is formed on one main surface side of the semiconductor substrate 21 that has been subjected to the above-described treatment using a plasma CVD apparatus, and p is disposed thereon.
- a hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer 23 of the type is formed.
- an i-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer 24 is disposed on the other main surface side corresponding to the back surface of the one main surface of the semiconductor substrate 21 and disposed thereon.
- An n-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer 25 is formed.
- an electrode forming process for forming an output extraction electrode on the semiconductor substrate is performed.
- a transparent conductive layer 26 made of ITO, ZnO or the like is formed on each of the p-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer 23 and the n-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer 25 using a sputtering apparatus. , 28 are formed.
- a thermosetting conductive paste made of silver or the like is applied in a desired shape on each of the transparent conductive layers 26 and 28 by a screen printing method, and then heated to about 150 to 200 ° C. to obtain surface electrodes. 27 and the back electrode 29 are formed.
- the loss of minority carriers due to surface recombination of the silicon substrate 1 can be reduced, and the lifetime of minority carriers can be greatly extended. Conversion efficiency can be improved.
- the wet process of the semiconductor substrate of this embodiment is performed before forming the functional film on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. This is because a good bonding interface between the functional film and the semiconductor substrate can be formed.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and many modifications and changes can be made.
- the solar cell description has been made mainly using the double-sided electrode type solar cell element and the heterojunction type solar cell element as examples, but the solar cell element is not limited to these solar cell elements.
- a silicon substrate has been described as an example of a suitable semiconductor substrate, the present invention is not limited to a silicon substrate.
- the solar cell may be, for example, a solar cell module including a plurality of the above-described solar cell elements. That is, when the output of a single solar cell element is small, a solar cell module is configured by connecting a plurality of solar cell elements in series or the like.
- a solar cell module is, for example, a plurality of solar cell elements formed by connecting a transparent member such as glass, a front side filler made of transparent EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), and the like, and electrodes of adjacent solar cell elements by wiring members And a back side filler made of EVA and the like, and a back surface protective material in which PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or metal foil is sandwiched between PVF (polyvinyl fluoride). If the semiconductor substrate of this embodiment is applied to such a solar cell module, it can be set as the outstanding solar cell module whose photoelectric conversion efficiency is higher than before.
- an n-type single crystal silicon substrate having a thickness of 300 ⁇ m was prepared. And the silicon substrate was immersed for 5 minutes in the tank of the hydrofluoric acid solution whose density
- an alkaline additive made of ammonium carbonate water having a concentration of 0.1% by mass was prepared.
- a hot water treatment process was performed by immersing the silicon substrate in warm water (temperature 98 ° C.) of each pH for 40 minutes. Thereafter, after drying, the lifetime ⁇ of minority carriers on the silicon substrate was measured with a ⁇ -PCD lifetime measuring apparatus (Sample Nos. 1 to 6).
- Sample No. 7 is a comparative example, and the minority carrier lifetime ⁇ of the silicon substrate not subjected to the wet treatment was measured in the same manner as described above.
- a double-sided electrode type solar cell element was produced using the silicon substrate. Specifically, a concavo-convex structure was formed on the first main surface side of a silicon substrate made of an n-type single crystal by using a wet etching method. Next, boron atoms were diffused in the silicon substrate to form a p-type layer having a sheet resistance of about 90 ⁇ / ⁇ . The p-type layer formed on the second main surface side was removed with a hydrofluoric acid solution. Thereafter, the boron glass generated at this time was removed with a hydrofluoric acid solution.
- an antireflection film and a passivation film made of a silicon nitride film were formed on the first main surface and the second main surface side by plasma CVD.
- silver paste was applied to the pattern of bus bar electrodes and finger electrodes on the first main surface side.
- an aluminum paste was applied to the finger electrode pattern on the second main surface side, and a silver paste was further applied to the bus bar electrode pattern.
- these paste patterns were baked to form an output output electrode to produce a solar cell element.
- the finger electrodes were in contact with the semiconductor substrate by the fire-through method.
- the photoelectric conversion efficiency ⁇ of the solar cell element produced as described above was measured and evaluated. This measurement was performed based on JIS C 8913 under irradiation conditions of AM (Air Mass) 1.5 and 100 mW / cm 2 .
- sample Nos. 4 and 7 having hot water pH 4-7 having hot water pH 4-7.
- the lifetime ⁇ of 1 to 6 is 6.5 to 139.4 ⁇ sec. 7 was confirmed to be longer than 3 times as long as 2.0 ⁇ sec.
- sample No. 5 treated with warm water having a pH of 5 or more and 6 or less.
- the lifetime ⁇ of 2 to 5 is 88.3 to 238.4 ⁇ sec. It was confirmed that it was much longer than 7.
- Sample No. 3 and sample no. 6 was confirmed that the lifetime ⁇ was further improved by using ammonium carbonate as an alkali additive.
- Sample No. The photoelectric conversion efficiency ⁇ of 1 to 6 is 17.06 to 17.18%. 7 was confirmed to be higher than 16.95%.
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11,21:半導体基板
11a:第1主面
11b:第2主面
12:n型層
14:反射防止膜
15:パッシベーション膜
16:第1主面側の電極
17:第2主面側の電極
22,24:i型の水素化アモルファスシリコン層
23:p型の水素化アモルファスシリコン層
25:n型の水素化アモルファスシリコン層
26,28:透明導電層
27:表面電極
29:裏面電極
Claims (10)
- 半導体基板の表面のダングリングボンドを水素終端する水素処理工程と、
酸添加剤およびアルカリ添加剤を添加した、pHが7以下である温水に、前記ダングリングボンドを水素終端した前記半導体基板の表面を接触させる温水処理工程とを有する半導体基板の表面処理方法。 - 前記半導体基板として結晶シリコン基板を用いる請求項1に記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法。
- 前記水素処理工程は、フッ酸溶液に前記半導体基板の表面を接触させて水素終端を行なう請求項1または2に記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法。
- 前記温水として、pHが5以上6以下の温水を用いる請求項1から3のいずれかに記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法。
- 前記温水として、80℃以上100℃未満の温水を用いる請求項1から4のいずれかに記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法。
- 前記温水として、硝酸、塩酸または硫酸からなる前記酸添加剤およびアンモニアまたは炭酸アンモニウムからなる前記アルカリ添加剤を添加した温水を用いる請求項1から5のいずれかに記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法。
- 前記温水として、前記酸添加剤の濃度が1ppm以上1000ppm以下の温水を用いる請求項1から6のいずれかに記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法。
- 請求項1から7のいずれかに記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法を施した半導体基板であって、前記半導体基板の表面のダングリングボンドを水酸基終端している半導体基板。
- 半導体接合領域を有するとともに、請求項1から7のいずれかに記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法を施した太陽電池用の半導体基板を準備する基板準備工程と、
前記半導体基板の上に出力取出し用の電極を形成する電極形成工程とを有する太陽電池の製造方法。 - 請求項1から7のいずれかに記載の半導体基板の表面処理方法を施した太陽電池用の半導体基板を準備する基板準備工程と、
前記半導体基板を用いて半導体接合領域を形成する接合領域形成工程と、
前記半導体基板の上に出力取出し用の電極を形成する電極形成工程とを有する太陽電池の製造方法。
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