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Phosphoric diffusion technology for metallurgical-grade polysilicon solar cells

A solar cell, metallurgical grade technology, applied in the field of diffusion process, can solve problems such as unsatisfactory effect of solar cell composite improvement, and achieve the effects of better product uniformity, improved minority carrier life, and reduced generation of defective products

Active Publication Date: 2011-03-30
TRINA SOLAR CO LTD
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However, this process is not ideal for improving the recombination of solar cells.

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[0019] A phosphorus diffusion process for metallurgical-grade polycrystalline silicon solar cells, first of all, a high-temperature grain boundary impurity absorption step, using high temperature to release some metal impurity atoms at the original precipitation, and at the same time diffuse and move to the grain boundary defect for deposition. That is, the grain boundary is used as the gettering point to complete the gettering at the grain boundary, and a "clean area" is formed near the grain boundary.

[0020] Followed by medium and low temperature phosphorus deposition step. Use medium and low temperature phosphorus diffusion, 20°C-40°C lower than the normal diffusion temperature, short time, 5min-15min less than the normal diffusion deposition time, to carry out light phosphorus diffusion deposition, this step completes the surface low-concentration phosphorus deposition, which is the next step length Time for high temperature drive in preparation.

[0021] This is follow...

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The invention relates to diffusion technology for manufacturing solar cells, in particular to phosphoric diffusion technology for metallurgical-grade polysilicon solar cells. The technology comprises the following steps: firstly, performing high temperature grain boundary gettering, wherein high temperature is used to make impurity atoms released at the prior settling position and simultaneously diffused and move to the position of a grain boundary defect to settle to form a clean area near the grain boundary; secondly, performing medium-low temperature phosphoric deposition, wherein diffusion deposition of fresh phosphorus is performed for a short time at a medium low diffusion temperature to finish surface low concentration phosphorus deposition to prepare for long time high temperaturedrive-in in a next step; thirdly, performing diffusion passivation of high temperature deep grain boundary, wherein high temperature long time phosphoric source drive-in is performed to form deep PNjunction at the position of the grain boundary so as to make phosphor generate phosphoric gettering and passivation of phosphoric drift field at the position of the grain boundary; and finally, performing the diffusion again for adjusting to a needed sheet resistance value. The technology greatly reduces the composite of minority carrier originally happening in the position of the grain boundary by utilizing the properties of the diffusion of impurities in the polycrystalline silicon; and after the process is finished, the minority carrier lifetime of a silicon chip is improved compared with that of a silicon clip produced by a normal process, which has an active effect on the final performance of the cells.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a diffusion process for manufacturing solar cells, in particular to a phosphorus diffusion process for metallurgical grade polycrystalline silicon solar cells. Background technique [0002] The existing metallurgical-grade silicon diffusion process generally uses the diffusion process of normal solar cells, and on this basis, high-resistance heavy diffusion is performed. In this way, the short-circuit current of the battery is abandoned, but the open-circuit voltage and fill factor of the battery can be greatly improved, and the efficiency of metallurgical-grade silicon batteries can be improved to a certain extent. However, this process is not ideal for improving the recombination in the solar cell body. Contents of the invention [0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is: the impurity content of metallurgical grade polysilicon is higher than that of normal polysilicon, which leads to the techni...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L31/18
CPCY02P70/50
Inventor 盛健
Owner TRINA SOLAR CO LTD
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