IP Library Granted Patent US 9,130,112
Granted Patent B2
US 9,130,112 · App. 13/840,618 · Granted Sep 8, 2015

Method for manufacturing solar cell and dopant layer thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,130,112
App. No.
13/840,618
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a dopant layer of a solar cell according to an embodiment of the invention includes: ion-implanting a dopant to a substrate; and heat-treating for an activation of the dopant. In the heat-treating for the activation, the substrate is heat-treated at a first temperature after an anti-out-diffusion film is formed at a temperature lower than the first temperature under a first gas atmosphere.

Claims (35)

1. A method for manufacturing a dopant layer of a solar cell, the method comprising:

ion-implanting a dopant to a substrate; and

heat-treating for an activation of the dopant,

wherein the heat-treating for the activation comprises:

an initial duration having a first initial duration for forming an anti-out-diffusion film under a first gas atmosphere comprising oxygen; and

a maintaining duration for activating the dopant at a first temperature after the initial duration,

wherein the initial duration is composed of a temperature increase region of the heat-treating for the activation under a temperature lower than the first temperature before the maintaining duration,

wherein the maintaining duration is performed only after the first initial duration,

wherein the first initial duration and the maintaining duration are parts of an in-situ process,

wherein the initial duration further comprises a second initial duration after the first initial duration,

in the first initial duration, a temperature increases from a second temperature lower than the first temperature to a third temperature higher than the second temperature and lower than the first temperature,

in the second initial duration, a temperature increases from the third temperature to the first temperature, and

wherein a second gas atmosphere different from the first gas atmosphere is supplied in the second initial duration.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-out-diffusion film comprises an oxide film.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein nitrogen is supplied with the oxygen in the first initial duration.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the maintaining duration is performed under the second gas atmosphere different from the first gas atmosphere.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second gas atmosphere comprises nitrogen.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a process time of the maintaining duration is longer than a process time of the first initial duration.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a process time of the first initial duration is in a range of about 1 minute to about 60 minutes.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second gas atmosphere is supplied in the maintaining duration.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-treating for the activation further comprises a finishing duration where a temperature decreases after the maintaining duration.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the initial duration and the maintaining duration are consecutively performed in a same heat-treating apparatus.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is in a range of about 950° C. to 1300° C.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a temperature in the first initial duration is in a range of about 650° C. to 900° C.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-out-diffusion film has a thickness of about 0.1 nm to 20 nm.

14. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising cleaning the substrate after the heat-treating for the activation,

wherein the anti-out-diffusion film is eliminated in the cleaning.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein silicate glass is formed on a surface of the substrate in the heat-treating for the activation, and

the silicate glass formed on the surface of the substrate is eliminated with the anti-out-diffusion film during the cleaning.

16. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a capping layer on a surface of the substrate between the ion-implanting and the heat-treating for the activation,

wherein the anti-out-diffusion film is formed on the capping layer during the heat-treating for the activation.

17. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, the method comprising:

performing the method for manufacturing the dopant layer according to claim 1 ; and

forming an electrode electrically connected to the dopant layer.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the dopant layer is at least one of an emitter layer, a front surface field layer, and a back surface field layer.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: SHANGRAO XINYUAN YUEDONG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
To: TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066831/0802 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
To: SHANGRAO XINYUAN YUEDONG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 065725/0706 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061571/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2013
From: CHEONG, JUHWA; JIN, YONGDUK; YANG, YOUNGSUNG; HA, MANHYO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 031678/0715 →