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Method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion device

US10505065B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 22, 2018
Grant dateDec 10, 2019
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50

Abstract

In manufacturing a crystalline silicon-based solar cell, a first intrinsic thin-film is formed on a conductive single-crystalline silicon substrate, and then a hydrogen plasma etching is performed. A second intrinsic thin-film is formed on the first intrinsic thin-film after the hydrogen plasma etching, and a conductive silicon-based thin-film is formed on the second intrinsic thin-film. The second intrinsic thin-film is formed by plasma-enhanced CVD with a silicon-containing gas and hydrogen being introduced into a CVD chamber. The amount of the hydrogen introduced into the CVD chamber during formation of the second intrinsic thin-film is 50 to 500 times an introduction amount of the silicon-containing gas.

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