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Manufacturing method of photovoltaic device and manufacturing apparatus for photovoltaic device

US9246043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2012
Grant dateJan 26, 2016
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A manufacturing method includes a step of forming an impurity diffusion layer by diffusing an impurity element in a surface of a silicon-based substrate; and an etching step of removing the impurity diffusion layer in at least a portion of a first-surface side of the silicon-based substrate, wherein the etching step includes an etching-fluid supplying step of, on the first-surface side, supplying an etching fluid that flows to an outer edge portion of the silicon-based substrate from a supply position, and an air supplying step of, on a second-surface side, which is opposite to the first-surface side, of the silicon-based substrate, supplying air in a same direction as the etching fluid in accordance with supply of the etching fluid at the etching-fluid supplying step.

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