摘要:
A process for producing a photovoltaic device, wherein when providing an n-type amorphous silicon layer on an i-type amorphous silicon layer, a desired crystallization ratio can be achieved without reducing the deposition rate. The production process comprises a p-layer formation step of depositing a p-type amorphous silicon layer, an i-layer formation step of depositing an i-type amorphous silicon layer on the p-type amorphous silicon layer, and an n-layer formation step of depositing an n-type amorphous silicon layer on the i-type amorphous silicon layer, wherein the n-layer formation step comprises a first n-layer formation step of depositing a first n-layer on the i-type amorphous silicon layer, and a second n-layer formation step of depositing a second n-layer on the first n-layer, and the deposition conditions for the first n-layer formation step are conditions that yield a higher crystallization ratio than the deposition conditions for the second n-layer formation step, for deposition onto the same base material substrate.
摘要:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus (100) having a photovoltaic layer (3) comprising a crystalline silicon i-layer (42) formed on a large surface area substrate (1) of not less than 1 m 2 , wherein the crystalline silicon i-layer comprises regions in which the Raman peak ratio, which is the ratio, within the substrate (1) plane, of the Raman peak intensity of the crystalline silicon phase relative to the Raman peak intensity of the amorphous silicon phase, is within a range from not less then 3.5 to not more than 8.0, and the surface area proportion for those regions within the substrate (1) plane having a Raman peak ratio of not more than 2.5 is not more than 3%. In this manner, by adjusting the crystallinity of the crystalline silicon i layer to a crystallinity that yields a high output but is prior to the occurrence of high-brightness reflective regions, thereby restricting the surface area proportion of the high-brightness reflective regions, a photovoltaic device that exhibits a high output can be realized.
摘要:
A large surface area photovoltaic device having high conversion efficiency and excellent mass productivity is provided. A photovoltaic device 100 having a photovoltaic layer 3 comprising a crystalline silicon layer formed on a substrate 1, wherein the crystalline silicon layer has a crystalline silicon i-layer 42, and the crystalline silicon i-layer 42 has a substrate in-plane distribution represented by an average value for the Raman peak ratio, which represents the ratio of the Raman peak intensity for the crystalline silicon phase relative to the Raman peak intensity for the amorphous silicon phase, that is not less than 4 and not more than 8, a standard deviation for the Raman peak ratio that is not less than 1 and not more than 3, and a proportion of regions in which the Raman peak ratio is not more than 4 of not less than 0% and not more than 15%. Also, a photovoltaic device 100 in which the size of the surface of the substrate 1 on which the photovoltaic layer 3 is formed is at least 1 m square, and in which the crystalline silicon i-layer 42 has a substrate in-plane distribution represented by an average value for the Raman peak ratio that is not less than 5 and not more than 8, a standard deviation for the Raman peak ratio that is not less than 1 and not more than 3, and a proportion of regions in which the Raman peak ratio is not more than 4 of not less than 0% and not more than 10%.
摘要:
A vacuum processing apparatus is provided, in which a deposition characteristic is easily adjusted, and occurrence of difference in deposition characteristic between deposition chambers can be suppressed, and reduction in equipment cost can be achieved, and a deposition method using the vacuum processing apparatus is provided. The vacuum processing apparatus is characterized by having a plurality of discharge electrodes (3a to 3h) that are supplied with high-frequency power from a power supply unit (17a) through both ends (53) thereof, and form plasma with respect to a substrate (8) respectively, and a plurality of matching boxes (3a to 3ht) which tune phases and amplitudes of the high-frequency power supplied to the plurality of discharge electrodes (3a to 3h) at the ends (53) respectively; wherein impedance of the plurality of matching boxes (3a to 3ht) are set to approximately the same value, and the impedance value is a value at which reflected power is approximately minimized, the reflected power being returned to the power supply unit (17a) from one discharge electrode among the plurality of discharge electrodes (3a to 3h).