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Clustering reaction control in plasma CVD for fabricating high efficiency solar cells

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14205047
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Electronic materials/Electric materials
Research InstitutionKYUSHU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

YUKIO Watanabe  Kyushu University, Department of Electronics, Professor, 大学院・システム情報科学研究院・電子デバイス部門, 教授 (80037902)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIRATANI Masaharu  KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Department of electrorics, Associate Professor, 助教授 (90206293)
KOGA Kazunori  KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Department of electronics, Research Associate, 助手 (90315127)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥54,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥41,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥12,480,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥19,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥26,130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥20,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,030,000)
Keywordsamorphous silicon / clustering reaction control in plasma CVD / silicon particle / thin film solar cell / light induced degradation / cluster eliminating filter / multi-hollow discharge / higher order silane / Si-H結合 / Si-H_2結合 / 高周波放電 / 太陽電池 / 微細構造パラメータ / ショットキセル / 水素希釈
Research Abstract

We have developed clustering reaction control in plasma CVD for fabricating high efficiency a-Si:H solar cells. Following results are obtained in this study.
1.We have developed a filter for eliminating cluster contribution to films. We have suppressed the contribution to films 1/100 times as low as that to conventional device quality films.
2.We have succeeded in depositing a-Si:H films which show little light induced defects by using the filter together with a cluster-suppressed plasma CVD.
3.We have developed multi-hollow discharges for realizing cluster-free a-Si:H.
4.We have succeeded in fabricating a Ni/a-Si:H/n^+ c-Si Schottkey cell which has a littile light induced degradation of 4%.
These results indicates that suppression of contribution of clusters to films is the key to stable high efficiency a-Si:H solar cell.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (12 results) Book (1 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results) Publications (13 results)

  • [Journal Article] Evaluation of contribution of higher-order silane radicals in silane discharges to Si-H_2 bond formation in a-Si:H films2005

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of International Symposium on Novel Materials Processing by Advanced Electromagnetic Energy Sources (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Deposition of highly stable a-Si:H films using cluster-eliminating filter2005

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Kouki Bando, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Plasma Science Symposium 2005 and The 22nd Symposium on Plasma Processing

      Pages: 157-158

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Productin of Crystalline Si Nano-particles Using Pulse VHF discharges and Their Stability2005

    • Author(s)
      Tomohide Kakeya, Kazunori Koga, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Plasma Science Symposium 2005 and The 22nd Symposium on Plasma Processing

      Pages: 643-644

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Species responsible for Si-H_2 bond formation in a-Si:H films deposited using silane high frequency discharges2005

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shiratani, Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Kouki Bando, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Thin Solid Films (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Production of crystalline Si nano-clusters using pulsed H_2+SiH_4 VHF discharges2005

    • Author(s)
      Tomohide Kakeya, Kazunori Koga, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe, Michio Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Thin Solid Films (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Deposition of highly stable a-Si : H films using cluster-eliminating filter2005

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Kouki Bando, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Plasma Science Symposium 2005 and The 22nd Symposium on Plasma Processing

      Pages: 157-158

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Deposition of highly stable a Si:H films using cluster-eliminating filter2005

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Kouki Bando, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Plasma Science Symposium 2005 and The 22nd Symposium on Plasma Processing

      Pages: 157-158

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Production of Crystalline Si Nano-particles Using Pulse VHF discharges and Their Stability2005

    • Author(s)
      Tomohide Kakeya, Kazunori Koga, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Plasma Science Symposium 2005 and The 22nd Symposium on Plasma Processing

      Pages: 643-644

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Production of crystalline Si nano-clusters using pulsed H_2+SiH_4 VHF discharge2005

    • Author(s)
      Tomohide Kakeya, Kazunori Koga, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe, Michio Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Thin Solid Films (in press)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Correlation between volume fraction of clusters incorporated into a-Si:H films and hydrogen content associated with Si-H_2 bonds in the films2004

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 22・4

      Pages: 1536-1539

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Correlation between volume fraction of clusters incorporated into a-Si : H films and hydrogen content associated with Si-H_2 bonds in the films2004

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 22-4

      Pages: 1536-1539

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Evaluation of contribution of higher-order silane radicals in silane discharges to Si-H_2 bond formation in a-Si:H films2004

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Koga, Naoto Kaguchi, Masaharu Shiratani, Yukio Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of International Symposium on Novel Materials Processing by Advanced Electromagnetic Energy Sources (in press)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「プラズマの生成と診断-応用への道-」7.2節ダストプラズマ2004

    • Author(s)
      渡辺征夫
    • Publisher
      コロナ社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] クラスタフリーアモルファスシリコン膜とそれを製造する方法及び装置2004

    • Inventor(s)
      渡辺 征夫, 白谷 正治, 古閑 一憲
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      九州大学
    • Industrial Property Number
      2004-244333
    • Filing Date
      2004-08-31
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 白谷正治, 古閑一憲, 渡辺征夫: "高効率薄膜シリコン太陽電池のためのクラスタ制御プラズマCVD(依頼解説論文)"表面技術. 54(12). 931-934 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Shiratani, K.Koga, A.Harikai, T.Ogata, Y.Watanabe: "Effects of Excitation Frequency and H_2 Dilution on Cluster Generation in Silane High-Frequency Discharge"MRS Symp Proc.. 762. A9.5.1-A9.5.6 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Watanabe, K.Koga, A.Harikai, T.Ogata, M.Shiratani: "Deposition of a-Si:H films of high stability by cluster-suppressed plasma CVD"Proc.Int.Symp.Plasma Chemistry. (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Shiratani, K.Koga, A.Harikai, T.Ogata, Y.Watanabe: "High-quality a-Si:H films deposited at 0.7 nm/s by cluster suppressed plasma CDV method"Proc.3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion. 5P-A9-08 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Ito, N.Myojin, M.Kondo, A.Matsuda, M.Shiratani, Y.Watanabe: "Light-soaking stability of nano-structure tailored silicon thin film solar cells"Proc.3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion. SO-D14-02 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Koga, T.Kakeya, M.Shiratani, Y.Watanabe: "Deposition of Nano-Cluster-Disersted a-Si:H Films using H_2+SiH_4 Twin Discharges"Proc.International Symposium on Information Science and Electrical Engineering 2003. 142-145 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Watanabe, M.Shiratani, K.Koga: "Nucleation and subsequent growth of clusters in reactive plasmas (invited lecture paper)"Plasma Sources Science & Technology A. 11. 229-233 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Shiratani, K.Koga, Y.Watanabe: "Formation of nano-particles in microgravity plasmas"Journal of Japan Society of Microgravity Application. 19supplement. 69 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 白谷 正治, 古閑 一憲, 渡辺 征夫: "ナノクラスタ制御ブラズマCVDと高品質,光安定 a-Si : H 太陽電池への応用"アモルファスセミナーテキスト. 95-100 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Shiratani, M.Kai, K.Imabeppu, K.Koga, Y.Watanabe: "Correlation between Si cluster amount in silane HF discharges and quality of a-Si : H films"Proc. of ESCANPIG16/ICRP5 Joint Meeting. 2. 323-324 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Koga, A.Harikai, M.Kai, K.Imabeppu, T.Ogata, T.Kinoshita, M.Shiratani, Y.Watanabe: "Deposition of high quality a-Si : H films at a high rate using cluster-suppressed VHF plasma CDV method"Proc. 20th Symp. Plasma Processing. 79-80 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Shiratani, M.Kai, K.koga, Y.Watanabe: "Cluster-suppressed plasma CVD for deposition of high quality a-Si : H films"Thin Solid Films. 427. 1-5 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Koga, K.Imabeppu, M.Kai, A.Harikai, M.Shiratani, Y.Watanabe: "Suppression methods of cluster growth in silane discharges and their application to deposition of super high quality a-Si : H films"Proc. of International Workshop on Information and Electrical Engineering. 238-243 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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