PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
First Claim
1. A photoelectric converter, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
a first amorphous semiconductor layer formed on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate and including a amorphous semiconductor layer of a first conduction type;
a second amorphous semiconductor layer formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in a region where the first conduction type amorphous semiconductor layer is absent and including a amorphous semiconductor layer of a second conduction type;
a first electrode electrically connected to the first amorphous semiconductor layer; and
a second electrode separated from the first electrode by means of a separation groove and electrically connected to the second amorphous semiconductor layer,wherein a textured structure is formed in at least part of a region of the first surface where the first amorphous semiconductor layer and the second amorphous semiconductor layer are formed directly contacting the first surface.
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Abstract
A photoelectric converter (10) is provided with an n-type monocrystalline silicon substrate (21), an IN layer (25) and an IP layer (26) formed on the rear surface (12) of the n-type monocrystalline silicon substrate (21), an n-side electrode (40) electrically connected to the IN layer (25), and a p-side electrode (50) separated from the n-side electrode (40) by means of a separation groove (6) and electrically connected to the IP layer (26). In said photoelectric converter (10), a texture structure is formed on at least a portion of a region in which the n-type monocrystalline silicon substrate (21), the IN layer (25) and the IP layer (26) are formed to be in direct contact with one another.
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10 Claims
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1. A photoelectric converter, comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate; a first amorphous semiconductor layer formed on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate and including a amorphous semiconductor layer of a first conduction type; a second amorphous semiconductor layer formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in a region where the first conduction type amorphous semiconductor layer is absent and including a amorphous semiconductor layer of a second conduction type; a first electrode electrically connected to the first amorphous semiconductor layer; and a second electrode separated from the first electrode by means of a separation groove and electrically connected to the second amorphous semiconductor layer, wherein a textured structure is formed in at least part of a region of the first surface where the first amorphous semiconductor layer and the second amorphous semiconductor layer are formed directly contacting the first surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for producing a photoelectric converter, comprising:
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a first step of laminating, on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate, a first amorphous semiconductor layer including a amorphous semiconductor layer of a first conduction type; a second step of laminating, on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in a region where the first conduction type amorphous semiconductor layer is absent, a second amorphous semiconductor layer including a amorphous semiconductor layer of a second conduction type; and a step of forming a first electrode on the first amorphous semiconductor layer and also forming, on the second amorphous semiconductor layer, a second electrode separated from the first electrode by means of a separation groove, the method further comprising a texture forming step of forming a textured structure on the first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor substrate while protecting at least a region of the first surface which eventually receives thereon an electrode edge of the first electrode and an electrode edge of the second electrode that are located along the separation groove. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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