阅读说明：本技术 一种返工片的清洗方法及清洗机 (Cleaning method and cleaning machine for reworked sheets ) 是由 王亚楠 刘宗刚 徐文州 于 2021-09-13 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种返工片的清洗方法及清洗机,属于光伏领域。清洗机包括：基座,具有机架、悬臂和机械手；其中,悬臂连接于机架,而机械手滑动地连接于悬臂,并且悬臂沿预设方向延伸；清洗槽,位于所述悬臂之下。清洗槽包括沿所述预设方向依次排布的第一酸洗槽、碱洗槽和第二酸洗槽。其中,第一酸洗槽和第二酸洗槽被用于容纳腐蚀隧穿层的酸洗液；碱洗槽被用于容纳腐蚀掺杂多晶硅层的碱洗液。该清洗机可以被用于对TOPCon电池的返工片进行有效和高效率的清洗。(A cleaning method and a cleaning machine for reworked sheets belong to the field of photovoltaics. The cleaning machine includes: a base having a frame, a cantilever, and a manipulator; the cantilever is connected to the rack, the manipulator is connected to the cantilever in a sliding mode, and the cantilever extends along the preset direction; and the cleaning tank is positioned below the cantilever. The cleaning tank comprises a first pickling tank, an alkaline washing tank and a second pickling tank which are sequentially arranged along the preset direction. Wherein the first pickling tank and the second pickling tank are used for containing pickling solution for corroding the tunneling layer; a caustic bath is used to contain a caustic solution that corrodes the doped polysilicon layer. The cleaning machine can be used for effectively and efficiently cleaning reworked pieces of TOPCon batteries.)

1. A cleaning machine is used for cleaning a rework sheet in a tunneling oxidation passivation contact solar cell manufacturing process, the rework sheet is provided with a silicon substrate, a tunneling layer and a doped polycrystalline silicon layer which are sequentially superposed, and the cleaning machine is characterized by comprising:

the manipulator is connected with the cantilever in a sliding manner, and the cantilever extends along a preset direction;

a cleaning tank located below the cantilever;

the cleaning tank comprises a first pickling tank, an alkali washing tank and a second pickling tank which are sequentially arranged along the preset direction;

the first acid washing tank and the second acid washing tank are used for containing acid washing liquid for corroding the tunneling layer, and the alkaline washing tank is used for containing alkaline washing liquid for corroding the doped polycrystalline silicon layer.

2. The cleaning machine of claim 1 wherein said plurality of manipulators comprises a plurality of said manipulators, all of said manipulators being independently slidably connected to said boom.

3. The cleaning machine of claim 2 wherein said base has a plurality of cantilevers to which all of said manipulators are respectively connected.

4. The cleaning machine of claim 1 further comprising a carrier for placing said rework wafer, said carrier cooperating with said robot and being transferable by said robot to be placed in any one of a first pickling tank, a caustic washing tank, and a second pickling tank.

5. The cleaning machine of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of bubblers disposed in at least one of the first pickling tank, the alkaline washing tank, and the second pickling tank.

6. The cleaning machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cleaning machine includes a rinsing bath disposed at a downstream process of the second acid washing bath along the preset direction, the rinsing bath being an elution bath or a rinsing bath, the elution bath being provided with an elution device;

or the cleaning machine comprises a rinsing bath which is arranged in the downstream procedure of the second acid rinsing bath along the preset direction, the rinsing bath comprises a rinsing bath and a rinsing bath, the rinsing bath is provided with a rinsing device, and the cleaning baths are arranged in the following mode: and a first pickling tank, an alkaline washing tank, a second pickling tank, a leaching water tank and a rinsing water tank are sequentially arranged along the preset direction.

7. The cleaning machine of claim 6 wherein said cleaning tank further comprises a first water tank and a second water tank, said first water tank being located between said first acid wash tank and said base wash tank, said second water tank being located between said second acid wash tank and said base wash tank.

8. The cleaning machine of claim 1 wherein said first pickling tank, said second pickling tank and said alkaline washing tank are each independently provided with a drain line.

9. The cleaning machine of any one of claims 1 to 8, comprising a timing device configured to independently dwell the rework wafer in the first pickle tank and the second pickle tank, respectively, for a first time and dwell the rework wafer in the caustic tank for a second time by the robot, the first time being less than the second time.

10. A method of cleaning rework wafers, performed by the cleaning machine of claim 9, the method comprising:

cleaning reagents are respectively and correspondingly filled in the cleaning tanks;

and sequentially putting the reworked sheets into each tank in the cleaning tank by the manipulator for cleaning, and controlling the soaking time of the reworked sheets in the first pickling tank and the second pickling tank to be shorter than the soaking time of the reworked sheets in the alkaline washing tank by the timing device.

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of photovoltaics, in particular to a cleaning method and a cleaning machine for reworked sheets.

Background

In the process of manufacturing solar cells, "scrap" often occurs due to problems with processes, equipment, etc. In order to avoid waste of resources and cost reduction, it is necessary to recycle these waste sheets. Such waste sheets are generally referred to in the art as rework sheets, and the recycling process thereof is mainly referred to as rework process, which may also be referred to as rework.

Since solar cells are basically of a layered structure, the rework process is mainly to remove the defective structures and functional layers so as to make films again as required.

The TOPCon cell is a solar cell technology based on Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (tunneled contacted). The battery structure is characterized in that: the back side of the N-type silicon substrate has a layer of ultra-thin silicon oxide and a layer of doped polysilicon deposited thereon. Wherein the ultra-thin silicon oxide and the doped polysilicon layer together form a passivated contact structure. The structure can effectively reduce surface recombination and metal contact recombination, and provides greater potential for further improving the conversion efficiency of the battery.

As described above, since the TOPCon battery also has a rework sheet in its manufacturing process, it needs to be cleaned.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a cleaning method and a cleaning machine for reworked sheets, which can improve and even solve the problem that the reworked sheets of TOPCon batteries are difficult to effectively clean by the existing process.

The application is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, examples of the present application provide a cleaning machine for removing rework wafers in a tunnel oxide passivation contact solar cell manufacturing process.

The reworked sheet comprises a silicon substrate, a tunneling layer and a doped polysilicon layer which are sequentially stacked. The back of the cleaning machine is used for removing the tunneling layer and the doped polycrystalline silicon layer in the reworked sheet.

The cleaning machine includes:

the base is provided with a rack, a cantilever and a manipulator, wherein the cantilever is connected to the rack, the manipulator is connected to the cantilever in a sliding manner, and the cantilever extends along a preset direction;

a cleaning tank located under the cantilever;

the cleaning tank comprises a first pickling tank, an alkali washing tank and a second pickling tank which are sequentially arranged along a preset direction;

the first pickling tank and the second pickling tank are used for containing pickling liquid for corroding the tunneling layer, and the alkaline washing tank is used for containing alkaline washing liquid for corroding the doped polycrystalline silicon layer.

The washing machine in the example is provided with an acid washing tank and an alkali washing tank, and they are arranged in the order of setting. Therefore, the rework sheet may be sequentially subjected to corresponding cleaning processes, i.e., sequentially acid cleaning, alkali cleaning, and acid cleaning, in the order of arrangement of the respective tanks. The cleaning machine with the structure can effectively clean reworked pieces of TOPCon batteries.

According to some examples of the present application, the number of the manipulators is plural, and all the manipulators are respectively and independently slidably connected to the cantilever.

The provision of multiple manipulators may improve cleaning efficiency, particularly in situations where cleaning operations are required for batches of rework wafers. The multiple manipulators can operate according to different reworked sheets positioned at different working sections.

According to some examples of the present application, the base has a plurality of cantilevers, and all of the robots are respectively connected to the plurality of cantilevers.

The manipulator is connected to the boom, so that the boom essentially defines to some extent the direction and trajectory of movement of the manipulator. Therefore, providing a plurality of cantilevers will contribute to further increase the robot movable space, thereby avoiding the robots from interfering with each other.

According to some examples of the present application, the cleaning machine further includes a carrier for placing rework sheets, the carrier cooperating with the robot and being transferable by the robot to be placed in any one of the first pickling tank, the alkaline washing tank, and the second pickling tank.

The cleaning machine is provided with the carrier for loading the reworked sheets, and the carrier is controlled to stay in different grooves through the operation of the manipulator, so that the cleaning operation efficiency can be improved to a certain extent, manual excessive intervention is not needed, and the mechanical damage of the reworked sheets, such as corner collapse and the like, is also avoided.

According to some examples of the present application, the cleaning machine further comprises a plurality of bubblers disposed in at least one of the first pickling tank, the alkaline washing tank, and the second pickling tank.

According to some examples of the present application, the washing machine includes a rinsing bath configured in a downstream process of the second acid washing bath in a preset direction, the rinsing bath being either a rinsing bath or a rinsing bath, the rinsing bath being configured with a washer;

or the cleaning machine comprises a rinsing bath which is arranged in the downstream process of the second acid rinsing bath along the preset direction, the rinsing bath comprises a rinsing bath and a rinsing bath, the rinsing bath is provided with a rinsing device, and the rinsing bath is arranged in the following mode: the first pickling tank, the alkaline washing tank, the second pickling tank, the leaching water tank and the rinsing water tank are sequentially arranged along a preset direction.

According to some examples of the present application, the cleaning tank further comprises a first water tank located between the first acid wash tank and the alkaline wash tank and a second water tank located between the second acid wash tank and the alkaline wash tank.

Through the configuration of the first water tank and the second water tank, the reworked sheet can be washed by water after the previous acid washing or alkali washing, so that the acid and alkali on the surface of the reworked sheet can be washed, and the subsequent adverse effect on subsequent washing liquid can be avoided.

According to some examples of the present application, the first pickling tank, the second pickling tank, and the alkaline washing tank are each independently provided with a drain line.

The pickling tank and the alkaline washing tank are used for correspondingly cleaning the coating on the surface of the reworked sheet, so that a large amount of coating substances exist in the tank liquid, and in order to avoid the coating substances from polluting cleaning liquids in other tanks, liquid drainage is carried out by arranging an independent liquid drainage pipeline.

According to some examples of the present application, the cleaning machine includes a timing device configured to independently dwell the rework wafer in the first pickle tank and the second pickle tank, respectively, for a first time and the rework wafer in the alkaline wash tank for a second time by the robot, the first time being less than the second time.

In a second aspect, examples of the present application provide a method of cleaning rework sheets implemented by the above-described cleaning machine.

The cleaning method comprises the following steps:

respectively and correspondingly filling cleaning reagents into the cleaning tanks;

the reworked sheets are sequentially placed into all the grooves in the cleaning groove by the manipulator for cleaning, and the soaking time of the reworked sheets in the first pickling groove and the second pickling groove is controlled by the timing device to be shorter than that of the reworked sheets in the alkaline cleaning groove.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cleaning machine for cleaning rework wafers in an example of the present application;

FIG. 2 illustrates a method of cleaning rework wafers performed by the cleaning machine shown in FIG. 1.

Icon: 10-a cleaning machine; 11-a base; 12-a cleaning tank; 110-a rack; 111-cantilever; 112-a robot arm; 121-a first pickling tank; 122-an alkaline washing tank; 123-second acid wash tank; 124-water washing tank.

Detailed Description

Rework sheets are some of the intermediate products that have defects in the manufacturing process flow of solar cells, but can be reused through a rework process.

In the fabrication process of topocon cells, various rework wafers are also produced. Since the rework sheet has a substrate and a plurality of plating structures on a surface thereof, the plating needs to be removed for reuse, such as texturing, plating, and the like.

At present, most of reworked sheets in solar cell processes are treated by PERC cleaning machines used in the process of PERC cells. The cleaning machine mainly removes the coating on the reworked piece of the PERC battery in an acid washing mode. However, the poly film of the Topcon process route is of a polysilicon film layer structure that is not reactive with the acids applied to the PERC cell as described above. In other words, the PERC process cannot wash away the poly film in the TOPCon process.

Therefore, it is necessary to use a new equipment for rework processing of the rework sheets in the TOPCon process.

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships conventionally found in use of products of the application, and are used only for convenience in describing the present application and for simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred devices or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present application, it is further noted that, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the present application, all the embodiments, implementations, and features of the present application may be combined with each other without contradiction or conflict. In the present application, conventional equipment, devices, components, etc. are either commercially available or self-made in accordance with the present disclosure. In this application, some conventional operations and devices, apparatuses, components are omitted or only briefly described in order to highlight the importance of the present application.

In response to the need for rework processing of rework wafers in the TOPCon battery process, a cleaning machine is presented in the examples of this application. The cleaning machine can obtain a substrate/substrate with ideal surface coating removal effect from the reworked sheet so as to be used for reproduction.

It should be noted that the rework sheet in the present application example refers to a rework sheet in a tunnel oxide passivation contact solar cell manufacturing process, and the rework sheet has a silicon substrate, a tunneling layer, and a doped polysilicon layer stacked in sequence. In a TOPCon cell, the silicon substrate is typically N-type silicon and the tunneling layer is silicon dioxide. Therefore, in the present example, the cleaning machine is used to clean the rework wafer, so as to remove the silicon dioxide tunneling layer and the polysilicon layer therein, and obtain a silicon substrate with good surface quality.

Referring to FIG. 1, in general, the cleaning machine 10 includes a base 11 and a cleaning tank 12. Wherein the cleaning tank 12 is used for containing liquid reagent for processing reworked wafers, and the base 11 is used for matching various other devices with the cleaning tank 12.

Details of the various parts of the washer 10 will be described below.

Among them, the base 11 includes a frame 110, a cantilever 111, and a robot 112. In the base 11, a boom 111 is connected to the frame 110, and a robot 112 is connected to the boom 111.

The frame 110 may be selected to be a frame structure and to constrain and define the overall exterior structure and profile of the washer 10. For example, the frame 110 is formed by welding a metal material such as stainless steel to form a frame, and then a part of the surface (e.g., the lower part) is covered with a metal sheet or a non-metal material such as a plastic sheet; the cover is then covered with a transparent material such as glass or a transparent plastic sheet to form a relatively closed environment. Such a rack 110 structure can avoid possible contamination from the external environment.

Further, to further control contamination, a draft may be drawn into the housing 110 while a filtered airflow is flushed into the housing 110. In this manner, the interior of the rack 110 can be kept clean at all times by drawing out the exhaust air.

A cantilever 111 is provided at the top of the gantry 110 and may provide a path for movement of the robot 112. The boom 111 may be a rail and it is fixed to the frame structure of the frame 110. In an alternative example, the cantilever 111 may be a rail having a groove structure. The base 11 may have a different number of cantilevers 111, as required by different practical situations. In some examples, there may be one cantilever 111, or there may be two cantilevers 111, or there may be more cantilevers 111. The number of cantilevers 111 can be set adaptively to the number of robots 112.

The robot 112 cooperatively coupled with the boom 111 may employ various robot configurations known in the art. The robot 112 may have a base and a plurality of arm joints connecting the base. The arm knots are rotatably connected through a motor matched with a speed reducer, so that the manipulator 112 with multiple degrees of freedom is formed, and various operations can be performed.

The robot 112 may be slidably coupled to the boom 111 via the base described above. Thus, the robot 112 can slide along the groove on the cantilever 111. For example, the cantilever 111 is provided with a square-shaped groove with a cut-out in cross section. While the base of the robot 112 is held against the walls of the groove by, for example, rollers. In this way, the rollers of the base of the robot 112 roll along the groove walls of the cantilever 111, thereby moving the robot 112 in the extending direction of the cantilever 111.

The base 11 of the washing machine 10 is arranged to extend along a given preset direction according to the station. Accordingly, the cantilever 111 in the base 11 is also arranged to extend along the above-mentioned predetermined direction. And therefore the robot arm 112, which is slidably arranged at the boom 111, can move in the preset direction, so that the robot arm 112 can move back and forth between different stations.

In response to the need to clean rework wafers, the cleaning machine 10 is provided with different stations corresponding to different cleaning processes, and the cleaning tanks 12 are provided at different stations corresponding to different cleaning processes. The cleaning bath 12 is placed in a lower portion of the inside of the base 11, and the arm 111 is placed in an upper portion thereof. Therefore, the cleaning tank 12 is also located below the cantilever 111; i.e., the robot 112, is also located above the cleaning tank 12.

Based on the foregoing rework sheets for cleaning TOPCon cells, in the example of the present application, the cleaning tank 12 has at least a first pickling tank 121, an alkaline washing tank 122, and a second pickling tank 123 arranged in this order in a preset direction. The respective cleaning tanks 12 described above are arranged in order in the order of steps of the cleaning process, and are arranged in the order described above along the extending direction of the cantilever 111. Therefore, when the rework sheet is cleaned, the first pickling tank 121, the alkaline washing tank 122, and the second pickling tank 123 are sequentially passed through.

In some examples, the washing machine 10 may further include a bubbler (not shown) to enhance the washing effect. The bubbler is used for forming air bubbles in the tank and plays a role in turning over the cleaning reagent. Each of the tanks 12 may be optionally provided with one or more bubblers. The bubbler may be generally achieved by installing a duct having a plurality of air holes at the bottom of the tank and optionally at the side walls of the tank. Also, the piping is connected to an air pump for bubbling by injecting a gas (e.g., nitrogen gas) into the liquid in the tank. In addition, since the discharging of the acid solution and the alkali solution requires more severe treatment to meet the discharging standard, the pickling tank and the alkali washing tank 122 can be provided with independent liquid discharging pipelines, and whether the liquid is discharged or not is controlled by a valve.

Among the above-mentioned cleaning tanks, as the name implies, the first acid cleaning tank 121 and the second acid cleaning tank 123 are tank bodies for performing cleaning of the rework wafer with acid liquid, and acid liquid is injected therein at the time of performing the cleaning operation. The alkaline bath 122 is a bath body used to perform cleaning of the rework sheets with alkaline solution, and is filled with the alkaline solution during the cleaning operation.

The cleaning tank 12 may be provided with a water tank in addition to the above-described tank for substantially cleaning the coating layer on the rework wafer. It is used for cleaning acid liquor or alkali liquor and particles which may exist. For example, the washing machine 10 may include a rinsing bath 124 disposed at a downstream process of the second rinsing bath 123 in a predetermined direction.

The rinsing bath 124 may be a rinsing bath or a rinsing bath, and the rinsing bath is configured with a rinsing shower.

Alternatively, the washing machine 10 may include a rinsing bath 124 disposed in a process downstream of the second rinsing bath 123 in a predetermined direction of the process flow. And the rinsing bath 124 may include a rinsing bath and a rinsing bath, and the rinsing bath is provided with a rinsing shower. On this basis, the cleaning tank 12 is arranged in the following manner: the first pickling tank 121, the alkaline washing tank 122, the second pickling tank 123, the rinsing water tank and the rinsing water tank are sequentially arranged along a preset direction.

Alternatively, the cleaning tank 12 may be provided with a first water tank and a second water tank; wherein the first water tank is located between the first pickling tank 121 and the alkaline washing tank 122, and the second water tank is located between the second pickling tank 123 and the alkaline washing tank 122.

In other words, a tank body for water washing (which may be spraying or soaking) may be disposed between the first pickling tank 121 and the alkaline washing tank 122, between the alkaline washing tank 122 and the second pickling tank 123, and after the second pickling tank 123, as required by functional design. Thus, in the cleaning process, the rework wafer may be cleaned with water both after acid cleaning and after alkali cleaning.

Referring to fig. 2, taking a rework wafer coated with a silicon dioxide layer and a polysilicon layer in sequence on a silicon substrate as an example, the following cleaning of the rework wafer can be achieved by the cleaning machine 10 in the above example. First, the rework wafer is cleaned with the first acid cleaning bath 121 so that the silicon oxide layer in the rework wafer is partially removed from the side, then, the polysilicon layer is removed again in the alkali cleaning bath 122, and then the remaining silicon oxide layer is removed again using the second acid cleaning bath 123.

Therefore, when the cleaning operation is actually performed, the mechanical walking can transfer the rework pieces to the first pickling tank 121 for a period of time through acid cleaning, then the manipulator 112 transfers the rework pieces to the alkaline washing tank 122 for another period of time through alkaline cleaning, and then the manipulator 112 transfers the rework pieces to the second pickling tank 123 for another period of time through acid cleaning.

The washer 10 may be provided with a timing device for controlling the pickling time. The timing device is used to independently stop the rework wafer in the first pickling tank 121 and the second pickling tank 123 for a first time (which may be the same or different) and a second time in the alkaline washing tank 122 by the robot 112, and the first time is shorter than the second time.

The timing device may be various timers; or a timing device which may also be a timing control device made based on various controllers. The controller may be any type of electronic component or collection of components capable of certain data storage and processing. For example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Micro Control Unit (MCU), an editable logic controller (PLC), a Programmable Automation Controller (PAC), an industrial control computer (IPC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit chip (ASIC chip), and the like.

By the arrangement of the timing means and the cleaning bath 12, a specific processing manner can be realized for the rework wafer, and excellent effects can be obtained in terms of cleaning quality and efficiency. As described above, the rework wafer is cleaned in the first cleaning bath 12 for a period of time to etch a portion of the silicon dioxide layer from the side of the rework wafer. Thus, both surfaces of the polysilicon layer are exposed to some extent. Then, when cleaning is performed in the alkaline bath 122, the polysilicon layer can be etched from both the upper and lower surfaces simultaneously to obtain higher efficiency. The remaining silicon dioxide layer is then etched away by a second etch bath 123 after the polysilicon layer is removed.

In addition, because the etching speed of the polysilicon layer is slow and the thickness of the polysilicon layer is obviously larger than that of the silicon dioxide layer, the utilization rate of equipment and the cleaning effect can be improved by etching part of the silicon dioxide layer and then etching the polysilicon layer, which is particularly remarkable for the condition that a large number of reworked pieces need to be cleaned.

In some examples, a robot 112 may be employed to move linearly on the boom 111 and cooperate with the linearly configured cleaning tank 12.

In other examples, cleaning tank 12 may be arranged in a non-linear manner, and cleaning of the rework wafer in a different tank may be accomplished by reciprocating robot 112 back and forth. For example, the cleaning tank 12 is arranged in the manner of the second pickling tank 123, the first pickling tank 121, and the alkaline cleaning tank 122. Since the cleaning process is performed in the first pickling tank 121, the alkaline washing tank 122, and the second pickling tank 123, the robot arm 112 needs to reciprocate frequently. This significantly increases the complexity of the motion of the robot 112, which is not easily controlled, and may also affect the normal cleaning operation when a large number of rework wafers need to be cleaned. Therefore, the cleaning bath 12 is preferably arranged in sequence according to the process of the cleaning process.

In the case of only one robot 112, since the cleaning bath 12 is arranged in a predetermined direction and the robot 112 linearly moves from the upstream end to the downstream end of the process, there may be a case where the equipment utilization rate cannot be further improved in cleaning. Thus, in other examples, a plurality of robots 112 may be optionally configured, or further, a plurality of cantilevers 111 may be configured, so that different robots 112 may move on different cantilevers 111 without interfering with each other. It should be noted that the number of robots 112 mounted on different cantilevers 111 can be adjusted for different situations.

To facilitate the transfer and handling of rework sheets by robot 112, cleaning machine 10 may also be equipped with carriers for placing rework sheets. The carrier may be any of a variety of structures that individually or batch-wise hold rework wafers (e.g., a silicon wafer basket), and it may also be capable of cooperating with the robot 112 (e.g., hanging or holding, etc.) so that the robot 112 maintains its posture while moving.

Further, with the above-described configuration of the cleaning machine 10, a drying process may be performed after the rework sheets are cleaned for use in other processes. The drying method is, for example, air drying. An exhaust port is provided at an end station of the washer 10 in the example; alternatively, a drying station is additionally provided in the base 11 of the washing machine 10, and a drying tub is provided at the station. The exhaust port is used to feed a hot gas, such as nitrogen, into the base 11 of the washer 10. Based on the consideration of improving the drying effect, the exhaust port can be directly opposite to the placing area of the reworked sheet, namely, the blowing and drying are carried out in a direct blowing mode.

The washer and washing protocol of the present application are disclosed and illustrated sufficiently to enable one skilled in the art to practice the protocol. And the coating in the reworked piece in the TOPCon battery technology can be thoroughly cleaned through the embodiment. In order to evaluate the cleaning effect of the apparatus and process in the examples of the present application, the product obtained after cleaning was checked.

Because the surface color of the silicon substrate is different from the color of the surface of the rework wafer with the surface coating. Therefore, after the cleaning of the reworked sheet is completed, whether the coating is completely removed can be judged by identifying the surface color of the cleaned product so as to evaluate the quality of the scheme of the application.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.