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There is disclosed a single crystal silicon solar cell includes the steps of: implanting hydrogen ions or rare gas ions to a single crystal silicon substrate; performing surface activation on at least one of an ion-implanted surface of the single crystal silicon substrate and a surface of a transpar

There is disclosed a single crystal silicon solar cell includes the steps of: implanting hydrogen ions or rare gas ions to a single crystal silicon substrate; performing surface activation on at least one of an ion-implanted surface of the single crystal silicon substrate and a surface of a transparent insulator substrate; bonding the ion-implanted surface of the single crystal silicon substrate and the transparent insulator substrate with the surface-activated surface being set as a bonding surface; applying an impact onto the ion implanted layer to mechanically delaminate the single crystal silicon substrate to form a single crystal silicon layer; forming a plurality of diffusion regions having a second conductivity type on the delaminated plane side of the single crystal silicon layer; forming a plurality of first conductivity type regions and a plurality of second conductivity type regions on the delaminated plane of the single crystal silicon layer; and forming a light reflection film that covers the plurality of first conductivity type regions and the plurality of second conductivity type regions. There can be provided an optical confinement type single crystal silicon solar cell where a thin-film light conversion layer is made of high-crystallinity single crystal silicon.

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1. A method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell including at least a light reflection film, a single crystal silicon layer as a light conversion layer, and a transparent insulator substrate, which are laminated on one another with a surface on the transparent insulator substrate si

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A method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell including at least a light reflection film, a single crystal silicon layer as a light conversion layer, and a transparent insulator substrate, which are laminated on one another with a surface on the transparent insulator substrate side used as a light receiving surface, comprising at least the steps of: preparing the transparent insulator substrate and the single crystal silicon substrate having a first conductivity type;implanting at least one of hydrogen ions and rare gas ions to the single crystal silicon substrate to form an ion implanted layer;performing surface activation on at least one of an ion-implanted surface of the single crystal silicon substrate and one surface of the transparent insulator substrate;bonding the ion-implanted surface of the single crystal silicon substrate and the transparent insulator substrate with the surface-activated surface being set as a bonding surface;applying an impact to the ion implanted layer to mechanically delaminate the single crystal silicon substrate to form the single crystal silicon layer;forming a plurality of diffusion regions having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type on the delaminated plane side of the single crystal silicon layer, and forming a plurality of pn junctions at least in a planar direction and forming a plurality of first conductivity type regions and a plurality of second conductivity type regions on the delaminated plane of the single crystal silicon layer;forming a plurality of first individual electrodes on the plurality of first conductivity type regions of the single crystal silicon layer, and forming a plurality of second individual electrodes on the plurality of second conductivity type regions of the single crystal silicon layer;forming first collecting electrodes connecting the plurality of first individual electrodes and second collecting electrodes connecting the plurality of second individual electrodes; andforming a light reflection film on a surface of the single crystal silicon substrate that is opposite to the ion-implanted surface of the single crystal silicon substrate that is bonded to the transparent insulator substrate. 2. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the surface activation is performed through at least one of a plasma treatment and an ozone treatment. 3. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the transparent insulator substrate is selected from the group consisting of quartz glass, crystallized glass, borosilicate glass, and soda-lime glass. 4. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 2, wherein the transparent insulator substrate is selected from the group consisting of quartz glass, crystallized glass, borosilicate glass, and soda-lime glass. 5. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 1, wherein an inner portion of the transparent insulator substrate or a surface of the transparent insulator substrate opposite to the surface to be bonded to the single crystal silicon substrate has light scattering property. 6. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 2, wherein an inner portion of the transparent insulator substrate or a surface of the transparent insulator substrate opposite to the surface to be bonded to the single crystal silicon substrate has light scattering property. 7. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 3, wherein an inner portion of the transparent insulator substrate or a surface of the transparent insulator substrate opposite to the surface to be bonded to the single crystal silicon substrate has light scattering property. 8. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 4, wherein an inner portion of the transparent insulator substrate or a surface of the transparent insulator substrate opposite to the surface to be bonded to the single crystal silicon substrate has light scattering property. 9. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 1, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less from the ion-implanted surface. 10. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 2, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less from the ion-implanted surface. 11. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 .mu.m or more and 50 .mu.m or less from the ion-implanted surface. 12. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 4, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less from the ion-implanted surface. 13. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 5, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less from the ion-implanted surface. 14. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 6, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less from the ion-implanted surface. 15. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 7, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less from the ion-implanted surface. 16. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 8, wherein a depth of the ion implantation is set to 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less from the ion-implanted surface. 17. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 1, wherein if the light reflection film is formed of metal, a transparent sealing layer is formed after forming the first collecting electrodes and the second collecting electrodes and before forming the light reflection film, the transparent sealing layer burying the electrodes formed on the single crystal silicon layer. 18. The method for manufacturing a single crystal silicon solar cell according to claim 1, wherein if the light reflection film is formed of an insulator material, the light reflection film is formed to bury the electrodes formed on the single crystal silicon layer.