Publications by Angela Nicole Fioretti

Linking simulation and synthesis of nickel oxide hole-selective contacts for silicon heterojunction solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Jan Haschke, Angela Nicole Fioretti, Rachel Emma Woods-Robinson

In silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells, one factor limiting efficiency is "parasitic absorption" from amorphous silicon (a-Si) at the front surface. Thus, discovery of a transparent hole-selective contact to replace p-type a-Si is a promising area of ...

IEEE2020

Evaluating Materials Design Parameters of Hole-Selective Contacts for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Jan Haschke, Angela Nicole Fioretti, Rachel Emma Woods-Robinson

Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cell efficiencies are limited by parasitic absorption from the hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) front contact, but this may be mitigated by selecting an alternative carrier selective contact material with a wider b ...

2020

Bridging the p-type transparent conductive materials gap: synthesis approaches for disperse valence band materials

Monica Morales Masis, Angela Nicole Fioretti

Transparent conductive materials (TCMs) with high p-type conductivity and broadband transparency have remained elusive for years. Despite decades of research, no p-type material has yet been found to match the performance of n-type TCMs. If developed, the ...

2020

Low Temperature p-type Microcrystalline Silicon as Carrier Selective Contact for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Raphaël Monnard, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Angela Nicole Fioretti

Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells have reached record efficiency, particularly in all-back-contacted architectures. Despite this, two-side contacted SHJ cells still suffer from parasitic absorption and series resistance losses in the amorphous silic ...

2019

Gallium Nitride as Transparent Electron-Selective Contact in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Angela Nicole Fioretti, Tzu-Chin Chang Chien, Yashi Xiao

Carrier-selective, passivating contacts have allowed silicon heterojunction (SHJ) cells to reach recordbreaking efficiencies particularly in all-back-contacted designs. However, two-side-contacted SHJ cell efficiency has been limited due in part to parasit ...

2019

Paths for maximal light incoupling and excellent electrical performances in silicon heterojunction solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Bertrand Yves Paul Paviet-Salomon, Matthieu Despeisse, Laurie-Lou Senaud, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Monica Morales Masis, Jan Haschke, Luca Massimiliano Antognini, Jean Cattin, Oscar Esteban Rucavado Leandro

We discuss here optical losses in silicon heterojunction solar cells and strategies to minimize them. Optical losses originate from most non-crystalline-silicon layers involved in the solar cell. A breakdown for typical values is shown evidencing that supp ...

IEEE2019

Nitride layer screening as carrier-selective contacts for silicon heterojunction solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Angela Nicole Fioretti

2018