Publications - Marco

A two‐step method to simulate the spatially resolved temperature of a partially shaded cell in a crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) module is presented and tested.

We present a passivated contact technology based on polysilicon deposited using low pressure chemical vapour deposition (LPCVD) over an ultra-thin silicon dioxide layer, which achieves an excellent surface passivation with implied open-circuit voltage of 735 mV, a recombination prefactor below 1 fA cm−2 and contact resistivity below 1 mΩcm2.

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This work investigates the optical properties of textured surfaces from novel methods such as plasma texturing and metal catalyzed chemical etching, as well as other conventionally textured surfaces like isotropic acidic and random pyramid textures.

The impact of partial shading on cell operating current, voltage, and temperature is simulated, for a half-cell module with series-parallel-series connections and for the conventional full-cell module.

In this paper, the fabrication of a 22.8% efficient all‐laser‐doped IBC solar cell with localized boron and phosphorus doped contacts is reported.

In this work, we introduce novel test structures and perform numerical simulations to accurately determine the contact properties of 30 μm × 30 μm-sized laser-doped localized contacts.

Methodology for simulating PV module yield based on the optical, thermal and electrical properties of module components and configuration.

In this work, we calculate the angular and spectral distribution of direct and diffuse irradiation based on measured time-resolved integral values for diffuse and direct irradiation.

In this work, we calculate the angular and spectral distribution of direct and diffuse irradiation based on measured time-resolved integral values for diffuse and direct irradiation.