By Professor Bram Hoex

Journal articles

Li H; Kim K; Hallam B; Hoex B; Wenham S; Abbott M, 2017, 'POCl3 diffusion for industrial Si solar cell emitter formation', Frontiers in Energy, 11, pp. 42 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11708-016-0433-7

Shen W; Hoex B, 2017, 'Special issue: Technologies for future high-efficiency industrial silicon wafer solar cells', Frontiers in Energy, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11708-016-0436-4

Payne DNR; Chan CE; Hallam BJ; Hoex B; Abbott MD; Wenham SR; Bagnall DM, 2016, 'Rapid passivation of carrier-induced defects in p-type multi-crystalline silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 158, pp. 102 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.05.022

Han J; Abbott MD; Hamer PG; Hoex B; Wang L; Lochtefeld A; Barnett AM, 2016, 'Ultrathin Silicon Solar Cell Loss Analysis', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6, pp. 1160 - 1166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2590949

Payne DNR; Chan CE; Hallam BJ; Hoex B; Abbott MD; Wenham SR; Bagnall DM, 2016, 'Acceleration and mitigation of carrier-induced degradation in p-type multi-crystalline silicon', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 10, pp. 237 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201510437

Chen J; Deckers J; Choulat P; Kuzma-Filipek I; Aleman M; De Castro AU; Du ZR; Duerinckx F; Hoex B; Szlufcik J; Poortmans J; Aberle AG, 2015, 'Investigation of laser ablation on boron emitters for n-type rear-junction PERT type silicon wafer solar cells', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 23, pp. 1706 - 1714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2604

Nandakumar N; Dielissen B; Garcia-Alonso D; Liu Z; Gortzen R; Kessels WMME; Aberle AG; Hoex B, 2015, 'Resistive Intrinsic ZnO Films Deposited by Ultrafast Spatial ALD for PV Applications', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5, pp. 1462 - 1469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2438644

Duttagupta S; Hameiri Z; Grosse T; Landgraf D; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2015, 'Dielectric Charge Tailoring in PECVD SiOx/SiNx Stacks and Application at the Rear of Al Local Back Surface Field Si Wafer Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5, pp. 1014 - 1019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2419132

Liao B; Hoex B; Shetty KD; Basu PK; Bhatia CS, 2015, 'Passivation of Boron-Doped Industrial Silicon Emitters by Thermal Atomic Layer Deposited Titanium Oxide', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5, pp. 1062 - 1066, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2434596

Wong J; Duttagupta S; Stangl R; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2015, 'A systematic loss analysis method for rear-passivated silicon solar cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5, pp. 619 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2388071

Basu PK; Law F; Vinodh S; Kumar A; Richter P; Bottari F; Hoex B, 2015, '0.4% absolute efficiency increase for inline-diffused screen-printed multicrystalline silicon wafer solar cells by non-acidic deep emitter etch-back', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 137, pp. 193 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.02.004

Meng L; Ma FJ; Wong J; Hoex B; Bhatia CS, 2015, 'Extraction of surface recombination velocity at highly doped silicon surfaces using electron-beam-induced current', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5, pp. 263 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2361025

Chen J; Deckers J; Choulat P; Kuzma-Filipek I; Aleman M; Uruena De Castro A; Du ZR; Duerinckx F; Hoex B; Szlufcik J; Poortmans J; Aberle AG, 2015, 'Investigation of laser ablation on boron emitters for n-type rear-junction PERT type silicon wafer solar cells', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2604

Chen J; Du ZR; Ma F-J; Lin F; Sarangi D; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2015, 'Accurate extraction of the series resistance of aluminum local back surface field silicon wafer solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 133, pp. 113 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.10.003

Lin K; Hongwei L; Szu Cheng L; Sha H; Hoex B; Chua SJ; Wei SX, 2014, 'A novel approach to investigate bulk carrier lifetime using low frequency fluctuation noise measurement', Semiconductor Science and Technology, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/29/12/125005

Ma FJ; Duttagupta S; Shetty KD; Meng L; Samudra GS; Hoex B; Peters IM, 2014, 'Two-dimensional numerical simulation of boron diffusion for pyramidally textured silicon', Journal of Applied Physics, 116, pp. 184103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4901242

Meng L; Ma F; Wong J; Hoex B; Bhatia CS, 2014, 'Extraction of Surface Recombination Velocity at Highly Doped Silicon Surfaces Using Electron-Beam-Induced Current', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2361025

Heinrich M; Kluska S; Binder S; Hameiri Z; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2014, 'Accurate potential drop sheet resistance measurements of laser-doped areas in semiconductors', Journal of Applied Physics, 116, pp. 134505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4895584

Liu X; Coxon PR; Peters M; Hoex B; Cole JM; Fray DJ, 2014, 'Black silicon: Fabrication methods, properties and solar energy applications', Energy and Environmental Science, 7, pp. 3223 - 3263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ee01152j

Liu Z; Sahraei N; Hoex B; Aberle AG; Peters IM, 2014, 'Optical Modeling of Alkaline Saw-Damage-Etched Rear Surfaces of Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2349657

Virasawmy S; Widenborg PI; Palina N; Ke C; Wong J; Varlamov S; Tay AAO; Hoex B, 2014, 'Laser Chemical Processing of n-Type Emitters for Solid-Phase Crystallized Polysilicon Thin-Film Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2349654

Liao B; Hoex B; Aberle AG; Chi D; Bhatia CS, 2014, 'Excellent c-Si surface passivation by low- Temperature atomic layer deposited titanium oxide', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4885096

Duttagupta S; Ma FJ; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2014, 'Excellent surface passivation of heavily doped p+ silicon by low-temperature plasma-deposited SiOx/SiNy dielectric stacks with optimised antireflective performance for solar cell application', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 120, pp. 204 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2013.09.004

Duttagupta S; Lin F; Wilson M; Boreland MB; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2014, 'Extremely low surface recombination velocities on low-resistivity n-type and p-type crystalline silicon using dynamically deposited remote plasma silicon nitride films', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 22, pp. 641 - 647, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2320

Liu L; Wang X; Lennon A; Hoex B, 2014, 'Geometric confinement of directly deposited features on hydrophilic rough surfaces using a sacrificial layer', Journal of Materials Science, 49, pp. 4363 - 4370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8135-1

Ma FJ; Liu H; Liao B; Chen J; Du Z; Samudra GS; Aberle AG; Hoex B; Peters IM, 2014, 'Impact of Auger recombination parameterisations on predicting silicon wafer solar cell performance', Journal of Computational Electronics, 13, pp. 647 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10825-014-0583-y

Virasawmy S; Widenborg PI; Palina N; Ke C; Wong J; Varlamov S; Tay AAO; Hoex B, 2014, 'Laser chemical processing of n-type emitters for solid-phase crystallized polysilicon thin-film solar cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 4, pp. 1445 - 1451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2349654

Liu Z; Sahraei N; Hoex B; Aberle AG; Peters IM, 2014, 'Optical modeling of alkaline saw-damage-etched rear surfaces of monocrystalline silicon solar cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 4, pp. 1436 - 1444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2349657

Shugmugam V; Khanna A; Basu PK; Zhang Y; Chen C; Stassen AF; Boreland MB; Mueller T; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2014, 'Electrical and Microstructural Analysis of Contact Formation on Lightly Doped Phosphorus Emitters Using Thick-Film Ag Screen Printing Pastes', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2291313

Heinrich M; Kluska S; Hameiri Z; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2013, 'Extracting physical properties of arbitrarily shaped laser-doped micro-scale areas in semiconductors', Applied Physics Letters, 103, pp. 262103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4856796

Lin F; Hoex B; Koh YH; Lin J; Aberle AG, 2013, 'Low-temperature surface passivation of moderately doped crystalline silicon by atomic-layer-deposited hafnium oxide films', Ecs Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2, pp. N11 - N14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2.026301jss

Liu L; Lin F; Heinrich M; Aberle AG; Hoex B, 2013, 'Unexpectedly high etching rate of highly doped n-type crystalline silicon in hydrofluoric acid', Ecs Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2, pp. P380 - P383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2.026309jss

Hoex B; Bosman M; Nandakumar N; Kessels WMM, 2013, 'Silicon surface passivation by aluminium oxide studied with electron energy loss spectroscopy', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 7, pp. 937 - 941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201308081

Siah SC; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2013, 'Accurate characterization of thin films on rough surfaces by spectroscopic ellipsometry', Thin Solid Films, 545, pp. 451 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2013.07.067

Liao B; Stangl R; Ma F; Mueller T; Lin F; Aberle AG; Bhatia CS; Hoex B, 2013, 'Excellent c-Si surface passivation by thermal atomic layer deposited aluminum oxide after industrial firing activation', Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/38/385102

Virasawmy S; Palina N; Widenborg PI; Kumar A; Dalapati GK; Tan HR; Tay AAO; Hoex B, 2013, 'Direct laser doping of poly-silicon thin films via laser chemical processing', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 3, pp. 1259 - 1264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2278662

Law F; Yi Y; Hidayat ; Widenborg PI; Luther J; Hoex B, 2013, 'Identification of geometrically necessary dislocations in solid phase crystallized poly-Si', Journal of Applied Physics, 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816563

Khanna A; Mueller T; Stangl RA; Hoex B; Basu PK; Aberle AG, 2013, 'A fill factor loss analysis method for silicon wafer solar cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 3, pp. 1170 - 1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2270348

Kumar A; Dalapati GK; Hidayat H; Law F; Tan HR; Widenborg PI; Hoex B; Tan CC; Chi DZ; Aberle AG, 2013, 'Integration of β-FeSi2 with poly-Si on glass for thin-film photovoltaic applications', Rsc Advances, 3, pp. 7733 - 7738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ra41156g

Duttagupta S; Lin F; Shetty KD; Aberle AG; Hoex B, 2013, 'Excellent boron emitter passivation for high-efficiency Si wafer solar cells using AlOx/SiNx dielectric stacks deposited in an industrial inline plasma reactor', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 21, pp. 760 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1259

Law F; Widenborg PI; Luther J; Hoex B, 2013, 'Medium range order engineering in amorphous silicon thin films for solid phase crystallization', Journal of Applied Physics, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807166

Chen J; Tey ZHJ; Du ZR; Lin F; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2013, 'Investigation of screen-printed rear contacts for aluminum local back surface field silicon wafer solar cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 3, pp. 690 - 696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2239701

Law F; Hidayat H; Kumar A; Widenborg P; Luther J; Hoex B, 2013, 'On the transient amorphous silicon structures during solid phase crystallization', Journal of Non Crystalline Solids, 363, pp. 172 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2012.12.034

Liao B; Stangl R; Mueller T; Lin F; Bhatia CS; Hoex B, 2013, 'The effect of light soaking on crystalline silicon surface passivation by atomic layer deposited Al2O3', Journal of Applied Physics, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4775595

Liao B; Stangl R; Ma F-J; Hameiri Z; Mueller T; Chi D; Aberle AG; Bhatia CS; Hoex B, 2013, 'Deposition temperature independent excellent passivation of highly boron doped silicon emitters by thermal atomic layer deposited Al2O3', Journal of Applied Physics, 114, pp. 094505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4819970

Duttagupta S; Ma F-J; Lin SF; Mueller T; Aberle AG; Hoex B, 2013, 'Progress in Surface Passivation of Heavily Doped n-Type and p-Type Silicon by Plasma-Deposited AlOx/SiNx Dielectric Stacks', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 3, pp. 1163 - 1169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2270350

Peloso MP; Palina N; Banas K; Banas A; Hidayat H; Hoex B; Breese MBH; Aberle AG, 2012, 'Investigation of defect luminescence from multicrystalline Si wafer solar cells using X-ray fluorescence and luminescence imaging', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 6, pp. 460 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201206412

Du ZR; Palina N; Chen J; Aberle AG; Hoex B; Hong MH, 2012, 'Enhancement of laser-induced rear surface spallation by pyramid textured structures on silicon wafer solar cells', Optics Express, 20, pp. A984 - A990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.00A984

Du ZR; Palina N; Chen J; Aberle AG; Hoex B; Hong MH, 2012, 'Enhancement of laser-induced rear surface spallation by pyramid textured structures on silicon wafer solar cells.', Opt Express, 20, pp. A984 - A990, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326846

Lin F; Duttagupta S; Shetty KD; Boreland M; Aberle AG; Hoex B, 2012, 'Excellent passivation of p + silicon surfaces by inline plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposited SiO x/AlO x stacks', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.51.10NA17

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