By Professor Bram Hoex

Journal articles

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_xStacks', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 51, pp. 10NA17 - 10NA17, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/jjap.51.10na17

Ma FJ; Samudra GG; Peters M; Aberle AG; Werner F; Schmidt J; Hoex B, 2012, 'Advanced modeling of the effective minority carrier lifetime of passivated crystalline silicon wafers', Journal of Applied Physics, 112, pp. 054508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4749572

Law F; Hoex B; Wang J; Luther J; Sharma K; Creatore M; Van De Sanden MCM, 2012, 'Kinetic study of solid phase crystallisation of expanding thermal plasma deposited a-Si:H', Thin Solid Films, 520, pp. 5820 - 5825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.04.056

Basu PK; Shetty KD; Vinodh S; Sarangi D; Palina N; Duttagupta S; Lin F; Du Z; Chen J; Hoex B; Boreland MB; Aberle AG, 2012, '19% efficient inline-diffused large-area screen-printed Al-LBSF silicon wafer solar cells', Energy Procedia, 27, pp. 444 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2012.07.091

Aberle AG; Boreland MB; Hoex B; Mueller T, 2012, 'Review industrial silicon wafer solar cells-Status and trends', Green, 2, pp. 135 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/green-2012-0007

Hoex B; van de Sanden MCM; Schmidt J; Brendel R; Kessels WMM, 2012, 'Surface passivation of phosphorus-diffused n +-type emitters by plasma-assisted atomic-layer deposited Al 2O 3', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 6, pp. 4 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201105445

Peters M; Ma F-J; Guo S; Hoex B; Blaesi B; Glunz S; Aberle A; Luther J, 2012, 'Advanced modelling of silicon wafer solar cells', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.51.10NA06

Peloso MP; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2011, 'Polarization analysis of luminescence for the characterization of silicon wafer solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3584857

Bock R; Schmidt J; Mau S; Hoex B; Brendel R, 2010, 'The ALU+ concept: N-type silicon solar cells with surface-passivated screen-printed aluminum-alloyed rear emitter', IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 57, pp. 1966 - 1971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2010.2050953

He S; Wong J; Inn D; Hoex B; Aberle AG; Sproul AB, 2010, 'Influences of oxygen contamination on evaporated poly-Si thin-film solar cells by solid-phase epitaxy', Thin Solid Films, 518, pp. 4351 - 4355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.01.017

Dingemans G; Engelhart P; Seguin R; Einsele F; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2009, 'Stability of Al2O3 and Al2O3/a- SiNx:H stacks for surface passivation of crystalline silicon', Journal of Applied Physics, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3264572

Gielis JJH; Hoex B; van den Oever PJ; van de Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2009, 'Silicon surface passivation by hot-wire CVD Si thin films studied by in situ surface spectroscopy', Thin Solid Films, 517, pp. 3456 - 3460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2009.01.076

He S; Hoex B; Inns D; Brazil IC; Widenborg P; Aberle AG, 2009, 'Crystal quality improvement of solid-phase crystallized evaporated silicon films by in-situ densification anneal', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, pp. 1116 - 1119

Hoex B; Gielis JJH; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'On the c-Si surface passivation mechanism by the negative-charge-dielectric Al2 O3', Journal of Applied Physics, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3021091

Gielis JJH; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'Negative charge and charging dynamics in Al2O3 films on Si characterized by second-harmonic generation', Journal of Applied Physics, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2985906

Hoex B; Schmidt J; Pohl P; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'Silicon surface passivation by atomic layer deposited Al2 O 3', Journal of Applied Physics, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963707

Schmidt J; Merkle A; Brendel R; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'Surface passivation of high-efficiency silicon solar cells by atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 16, pp. 461 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.823

Karouta F; Krämer M; Kwaspen JJ; Grzegorczyk A; Hageman P; Hoex B; Kessels WM; Klootwijk J; Timmering E; Smit M, 2008, 'Influence of the Structural and Compositional Properties of PECVD Silicon Nitride as a Passivation Layer for AlGaN HEMTs', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2008-02, pp. 2079 - 2079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2008-02/29/2079

Benick J; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM; Schultz O; Glunz SW, 2008, 'High efficiency n-type Si solar cells on Al2O 3-passivated boron emitters', Applied Physics Letters, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2945287

Gielis JJH; Van Den Oever PJ; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'Real-time study of a-Si:H/c-Si heterointerface formation and epitaxial Si growth by spectroscopic ellipsometry, infrared spectroscopy, and second-harmonic generation', Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.205329

Hoex B; Schmidt J; Bock R; Altermatt PP; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2007, 'Excellent passivation of highly doped p -type Si surfaces by the negative-charge-dielectric Al2 O3', Applied Physics Letters, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2784168

Hoang J; Van TT; Sawkar-Mathur M; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM; Ostroumov R; Wang KL; Bargar JR; Chang JP, 2007, 'Optical properties of Y2O3 thin films doped with spatially controlled Er3+ by atomic layer deposition', Journal of Applied Physics, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2748629

Hoex B; Peeters FJJ; Creatore M; Blauw MA; Kessels WMM; Van De Sanden MCM, 2006, 'High-rate plasma-deposited SiO2 films for surface passivation of crystalline silicon', Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films, 24, pp. 1823 - 1830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.2232580

Hoex B; Heil SBS; Langereis E; Van De Banden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2006, 'Ultralow surface recombination of c-Si substrates passivated by plasma-assisted atomic layer deposited Al2O3', Applied Physics Letters, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2240736

Agarwal S; Valipa MS; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Maroudas D; Aydil ES, 2005, 'Interaction of SiH3 radicals with deuterated (hydrogenated) amorphous silicon surfaces', Surface Science, 598, pp. 35 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2005.09.026

Hoex B; Van Erven AJM; Bosch RCM; Stals WTM; Bijker MD; Van Den Oever PJ; Kessels WMM; Van De Sanden MCM, 2005, 'Industrial high-rate (∼5nm/s) deposited silicon nitride yielding high-quality bulk and surface passivation under optimum anti-reflection coating conditions', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 13, pp. 705 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.628

Agarwal S; Hoex B; Van De Banden MCM; Maraudas D; Aydil ES, 2004, 'Hydrogen in Si-Si bond center and platelet-like defect configurations in amorphous hydrogenated silicon', Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 22, pp. 2719 - 2726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.1824191

Aarts IMP; Hoex B; Smets AHM; Engeln R; Kessels WMM; Van de Sanden MCM, 2004, 'Direct and highly sensitive measurement of defect-related absorption in amorphous silicon thin films by cavity ringdown spectroscopy', Applied Physics Letters, 84, pp. 3079 - 3081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1713047

Agarwal S; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Maroudas D; Aydil ES, 2003, 'Absolute densities of N and excited N2 in a N2 plasma', Applied Physics Letters, 83, pp. 4918 - 4920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1630843

LeClair P; Hoex B; Wieldraaijer H; Kohlhepp JT; Swagten HJM; De Jonge WJM, 2001, 'Sign reversal of spin polarization in Co/Ru/Al2O3/Co magnetic tunnel junctions', Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 64, pp. 1004061 - 1004064

LeClair P; Hoex B; Wieldraaijer H; Kohlhepp JT; Swagten HJM; de Jonge WJM, 2001, 'Sign reversal of spin polarization in (formula presented) magnetic tunnel junctions', Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.100406

Conference Papers

Nielsen MP; McNab S; Baldacchino AJ; Jones A; Ciesla A; Hoex B; Tayebjee MJY; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2025, 'Interfacial band alignment and triplet energy transfer in singlet fission silicon solar cells', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO, presented at 12º nternational Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 12 May 2025 - 14 May 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2025.019

Schmidt TW; Tayebjee MJY; Nielsen MP; McCamey DR; Ekins-Daukes N; Baldacchino A; Mo A; Brett MW; Pearce PM; Ciesla AM; Chang NL; Hoex B; Beves JE; Jiang Y; McNab S; Carwithen BP; de Clercq DM; Tong J, 2024, 'Singlet fission solar cells', in Freundlich A; Hinzer K; Collin S; Sellers IR (eds.), Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, SPIE, pp. 2 - 2, presented at Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, 27 January 2024 - 01 February 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3003348

Xie T; Zhang H; Wang S; Wan Y; Razzak I; Kit C; Zhang W; Hoex B, 2024, 'ByteScience: Bridging Unstructured Scientific Literature and Structured Data with Auto Fine-tuned Large Language Model in Token Granularity', in IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops Icdmw, pp. 907 - 911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICDMW65004.2024.00126

Ye Y; Ren J; Wang S; Wan Y; Razzak I; Hoex B; Wang H; Xie T; Zhang W, 2024, 'Construction and Application of Materials Knowledge Graph in Multidisciplinary Materials Science via Large Language Model', in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems

Schmidt TW; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Tayebjee M; Nielsen MP; McCamey DR; Jiang JY; Hoex B; Ciesla A; Pearce PM; Chang N; Beves JE, 2023, 'Organic multiple exciton generation and silicon (OMEGA Si)', in Munday JN; Bermel P (ed.), New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion V, SPIE, pp. 8 - 8, presented at New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion V, 20 August 2023 - 25 August 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2677760

Rougieux FE; Hossain MA; Hoex B, 2023, 'Density functional theory to calculate accurate defect energy levels in silicon', in Aip Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0141286

Qian C; Sun K; Green M; Hoex B; Hao X, 2023, 'Single-Junction Bifacial and Semitransparent Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, San Juan, Puerto Rico, presented at 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 11 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359791

Sen C; Chan C; Wu X; Wang H; Khan MU; Mao L; Jaubert J-N; Jiang F; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2022, 'The role of Na+ contamination in humidity-induced degradation in silicon HJT cells', in Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Newcastle, Australia, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 29 November 2022 - 01 December 2023

Qian C; Li J; Sun K; Jiang C; Huang J; Tang R; Green M; Hoex B; Chen T; Hao X, 2022, 'Amorphous Manganese Sulfide Enables Efficient and Stable All-Inorganic Antimony Selenosulfide Solar Cells', in 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 1126 - 1126, presented at 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), 05 June 2022 - 10 June 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48317.2022.9938881

Ford E; Hoex B; Peters IM, 2022, 'Impact of the 2019-2020 Australian Black Summer Wildfires on Photovoltaic Energy Production', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1191 - 1194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938902

Chen D; Sen C; Soeriyadi A; Kim M; Abbott M; Hoex B; Hallam B; Hamer P, 2020, 'Examining Surface-Related Degradation - An Emerging Issue for Commercial Silicon Solar Cells', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2020, Australian PV Institute, Online, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2020, Online, 30 November 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28403

Halilov S; Belayneh M; Hossain MA; Hoex B; Abdallah A; Rashkeev SN, 2020, 'Graded NixAlyO hole transport layer in silicon solar cells', in 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 0696 - 0698, presented at 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300790

Wang S; Wu X; Ma F; Zhang Y; Scardera G; Payne D; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2020, 'Understanding Field-Effect Passivation of Black Silicon: Modeling Charge Carrier Population Control in Compressed Space Charge Regions', in 2020 47TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 590 - 594, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), ELECTR NETWORK, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300673

Varshney U; Li W-M; Li X; Chan C; Hoex B, 2020, 'Impact of wafer properties and production processes on the degradation in industrial PERC solar cells', in 2020 47TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 803 - 806, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), ELECTR NETWORK, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000653077100198&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Varshney U; Li WM; Li X; Chan C; Hoex B, 2020, 'Impact of wafer properties and production processes on the degradation in industrial PERC solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 0803 - 0806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300760

Wang S; Wu X; Ma F; Zhang Y; Scardera G; Payne D; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2020, 'Understanding Field-Effect Passivation of Black Silicon: Modeling Charge Carrier Population Control in Compressed Space Charge Regions', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 0590 - 0594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300673

Zhang T; Hossain MA; Khoo KT; Lee C; Zakaria Y; Abdallah AA; Hoex B, 2019, 'Atomic Layer Deposited AlxNiyO as Hole Selective Contact for Silicon Solar Cells', in 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IL, Chicago, pp. 2338 - 2341, presented at 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IL, Chicago, 16 June 2019 - 21 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980522

Cui X; Hao X; Sun K; Huang J; Lee CY; Yan C; Sun H; Zhang Y; Green M; Hoex B, 2019, 'High-efficient Cd-free CZTS solar cells achieved by nanoscale atomic layer deposited aluminium oxide', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IL, Chicago, pp. 2482 - 2484, presented at 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IL, Chicago, 16 June 2019 - 21 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980884

Zhang Y; Kong C; Khan MU; Fung TH; Davidsen RS; Hansen O; Scardera G; Abbott MD; Hoex B; Payne DNR, 2019, 'Advanced Characterisation of Black Silicon Surface Topography with 3D PFIB-SEM', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 825 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980830

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