By Professor Bram Hoex

Conference Papers

Dutta Gupta S; Hoex B; Lin F; Mueller T; Aberle AG, 2011, 'High-quality surface passivation of low-resistivity p-type C-Si by hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride deposited by industrial-scale microwave PECVD', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 001421 - 001423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186223

Law F; Hoex B; Wang J; Luther J; Sharma K; Creatore M; Van De Sanden MCM, 2011, 'In-situ X-ray diffraction analysis of the crystallisation of a-SI:H films deposited by the expanding thermal plasma technique', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 003026 - 003030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186582

Siah SC; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2011, 'Accurate characterisation of silicon nitride films on rough silicon surfaces by ellipsometry', in Energy Procedia, pp. 122 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.06.112

Aberle AG; Zhang W; Hoex B, 2011, 'Advanced loss analysis method for silicon wafer solar cells', in Energy Procedia, pp. 244 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.06.131

Peloso MP; Chaturvedi P; Würfel P; Hoex B; Aberle AG, 2010, 'Observations on the spectral characteristics of defect luminescence of silicon wafer solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2714 - 2717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616880

Kessels WMM; Gielis JJH; Hoex B; Terlinden NM; Dingemans G; Verlaan V; Van De Sanden MCM, 2009, 'Electric field induced surface passivation of Si by atomic layer deposited AI2O3 studied by optical second-harmonic generation', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 000427 - 000431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411651

Dingemans G; Engelhart P; Seguin R; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2009, 'Firing stability of atomic layer deposited Al2O3 for c-Si surface passivation', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 000705 - 000708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411187

Bock R; Schmidt J; Mau S; Hoex B; Kessels E; Brendel R, 2009, 'The ALU+ concept: N-type silicon solar cells with surface-passivated screen-printed aluminum-alloyed rear emitter', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 000030 - 000035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411768

Benick J; Hoex B; Dingemans G; Kessels WMM; Richter A; Hermle M; Glunz S, 2009, 'High-Efficiency n-Type Silicon Solar Cells with Front Side Boron Emitter', in Proceedings of the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, presented at 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 21 September 2009 - 25 September 2009

Kessels WMM; Gielis JJH; Hoex B; Terlinden NM; Dingemans G; Verlaan V; van de Sanden MCM, 2009, 'Electric field induced surface passivation of Si by atomic layer deposited Al2O3 studied by optical second-harmonic generation', in 2009 34TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3, IEEE, PA, Philadelphia, pp. 1460 - 1464, presented at 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PA, Philadelphia, 07 June 2009 - 12 June 2009, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000280345900318&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Dingemans G; Engelhart P; Seguin R; Hoex B; van de Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2009, 'FIRING STABILITY OF ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITED Al2O3 FOR c-Si SURFACE PASSIVATION', in 2009 34TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3, IEEE, PA, Philadelphia, pp. 597 - +, presented at 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PA, Philadelphia, 07 June 2009 - 12 June 2009, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000280345900125&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Bock R; Schmidt J; Mau S; Hoex B; Kessels E; Brendel R, 2009, 'THE ALU(+) CONCEPT: N-TYPE SILICON SOLAR CELLS WITH SURFACE-PASSIVATED SCREEN-PRINTED ALUMINUM-ALLOYED REAR EMITTER', in 2009 34TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3, IEEE, PA, Philadelphia, pp. 2069 - +, presented at 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PA, Philadelphia, 07 June 2009 - 12 June 2009, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000280345900442&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Karouta F; Krämer MCJCM; Kwaspen JJM; Grzegorczyk A; Hageman P; Hoex B; Kessels WMM; Klootwijk J; Timmering E; Smit MK, 2009, 'Influence of the structural and compositional properties of PECVD silicon nitride layers on the passivation of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs', in Ecs Transactions, pp. 181 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.2983174

Kessels WMM; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM, 2008, 'Atomic layer deposition: Prospects for solar cell manufacturing', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922775

Schmidt J; Merkle A; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM; Brendel R, 2008, 'Atomic-layer-deposited aluminum oxide for the surface passivation of high-efficiency silicon solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922636

Hoex B; Schmidt J; Van De Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'Crystalline silicon surface passivation by the negative-charge-dielectric Al2O3', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922635

Benick J; Hoex B; Schultz O; Glunz SW, 2008, 'Surface passivation of boron diffused emitters for high efficiency solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922637

Schmidt J; Merkle A; Bock R; Altermatt P; Harder NP; Hoex B; Van de Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM; Brendel R, 2008, 'Progress in the Surface Passivation of Silicon Solar Cells', in Proceedings of the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Valencia, Spain, presented at 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Valencia, Spain, 01 September 2008 - 05 September 2008

Martin I; Hoex B; van de Sanden MCM; Alcubilla González R; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'The Origin of Emitter-Like Recombination for Inverted c-Si Surfaces', in Proceedings of the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition,, Valencia, Spain, presented at 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Valencia, Spain, 01 September 2008 - 05 September 2008

Kessels WMM; Hoex B; van de Sanden MCM, 2008, 'Atomic Layer Deposition: Prospects for Solar Cell Manufacturing', in PVSC: 2008 33RD IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-4, IEEE, CA, San Diego, pp. 1721 - 1725, presented at 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, CA, San Diego, 11 May 2008 - 16 May 2008, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000273995000379&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Schmidt J; Merkle A; Hoex B; van de Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM; Brendell R, 2008, 'ATOMIC-LAYER-DEPOSITED ALUMINUM OXIDE FOR THE SURFACE PASSIVATION OF HIGH-EFFICIENCY SILICON SOLAR CELLS', in PVSC: 2008 33RD IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-4, IEEE, CA, San Diego, pp. 1158 - +, presented at 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, CA, San Diego, 11 May 2008 - 16 May 2008, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000273995000254&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hoex B; Schmidt J; van de Sanden MCM; Kessels WMM, 2008, 'CRYSTALLINE SILICON SURFACE PASSIVATION BY THE NEGATIVE-CHARGE-DIELECTRIC Al2O3', in PVSC: 2008 33RD IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-4, IEEE, CA, San Diego, pp. 1154 - +, presented at 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, CA, San Diego, 11 May 2008 - 16 May 2008, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000273995000253&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Benick J; Hoex B; Schultz O; Glunz SW, 2008, 'SURFACE PASSIVATION OF BORON DIFFUSED EMITTERS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS', in PVSC: 2008 33RD IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-4, IEEE, CA, San Diego, pp. 1163 - +, presented at 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, CA, San Diego, 11 May 2008 - 16 May 2008, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000273995000255&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kessels WMM; Van Den Oever PJ; Gielis JJH; Hoex B; Van De Sanden MCM, 2006, 'A real-time study of the a-Si:H/c-Si interface formation using ellipsometry, infrared spectroscopy, and second harmonic generation', in Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Wcpec 4, pp. 1616 - 1619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279796

Hoex B; Peeters FJJ; Creatore M; Bijker MD; Kessels WMM; Van De Sanden MCM, 2006, 'Good surface passivation of C-Si by high rate plasma deposited silicon oxide', in Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Wcpec 4, pp. 1134 - 1137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279361

Hoex B; Peeters FJJ; Van Erven AJM; Bijker MD; Kessels WMM; Van De Sanden MCM, 2006, 'High-quality surface passivation obtained by high-rate deposited silicon nitride, silicon dioxide and amorphous silicon using the versatile expanding thermal plasma technique', in Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Wcpec 4, pp. 1036 - 1039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279296

Van De Sanden MCM; Creatore M; Blauw MA; Hoefnagels JPM; Hoex B; Van Den Oever PJ; Smets AHM; Schram DC; Kessels WMM, 2005, 'Expanding thermal plasma CVD: Experimental studies of the plasma-surface interaction', in Proceedings Electrochemical Society, pp. 36 - 48

Kessels WMM; Van Den Oever PJ; Hoex B; Bosch RCM; Van Erven AJM; Bijker MD; Van De Sanden MCM, 2005, 'Controlling the silicon nitride film dENSfTY for ultrahigh-rate deposition of top quality antireflection coatings', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1253 - 1256

Van Den Oever PJ; Kessels WMM; Hoex B; Bosch RCM; Van Erven AJM; Pennings RLJR; Stals WTM; Bijker MD; Van De Sanden MCM, 2005, 'Plasma properties of a novel commercial plasma source for high-throughput processing of c-Si solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1320 - 1323

Aarts IMP; Hoex B; Gielis JJH; Leewis CM; Smets AHM; Engeln R; Nesládek M; Kessels WMM; Van de Sanden MCM, 2003, 'Thin film cavity ringdown spectroscopy and second harmonic generation on thin a-Si:H films', in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, pp. 111 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/proc-762-a19.8

Conference Posters

Varshney U; Liu S; Chen D; Kim M; Abbott M; Payne D; Hoex B; Chan C; Wenham S; Sen C, 2018, 'Influence of dielectric passivation layer thickness on LeTID in multicrystalline silicon', Hawaii, USA, Vol. 00, pp. 363 - 367, presented at WCPEC-7, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547618

Conference Presentations

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Chan C; Hoex B, 2023, 'Hidden Fingerprints: How Solar Cell Handling Leads to Damp Heat Failures in Silicon Heterojunction Technology', presented at PVSEC-34 -International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Shenzhen, China, 06 November 2023 - 10 November 2023, https://www.pvsec-34.com/

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Mao L; Jiang F; Zhang G; Chan C; Hoex B, 2023, 'Al2O3 Barrier Layers: A Novel Approach to Preventing Humidity-Induced Failure in Heterojunction', presented at 40th EU PVSEC Conference and Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, 18 September 2023 - 22 September 2023, https://www.eupvsec.org/index.php/conference/conference

Hallam B; Chen D; Kim M; Vicari Stefani B; Hamer P; Holman Z; Shi J; Abbott MD; Chan CE; Hoex B; Wenham S, 2017, 'The roles of defects, gettering and hydrogenation for next generation silicon solar cells: An industrial perspective', presented at 17th Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology Conference, George, USA, 01 October 2017 - 06 October 2017

Conference Abstracts

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), IEEE, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 696 - 698, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), ELECTR NETWORK, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020

Preprints

Xie T; Wan Y; Liu Y; Zeng Y; Wang S; Zhang W; Grazian C; Kit C; Ouyang W; Zhou D; Hoex B, 2024, DARWIN 1.5: Large Language Models as Materials Science Adapted Learners, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2412.11970

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2411.12000

Wan Y; Xie T; Wu N; Zhang W; Kit C; Hoex B, 2024, From Tokens to Materials: Leveraging Language Models for Scientific Discovery, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2410.16165

Wan Y; Liu Y; Ajith A; Grazian C; Hoex B; Zhang W; Kit C; Xie T; Foster I, 2024, SciQAG: A Framework for Auto-Generated Science Question Answering Dataset with Fine-grained Evaluation, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2405.09939

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2404.03080

Ye Y; Zhou Y; Wang Y; Hoex B; Zhu X; Chen D; Xue W; Wei T; Chen B; Cheng M; Lu J; Yin H; Ouyang Z, 2024, Damp-Heat Stability Investigation of Glass-Backsheet Modules Based on Topcon Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4986461

Madumelu C; Bowen F; Genhua J; Bao J; Seunghwan S; Chen R; Hallam B; Hoex B; Wright M, 2024, Impact of Oxide Thickness, Emitter Sheet Resistance, and Polysilicon Doping Concentration on the Passivation Quality and Long-Term Stability of Topcon Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4685631

Xie T; Wan Y; Huang W; Yin Z; Liu Y; Wang S; Linghu Q; Kit C; Grazian C; Zhang W; Razzak I; Hoex B, 2023, DARWIN Series: Domain Specific Large Language Models for Natural Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2308.13565

Xie T; Wan Y; Huang W; Zhou Y; Liu Y; Linghu Q; Wang S; Kit C; Grazian C; Zhang W; Hoex B, 2023, Large Language Models as Master Key: Unlocking the Secrets of Materials Science with GPT, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2304.02213

Xie T; Wan Y; Zhou Y; Huang W; Liu Y; Linghu Q; Wang S; Kit C; Grazian C; Zhang W; Hoex B, 2023, Large Language Models as Master Key: Unlocking the Secrets of Materials Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4534137

Rougieux F; Sen C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2023, Light-Activated Surface Passivation for More Efficient Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Origin, Physics and Stability, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4653481

Xie T; Wan Y; Li W; Linghu Q; Wang S; Cai Y; Liu H; Kit C; Grazian C; Hoex B, 2022, Interdisciplinary Discovery of Nanomaterials Based on Convolutional Neural Networks, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2212.02805

Madumelu C; Cai Y; Hollemann C; Peibst R; Hoex B; Hallam B; Soeriyadi A, Assessing the Stability of P+ and N+ Polysilicon Passivating Contacts with Various Capping Layers on P-Type Wafers, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4289694

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Chan C; Abbott M; Hoex B, Four Failure Modes in Silicon Heterojunction Glass-Backsheet Modules, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4293027

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