By Associate Professor Brett Jason Hallam

Conference Papers

Hallam BJ; Chen F; Romijn I; Weeber A; Tan J; Hallam B; Cotter J, 2007, 'Relationship between PECVD silicon nitride film composition and surface and edge passivation', in Proceedings of the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Milan, Italy, pp. 1053 - 1060, presented at 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Milan, Italy, 20 September 2007 - 24 September 2007

Conference Posters

Lei F; Sun Z; Hallam B; Zhang X; Wang L, 2021, 'Advanced Hydrogen Passivation on SixGe1-x solar cell grown on Si substrate', presented at PVSEC-31, 13 December 2021, https://pvsec-31.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/PVSEC-31-Poster-Program.pdf

Wang L; Lei F; Yang Z; Hallam B, 2020, 'Hydrogen passivation of Si1-xGex for Si1-xGex/Si tandem solar cells', presented at ASIA-PACIFIC SOLAR RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2020, 30 November 2020

Chen D; Kim M; shi J; Vicari Stefani B; Yu Z; Liu S; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2018, 'Assessing the impact of defect engineering on p type SHJ solar cells fabricated using commercial grade low lifetime silicon wafers', Shanghai, China, presented at 1 st International Workshop on Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Science and Industry Tech., Shanghai, China, 25 October 2018

hallam B; Chen D; Shi J; Einhaus R; Holman Z; Wenham S, 2018, 'Defect Engineered Heterojunction Solar Cells with VOC >700 mV on Low-Lifetime Commercial Grade p-type Cz and Multi-Crystalline Silicon', Lausanne, Switzerland, presented at 8th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 March 2018 - 21 March 2018

chan C; payne D; abbott M; Chen D; ciesla A; chen R; hallam B; wenham S, 2017, 'Investigations of carrier-induced degradation behaviour in p-type mc-Si', Washington DC, presented at 44th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference, Washington DC, 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26576

Conference Presentations

Wang L; Zhang Y; Kim M; Underwood R; Drury S; Hallam B; Wright M, 2022, 'Sustainability Evaluations on Material Consumption for Terawatt Scale Manufacturing of Silicon based Tandem Solar Cells', presented at TandemPV workshop 2022, 30 May 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3687

Kim M; Chen D; Liu S; Wright M; Chan C; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2020, 'Prediction of outdoor degradation using indoor testing result', presented at 30th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference & Global Photovoltaic Conference 2020, 08 November 2020 - 13 November 2020

Chen D; Kim M; Varshney U; Sen C; Liu S; Zhang YUCHAO; Hamer P; Chong C; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2019, 'Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID): the Past , the Present and What Lies Ahead', presented at 2019 Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 02 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27901

Ciesla A; Chen R; Rougieux F; Hallam B; Chan C; Chen D; Chong C; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2019, 'Hydrogen Charge States & Recombination Activity in PV Silicon', presented at 18th Conference - Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology - GADEST, Zeuthen, Germany, 22 September 2019 - 27 September 2019

Chen D; Shi J; kim M; Yu Z; Vicari Stefani B; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Einhaus R; Wenham S; holman Z; Hallam B, 2018, 'Record Voltages using Commercial-grade Silicon Wafers: Defect Engineering for p-type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells', presented at 2018 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2018 - 06 December 2018

Hallam BJ; Chen D; Shi J; Kim M; Vicari Stefani B; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Holman Z, 2018, 'Hydrogenated Heterojunction P-type Silicon Solar Cells with VOCs over 700 mV using Czochralski and Multi-Crystalline Si Wafers', presented at 10th China SoG Silicon and PV Power Conference, Xi'an, China, 08 November 2018 - 10 November 2018

Chen DE; Shi J; Kim M; Yu Z; Leilaeioun M; Vicari Stefani B; Einhaus R; Wenham S; Holman Z; Hallam BJ, 2018, '>700 mV Open-circuit Voltages on Defect-Engineered P-type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells on Czochralski and Multicrystalline Wafers', presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC), Waikaloa, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018

Chen D; Abbott M; Hallam B; Wenham S; Chan C, 2018, 'A study of hydrogen induced degradation in p- and n-type Silicon + Other progress at UNSW (氢致衰减的新发现: 对于n型/p型硅片的进一步研究 + UNSW的其他进展)', presented at 17th Issue PV WE CLASS-Crystalline Silicon Advanced Technology and Materials Forum, Wuxi, China, 24 May 2018 - 24 May 2018

Chen D; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Hallam BJ; Wenham S, 2018, 'Hydrogen Induced Degradation : A Mechanism for LeTID in n-type Silicon (氢诱导的衰减: 在n型电池中引起光与温度的诱导衰减机理)', presented at Crystalline Silicon Advanced Technology and Material Forum, Wuxi, China, 12 April 2018 - 12 April 2018

Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Bourett-Sicotte G; Liu S; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Fung TH; Vargas C; Ye Q; Abbott M; Hallam BJ; Wenham SR, 2018, 'Hydrogen Induced Degradation : A Possible Mechanism for Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID) in n-type Silicon', presented at 8th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, Lausanne Switzerland, 19 March 2018 - 18 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.034

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

Chen D; Abbott M; Chan C; Chen R; Ciesla A; Hallam B; Kim K; kim M; liu S; Samadi A; Wenham S, 2017, 'New insights into LeTID: Degradation of multi-crystalline silicon PERC Cells', presented at PVQAT TG13 Cell Task Force Technical Committee, Wuxi, China, 21 September 2017 - 22 September 2017

Theses / Dissertations

Chen D, 2017, Improved Performance of Low-Cost Silicon Substrates through Advanced Laser Processing

Patents

Hamer P; Abbott M; Hallam B; Wenham S, 2023, A method for processing silicon material, South Korea, Patent No. 10-2571109

Wenham S; Shi Z; Fung T; Abbott M; Mai L; Hallam B; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Kim M; Bagnall D; Payne D; Chong C; Chen D, 2023, Advanced hydrogen passivation that mitigates hydrogen-induced recombination (HIR) and surface passivation deterioration in PV devices, China, Patent No. 109983561

Ciesla A; Chen D; Shi Z; Fung T; Abbott M; Mai L; Hallam B; Chan C; Chen R; Kim M; Bagnall D; Payne D; Chong C; Wenham S, 2023, A method for improving wafer performance for photovoltaic devices, Patent No. China - 109983559; South Korea - 2519569

Hallam B; Chen D; Wright M; Kim M, 2023, A method for improving the performance of a heterojunction solar cell, United States, Patent No. 11588071

Ciesla A; Hallam B; Chan C; Chong C; Chen D; Bagnall D; Payne D; Mai L; Abbott M; Kim M; Chen R; Wenham S; Fung T; Shi Z, 2021, Advanced hydrogen passivation that mitigates hydrogen-induced recombination (HIR) and surface passivation deterioration in PV devices, Patent No. United States 2021 pat no.11031520

Wenham S, 2021, Thermal processing in silicon, South Korea, Patent No. 10-2230171

Wenham S; Hallam B; Einhaus R, 2021, A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device, Patent No. United States 2021 pat no.10923618

Ciesla A; Hallam B; Chan C; Chong C; Chen D; Bagnall D; Payne D; Mai L; Abbott M; Kim M; Chen R; Wenham S; Fung T; Shi Z, 2021, A method for improving wafer performance for photovoltaic devices, Patent No. US pat no. 10910509

Ciesla A; Wenham S; Hallam B; Chan C; Chong CM; Chen R; Abbott M; Payne D, 2019, A method for processing silicon material, Patent No. 10461212; Chine 2021 pat no. ZL201680015469.X, http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10461212.PN.&OS=PN/10461212&RS=PN/10461212

Ciesla A; Hallam B; Wenham S; Chan C, 2019, A monolithically integrated solar cell system, Patent No. 10211354, http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10211354.PN.&OS=PN/10211354&RS=PN/10211354

Wenham S; Hamer P; Sugianto A; Chan C; Song L; Lu PHD; Ciesla A; Mai L; Chong CM; Hallam B; Xu G; Edwards M, 2018, Apparatus and method for processing a semiconductor wafer, Patent No. ZL2016105440806

Wenham S; Hamer P; Hallam B; Sugianto A; Chan C; Song L; Lu PHD; Ciesla A; Mai L; Chong CM; Xu G; Edwards M, 2018, High concentration doping in silicon, Patent No. 9947821, https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09947821&homeurl=http:%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPALL%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D9947821.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F9947821%2526RS%3DPN%2F9947821&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

Wenham S; Hamer P; Hallam BJ; Sugianto A; Chan C; Song L; Lu P; Wenham A; Mai LY; Chong C; Xu G; Edwards M, 2017, Advanced hydrogenation of silicon solar cells, U.S., Patent No. US-9847443-B2, http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=US-9847443-B2

Hallam BJ; Edwards M; Wenham S; Hamer P; Chan C; Chong C; Lu P; Ly M; Song L; Sugianto A; Wenham A; Xu G, 2017, Thermal processing in silicon, Patent No. United State Pat No. 9824897, South Korea Pat No. 10-2289901, http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=US-9824897-B2

Wenham S; Hamer P; Hallam BJ; Sugianto A; Chan C; Song L; Lu P; Wenham A; Mai L; Chong C; Xu G; Edwards M, 2017, Advanced hydrogenation of silicon solar cells, Taiwan, Patent No. I601302, https://twpat5.tipo.gov.tw/tipotwoc/tipotwekm?!!FR_I601302

Wenham S; Hamer P; Hallam BJ; Sugianto A; Chan C; Song L; Lu P; Wenham A; Mai L; Chong C; Xu G; Edwards M, 2017, Advanced hydrogenation of silicon solar cells, Australia, Patent No. AU2013266009 (B2); South Korea patent no. 10-2102873, http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/applicationDetails.do?applicationNo=2013266009

Wenham SR; Hamer P; Sugianto A; Chan C; Song L; Lu D; Wenham A; Mai L; Chong C; Hallam B; Xu G; Edwards M, 2016, Advanced Hydrogenation of Silicon Solar Cells, Singapore, Patent No. 11201407270X

Preprints

Lennon A; Lunardi M; Hallam B; Dias P, 2021, The Aluminium Demand Risk of Terawatt Photovoltaics for Net Zero Emissions by 2050, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-846247/v1

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

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