By Professor Bram Hoex

Book Chapters

van Sark W; Hoex B; Reinders A; Verlinden P; J. Ekins‐Daukes N, 2024, 'Introduction', in , Wiley, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119578826.ch1

van Sark W; Hoex B; Reinders A; Verlinden PJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2024, 'Introduction', in Photovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Applications, pp. 3 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119578826.ch1

Hossain MA; Hoex B, 2024, 'Update on Non-silicon-based Low-Temperature Passivating Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells', in Photovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Applications, Volume 2, pp. 81 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119578826.ch8

Bilbao J; Young S; Hoex B, 2023, 'PV systems in Australia: Market evolution and performance in desert applications', in Photovoltaic Technology for Hot and Arid Environments, pp. 285 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo144e_ch9

Bonilla RS; Hoex B, 2021, 'Hydrogen passivation of silicon surfaces', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 75 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch3

Hoex B, 2018, 'Material properties of AlOx for silicon surface passivation', in John J (ed.), Surface Passivation of Industrial Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, pp. 27 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/PBPO106E_ch3

Hoex B, 2017, 'Surface Passivation and Emitter Recombination Parameters', in Photovoltaic Solar Energy From Fundamentals to Applications, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 114 - 124, http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111892746X.html

Van De Sanden MCM; Aarts IMP; Hoefnagels JPM; Hoex B; Engeln R; Kessels WMM, 2010, 'Studies into the Growth Mechanism of a-Si:H Using in situ Cavity Ring-Down Techniques', in Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy: Techniques and Applications, pp. 237 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444308259.ch9

Edited Books

van Sark W; Hoex B; Reinders A; Verlinden PJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2024, Photovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Applications, Volume 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119578826

Journal articles

Wu X; Wu W; Zhang Y; Fu J; Wang X; Li J; Yang W; Li F; Lv L; Jiang JY; Hoex B, 2025, 'Is TOPCon ready for EVA? Insights from damp heat testing of glass-backsheet modules', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113650

Tong H; Wu X; Wang X; Xu X; Guo M; Liao B; Ma S; Li Z; Hoex B, 2025, 'Mitigating contaminant-induced surface degradation in TOPCon solar cells: Mechanisms, impacts, and mitigation', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113558

Wang X; Sen C; Wu X; Chang YC; Wang H; Khan MU; Hoex B, 2025, 'Alleviating contaminant-induced degradation of TOPCon solar cells with copper plating', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113444

Wu X; Wang X; Lv R; Song H; Yu Y; Sen C; Cheng Y; Khan MU; Ciesla A; Xu T; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2025, 'Unveiling the degradation mechanisms in silicon heterojunction solar cells under accelerated damp-heat testing', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113325

Gandhi HH; Hoex B; Hallam BJ, 2025, 'Private equity renewable energy investments in India', Heliyon, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41098

Østrøm I; Favaro M; Seyfouri M; Burr P; Hoex B, 2025, 'Electrostatic and Electronic Effects on Doped Nickel Oxide Nanofilms for Water Oxidation', Journal of the American Chemical Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14493

Wang X; Yuan J; Wu X; Nie J; Zhang Y; Zhang X; Yang W; Li F; Hoex B, 2025, 'Higher-Efficiency TOPCon Solar Cells in Mass Production Enabled by Laser-Assisted Firing: Advanced Loss Analysis and Near-Term Efficiency Potential', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3921

Wang H; Sen C; Fu J; Khan M; Song H; Lv R; Conibeer G; Hoex B, 2025, 'The Influence of Soldering Flux on Stability of Heterojunction and TOPCon Solar Cells', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3896

Sen C; Wang H; Khan MU; Yang J; Zhu Z; Li A; Hoex B, 2025, 'Hidden traces: Insights into how solar cell handling drives damp-heat failures in HJT and TOPCon modules', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 289, pp. 113695 - 113695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113695

Wang S; Wan Y; Song N; Liu Y; Xie T; Hoex B, 2024, 'Automatically Generated Datasets: Present and Potential Self-Cleaning Coating Materials', Scientific Data, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02983-0

Zhang Y; Shi T; Duan L; Hoex B; Tang Z, 2024, 'Progress in passivating selective contacts for heterojunction silicon solar cells', Nano Energy, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.110282

Wu X; Sen C; Wang X; Cheng Y; Lv R; Song H; Yu Y; Liao B; Ma S; Khan MU; Ciesla A; Hoex B, 2024, 'Unveiling the origin of metal contact failures in TOPCon solar cells through accelerated damp-heat testing', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113188

Ma FJ; Li G; Wang X; Wang H; Zhou Z; Madumelu CU; Toth P; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Conibeer G; Hoex B, 2024, 'Comparative analysis of radiation-induced effects on the performance of p-type PERC and TOPCon solar cells for space applications', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113002

Sen C; Wang H; Khan MU; Fu J; Wu X; Wang X; Hoex B, 2024, 'Buyer aware: Three new failure modes in TOPCon modules absent from PERC technology', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112877

Gupta B; Min KH; Lee Y; Tournet J; Hoex B; Jagadish C; Tan HH; Karuturi S, 2024, 'From Rigid to Flexible: Progress, Challenges and Prospects of Thin c-Si Solar Energy Devices', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202400743

Wu X; Wang X; Yang W; Nie J; Yuan J; Khan MU; Ciesla A; Sen C; Qiao Z; Hoex B, 2024, 'Enhancing the reliability of TOPCon technology by laser-enhanced contact firing', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112846

Rougieux FE; Sen C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2024, 'Light-activated surface passivation for more efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells: Origin, physics and stability', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112789

Xie T; Wan Y; Zhou Y; Huang W; Liu Y; Linghu Q; Wang S; Kit C; Grazian C; Zhang W; Hoex B, 2024, 'Creation of a structured solar cell material dataset and performance prediction using large language models', Patterns, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2024.100955

Ma FJ; Wang S; Yi C; Zhou L; Hameiri Z; Bremner S; Hao X; Hoex B, 2024, 'A collaborative framework for unifying typical multidimensional solar cell simulations – Part I. Ten common simulation steps and representing variables', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 32, pp. 330 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3779

Xie T; Wan Y; Wang H; Østrøm I; Wang S; He M; Deng R; Wu X; Grazian C; Kit C; Hoex B, 2024, 'Opinion Mining by Convolutional Neural Networks for Maximizing Discoverability of Nanomaterials', Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 64, pp. 2746 - 2759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00746

Ford E; Peters IM; Hoex B, 2024, 'Quantifying the impact of wildfire smoke on solar photovoltaic generation in Australia', iScience, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108611

Wu X; Sen C; Wang H; Wang X; Wu Y; Khan MU; Mao L; Jiang F; Xu T; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2024, 'Addressing sodium ion-related degradation in SHJ cells by the application of nano-scale barrier layers', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112604

Adothu B; Mathiak G; Aly S; Alheloo A; Almheiri A; Alberts V; Jäckel B; Gottschalg R; Shiradkar N; Abdallah A; Garcia J; Salvador M; Hoex B; John J; Kazem H; Alam M, 2024, 'Extended Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for Development of Hot Desert Test Cycle Proposal', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3862

Yuan X; Li J; Sun K; Huang J; Cui X; Wang A; Xie B; Hoex B; Green M; Hao X, 2024, 'Improved carrier collection efficiency in CZTS solar cells by Li‐enhanced liquid‐phase‐assisted grain growth', EcoEnergy, 2, pp. 181 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece2.31

Qian C; Sun K; Cong J; Cai H; Huang J; Li C; Cao R; Liu Z; Green M; Hoex B; Chen T; Hao X, 2023, 'Bifacial and Semitransparent Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells for Single‐Junction and Tandem Photovoltaic Applications', Advanced Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202303936

Sen C; Wu X; Wang H; Khan MU; Mao L; Jiang F; Xu T; Zhang G; Chan C; Hoex B, 2023, 'Accelerated damp-heat testing at the cell-level of bifacial silicon HJT, PERC and TOPCon solar cells using sodium chloride', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112554

Khan MU; Sen C; Chan C; Abbott M; Poduval G; Wu Y; Lv R; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2023, 'Supercharging cell-level potential-induced degradation (PID) testing using a salt-enriched hybrid polymer layer', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112479

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Chan C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2023, 'Four failure modes in silicon heterojunction glass-backsheet modules', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112358

Madumelu C; Cai Y; Hollemann C; Peibst R; Hoex B; Hallam BJ; Soeriyadi AH, 2023, 'Assessing the stability of p⁺ and n⁺ polysilicon passivating contacts with various capping layers on p-type wafers', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112245

Cui X; Sun K; Huang J; Sun H; Wang A; Yuan X; Green M; Hoex B; Hao X, 2023, 'Low-Temperature Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnMgO for Efficient CZTS Solar Cells', ACS Materials Letters, 5, pp. 1456 - 1465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c01203

Chang NL; Poduval GK; Sang B; Khoo K; Woodhouse M; Qi F; Dehghanimadvar M; Li WM; Egan RJ; Hoex B, 2023, 'Techno-economic analysis of the use of atomic layer deposited transition metal oxides in silicon heterojunction solar cells', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 31, pp. 414 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3553

Liao B; Wu W; Yeo RJ; Wu X; Ma S; Wang Q; Wan Y; Su X; Shen W; Li X; Li W; Xing G; Hoex B, 2023, 'Atomic scale controlled tunnel oxide enabled by a novel industrial tube-based PEALD technology with demonstrated commercial TOPCon cell efficiencies > 24%', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 31, pp. 220 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3627

Habibur Rahaman M; Sang B; Anower Hossain M; Hoex B; Mota-Santiago P; Mitchell VD; Uddin A; Stride JA, 2023, 'Impact of the bilayer electron transport layer in the donor acceptor bulk heterojunctions for improved inverted organic photovoltaic performance', Applied Surface Science, 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155669

Cordaro A; Tabernig SW; Pollard M; Yi C; Alarcon-Llado E; Hoex B; Polman A, 2023, 'Nanopatterned SiNx Broadband Antireflection Coating for Planar Silicon Solar Cells', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202200827

Gupta B; Shehata MM; Lee Y; Black LE; Ma F; Hoex B; Jagadish C; Tan HH; Karuturi S, 2023, 'Unveiling the Role of H2 Plasma for Efficient InP Solar Cells', Solar RRL, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200868

Zhang Y; Scardera G; Wang S; Abbott M; Payne D; Hoex B, 2023, 'Scanning Electron Microscopy Dopant Contrast Imaging of Phosphorus-Diffused Silicon', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202200737

Liao B; Wu X; Wu W; Liu C; Ma S; Wang S; Xie T; Wang Q; Du Z; Shen W; Li X; Li W; Hoex B, 2023, 'Tube-type plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of aluminum oxide: Enabling record lab performance for the industry with demonstrated cell efficiencies >24%', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 31, pp. 52 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3607

Yuan X; Li J; Huang J; Yan C; Cui X; Sun K; Cong J; He M; Wang A; He G; Mahboubi Soufiani A; Jiang J; Zhou S; Stride JA; Hoex B; Green M; Hao X, 2022, '10.3% Efficient Green Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Enabled by Liquid-Phase Promoted Grain Growth', Small, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202204392

Sadat SA; Hoex B; Pearce JM, 2022, 'A Review of the Effects of Haze on Solar Photovoltaic Performance', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112796

Zhang Y; Veeken T; Wang S; Scardera G; Abbott M; Payne D; Polman A; Hoex B, 2022, 'Plasma Focused Ion Beam Tomography for Accurate Characterization of Black Silicon Validated by Full Wave Optical Simulation', Advanced Materials Technologies, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202200068

Gandhi HH; Hoex B; Hallam BJ, 2022, 'Strategic investment risks threatening India's renewable energy ambition', Energy Strategy Reviews, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.100921

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