By Professor Bram Hoex

Journal articles

Varshney U; Kim M; Khan MU; Hamer P; Chan C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2021, 'Impact of Substrate Thickness on the Degradation in Multicrystalline Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 65 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3038412

Madumelu C; Wright B; Soeriyadi A; Wright M; Chen D; Hoex B; Hallam B, 2020, 'Investigation of light-induced degradation in N-Type silicon heterojunction solar cells during illuminated annealing at elevated temperatures', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 218, pp. 110752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110752

Hoex B, 2020, '(Invited) ALD Enabling High-Efficiency Solar Cells', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-02, pp. 1669 - 1669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2020-02231669mtgabs

Zhang Y; Kong C; Davidsen RS; Scardera G; Duan L; Khoo KT; Payne DNR; Hoex B; Abbott M, 2020, '3D characterisation using plasma FIB-SEM: A large-area tomography technique for complex surfaces like black silicon', Ultramicroscopy, 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113084

Bonilla RS; Hoex B; Wilshaw PR, 2020, 'Special issue: Surface and interface passivation in crystalline silicon solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110580

Li J; Pan T; Wang J; Cao S; Lin Y; Hoex B; Ma Z; Lu L; Yang L; Sun B; Li D, 2020, 'Bilayer MoOX/CrOXPassivating Contact Targeting Highly Stable Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, pp. 36778 - 36786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c09877

Varshney U; Chan C; Hoex B; Hallam B; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Samadi A; Abbott M, 2020, 'Controlling Light- And Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation with Thin Film Barrier Layers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 19 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2945199

Hossain MA; Khoo KT; Cui X; Poduval GK; Zhang T; Li X; Li WM; Hoex B, 2020, 'Atomic layer deposition enabling higher efficiency solar cells: A review', Nano Materials Science, 2, pp. 204 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoms.2019.10.001

Poduval GK; Duan L; Hossain MA; Sang B; Zhang Y; Zou Y; Uddin A; Hoex B, 2020, 'High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Atomic Layer Deposited Zirconium-Doped Zinc Oxide', Solar RRL, 4, pp. 2000241 - 2000241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000241

Duan L; Sang B; He M; Zhang Y; Hossain MA; Rahaman MH; Wei Q; Zou Y; Uddin A; Hoex B, 2020, 'Interface Modification Enabled by Atomic Layer Deposited Ultra-Thin Titanium Oxide for High-Efficiency and Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells', Solar RRL, 4, pp. 2000497 - 2000497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000497

Halilov S; Belayneh ML; Hossain MA; Abdallah AA; Hoex B; Rashkeev SN, 2020, 'Optimized Ni1−xAlxO hole transport layer for silicon solar cells', RSC Adv., 10, pp. 22377 - 22386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0RA02982C

Krishnan C; Mercier T; Rahman T; Piana G; Brossard M; Yagafarov T; To A; Pollard ME; Shaw P; Bagnall DM; Hoex B; Boden SA; Lagoudakis PG; Charlton MDB, 2019, 'Efficient light harvesting in hybrid quantum dot-interdigitated back contact solar cells: Via resonant energy transfer and luminescent downshifting', Nanoscale, 11, pp. 18837 - 18844, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9nr04003j

Cui X; Sun K; Huang J; Yun JS; Lee CY; Yan C; Sun H; Zhang Y; Xue C; Eder K; Yang L; Cairney JM; Seidel J; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Green M; Hoex B; Hao X, 2019, 'Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell with an efficiency greater than 10% enabled by Al2O3 passivation layers', Energy and Environmental Science, 12, pp. 2751 - 2764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01726g

Huang ZG; Gao K; Wang XG; Xu C; Song XM; Shi LX; Zhang Y; Hoex B; Shen WZ, 2019, 'Large-area MACE Si nano-inverted-pyramids for PERC solar cell application', Solar Energy, 188, pp. 300 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.06.015

He J; Hossain MA; Lin H; Wang W; Karuturi SK; Hoex B; Ye J; Gao P; Bullock J; Wan Y, 2019, '15% Efficiency Ultrathin Silicon Solar Cells with Fluorine-Doped Titanium Oxide and Chemically Tailored Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(styrenesulfonate) as Asymmetric Heterocontact', ACS Nano, 13, pp. 6356 - 6362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b01754

Varshney U; Abbott M; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Kim M; Wenham S; Hoex B; Chan C, 2019, 'Evaluating the Impact of SiNx Thickness on Lifetime Degradation in Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 601 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2896671

Cui X; Sun K; Huang J; Lee CY; Yan C; Sun H; Zhang Y; Liu F; Hossain MA; Zakaria Y; Wong LH; Green M; Hoex B; Hao X, 2018, 'Enhanced Heterojunction Interface Quality to Achieve 9.3% Efficient Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Using Atomic Layer Deposition ZnSnO Buffer Layer', Chemistry of Materials, 30, pp. 7860 - 7871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03398

Zhang T; Lee CY; Wan Y; Lim S; Hoex B, 2018, 'Investigation of the thermal stability of MoOx as hole-selective contacts for Si solar cells', Journal of Applied Physics, 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5041774

Lee CY; Deng S; Zhang T; Cui X; Khoo KT; Kim K; Hoex B, 2018, 'Evaluating the impact of thermal annealing on c -Si/Al2O3 interface: Correlating electronic properties to infrared absorption', AIP Advances, 8, pp. 075204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5036738

Lee CY; Wang S; Cui X; Zhang T; Deng R; Khoo KT; Hoex B, 2018, 'Improving the Silicon Surface Passivation by Aluminum Oxide Grown Using a Non-Pyrophoric Aluminum Precursor', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201800156

Zhang T; Lee CY; Gong B; Lim S; Wenham S; Hoex B, 2018, 'In situ x-ray photoelectron emission analysis of the thermal stability of atomic layer deposited WOx as hole-selective contacts for Si solar cells', Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.5020339

Rahman T; To A; Pollard ME; Grant NE; Colwell J; Payne DNR; Murphy JD; Bagnall DM; Hoex B; Boden SA, 2018, 'Minimising bulk lifetime degradation during the processing of interdigitated back contact silicon solar cells', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 26, pp. 38 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2928

Zhang T; Hossain MA; Lee C-Y; Zakaria Y; Abdallah AA; Hoex B, 2018, 'Atomic layer deposited ZnxNi1−xO: A thermally stable hole selective contact for silicon solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 113, pp. 262102 - 262102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5056223

To A; Hoex B, 2017, 'Extracting dielectric fixed charge density on highly doped crystalline-silicon surfaces using photoconductance measurements', Journal of Applied Physics, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5010160

To A; Tahir S; Garavaglia A; Li WM; Li X; Hoex B, 2017, 'The Effect of Bifacial AlOx Deposition on PERC Solar Cell Performance', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7, pp. 1528 - 1538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2745699

Lee CY; Aziz MIA; Wenham S; Hoex B, 2017, 'Characterisation of thermal annealed WO x on p-type silicon for hole-selective contacts', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.08MA08

To A; Ma F; Hoex B, 2017, 'Improved understanding of the recombination rate at inverted p⁺ silicon surfaces', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.08MB05

Tong J; To A; Lennon A; Hoex B, 2017, 'Unintentional consequences of dual mode plasma reactors: Implications for upscaling lab-record silicon surface passivation by silicon nitride', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.08MB12

Bonilla RS; Hoex B; Hamer P; Wilshaw PR, 2017, 'Dielectric surface passivation for silicon solar cells: A review', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700293

Hallam B; Chen D; Kim M; Stefani B; Hoex B; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2017, 'The role of hydrogenation and gettering in enhancing the efficiency of next-generation Si solar cells: An industrial perspective', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700305

Li M; Ma FJ; Peters IM; Shetty KD; Aberle AG; Hoex B; Samudra GS, 2017, 'Numerical Simulation of Doping Process by BBr3 Tube Diffusion for Industrial n -Type Silicon Wafer Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7, pp. 755 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2679342

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

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