By Professor Bram Hoex

Conference Papers

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 Ni_xAl_yO 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300790

Preprints

Lv T; Chen A; Xie F; Wu C; Meng J; Zhou D; Wang Y; Hoex B; Zhong Z; Xie T, 2026, AtomWorld: A Benchmark for Evaluating Spatial Reasoning in Large Language Models on Crystalline Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.04704

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Bran AM; Xie T; Pranesh S; Meng J; Nguyen XV; Goumaz J; Segura DM; Xu R; Zhou D; Zhang W; Hoex B; Schwaller P, 2026, MiST: Understanding the Role of Mid-Stage Scientific Training in Developing Chemical Reasoning Models, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2512.21231

Yang J; Khan MU; Wu X; Sen C; Jiang Y; Hoex B; Rougieux F, 2026, Energy-Dependent Increase in Dit and Larger Capture Cross Sections Drive UV-Induced Degradation ​, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6511845

Poddar S; Hoex B; Kay M, 2026, Understanding non-localised impacts of bushfires on photovoltaic performance, reliability, and management strategies, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6172103

Yang Z; Wan Y; Yan S; Matsuda Y; Xie T; Hoex B; Song L, 2025, DrugMCTS: a drug repurposing framework combining multi-agent, RAG and Monte Carlo Tree Search, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.07426

Zhang S; Yang S; Xie T; Xue X; Hu Z; Li R; Qu W; Yin Z; Fu T; Hu D; Bran AM; Ran N; Hoex B; Zuo W; Schwaller P; Ouyang W; Bai L; Zhang Y; Duan L; Tang S; Zhou D, 2025, Position: Intelligent Science Laboratory Requires the Integration of Cognitive and Embodied AI, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2506.19613

Xie T; Wan Y; Liu Y; Zeng Y; Wang S; Zhang W; Grazian C; Kit C; Ouyang W; Zhou D; Hoex B, 2025, DARWIN 1.5: Large Language Models as Materials Science Adapted Learners, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2412.11970

Ye Y; Ren J; Wang S; Wan Y; Razzak I; Hoex B; Wang H; Xie T; Zhang W, 2025, Construction and Application of Materials Knowledge Graph in Multidisciplinary Materials Science via Large Language Model, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2404.03080

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; 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, 2022, 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, 2022, Four Failure Modes in Silicon Heterojunction Glass-Backsheet Modules, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4293027

Xie T; Wan Y; Liu Y; Zeng Y; Wang S; Zhang W; Grazian C; Kit C; Ouyang W; Zhou D; Hoex B, Large Language Models as Materials Science Adapted Learners, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6752901/v1

Baldacchino A; Brett M; Carwithen B; McNab S; Tong J; Zhang V; Chang N; Ciesla A; de Clercq D; Campomolla S; Collins M; Jiang J; Kavungathodi M; Mo A; Pearce P; Hoex B; McCamey D; Nielsen M; Beves J; Ekins-Daukes N; Schmidt T; Tayebjee M, Singlet Fission c-Si Solar Cells: Beyond Tetracene, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-f5fh8

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