By Professor Brett Jason Hallam

Conference Papers

Xu G; Hallam BJ; Hameiri Z; Chong C; Wenham S, 2012, 'Progress in laser doped PERL solar cell on p-type Cz silicon wafer', in Proceedings of the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, pp. 1550 - 1552, presented at 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 24 September 2012 - 28 September 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/27thEUPVSEC2012-2BV.6.24

Cho K; Kim J; Lee E; Hong K; Lee H; Shim J; Oh D; Shin J; Kim KJ; Seo J; Lee S; Hallam B; Wenham SR; Lee HS, 2012, 'Shinsung Solar Energy high efficiency commercial crystalline Si solar cells', in 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 2145 - 2148, presented at 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Austin, TX, USA, 03 June 2012 - 08 June 2012

Kim J; Cho K; Lee E; Hong K; Lee H; Shim J; Oh D; Shin J; Kim KJ; Seo J; Lee S; Hallam B; Wenham SR; Lee HS, 2012, 'The effect of emitter diffusion formation methods for laser doped selective emitter silicon solar cells', in 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 2178 - 2181, presented at 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Austin, TX, USA, 03 June 2012 - 08 June 2012

Chan C; Hallam B; Wenham SR, 2012, 'Simplified Interdigitated Back Contact Solar Cells', in Energy Procedia, pp. 543 - 548

Edwards MB, 2011, 'Optical Characterisation of Module Encapsulants and Frontsheets for Selective Emitter Applications', in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, presented at 21st Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Fukuoka, 28 November 2011 - 02 December 2011

Bovatsek J; Sugianto A; Hallam BJ; Tjahjono B; Wenham S; Patel R, 2011, 'High-Speed Fabrication of Laser Doping Selective Emitter Solar Cells Using 532nm Continuous Wave (CW) and Mode-locked Quasi-CW Laser Sources', in Proceedings of the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 895 - 900, presented at 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 05 September 2011 - 09 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/26thEUPVSEC2011-2AO.3.5

Xu G; Yao Y; Chong C; Hallam BJ; Yang C; Wenham S, 2011, 'Process optimization and device characterization of laser-doped selective emitter solar cell on p-type Czochralski silicon wafer', in Proceedings of the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1323 - 1328, presented at Proceedings of the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 05 September 2011 - 09 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/26thEUPVSEC2011-2BV.1.36

Lee E; Lee H; Kim I; Choi J; Oh D; Shim J; Cho K; Kim J; Lee H-S; Lee S; Hallam B; Wenham SR, 2010, 'THE POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY OF LASER DOPED SOLAR CELLS USING', in 35TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, IEEE, HI, Honolulu, presented at 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, HI, Honolulu, 20 June 2010 - 25 June 2010, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000287579501139&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hallam BJ; Tjahjono B; Wenham S, 2009, 'Effect of PECVD Silicon Oxynitride Film Stoichiometry on the Surface Passivation of Silicon Wafers', in Proceedings of the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1548 - 1551, presented at 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 24 September 2009 - 28 September 2009

Wang S; Puzzer T; Vogl B; Tjahjono B; Hallam BJ; Eadie M; Borojevic N; Hameiri Z; Wenham S, 2009, 'Overcoming over-plating problems on acid textured multicrystalline wafers with silicon nitride coated surfaces', in Proceedings of the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1449 - 1452, presented at 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 24 September 2009 - 28 September 2009

Wang S; Tjahjono B; Hallam BJ; Vogl B; Eadie M; Sugianto A; Mai L; Hameiri Z; Wenham S, 2009, 'The use of silicon oxynitride on laser doped multicrystalline silicon solar cells', in Proceedings of the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1632 - 1635, presented at 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 24 September 2009 - 28 September 2009

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

Reports

Vaqueiro Contreras M; Chang N; Hallam B; Egan R, 2024, Silicon to Solar Foundations for Solar PV Manufacturing in Australia, https://apvi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/S2S-Foundations-for-Solar-PV-Manufacturing-in-Australia.pdf

Vaqueiro Contreras M; Chang N; Hallam B; Egan R, 2024, Silicon to Solar Study, Overview Report, https://apvi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/S2S-Overview-Report_Final.pdf

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, Patent No. China - 109983561; South Korea - 10-2750219;

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

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, Thermal processing in silicon, Patent No. Taiwan patent no. 1639199; Germany patent no. 602014063261; France patent no. 3025377; United Kingdom patent no. 3025377, https://twpat3.tipo.gov.tw/tipotwoc/tipotwekm?!!FR_I639199

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

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

Sun Z; Wang L; Zhou Z; Lou X; Nakamura T; Imaizumi M; Ohshima T; Sato S; Hallam B; Ekins-Daukes N; Perez-Wurfl I, Electron irradiation effects on ultra-thin silicon IBC solar cells of varying thickness: Analytical modelling and experimental demonstration of the critical design factors of silicon solar cells for space application, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7571577/v1

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