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Bram Hoex is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has a research profile centered primarily in the field of engineering, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering. Their research encompasses key subfields such as materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on silicon and solar cell technologies, semiconductor materials and devices, semiconductor materials and interfaces, and thin-film transistor technologies. Further topics include photovoltaic system optimization techniques, solar cell performance optimization, and chalcogenide semiconductor thin films.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Muhammad Umair Khan, Xinyuan Wu, Chandany Sen, Shaozhou Wang, and Malcolm Abbott. These collaborations reflect a broad network within the photovoltaic and semiconductor research communities.

Key publication venues where their research is regularly featured are:

  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers by Bram Hoex include:

  • "Recent Advances in Materials Design Using Atomic Layer Deposition for Energy Applications," 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Progress in Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells," 2021, Solar RRL
  • "Bilayer MoOX/CrOX Passivating Contact Targeting Highly Stable Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Converting Sewage Water into H2 Fuel Gas Using Cu/CuO Nanoporous Photocatalytic Electrodes," 2022, Materials
  • "9.6%-Efficient all-inorganic Sb2(S,Se)3 solar cells with a MnS hole-transporting layer," 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Best Publications

  • Ultralow surface recombination of c-Si substrates passivated by plasma-assisted atomic layer deposited Al2O3

    B Bram Hoex;Sbs Stephan Heil;E Erik Langereis;van de Mcm Richard Sanden

  • On the c-Si surface passivation mechanism by the negative-charge-dielectric Al2O3

    B Bram Hoex;Jjh Joost Gielis;van de Mcm Richard Sanden;Wmm Erwin Kessels

  • Silicon surface passivation by atomic layer deposited Al2O3

    B Bram Hoex;J Jeroen Schmidt;P Pohl;van de Mcm Richard Sanden

  • Surface passivation of high‐efficiency silicon solar cells by atomic‐layer‐deposited Al2O3

    J Jeroen Schmidt;A Merkle;R Brendel;B Bram Hoex

  • Black silicon: fabrication methods, properties and solar energy applications

    Xiaogang Liu;Xiaogang Liu;Paul R. Coxon;Marius Peters;Bram Hoex

  • Excellent passivation of highly doped p-type Si surfaces by the negative-charge-dielectric Al2O3

    B Bram Hoex;J Jeroen Schmidt;R Bock;PP Altermatt

  • High efficiency n-type Si solar cells on Al2O3-passivated boron emitters

    Jan Benick;Bram Hoex;M. C. M. van de Sanden;W. M. M. Kessels

  • Dielectric surface passivation for silicon solar cells: A review

    Ruy S. Bonilla;Bram Hoex;Phillip Hamer;Peter R. Wilshaw

  • Negative charge and charging dynamics in Al2O3 films on Si characterized by second-harmonic generation

    Jjh Joost Gielis;B Bram Hoex;van de Mcm Richard Sanden;Wmm Erwin Kessels

  • Stability of Al2O3 and Al2O3/a-SiNx:H stacks for surface passivation of crystalline silicon

    G Gijs Dingemans;P Engelhart;R Seguin;F Einsele

  • Optimised Antireflection Coatings using Silicon Nitride on Textured Silicon Surfaces based on Measurements and Multidimensional Modelling

    Shubham Duttagupta;Fajun Ma;Bram Hoex;Thomas Mueller

  • A Fill Factor Loss Analysis Method for Silicon Wafer Solar Cells

    Ankit Khanna;Thomas Mueller;Rolf A. Stangl;Bram Hoex

  • Excellent c-Si surface passivation by low-temperature atomic layer deposited titanium oxide

    Baochen Liao;Bram Hoex;Armin G. Aberle;Dongzhi Chi

  • Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell with an efficiency greater than 10% enabled by Al2O3 passivation layers

    Xin Cui;Kaiwen Sun;Jialiang Huang;Jae S. Yun

  • Recent Advances in Materials Design Using Atomic Layer Deposition for Energy Applications

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  • Surface passivation of phosphorus-diffused n+-type emitters by plasma-assisted atomic-layer deposited Al2O3

    B Bram Hoex;van de Mcm Richard Sanden;J Jeroen Schmidt;R Brendel

  • Broken metal fingers in silicon wafer solar cells and PV modules

    Pooja Chaturvedi;Bram Hoex;Timothy M. Walsh

  • The role of hydrogenation and gettering in enhancing the efficiency of next-generation Si solar cells: An industrial perspective

    Brett Hallam;Daniel Chen;Moonyong Kim;Bruno Stefani

  • Acceleration and mitigation of carrier-induced degradation in p-type multi-crystalline silicon

    D. N. R. Payne;C. E. Chan;B. J. Hallam;B. Hoex

  • Sign reversal of spin polarization in Co/Ru/Al2O3/Co magnetic tunnel junctions

    PR Patrick LeClair;B Bram Hoex;H Harm Wieldraaijer;JT Jürgen Kohlhepp

  • Atomic layer deposition enabling higher efficiency solar cells: A review

    Md. Anower Hossain;Kean Thong Khoo;Xin Cui;Geedhika K Poduval

  • Enhanced Heterojunction Interface Quality To Achieve 9.3% Efficient Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Using Atomic Layer Deposition ZnSnO Buffer Layer

    Xin Cui;Kaiwen Sun;Jialiang Huang;Chang-Yeh Lee

  • HIGH-EFFICIENCY N-TYPE SILICON SOLAR CELLS WITH FRONT SIDE BORON EMITTER

    J Benick;B Bram Hoex;G Gijs Dingemans;Wmm Erwin Kessels

Frequent Co-Authors

Armin G. Aberle
Armin G. Aberle National University of Singapore
Wmm Erwin Kessels
Wmm Erwin Kessels Eindhoven University of Technology
van de Mcm Richard Sanden
van de Mcm Richard Sanden Eindhoven University of Technology
Wilhelmus M. M. Kessels
Wilhelmus M. M. Kessels Eindhoven University of Technology
Jan Schmidt
Jan Schmidt University of Hannover
Stuart Wenham
Stuart Wenham University of New South Wales
Rolf Brendel
Rolf Brendel University of Hannover
Ganesh S. Samudra
Ganesh S. Samudra National University of Singapore
Brett Hallam
Brett Hallam University of New South Wales
Prabir Basu
Prabir Basu Dalhousie University

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