Bram Hoex

8.7k citations

232 papers · 7.1k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 39

Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies 164
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies 105
- Semiconductor materials and devices 51
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis 47
- solar cell performance optimization 15
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces 54
Materials Chemistry top 2%
- Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence 54
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 5%
- Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques 23
Surfaces, Coatings and Films top 5%

Co-authors: M. C. M. van de Sanden W. M. M. Kessels Jan Schmidt Armin G. Aberle J. J. H. Gielis S. B. S. Heil E. Langereis Rolf Brendel
Cited by: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Materials Chemistry
Journals: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (26 papers)IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (23 papers)Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications (14 papers)
Partner nations: Australia Singapore Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Bram Hoex

218 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Journal of Applied Physics
2008 Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
2006 Applied Physics Letters

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1	Mitigating contaminant-induced surface degradation in TOPCon solar cells: Mechanisms, impacts, and mitigation Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Phil L. Hageman,А А Третьяков,Xutao Wang,Xinxing Xu,M.W. Chao,Baochen Liao,A. Muthusankaranarayanan,Zhenguo Li,Bram Hoex	2025	2
2	Rapid Healing: How hydrogenation supercharges recovery of electron-irradiation defects in Ga-doped PERC solar cells Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed Partners,François Szabowski,Shakeel Yavan Jogee,Patricia Katherine Ordoñez García,Supan Sopyan,Ferdinand C. Grozema,Gavin Conibeer,Bram Hoex	2025	0
3	Is TOPCon ready for EVA? Insights from damp heat testing of glass-backsheet modules Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·А А Третьяков,Wu Wei,Yan Zhang,W.F.J.M. Engelhard,Xutao Wang,J LITTLEFIELD,Weiguang Yang,Feng Li,Muhammed Ali ESER,Yajie Jiang,Bram Hoex	2025	0
4	Hidden traces: Insights into how solar cell handling drives damp-heat failures in HJT and TOPCon modules Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Chandany Sen,Zhang Xin-ta,G Thanikacchalam,Junliang Yang,Ze‐Lin Zhu,V.P. Mazikin,Bram Hoex	2025	0
5	Progress in passivating selective contacts for heterojunction silicon solar cells Nano Energy ·Laxin Sabitjan,Gracia Peralta Carrero,Leiping Duan,Bram Hoex,Zeguo Tang	2024	10
6	Buyer aware: Three new failure modes in TOPCon modules absent from PERC technology Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Chandany Sen,Zhang Xin-ta,G Thanikacchalam,W.F.J.M. Engelhard,А А Третьяков,Xutao Wang,Bram Hoex	2024	21
7	From Rigid to Flexible: Progress, Challenges and Prospects of Thin c‐Si Solar Energy Devices Advanced Energy Materials ·María Fernanda Narváez Sierra,明照小鍛冶,Yong Hwan Lee,Julie Tournet,Bram Hoex,Pham Nguyen Huy Phuong,Hark Hoe Tan,Siva Krishna Karuturi	2024	12
8	Assessing the stability of p+ and n+ polysilicon passivating contacts with various capping layers on p-type wafers Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Shakeel Yavan Jogee,Karla F. García‐Verdugo,Christina Hollemann,Robby Peibst,Bram Hoex,Brett Hallam,Anastasia Soeriyadi	2023	7
9	Low-Temperature Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnMgO for Efficient CZTS Solar Cells ACS Materials Letters ·Xin Cui,Kaiwen Sun,Jialiang Huang,Heng Sun,Ao Wang,Xiaojie Yuan,Martin A. Green,Bram Hoex,Xiaojing Hao	2023	19
10	Opinion Mining by Convolutional Neural Networks for Maximizing Discoverability of Nanomaterials Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling ·Janet Pham,Avana Tientcheu Marie-Louise,Haoran Wang,柏映国,Shaozhou Wang,Mingrui He,Rong Deng,Noah E. El-Zathry,Clara Grazian,Chunyu Kit,Bram Hoex	2023	5
11	Techno‐economic analysis of the use of atomic layer deposited transition metal oxides in silicon heterojunction solar cells Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Nathan L. Chang,Prajwal Walke,Taylor James Welch,D. Gary Miller,Michael Woodhouse,Gaye Saginc Giannoustas,忠义孙,Wei Min Li,Renate Egan,Bram Hoex	2022	20
12	Converting Sewage Water into H2 Fuel Gas Using Cu/CuO Nanoporous Photocatalytic Electrodes Materials ·N. M. A. Hadia,P. Chen,Meshal Alzaid,Mohamed Shaban,S. H. Mohamed,Bram Hoex,Ali Hajjiah,Mohamed Rabia	2022	33
13	Designing 3d metal oxides: selecting optimal density functionals for strongly correlated materials Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·柏映国,Md. Anower Hossain,Patrick A. Burr,Judy N. Hart,Bram Hoex	2022	9
14	9.6%-Efficient all-inorganic Sb₂(S,Se)₃ solar cells with a MnS hole-transporting layer Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Jeremy Schmidt,Jianjun Li,Kaiwen Sun,Chenhui Jiang,Jialiang Huang,Rongfeng Tang,Martin A. Green,Bram Hoex,Tao Chen,Xiaojing Hao	2022	38
15	Understanding Light- and Elevated Temperature-Induced Degradation in Silicon Wafers Using Hydrogen Effusion Mass Spectroscopy IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·朱性霞,A. Fortesque Duguid,Bram Hoex,Sylke Meyer,Dominik Lausch	2021	9
16	Bilayer MoO_X/CrO_X Passivating Contact Targeting Highly Stable Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·‎ Pujianto,V. Sumalatha,Jilei Wang,直人笹川,Yinyue Lin,Bram Hoex,Zhongquan Ma,Linfeng Lu,Liyou Yang,Baoquan Sun,Dongdong Li	2020	46
17	Improving the Silicon Surface Passivation by Aluminum Oxide Grown Using a Non‐Pyrophoric Aluminum Precursor physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters ·Chang‐Yeh Lee,Shaozhou Wang,Xin Cui,Tian Zhang,Rong Deng,D. Gary Miller,Bram Hoex	2018	5
18	Enhanced Heterojunction Interface Quality To Achieve 9.3% Efficient Cd-Free Cu₂ZnSnS₄ Solar Cells Using Atomic Layer Deposition ZnSnO Buffer Layer Chemistry of Materials ·Xin Cui,Kaiwen Sun,Jialiang Huang,Chang‐Yeh Lee,Chang Yan,Heng Sun,Yuanfang Zhang,Fangyang Liu,Md. Anower Hossain,Yahya Zakaria,Lydia Helena Wong,Martin A. Green,Bram Hoex,Xiaojing Hao	2018	78
19	Evaluating the impact of thermal annealing on c-Si/Al2O3 interface: Correlating electronic properties to infrared absorption AIP Advances ·Chang‐Yeh Lee,Shaoren Deng,Jianyuan Zhai,Xin Cui,D. Gary Miller,Pamela Hill,Bram Hoex	2018	9
20	Ultrathin Silicon Solar Cell Loss Analysis IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Josephine A. Vining,Adrian Brunner,Phillip Hamer,Bram Hoex,Lu Wang,Anthony Lochtefeld,Allen Barnett	2016	3

About Bram Hoex

Bram Hoex is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 232 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (164 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (105 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (54 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (54 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (51 papers), Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (47 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (23 papers) and solar cell performance optimization (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (6.5k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.0k citations) and Materials Chemistry (2.6k citations). Bram Hoex has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Singapore and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include M. C. M. van de Sanden, W. M. M. Kessels, Jan Schmidt, Armin G. Aberle, J. J. H. Gielis, S. B. S. Heil, E. Langereis, Rolf Brendel, Ian Marius Peters and Peter Pohl. Their work appears in journals such as Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters.

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