Jimmy Melskens

1.5k citations

55 papers · 1.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 5%
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies 36
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies 33
- Semiconductor materials and devices 13
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis 8
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 5%
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces 15
Materials Chemistry top 10%
- Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence 21
- ZnO doping and properties 2
Ceramics and Composites
- Glass properties and applications 6
Polymers and Plastics

Co-authors: W. M. M. Kessels Bart Macco Bas W. H. van de Loo Lachlan E. Black Sjoerd Smit Miro Zeman Marcel A. Verheijen Arno H. M. Smets
Cited by: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Materials Chemistry
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany Australia

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Jimmy Melskens

52 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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2018 Passivating Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: From Concepts and Materials to Prospects

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1	Influence of passivating interlayers on the carrier selectivity of MoO_x contacts for c-Si solar cells Mike Tang Soo Kiong Ah Sen,G.J.M. Janssen,A.A. Mewe,P.C.P. Bronsveld,Jimmy Melskens,Fatemeh Hashemi,Paul Prócel,A.W. Weeber	2024	0
2	Soft deposition of TCOs by pulsed laser for high-quality ultra-thin poly-Si passivating contacts Mike Tang Soo Kiong Ah Sen,A.A. Mewe,Jimmy Melskens,Jons Bolding,Mike L. van de Poll,A.W. Weeber	2023	4
3	Hydrogenation of p+ poly-Si by Al2O3 nanolayers prepared by atomic layer deposition Roel J. Theeuwes,Jimmy Melskens,W. Beyer,U. Breuer,A. Gutjahr,A.A. Mewe,Bart Macco,W. M. M. Kessels	2023	3
4	The native and metastable defects and their joint density of states in hydrogenated amorphous silicon obtained from the improved dual beam photoconductivity method M. Güneş,Jimmy Melskens,Arno H. M. Smets	2023	1
5	Extracting surface recombination parameters of germanium–dielectric interfaces by corona-lifetime experiments Wilhelmus J. H. Berghuis,Max Helmes,Jimmy Melskens,Roel J. Theeuwes,W. M. M. Kessels,Bart Macco	2022	8
6	Excellent surface passivation of germanium by a-Si:H/Al2O3 stacks Wilhelmus J. H. Berghuis,Jimmy Melskens,Bart Macco,Roel J. Theeuwes,Lachlan E. Black,Marcel A. Verheijen,W. M. M. Kessels	2021	27
7	Passivation Enhancement of Poly-Si Carrier-Selective Contacts by Applying ALD Al₂O₃ Capping Layers Guangtao Yang,Bas van de Loo,Maciej K. Stodolny,Gianluca Limodio,Jimmy Melskens,Bart Macco,P.C.P. Bronsveld,Olindo Isabella,A.W. Weeber,Miro Zeman,W. M. M. Kessels	2021	8
8	PO_x/Al₂O₃ Stacks for c-Si Surface Passivation: Material and Interface Properties Roel J. Theeuwes,Jimmy Melskens,Lachlan E. Black,W. Beyer,Dibyashree Koushik,Wilhelmus J. H. Berghuis,Bart Macco,W. M. M. Kessels	2021	10
9	Atomic layer deposition of Nb-doped TiO2: Dopant incorporation and effect of annealing Wilhelmus J. H. Berghuis,Jimmy Melskens,Bart Macco,Saravana Balaji Basuvalingam,Marcel A. Verheijen,W. M. M. Kessels	2020	19
10	On the Accuracy of the Cox–Strack Equation and Method for Contact Resistivity Determination M. Van Rijnbach,R.J.E. Hueting,Maciej K. Stodolny,G.J.M. Janssen,Jimmy Melskens,Jurriaan Schmitz	2020	11
11	Quantification of Nanoscale Density Fluctuations in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Eike Gericke,Jimmy Melskens,Robert Wendt,Markus Wollgarten,Armin Hoell,K. Lips	2020	13
12	Self-aligned local contact opening and n+ diffusion by single-step laser doping from POx/Al2O3 passivation stacks Lachlan E. Black,Marco Ernst,Roel J. Theeuwes,Jimmy Melskens,Daniel Macdonald,W. M. M. Kessels	2020	8
13	Silicon surface passivation by transparent conductive zinc oxide Bas W. H. van de Loo,Bart Macco,Jimmy Melskens,W. Beyer,W. M. M. Kessels	2019	41
14	Passivating Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: From Concepts and Materials to Prospectsbreakdown → Jimmy Melskens,Bas W. H. van de Loo,Bart Macco,Lachlan E. Black,Sjoerd Smit,W. M. M. Kessels	2018	317
15	Effective passivation of silicon surfaces by ultrathin atomic-layer deposited niobium oxide Bart Macco,Martin Bivour,J. H. Deijkers,Saravana Balaji Basuvalingam,Lachlan E. Black,Jimmy Melskens,Bas W. H. van de Loo,Wilhelmus J. H. Berghuis,Martin Hermle,W. M. M. Kessels	2018	26
16	Explorative studies of novel silicon surface passivation materials: Considerations and lessons learned Lachlan E. Black,Bas W. H. van de Loo,Bart Macco,Jimmy Melskens,Wilhelmus J. H. Berghuis,W. M. M. Kessels	2018	64
17	Atomic-layer deposited Nb2O5 as transparent passivating electron contact for c-Si solar cells Bart Macco,Lachlan E. Black,Jimmy Melskens,Bas W. H. van de Loo,Wilhelmus J. H. Berghuis,Marcel A. Verheijen,W. M. M. Kessels	2018	74
18	Correlating the silicon surface passivation to the nanostructure of low-temperature a-Si:H after rapid thermal annealing Bart Macco,Jimmy Melskens,Nikolas J. Podraza,Karsten Arts,Christopher W. Pugh,Owain Thomas,W. M. M. Kessels	2017	40
19	The nanostructural analysis of hydrogenated silicon films based on positron annihilation studies Jimmy Melskens,Arno H. M. Smets,S.W.H. Eijt,H. Schut,E. Brück,Miro Zeman	2012	21
20	Excitation of projectile Rydberg states in the collisions Be+-He and Mg+-He, 10?75 keV N. Andersen,Kai Jensen,Jane Uhd Jepsen,Jimmy Melskens,E. Veje	1975	9

About Jimmy Melskens

Jimmy Melskens is a scholar working on Ceramics and Composites, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 55 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (36 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (33 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (21 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (15 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers), Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (8 papers), Glass properties and applications (6 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.2k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (515 citations) and Materials Chemistry (516 citations). Jimmy Melskens has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Australia. Frequent co-authors include W. M. M. Kessels, Bart Macco, Bas W. H. van de Loo, Lachlan E. Black, Sjoerd Smit, Miro Zeman, Marcel A. Verheijen, Arno H. M. Smets, H. Schut and S.W.H. Eijt.

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