J. Nijs

R. Mertens, P. Fath, G. Willeke, 1994, Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 1st World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion - WCPEC (A Joint Conference of PVSC, PVSEC and PSEC).

Model for the anomalous off-current of polysilicon thin-film transistors and diodes

R. Mertens, J. Nijs, Ángel Rodríguez, 1993 .

Effect of surface recombination on the transient decay of excess carriers produced by short wavelength laser pulses

R. V. Overstraeten, J. Nijs, M. Tyagi, 1982 .

Increase in efficiency and material yield by use of PECVD silicon nitride in a simple screen printing process on Solarex material [solar cells]

R. Mertens, R. Einhaus, S. Narayanan, 1997, Conference Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1997.

In situ grown or solid phase recrystallized P-doped mono- and polysilicon by r.f. plasma CVD

R. Mertens, K. Baert, J. Nijs, 1990 .

Advanced concepts of industrial technologies of crystalline silicon solar cells

H. Dekkers, J. Horzel, R. Einhaus, 2000 .

Analytical study of PPV-oligomer- and C60-based devices for optimising organic solar cells

R. Mertens, G. Hadziioannou, Suresh S. Jain, 2000 .

Progress in photovoltaic energy conversion

R. V. Overstraeten, R. Mertens, J. Nijs, 1982 .

SOLAR CELLS WITH 15.6% EFFICIENCY ON MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON, USING IMPURITY GETTERING, BACK SURFACE FIELD AND EMITTER PASSIVATION

I. Périchaud, J. Nijs, P. D. Schepper, 1992 .

Recent improvements in the screenprinting technology and comparison with the buried contact technology by 2D-simulation

R. Mertens, R. V. Overstraeten, J. Poortmans, 1996 .

Design, fabrication, and analysis of crystalline Si-SiGe heterostructure thin-film solar cells

M. Caymax, A. Slaoui, J. Poortmans, 1999 .

Crystalline silicon thin films: A promising approach for photovoltaics?

A. Slaoui, R. Monna, J. Poortmans, 1998 .

Energy of arrays of nonperiodic interacting dislocations in semiconductor strained epilayers: Implications for strain relaxation

R. Mertens, R. V. Overstraeten, S. Jain, 1993 .

A Simple H-Passivation Technique for High Performance Low Temperature Poly-Si TFTs

M. Heyns, P. Debenest, R. Mertens, 1991 .

Photoconductivity self-recovery effect and self-annealing behaviour of undoped A-Si:H by homogeneous chemical vapour deposition

R. Mertens, A. V. Ammel, J. Nijs, 1989 .

Preparation of hydrogenated amorphous-silicon with tunable gap by homogeneous chemical vapor-deposition

R. Mertens, A. V. Ammel, J. Nijs, 1990 .

Preparation of high quality and tunable band gap hydrogenated amorphous silicon by homogeneous-CVD (HOMOCVD)

A. Van Ammel, R. Mertens, J. Nijs, 1988, Conference Record of the Twentieth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference.

Selective emitters in Si by single step rapid thermal diffusion for photovoltaic devices

R. Mertens, P. de Schepper, S. Sivoththaman, 2000, IEEE Electron Device Letters.

Exciton Dissociation and Mobility in Conducting Polymers and Oligomers

R. Mertens, Suresh S. Jain, J. Poortmans, 1999 .

Optimal surface and bulk passivation of high efficiency multicrystalline silicon solar cells

R. Mertens, Z. Chen, A. Rohatgi, 1994, Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 1st World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion - WCPEC (A Joint Conference of PVSC, PVSEC and PSEC).

Characterization of free-standing thin crystalline films on porous silicon for solar cells

R. Mertens, G. Beaucarne, J. Poortmans, 2004 .

Calculation of critical-layer-thickness and strain relaxation in GexSi1−x strained layers with interacting 60 and 90° dislocations

R. Mertens, J. Willis, R. V. Overstraeten, 1993 .

Solar cell preparation in thin silicon membranes

M. Caymax, J. Poortmans, J. Nijs, 1997, Conference Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1997.

Spectroellipsometric characterisation of thin epitaxial Si1-xGex layers

M. Caymax, J. Kuběna, V. Holý, 1994 .

The ultimate cost parameter, a three-dimensional concept for photovoltaic device cost calculations

Johan Nijs, Robert Mertens, Jozef Szlufcik, 1995 .

The Hall effect in a classical two-dimensional electron gas without electrical contacts

J. Nijs, M. Lea, R. W. Heijden, 1993 .

A silicon bipolar transistor with a hydrogenated amorphous emitter

R. Mertens, J. Nijs, M. Ghannam, 1984, 1984 International Electron Devices Meeting.

RTA-Preparation of β-FeSi 2 Layers from MBE-Grown Fe-Si Films Deposited on Si and Relaxed SiGe (100) Substrates

J. Dekoster, A. Vantomme, G. Langouche, 1995 .

Band-Tail Shockley-Read-Hall Recombination in Heavily Doped Silicon

R. Mertens, J. Nijs, M. Ghannam, 1988, ESSDERC '88: 18th European Solid State Device Research Conference.

Rapid Thermal Oxidation of Heavily Doped Silicon for Advanced Solar Cell Processing

R. Mertens, S. Sivoththaman, J. Nijs, 1995 .

Trends in Heterojunction Silicon Bipolar Transistors

R. Mertens, K. Baert, J. Nijs, 1987, ESSDERC '87: 17th European Solid State Device Research Conference.

Advanced Silicon and Semiconducting Silicon-Alloy Based Materials and Devices

J. Nijs, 1994 .

Porous silicon in crystalline silicon solar cells: a review and the effect on the internal quantum efficiency

H. Bender, M. Caymax, R. Mertens, 1998 .

Low temperature selective growth of epitaxial Si and Si1-xGex layers from SiH4 and GeH4 in an ultrahigh vacuum, very low pressure chemical vapour deposition reactor: kinetics and possibilities

Johan Nijs, Robert Mertens, Jozef Poortmans, 1994 .

Theoretical calculation and experimental evidence of the real and apparent bandgap narrowing due to heavy doping in p-type Si and strained Si1−xGex layers

M. Caymax, R. Mertens, R. V. Overstraeten, 1993 .

High-efficiency low-cost integral screen-printing multicrystalline silicon solar cells

Johan Nijs, Harold Dekkers, Jozef Szlufcik, 2002 .

Trends in industrial silicon solar cell processes

Johan Nijs, Robert Mertens, Jozef Poortmans, 1997 .

Porous silicon as an intermediate layer for thin-film solar cell

Johan Nijs, Roger Loo, Jef Poortmans, 2001 .

On the behaviour of p-n junction solar cells made in fine-grained silicon layers

M. Caymax, R. Mertens, G. Beaucarne, 2000 .

Tailored Si-layers on silicon oxide obtained by thermal CVD

M. Caymax, R. Mertens, G. Beaucarne, 1997 .

Selective si epitaxial-growth by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor-deposition at very low-temperature

K. Baert, R. Mertens, J. Poortmans, 1992 .

Low temperature plasma enhanced CVD of highly conductive single crystalline and polycrystalline silicon materials

K. Baert, J. Nijs, J. Symons, 1989 .

Selective Deposition of N+ Doped MC-SI:H:F by Rf Plasma Cvd on Si and S1O2 Substrates

R. Mertens, K. Baert, J. Nijs, 1989 .

Very low temperature (250 °C) epitaxial growth of silicon by glow discharge of silane

M. Caymax, R. Mertens, W. Vandervorst, 1987 .

Advances in low temperature processing of silicon nitride based dielectrics and their applications in surface passivation and integrated optical devices

R. Mertens, Suresh S. Jain, G. Beaucarne, 2000 .

The emitter-base interface current in silicon bipolar transistors with emitters deposited by plasma-enhanced CVD

Johan Nijs, Robert Mertens, R. Mertens, 1989 .

The use of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon for silicon heterojunction bipolar transistors

R. Mertens, A. V. Ammel, J. Nijs, 1986 .

Hydrogen in polycrystalline silicon solar cell material: Its role and characteristics

R. Mertens, M. Mauk, A. Barnett, 1998 .

Development of easy-to-use surface passivation schemes for lifetime measurements on monocrystalline Si with (100)-orientation

J. Poortmans, J. Nijs, T. Vermeulen, 1996, Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1996.

Boosting the efficiency of solar cells fabricated on electromagnetic cold crucible cast multicrystalline silicon by means of hydrogen passivation

R. V. Overstraeten, C. Vinckier, R. Mertens, 1994 .

15.9% efficiency solar cells on electromagnetic cold crucible cast multicrystalline silicon

M. R. Murti, R. Mertens, J. Nijs, 1993 .

Low-thermal-budget treatments of porous silicon surface layers on crystalline Si solar cells: A way to go for improved surface passivation?

H. Bender, R. Mertens, T. Conard, 1999 .

Comparison of bulk and surface passivation properties of plasma nitrides on Si and SiGe solar cells

J. Poortmans, J. Nijs, K. Said, 1997, Conference Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1997.

High efficiency p+-n-n+ back-surface field silicon solar cells with very large short-circuit current densities

R. Mertens, R. V. Overstraeten, J. V. Meerbergen, 1982 .

Silicon heterojunction bipolar transistors with amorphous and microcrystalline emitters

R. Mertens, J. Nijs, M. Ghannam, 1987 .

Structural and Electrical Characterization of FeSi x – Layers (1≤ X ≤2) Prepared by RTP of Fe Layers Sputtered on Si (100)

P. Vandenabeele, K. Maex, R. Donaton, 1995 .

*Present address: EE Department, CIS 129, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Moustafa Y. Ghannam, J. F. Nijs, R. De Keersmaecker, 2017 .

Multicrystalline silicon solar cells with porous silicon emitter

Johan Nijs, Jef Poortmans, L. Schirone, 2000 .

Porous silicon layer transfer processes for solar cells

R. Mertens, J. Poortmans, C. Solanki, 2004 .

Efficiency improvement by porous silicon coating of multicrystalline solar cells

István Bársony, Johan Nijs, Miklos Fried, 1997 .

Partial shadowing of photovoltaic arrays with different system configurations: literature review and field test results

Ronnie Belmans, Achim Woyte, Johan Nijs, 2003 .

Comment on ‘‘35% efficient nonconcentrating novel silicon solar cell’’

R. V. Overstraeten, R. Mertens, H. Aulich, 1993 .

The Influence of Surface Recombination on the Limiting Efficiency and Optimum Thickness of Silicon Solar Cells

R. Mertens, J. Nijs, J. Symons, 1991 .

Low spin density amorphous hydrogenated germanium prepared by homogeneous chemical vapor deposition

B. A. Scott, J. Reimer, J. Nijs, 1985 .

Influences of trace metal impurities on the thermal quenching of photoluminescence in hydrogenated amorphous silicon by homogeneous chemical vapor deposition

R. Mertens, W. Vandervorst, A. V. Ammel, 1990 .

The dependence of the open-circuit voltage of silicon solar cells on emitter surface parameters

R. Mertens, R. V. Overstraeten, J. Nijs, 1982 .

Latest efficiency results with the screenprinting technology and comparison with the buried contact structure

J. Szlufcik, R. Mertens, E. Demesmaeker, 1994, Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 1st World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion - WCPEC (A Joint Conference of PVSC, PVSEC and PSEC).

HYDROGENATION OF MULTICRYSTALLINE SI-MATERIALS FOR SOLAR CELLS: DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN EFFECTS IN THE INTRA-GRAIN AND GRAIN BOUNDARY REGIONS

M. Rosmeulen, J. Poortmans, J. Nijs, 1995 .

Bandgap Narrowing Due to Heavy Doping in Si1-xGex Layers

R. Mertens, J. Poortmans, J. Nijs, 1989, ESSDERC '89: 19th European Solid State Device Research Conference.

Electrical and optical bandgaps of Ge/sub x/ Si/sub 1-x/ strained layers

J. Loferski, S. Iyer, R. V. Overstraeten, 1993 .

Energy payback time of crystalline silicon solar modules

Raya Mertens, R. Van Overstraeten, R. V. Overstraeten, 1997 .

Recent results obtained at IMEC on multicrystalline silicon solar cells

R. Mertens, P. Fath, S. Sivoththaman, 1995 .

Application of industrial processing techniques to thin-film crystalline solar cells on highly doped defected silicon substrates

M. Caymax, R. Mertens, F. Duerinckx, 1998 .

Cost-effective thin film solar cell processing on multicrystalline silicon

M. Caymax, R. Mertens, F. Duerinckx, 1997, Conference Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1997.

High-low junctions for solar-cell applications

J. V. Meerbergen, J. Nijs, J. D. Alamo, 1981 .

Advanced cost-effective crystalline silicon solar cell technologies

Johan Nijs, Robert Mertens, Jef Poortmans, 2001 .

Spectral response and dark I-V characterization of polycrystalline Si solar cells with conventional and selective emitters

M. Rodot, D. Sarti, S. Sivoththaman, 1993, Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1993 (Cat. No.93CH3283-9).

Improvements of Polycrystalline Silicon Wafers and Conventional Solar Cells by a Boron Diffusion Step

Q. N. Le, J. Nijs, D. Sarti, 1991 .

Enhancement of diffusion length of pregettered multicrystalline silicon solar cells by hydrogen ion implantation at the end of the process

M. Rodot, Johan Nijs, Siva Sivoththaman, 1993 .

High efficiency silicon PV cells with surface treatment by anodic etching

T. Lohner, M. Fried, I. Bársony, 1995 .

High Efficiency Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Comparison between Conventional and Rapid Thermal Processes

J. Muller, S. Sivoththaman, J. Nijs, 1994 .

High efficiency industrial screen printed selective emitter solar cells

J. Horzel, J. Nijs, J. Szlufcik, 2000 .

Rear passivation of thin multicrystalline silicon solar cells

F. Duerinckx, J. Nijs, J. Szlufcik, 2000 .