This document lists 43 publications and conference presentations by Christopher E. Dubé. The publications span from 1990 to 2015 and cover topics related to solar cell fabrication and characterization using techniques like ion implantation, aluminum oxide passivation, selective emitters, and contact resistance modeling. Many of the publications involve collaboration with researchers from institutions including MIT, Fraunhofer ISE, and University of Konstanz.

1. CHRISTOPHER E. DUBÉ
27 Hayward Avenue  Lexington, MA USA 02421
781.999.5992  cedube123@gmail.com
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1) R. Janoch, A.M. Gabor, A. Anselmo, C. E. Dubé, Contact Resistance Measurements- Observations on
Technique and Test Parameters, 42nd
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans (2015).
2) Y. Larionova, F. Kiefer, B. Lim, F. Heinemeyer, R. Peibst, R. Brendel, M. Emsley, C. E. Dubé and J.
Graff, Industrial Ion Implanted Co-annealed and Fully Screen Printed Bifacial n-PERT Solar Cells, nPV
Workshop, Konstanz, (2015).
3) V. Bhosle, M. Hathaway, C. E. Dubé, AlOx Passivation of Ion Implanted Boron Emitters Using Batch
AlOx Process, 40th
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver, p567 (2014).
4) T. Dullweber, H. Hannebauer, C. Kranz, R. Hesse, S. Wyczanowski, V. Bhosle, C. Dubé, K. Weise, F.
Delahaye, O. Doll, I. Köhler, Emitter technology options for industrial PERC solar cells with up to
20.3% conversion efficiency, Photovoltaics International, 21 p44 (2013).
5) V. Bhosle, B.Tsefrekas, H.-J. L. Gossmann, C. E. Dubé, Fabricating high efficiency solar cells with high
sheet resistance emitters by ion implantation and contact resistance modeling, 39th
IEEE Photovoltaic
Specialists Conference, Tampa Bay, p2167 (2013).
6) T. Dullweber, R. Hesse, V. Bhosle, C. Dubé, Ion-Implanted PERC Solar Cells with Al2O3/SiNx rear
passivation, 3rd
SiliconPV, Hamelin, p430 (2013).
7) A. Wolf, S. Mack, S. Werner, C. Dubé, V. Bhosle, D. Biro, Synergistic use of ion implant annealing
processes for thermal oxide rear surface passivation, 27th
European Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Conference, Frankfurt, p875 (2012).
8) K. Daniels, C. E. Dubé, B. Tsefrekas, V. Bhosle, J. Mullin, W. Skinner, Leveraging Patterned Ion
Implantation To Develop High Efficiency Selective Emitter Solar Cells, 19th
International Conference on
Ion Implantation Technology, Valladolid, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1496, p58 (2012).
9) B. Li , J. A. Segui, C. J. Fountain, C. E. Dubé, B. Tsefrekas, Effect of encapsulant on cell-to-module
efficiency loss in PV modules with ion implant and POCl3 cells, IEEE 38th
Photovoltaic Specialists
Conference, Austin, p2336 (2012).
10) V. Bhosle, C. E. Dubé, N. Bateman, Value Of Thermal Oxide For Ion Implant Based C-Si Solar Cells,
38th
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, p 2128 (2012).
11) C. E. Dubé, B. Tsefrekas, D. Buzby, R. Tavares, W. Zhang, A. Gupta, R. J. Low, W. Skinner, J. Mullin,
High efficiency selective emitter cells using patterned ion implantation, 1st
SiliconPV, Freiburg, p706
(2011).
12) A. Gupta, R. J. Low, N. P.T. Bateman, D. Ramappa, Hans-Joachim L. Gossman, Q. Zhai, P. Sullivan,
W. Skinner, C. E. Dubé, B. Tsefrekas and J. Mullin, High Efficiency Selective Emitter Cells Using in-
situ Patterned Ion Implantation, 25th
European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia, p1158
(2010).
13) F. Oberholtzer and C. E. Dubé, Efficiency improvements of string ribbon silicon solar cells employing
texturization, high sheet resistance emitter and light-induced silver plating on screen-printed front grid,
22nd
European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Milano, p916 (2007).
14) E.T. Carlen, M.S. Weinberg, C. E. Dubé, A.M. Zapata and J. T. Borenstein, Micromachined silicon
plates for sensing molecular interactions, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, p173123 (2006).
15) G. Hahn, S. Seren, M. Kaes, A. Schoenecker, J. Kalejs, C. E. Dubé, A. Grenko, C. Belouet, Review on
Ribbon Silicon Techniques for Cost Reduction in PV, IEEE 4th
World Conference on Photovoltaic
Energy Conversion, Hawaii p1223 (2006).
16) G. Hahn, I. Melnyk, C. E. Dubé, A. M Garbor, Development of a Chemical Surface Texture for String
Ribbon Silicon Solar Cells, 20th
European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Barcelona, p1438
(2005).
17) C. E. Dubé, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. J. Bonitatebus, Jr., R. J. Staples and W. H. Armstrong, Tuning
Tetranuclear Manganese-Oxo Core Electronic Properties: Adamantane-Shaped Complexes
Synthesized by Ligand Exchange, Inorg. Chem. 44, p5161 (2005).

2. 18) C. E. Dubé and J. I. Hanoka, Hydrogen Passivation of Multicrystalline Silicon (invited), 31st
IEEE
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Lake Buena Vista, p883 (2005).
19) C. E. Dubé, M. S. Weinberg, E. T. Carlen, M. J. Mescher, A. Duwel, K. B. Baldwin, J. L. Sitomer,
MEMS Arrays for Label-Free Sensing of Biomolecules, 5th
International Symposium on MEMS and
Nanotechnology, June 7-10, 2004.
20) M. J. Mescher, C.E. Dubé, M. Varghese, J. O. Fiering, Surface Mount Microfluidic Flow Regulator on a
Polymer Substrate, μTAS Lake Tahoe, October, 2003.
21) C. E. Davis, J. M. Kang, C.E. Dubé, J. T. Borenstein, E. G. Nazarov, R. A. Miller, A. M. Zapata. Spore
biomarker detection using a MEMS Differential Mobility Spectrometer. The 12th
IEEE International
Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference; June, 2003.
22) M. S. Weinberg, C. E. Dubé, A. Petrovich, A. Zapata, Fluid Damping in Resonant Flexural Plate Wave
Devices, J. Microelectromech. Syst. 12, 2567 (2003).
23) C. E. Dubé, J. O. Fiering, M. J. Mescher, A Si-Based FPW Sensor Array System with Polymer
Microfluidics Integrated on a PCB, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2002, IEEE International Conference
on Sensors, 1st, Orlando, FL, June 12-14, 2002, p460.
24) H. Visser, C. E. Dubé, W. H. Armstrong, K. Sauer, V. K. Yachandra, FTIR Spectra and Normal-Mode
Analysis of a Mn Adamantane-like Complex in Two Electrochemically Prepared Oxidation States:
Relevance to the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, p11008 (2002).
25) W. H. Armstrong, C. E. Dubé, D. Gatteschi, R. Sessoli,F. Totti, L. Noodleman, Magnetic coupling in
and reactivity of multinuclear manganese(IV) compounds: Insight from density functional theory, 220th
ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, Aug. 20-24 (2000).
26) C. E. Dubé, D. W. Wright, W. H. Armstrong, Evidence for Cooperativity in the Disproportionation of
H2O2 Efficiently Catalyzed by a Tetranuclear Manganese Complex, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39, p2169
(2000).
27) W. H. Armstrong, H. J. Mok, C. E. Dubé, S. Mukhopadhyay, Tetranuclear manganese-oxo clusters as
photosystem II mimics and ‘bioinspired’ hydrogen peroxide dismutation catalysts, 218th ACS National
Meeting, New Orleans, Aug. 22-26 (1999), INOR-250.
28) W. H. Armstrong, H. J. Mok, C. E. Dubé, Manganese-Oxo Clusters as Photosystem II Mimics and
‘Bioinspired’ H2O2 Dismutation Catalysts, Proceedings of the International Conference on Biological
Inorganic Chemistry, Minneapolis (1999).
29) C. E. Dubé, R. Sessoli,M.P. Hendrich, D. Gatteschi, W. H. Armstrong, A Spin Topological Model for
the g = 4.1 S2 State Photosystem II Water Oxidase Manganese Aggregate, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121,
p3537 (1999).
30) Y. Shapira, M. T. Liu, S. Foner, C. E. Dubé, P. J. Bonitatebus, Jr., Magnetization Steps in
[Fe(Salen)Cl]2, Phys. Rev. B. 59, p1046 (1999).
31) U. Bergmann, M. M. Grush, C. R. Horne, P. DeMarios, J. E. Penner-Hahn, C. F. Yocum, C. E. Dubé,
D. W. Wright, W. H. Armstrong, G. Christou, H. J. Eppley, S. P. Cramer, Characterization of the
Manganese Oxidation States in Photosystem II by K X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, J. Chem.
Phys. B. 102, p8350 (1998).
32) C. E. Dubé, D. W. Wright, W. H. Armstrong, Evidence for Catalytic Cooperativity in the Dismutation of
H2O2 by an Efficient Tetranuclear Manganese Catalyst, 216th
ACS National Meeting, Boston, August
23-27 (1998), American Chemical Society, Wash., D. C.
33) D. W. Wright, H. J. Mok, C. E. Dubé, W. H. Armstrong, Proton NMR of Oxo-bridged Dimanganese (III)
Complexes: Solution State Structures and an Isotropic Shift/Magnetic Exchange Correlation, Inorg.
Chem. 37, p3714 (1998).
34) C. E. Dubé, D. W. Wright, S. Pal, P. J. Bonitatebus, Jr., W. H. Armstrong, Tetranuclear Manganese-
Oxo Aggregates Relevant to the Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Center. Crystal Structure,
Spectroscopic Properties and Reactivity of Adamantane-Shaped [Mn4O6(bpea)4]4+
and the Reduced
Mixed Valence Analog [Mn4O6(bpea)4]3+
, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, p3704 (1998).
35) B. Workie, C. E. Dubé, M. L. Aksu, S. P. Kounaves, A. Robbat, Jr., G. Davies, Electrochemistry of the
Copper-Nickel Series of Heteropolymetallic Complexes[(4-O){NC5H4[C(O)NEt2]}4Cu4-x{Ni{H2O}xCl6]
(x=0-4), J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., p1739 (1997).
36) C. E. Dubé, D. W. Wright, W. H. Armstrong, Multiple Reversible Protonations of the Adamantane-
Shaped {Mn4O6}4+
Core: Detection of Protonation Stereoisomers at the {Mn4O4(OH)2}6+
Level, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 118, p10910 (1996).

3. 37) C. E. Dubé, B. Workie, S. P. Kounaves, A. Robbat, Jr., M. L. Aksu, G. Davies, Electrodeposition of
Metal Alloy and Mixed Oxide Films Using a Single-Precursor Tetranuclear Copper-Nickel Complex, J.
Electrochem. Soc. 142, p3357 (1995).
38) Z. J. Radzimski, A. Buczkowski, T. Q. Zhou, C. E. Dubé, G. A. Rozgonyi, Electron Beam Induced
Current Studies of Defect Induced Conductivity Inversion, Scanning Microsc., 7, p513 (1993).
39) C. E. Dubé, M. Prince, F. V. Wald, Low Resistivity EFG Based Solar Cells Co-doped with Ga, Sb, and
B, Proceedings of the 11th European Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Montreux,
Switzerland, p221 (1992).
40) J. P. Kalejs, B. R. Bathey, C. E. Dubé, Segregation and Impurity Effects in Silicon Grown from the Melt
in the Presence of Second Phase Formation, J. Cryst. Growth, 109, p174 (1991).
41) A. Rohatgi, W. A. Doolittle, A. W. Smith, F. V. Wald, R. O. Bell, C. E. Dubé, Doping and Oxygen
Dependence of Efficiency of EFG Silicon Solar Cells, Proceedings of the Twenty First IEEE
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Kissimimee, p581 (1990).
42) C. E. Dubé, R. C. Gonsiorawski, Improved Contact Metallization for High Efficiency EFG Polycrystalline
Silicon Solar Cells, Proceedings of the Twenty First IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference,
Kissimimee, p624 (1990).
43) B. Bathey, C. E. Dubé, J. P. Kalejs, F. V. Wald, The Effect of Chromium on EFG Polycrystalline Silicon
Solar Cells, Proceedings of the Twenty First IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Kissimimee,
p687 (1990).
44) S. L. Hyland, C. E. Dubé, D. G. Ast, Investigation of the Reversibility of Deformation in Silicon Sheets,
J. Electron. Mater., 19, p873 (1990).
45) C. E. Dubé, J. P. Kalejs, S. Rajendran, Hydrogen Passivation Studies in Dislocated CZ and FZ Silicon,
in Impurities, Defects and Diffusion in Semiconductors, D. J. Wolford, J. Bernholc, E. E. Haller, Eds.,
Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, p459 (1990).
46) B. Bathey, R. O. Bell, C. E. Dubé, J. P. Kalejs, Impurity Effects in Silicon Sheet Grown by the EFG
Growth Technique, Proceedings of the 4th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering
Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, p117 (1989).
47) C. E. Dubé, S. P. Tobin, J. I. Hanoka, Hydrogen Passivation of Misfit Dislocations in GaAs on Silicon,
Proceedings of the Nineteenth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, p1516 (1987).
48) R. O. Bell, C. E. Dubé, Measurement of Surface Recombination Velocity and Emitter Characteristics of
Solar Cells by EBIC, Proceedings of the Nineteenth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New
Orleans, p795 (1987).
49) J. A. Gregory, C. E. Dubé, J. I. Hanoka, Z. Y. Vayman, Characterization of Dielectric Layers on
Hydrogen Passivated Silicon Surfaces, in Crystalline Silicon, J. W. Corbett, J. C. Mikkelesen, Jr., S. J.
Pearton, S. J. Pennycook, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, p513 (1986).
50) C. T. Ho, D. B. Sandstrom, C. E. Dubé, Classification of Macroscopic Defects Contained in p-type EFG
Ribbon Silicon, Solid-State Electron., 29, p495 (1986).
51) J. I. Hanoka, C. E. Dubé, Recent Results on Hydrogen Passivation of Silicon Sheet Solar Cells.
Comments, J. Appl. Phys, 59, p2247 (1986).
52) J. I. Hanoka, C. E. Dubé, D. B. Sandstrom, EBIC Analysis of Hydrogen Passivation of Defects in
Silicon, in Microscopic Identification of Electronic Defects in Semiconductors, N. M. Johnson, S. B.
Bishop G. D. Watkins, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, p533 (1985).
53) M. Murray, C. F. Wilkinson, C. E. Dubé, Induction of Rat Hepatic Microsomal Cytochrome P 450 and
Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylase by 1,3-Benzodioxole Derivatives, Xenobiotica, 15, p361 (1985).
54) C. E. Dubé, J. I. Hanoka, Hydrogen Passivation of Dislocations in Silicon, Appl. Phys. Lett., 45, p1135
(1984).
55) C. E. Dubé, J. I. Hanoka, D. B. Sandstrom, Hydrogen Diffusion Along Passivated Grain Boundaries in
Silicon Ribbon, Appl. Phys. Lett., 44, p425 (1984).
56) C. F. Wilkinson, M. Murray, C. B. Marcus, C. E. Dubé, Mechanistic Studies on the Inhibition of
Cytochrome P-450 Mediated Mixed -Function Oxidation, Proceedings of the Fifth IUPAC International
Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan, p463 (1983).
57) C. F. Wilkinson, M. Murray, C. E. Dubé, Structure-Activity Relationships in the Interactions of
Alkoxymethylenedioxybenzene Derivatives with Rat Hepatic Microsomal Mixed-Function Oxidases in
vivo, Mol. Pharmacol., 24, p129 (1983).

4. 58) M. Murray, C. F. Wilkinson, C. E. Dubé, Effects of Dihydrosafrole on Cytochrome P-450 and Drug
Oxidation in Hepatic Microsomes from Control and Induced Rats, Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol., 68, p66
(1983).
59) P. Krusius, C. E. Dubé, J. Frey, Interface Polarization in Silicon on Sapphire, Appl. Phys. Lett., 38,
p574 (1981).
60) C. E. Dubé, Investigation of the Interface Electronic Structure of Heteroepitaxial Silicon on Sapphire, M.
S. Thesis, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N. Y. (1980).
61) A. Gold, T. J. Smith, C. E. Dubé, J. J. Cafarella, Solid Sorbent for Acrolein and Formaldehyde in Air, U.
S. Environ. Prot. Agency, Off. Res. Dev., [Rep.] EPA, (EPA-600/9-79-032, Proc. Symp. Dev. Usage
Pers. Monit. Exposure Health Eff. Stud.), p425 (1979).
62) A. Gold, C. E. Dubé, R. B. Perni, Solid Sorbent for Sampling Acrolein in Air, Anal. Chem., 50, p1839
(1978).
63) D. E. Polk, C. E. Dubé, B. C. Giessen, The Effect of Oxygen Additions on the Properties of Amorphous
Transition Alloys, in Rapidly Quenched Metals III, 1, B. Cantor, Ed.; The Metals Society, London, p220
(1978).
PATENTS
1. A. P. Adamis, J. W. Miller, E. S. Gragoudas, M. J. Mescher, C. E. Dubé, J. T. Borenstein, M. G.
Weinstein, R. A. Miller, M. L. Hansberry, Miniaturized implantable drug delivery systems, U.S. Patent
No. 7,563,255 (2009).
2. M.S. Weinberg, J. Borenstein, C. E. Dubé, R. Hopkins, E. Carlen, Stress-based electrostatic monitoring
of chemical reactions and binding, U.S. Patent No. 7,402,425 (2008).
3. A. Petrovich, J. Williams, C. E. Dubé, Sensor Readout Circuit, U.S. Patent No. 6,972,553 (2005).
4. Desrosiers, Peter J.; Dubé, C. E.; Zhou, Xiao Ping. Apparatus for sampling and analysis of reactions
by trapping reaction components on a sorbent, U.S. Patent No. 6,667,009 (2003).
5. Desrosiers, Peter J.; Dubé, C. E.; Zhou, Xiao Ping. Sampling and analysis of reactions by trapping
reaction components on a sorbent, EP Patent No. 1 029 238 (2004).
6. J. Williams and C. E. Dubé, “Molecular Recognition Sensor System”, U.S. Pat. No. 6,807,842 (2004).
7. X. P. Zhou, Sam. Bergh, C. E. Dubé, L. V. Erden, Parallel Reactor With Knife-edge Seal, US Patent
No. 7, 115, 231 (2006).
8. Poojary, Damodara; Borade, Ramesh; Hagemeyer, Alfred; Dubé, C. E.; Zhou, Ziao Ping; Nothels,
Ulrich; Armbrust, Ralph; Rasp, Christian; Lowe, David M., Amination of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and
Heterocyclic Analogs Thereof, US Patent No. 6,933,409 (2005).
9. Desrosiers, Peter J.; Dubé, C. E.; Zhou, Xiao Ping. Sampling and analysis of reactions by trapping
reaction components on a sorbent, U.S. Patent No. 6,410,332 (2002).
10. D. A. St. Angelo, F. J. Bottari and C. E. Dubé, Electrical Contacts and Methods of Making Same, U.S.
Patent No. 5,118,362 (1992).
11. C. E. Dubé and R. C. Gonsiorawski, Dotted Contact Solar Cell and Method of Making Same, U.S.
Patent No. 5,011,565 (1991).