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Benjamin Balke

Benjamin Balke

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Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
11721
World Ranking
7957
National Ranking
462

Benjamin Balke publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin Balke sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 158 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Benjamin Balke D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin Balke sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Benjamin Balke is affiliated with Fraunhofer IWKS in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Ceramics and Composites.

The central themes of Balke's research revolve around advanced materials, focusing on perovskite materials and their applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and advanced thermoelectric materials and devices. Additional topics include Heusler alloys concerning their electronic and magnetic properties, optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials, and 2D materials and their practical uses.

Balke has published multiple papers in several scientific journals. Recent works include:

  • "Sb-Substituted Cs2AgBiBr6-As Much As It Could Be?-Influence of Synthesis Methods on Sb-Substitution Level in Cs2AgBiBr6" (2022, Energy Technology)
  • "Effects of Doping Ni on the Microstructures and Thermoelectric Properties of Co-Excessive NbCoSn Half-Heusler Compounds" (2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • "Realizing p-type NbCoSn half-Heusler compounds with enhanced thermoelectric performance via Sc substitution" (2020, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials)
  • "Effect of the Content and Ordering of the sp2 Free Carbon Phase on the Charge Carrier Transport in Polymer-Derived Silicon Oxycarbides" (2020, Molecules)
  • "Controlling the Defects of Cs2AgBiBr6 by Varied Precursor Compositions" (2022, Advanced Photonics Research)

Balke has frequently published in venues such as Advanced Photonics Research, Energy Technology, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, and Molecules.

Frequent collaborators in Balke's research include Anke Weidenkaff, Songhak Yoon, Marc Widenmeyer, Alexander Frebel, and Wenjie Xie. These collaborations have produced multiple research outputs, indicating ongoing partnerships in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Spintronics: a challenge for materials science and solid-state chemistry.

    Claudia Felser;Gerhard H. Fecher;Benjamin Balke

  • Thermoelectrics: From history, a window to the future

    Davide Beretta;Davide Beretta;Neophytos Neophytou;James M. Hodges;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • Half-Heusler compounds: Novel materials for energy and spintronic applications

    F. Casper;T. Graf;S. Chadov;B. Balke

  • On the influence of bandstructure on transport properties of magnetic tunnel junctions with Co2Mn1−xFexSi single and multilayer electrode

    Jan-Michael Schmalhorst;Daniel Ebke;Alexander Weddemann;Andreas Hütten

  • Mn3Ga, a compensated ferrimagnet with high Curie temperature and low magnetic moment for spin torque transfer applications

    Benjamin Balke;Gerhard H. Fecher;Jürgen Winterlik;Claudia Felser

  • Optimum Carrier Concentration in n-Type PbTe Thermoelectrics

    Yanzhong Pei;Zachary M. Gibbs;Andrei Gloskovskii;Benjamin Balke

  • Direct observation of half-metallicity in the Heusler compound Co2MnSi

    M. Jourdan;J. Minár;J. Braun;A. Kronenberg

  • Properties of the quaternary half-metal-type Heusler alloy Co2Mn1-xFexSi

    Benjamin Balke;Gerhard H. Fecher;Hem C. Kandpal;Claudia Felser

  • Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of tetragonal Mn3-xGa: Experiments and first-principles calculations

    Jürgen Winterlik;Benjamin Balke;Gerhard H. Fecher;Claudia Felser

  • Dysprosium room-temperature ionic liquids with strong luminescence and response to magnetic fields.

    Bert Mallick;Benjamin Balke;Claudia Felser;Anja-Verena Mudring

  • Design scheme of new tetragonal Heusler compounds for spin-transfer torque applications and its experimental realization.

    Jürgen Winterlik;Stanislav Chadov;Arunava Gupta;Vajiheh Alijani

  • Phase separation as a key to a thermoelectric high efficiency

    Michael Schwall;Benjamin Balke

  • Rational design of new materials for spintronics: Co2FeZ (Z=Al, Ga, Si, Ge).

    Benjamin Balke;Sabine Wurmehl;Gerhard H Fecher;Claudia Felser

  • Probing bulk electronic structure with hard X-ray angle-resolved photoemission

    A. X. Gray;A. X. Gray;C. Papp;C. Papp;C. Papp;S. Ueda;B. Balke;B. Balke;B. Balke

  • Crystal Structure of New Heusler Compounds

    Tanja Graf;Frederick Casper;Jürgen Winterlik;Benjamin Balke

  • Enhanced thermoelectric performance in the p-type half-Heusler (Ti/Zr/Hf)CoSb0.8Sn0.2 system via phase separation

    Elisabeth Rausch;Benjamin Balke;Siham Ouardi;Claudia Felser

  • Thermoelectric Modules Based on Half-Heusler Materials Produced in Large Quantities

    Kilian Bartholomé;Benjamin Balke;Daniel Zuckermann;Martin Köhne

  • Structural characterization of the Co2FeZ (Z=Al, Si, Ga, and Ge) Heusler compounds by x-ray diffraction and extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy

    Benjamin Balke;Sabine Wurmehl;Gerhard H. Fecher;Claudia Felser

  • Itinerant half-metallic ferromagnets Co 2 Ti Z ( Z = Si , Ge , Sn ) : Ab initio calculations and measurement of the electronic structure and transport properties

    Joachim Barth;Gerhard H. Fecher;Benjamin Balke;Siham Ouardi

  • Element-specific magnetic moments and spin-resolved density of states in CoFeMnZ (Z = Al, Ga; Si, Ge)

    P. Klaer;B. Balke;V. Alijani;J. Winterlik

  • Electronic transport properties of electron- and hole-doped semiconducting C1b Heusler compounds: NiTi1−xMxSn (M=Sc, V)

    Siham Ouardi;Gerhard H. Fecher;Benjamin Balke;Xenia Kozina

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Felser
Claudia Felser Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Keisuke Kobayashi
Keisuke Kobayashi Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Vadim Ksenofontov
Vadim Ksenofontov Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gerhard Jakob
Gerhard Jakob Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Anke Weidenkaff
Anke Weidenkaff Technische Universität Darmstadt
Charles S. Fadley
Charles S. Fadley University of California, Davis
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Nini Pryds
Nini Pryds Technical University of Denmark
Ute Kolb
Ute Kolb Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Søren Linderoth
Søren Linderoth Technical University of Denmark

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