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155
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Christoph J. Brabec 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 Christoph J. Brabec sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 1,030 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christoph J. Brabec 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 Christoph J. Brabec sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 155 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Christoph J. Brabec is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on advancing the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with notable contributions across Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics. Other areas of interest include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses key topics such as Perovskite Materials and Applications, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques.

Christoph J. Brabec's recent publications include the following papers, which have been published in prominent scientific journals:

  • Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures (2020, Nature Energy)
  • Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics (2022, Chemical Reviews)
  • Delocalization of exciton and electron wavefunction in non-fullerene acceptor molecules enables efficient organic solar cells (2020, Nature Communications)
  • A History and Perspective of Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells (2021, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Organic solar cells using oligomer acceptors for improved stability and efficiency (2022, Nature Energy)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors throughout their career, including:

  • Ning Li
  • Jens Hauch
  • Larry Lüer
  • Andres Osvet
  • Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf

Christoph J. Brabec regularly publishes in various scientific venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Joule
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

  • Design Rules for Donors in Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells—Towards 10 % Energy‐Conversion Efficiency

    Markus C. Scharber;David Mühlbacher;Markus Koppe;Patrick Denk

  • Plastic Solar Cells

    C. J. Brabec;N. S. Sariciftci;J. C. Hummelen

  • Polymer‐Fullerene Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Christoph J. Brabec;Srinivas Gowrisanker;Jonathan J. M. Halls;Darin Laird

  • 2.5% efficient organic plastic solar cells

    Sean E. Shaheen;Christoph J. Brabec;N. Serdar Sariciftci;Franz Padinger

  • Origin of the Open Circuit Voltage of Plastic Solar Cells

    C. J. Brabec;A. Cravino;D. Meissner;N. S. Sariciftci

  • Processing Additives for Improved Efficiency from Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Jae Kwan Lee;Wan Li Ma;Christoph J. Brabec;Jonathan Yuen

  • Structural flexibility of carbon nanotubes

    Sumio Iijima;Charles Brabec;Amitesh Maiti;Jerzy Bernholc

  • Organic photovoltaics: technology and market

    Christoph J. Brabec

  • Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures

    Mark V. Khenkin;Mark V. Khenkin;Eugene A. Katz;Antonio Abate;Giorgio Bardizza

  • High Photovoltaic Performance of a Low‐Bandgap Polymer

    David Mühlbacher;Markus Scharber;Mauro Morana;Zhengguo Zhu

  • Effect of LiF/metal electrodes on the performance of plastic solar cells

    Christoph J. Brabec;Sean E. Shaheen;Christoph Winder;N. Serdar Sariciftci

  • High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor

    Sarah Holliday;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Andrew Wadsworth;Derya Baran

  • Recombination and loss analysis in polythiophene based bulk heterojunction photodetectors

    Pavel Schilinsky;Christoph Waldauf;Christoph J. Brabec

  • Detection of X-ray photons by solution-processed lead halide perovskites

    Sergii Yakunin;Mykhailo Sytnyk;Dominik Kriegner;Shreetu Shrestha

  • Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics.

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  • Correlation Between Structural and Optical Properties of Composite Polymer/Fullerene Films for Organic Solar Cells†

    Tobias Erb;Uladzimir Zhokhavets;Gerhard Gobsch;Sofiya Raleva

  • Reducing the efficiency–stability–cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells

    Derya Baran;Derya Baran;Derya Baran;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Raja Shahid Ashraf;David A. Hanifi;Maged Abdelsamie

  • Organic Photovoltaics: Materials, Device Physics, and Manufacturing Technologies

    Christoph J. Brabec;Ullrich Scherf;Vladimir Dyakonov

  • Organic tandem solar cells: A review

    Tayebeh Ameri;Gilles Dennler;Christoph Lungenschmied;Christoph J. Brabec

  • Critical review of the molecular design progress in non-fullerene electron acceptors towards commercially viable organic solar cells

    Andrew Wadsworth;Maximilian Moser;Adam Marks;Mark S. Little

  • Organic photovoltaics : concepts and realization

    Christoph J. Brabec

  • Polymer‐Fullerene Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells

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  • High Photovoltaic Performance of a Low-Bandgap Polymer. Adv Mater 18:2884

    David Muehlbacher;D. Mühlbacher;Markus Scharber;Mauro Morana

Frequent Co-Authors

Ning Li
Ning Li University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Tayebeh Ameri
Tayebeh Ameri University of Edinburgh
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Karen Forberich
Karen Forberich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jie Min
Jie Min Wuhan University
Erdmann Spiecker
Erdmann Spiecker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Nicola Gasparini
Nicola Gasparini Imperial College London
Jan C. Hummelen
Jan C. Hummelen University of Groningen
Iain McCulloch
Iain McCulloch University of Oxford
Derya Baran
Derya Baran King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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