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Clemens Heske is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Copper-based nanomaterials and applications, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Semiconductor materials and interfaces, Perovskite Materials and Applications, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Recent publications by Clemens Heske include:

  • Understanding and exploiting interfacial interactions between phosphonic acid functional groups and co-evaporated perovskites (2024, Matter)
  • X-SPEC: a 70 eV to 15 keV undulator beamline for X-ray and electron spectroscopies (2021, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation)
  • Observation of Double Excitations in the Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering of Nitric Oxide (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters)
  • Steep sulfur gradient in CZTSSe solar cells by H2S-assisted rapid surface sulfurization (2021, RSC Advances)
  • Dynamic Effects and Hydrogen Bonding in Mixed-Halide Perovskite Solar Cell Absorbers (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Clemens Heske include Dirk Hauschild, L. Weinhardt, Wanli Yang, Ralph Steininger, and Monika Blum.

Best Publications

  • Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols

    Zhebo Chen;Thomas F. Jaramillo;Todd G. Deutsch;Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein

  • Facile Synthesis of Highly Photoactive α-Fe2O3-Based Films for Water Oxidation

    Gongming Wang;Yichuan Ling;Damon A. Wheeler;Kyle E. N. George

  • Spectroscopic probing of local hydrogen-bonding structures in liquid water

    S Myneni;Y Luo;Y Luo;L Å Näslund;M Cavalleri

  • Cliff-like conduction band offset and KCN-induced recombination barrier enhancement at the CdS/Cu2ZnSnS4 thin-film solar cell heterojunction

    M. Bär;B.-A. Schubert;B. Marsen;R. G. Wilks

  • Isotope and temperature effects in liquid water probed by x-ray absorption and resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy

    O. Fuchs;M. Zharnikov;L. Weinhardt;M. Blum;M. Blum

  • Electronic Surface Level Positions of WO3 Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

    L. Weinhardt;M. Blum;and M. Bär;C. Heske

  • ATOM-RESOLVED ELECTRONIC SPECTRA FOR ALQ3 FROM THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

    A. Curioni;W. Andreoni;R. Treusch;F. J. Himpsel

  • Soft X-ray-induced decomposition of amino acids: an XPS, mass spectrometry, and NEXAFS study.

    Yan Zubavichus;Oliver Fuchs;Lothar Weinhardt;Clemens Heske

  • Bridging the efficiency gap: fully bridged dinuclear Cu(I)-complexes for singlet harvesting in high-efficiency OLEDs.

    Daniel Volz;Ying Chen;Manuela Wallesch;Rui Liu

  • Strong quantum-confinement effects in the conduction band of germanium nanocrystals

    C. Bostedt;T. van Buuren;T. M. Willey;N. Franco

  • Observation of intermixing at the buried CdS/Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin film solar cell heterojunction

    C. Heske;D. Eich;R. Fink;E. Umbach

  • Ultrafast Core-Hole-Induced Dynamics in Water Probed by X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy

    Michael Odelius;Hirohito Ogasawara;Dennis Nordlund;Oliver Fuchs

  • High-efficiency in situ resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (iRIXS) endstation at the Advanced Light Source

    Ruimin Qiao;Qinghao Li;Zengqing Zhuo;Shawn Sallis

  • Soft X-ray Induced Decomposition of Phenylalanine and Tyrosine: A Comparative Study

    Yan Zubavichus;Michael Zharnikov;Andrey Shaporenko;Oliver Fuchs

  • Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics to Determine d-Band Energies of Metals for Catalytic Applications

    Timo Hofmann;Ted H. Yu;Michael Folse;Lothar Weinhardt;Lothar Weinhardt

  • Formation of a K—In—Se Surface Species by NaF/KF Postdeposition Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cell Absorbers

    Evelyn Handick;Patrick Reinhard;Regan G. Wilks;Fabian Pianezzi

  • Band alignment at the CdS∕Cu(In,Ga)S2 interface in thin-film solar cells

    L. Weinhardt;O. Fuchs;D. Groß;G. Storch

  • Work function of ITO substrates and band-offsets at the TPD/ITO interface determined by photoelectron spectroscopy

    L Chkoda;C Heske;M Sokolowski;E Umbach

  • Na‐induced effects on the electronic structure and composition of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin‐film surfaces

    C. Heske;R. Fink;E. Umbach;W. Riedl

  • Enhancement of photoluminescence in manganese-doped ZnS nanoparticles due to a silica shell

    Anita S. Ethiraj;Neha Hebalkar;S. K. Kulkarni;Renu Pasricha

Frequent Co-Authors

Wanli Yang
Wanli Yang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eberhard Umbach
Eberhard Umbach University of Würzburg
Rainer H. Fink
Rainer H. Fink University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Michael Grunze
Michael Grunze Max Planck Society
Michael Zharnikov
Michael Zharnikov Heidelberg University
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang Xidian University
John A. Turner
John A. Turner Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Christoph Bostedt
Christoph Bostedt Paul Scherrer Institute
F. J. Himpsel
F. J. Himpsel University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University

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