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Daniel Abou-Ras is affiliated with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie in Germany. Their research focuses predominantly on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. The scientist's work also spans subfields including atomic and molecular physics, optics, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and polymers and plastics.

The main topics addressed in their research cover a range of semiconductor and nanomaterial areas, such as chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, copper-based nanomaterials and applications, perovskite materials and applications, electronic and structural properties of oxides, semiconductor materials and interfaces, and solar cell performance optimization.

Among recent publications, several notable papers include:

  • Microscopic origins of performance losses in highly efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Bi-functional interfaces by poly(ionic liquid) treatment in efficient pin and nip perovskite solar cells, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Pure CuBi2O4 Photoelectrodes with Increased Stability by Rapid Thermal Processing of Bi2O3/CuO Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Slot-Die Coated Triple-Halide Perovskites for Efficient and Scalable Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells, 2022, ACS Energy Letters
  • Large-Grain Double Cation Perovskites with 18 μs Lifetime and High Luminescence Yield for Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells, 2021, ACS Energy Letters

Frequent co-authors of Daniel Abou-Ras include Matthias Maiberg, Dimitrios Hariskos, Wolfram Witte, Thomas Unold, and Sebastián Caicedo-Dávila. Collaboration appears to be consistent, with multiple shared publications with these researchers.

The scientist has published regularly in journals such as Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, Solar RRL, arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Functional Materials, and ACS Energy Letters. This suggests active engagement with leading platforms in the fields of photovoltaics, materials science, and energy research.

Best Publications

  • Development of thin‐film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and CdTe solar cells

    A. Romeo;M. Terheggen;D. Abou-Ras;D. L. Bätzner

  • Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells from electroplated precursors: Novel low-cost perspective

    A. Ennaoui;M. Lux-Steiner;A. Weber;D. Abou-Ras

  • Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells

    Daniel Abou-Ras;Thomas Kirchartz;Uwe Rau

  • Buffer layers and transparent conducting oxides for chalcopyrite Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)(2) based thin film photovoltaics : Present status and current developments

    N. Naghavi;D. Abou-Ras;N. Allsop;Nicolas Barreau

  • Zn(O,S) buffer layers by atomic layer deposition in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 based thin film solar cells: Band alignment and sulfur gradient

    C. Platzer-Björkman;T. Törndahl;D. Abou-Ras;J. Malmström

  • Formation and characterisation of MoSe2 for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 based solar cells

    D. Abou-Ras;G. Kostorz;D. Bremaud;M. Kälin

  • Improved performance of Ge‐alloyed CZTGeSSe thin‐film solar cells through control of elemental losses

    Charles J. Hages;Sergej Levcenco;Caleb K. Miskin;Jan H. Alsmeier

  • Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells: RAU:SOLARCELLS CHARACT. O-BK

    Daniel Abou-Ras;Thomas Kirchartz;Uwe Rau

  • Gallium gradients in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin‐film solar cells

    Wolfram Witte;Daniel Abou-Ras;Karsten Albe;Gottfried H. Bauer

  • Structural and chemical investigations of CBD- and PVD-CdS buffer layers and interfaces in Cu(In,Ga)Se2-based thin film solar cells

    D. Abou-Ras;G. Kostorz;A. Romeo;D. Rudmann

  • Light-Induced Increase of Electron Diffusion Length in a p–n Junction Type CH3NH3PbBr3 Perovskite Solar Cell

    Nir Kedem;Thomas M. Brenner;Michael Kulbak;Norbert Schaefer

  • Microscopic origins of performance losses in highly efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells.

    Maximilian Krause;Aleksandra Nikolaeva;Matthias Maiberg;Philip Jackson

  • Direct insight into grain boundary reconstruction in polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)SE2 with atomic resolution.

    Daniel Abou-Ras;Bernhard Schaffer;Miroslava Schaffer;Sebastian S. Schmidt

  • Bi-functional interfaces by poly(ionic liquid) treatment in efficient pin and nip perovskite solar cells

    Pietro Caprioglio;Pietro Caprioglio;Pietro Caprioglio;Daniel Saul Cruz;Sebastián Caicedo-Dávila;Fengshuo Zu

  • Comprehensive comparison of various techniques for the analysis of elemental distributions in thin films.

    D. Abou-Ras;R. Caballero;C.-H. Fischer;C.A. Kaufmann

  • Confined and Chemically Flexible Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline Compound Semiconductors

    Daniel Abou-Ras;Sebastian S. Schmidt;Raquel Caballero;Raquel Caballero;Thomas Unold

  • Slot-Die Coated Triple-Halide Perovskites for Efficient and Scalable Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

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  • Grain-size distributions and grain boundaries of chalcopyrite-type thin films

    D. Abou-Ras;S. Schorr;H.W. Schock

  • Characterization of Grain Boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se $_{f 2}$ Films Using Atom-Probe Tomography

    O. Cojocaru-Mirédin;Pyuck-Pa Choi;D. Abou-Ras;S. S. Schmidt

  • Impact of the Ga concentration on the microstructure of CuIn1–xGaxSe2

    D. Abou-Ras;R. Caballero;C. A. Kaufmann;M. Nichterwitz

  • ZnO/InxSy/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells fabricated by coherent heterojunction formation

    A. Strohm;L. Eisenmann;R.K. Gebhardt;A. Harding

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Unold
Thomas Unold Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Christian A. Kaufmann
Christian A. Kaufmann Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin
Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin University of Freiburg
Susan Schorr
Susan Schorr Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Ayodhya N. Tiwari
Ayodhya N. Tiwari Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Dimitrios Hariskos
Dimitrios Hariskos University of Stuttgart
Pyuck-Pa Choi
Pyuck-Pa Choi Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Sascha Sadewasser
Sascha Sadewasser International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Bernd Rech
Bernd Rech Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

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