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Darius Kuciauskas 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 Darius Kuciauskas sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 218 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Darius Kuciauskas 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 Darius Kuciauskas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Darius Kuciauskas is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to semiconductor materials and solar cell technologies, with a significant emphasis on perovskite materials and quantum dots.

The main fields of study covered by Kuciauskas include Engineering and Materials Science, with specific subfields in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research interests are reflected in the following main topics of work:

  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
  • solar cell performance optimization
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

Darius Kuciauskas has published in several scientific journals with a concentration in certain venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Solar RRL
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Nature Energy
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Darius Kuciauskas's recent scientific publications demonstrate ongoing contributions to the field of solar cell research and materials engineering. Selected works include:

  • "Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells," published in Nature, 2022
  • "Co-deposition of hole-selective contact and absorber for improving the processability of perovskite solar cells," published in Nature Energy, 2023
  • "Carrier control in Sn-Pb perovskites via 2D cation engineering for all-perovskite tandem solar cells with improved efficiency and stability," published in Nature Energy, 2022
  • "Understanding what limits the voltage of polycrystalline CdSeTe solar cells," published in Nature Energy, 2022
  • "Identification of Recombination Losses in CdSe/CdTe Solar Cells from Spectroscopic and Microscopic Time-Resolved Photoluminescence," published in Solar RRL, 2021

Collaborative relationships are evident in Kuciauskas's frequent coauthors, including:

  • Alexandra Bothwell
  • Chungho Lee
  • Marco Nardone
  • John Moseley
  • Rouin Farshchi

Best Publications

  • Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

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  • Co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 films and devices

    Ingrid Repins;Carolyn Beall;Nirav Vora;Clay DeHart

  • CdTe solar cells with open-circuit voltage breaking the 1 V barrier

    James M. Burst;Joel N. Duenow;David S. Albin;Eric Colegrove

  • Photoinduced charge separation and charge recombination to a triplet state in a carotene-porphyrin-fullerene triad

    Paul A. Liddell;Darius Kuciauskas;John P. Sumida;Boaz Nash

  • An Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna-Reaction Center Complex

    Darius Kuciauskas;Paul A. Liddell;Su Lin;Thomas E. Johnson;Thomas E. Johnson

  • Energy and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Porphyrin−Fullerene Dyads

    Darius Kuciauskas;Su Lin;Gilbert R. Seely;Ana L. Moore

  • Electron Transfer Dynamics in Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Solar Cells Sensitized with Ruthenium or Osmium Polypyridyl Complexes

    Darius Kuciauskas;Michael S. Freund;Harry B. Gray;Jay R. Winkler

  • Carrier control in Sn–Pb perovskites via 2D cation engineering for all-perovskite tandem solar cells with improved efficiency and stability

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  • Exceeding 20% efficiency with in situ group V doping in polycrystalline CdTe solar cells

    W. K. Metzger;S. Grover;D. Lu;E. Colegrove

  • Co-deposition of hole-selective contact and absorber for improving the processability of perovskite solar cells

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  • EPR Investigation of Photoinduced Radical Pair Formation and Decay to a Triplet State in a Carotene−Porphyrin−Fullerene Triad

    Donatella Carbonera;Marilena Di Valentin;Carlo Corvaja;Giancarlo Agostini

  • Transient absorption spectroscopy of ruthenium and osmium polypyridyl complexes adsorbed onto nanocrystalline TiO2 photoelectrodes

    Darius Kuciauskas;Jeremy E. Monat;Randy Villahermosa;Harry B. Gray

  • Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Carotenoporphyrin−Fullerene Triads: Temperature and Solvent Effects

    Darius Kuciauskas;Paul A. Liddell;Su Lin;Simon G. Stone

  • Effects of sodium incorporation in Co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin-film solar cells

    Jian V. Li;Darius Kuciauskas;Matthew R. Young;Ingrid L. Repins

  • Dependence of the minority-carrier lifetime on the stoichiometry of CdTe using time-resolved photoluminescence and first-principles calculations.

    Jie Ma;Darius Kuciauskas;David Albin;Raghu Bhattacharya

  • A recombination analysis of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells with low and high Ga compositions

    Jian V. Li;Sachit Grover;Miguel A. Contreras;Kannan Ramanathan

  • Intrinsic surface passivation of CdTe

    Matthew O. Reese;Craig L. Perkins;James M. Burst;Stuart Farrell

  • Research strategies toward improving thin-film CdTe photovoltaic devices beyond 20% conversion efficiency

    T.A. Gessert;S.-H. Wei;J. Ma;D.S. Albin

  • The role of drift, diffusion, and recombination in time-resolved photoluminescence of CdTe solar cells determined through numerical simulation

    A. Kanevce;D. H. Levi;D. Kuciauskas

  • Sputter-Deposited Oxides for Interface Passivation of CdTe Photovoltaics

    Jason M. Kephart;Anna Kindvall;Desiree Williams;Darius Kuciauskas

  • Effects of Internal Luminescence and Internal Optics on $V_{f oc}$ and $J_{f sc}$ of III--V Solar Cells

    Myles A. Steiner;John F. Geisz;Ivan Garcia;Daniel J. Friedman

  • Minority Carrier Lifetime Analysis in the Bulk of Thin-Film Absorbers Using Subbandgap (Two-Photon) Excitation

    Darius Kuciauskas;Ana Kanevce;James M. Burst;Joel N. Duenow

  • Corrigendum: CdTe solar cells with open-circuit voltage breaking the 1 V barrier

    J. M. Burst;J. N. Duenow;D. S. Albin;E. Colegrove

Frequent Co-Authors

Wyatt K. Metzger
Wyatt K. Metzger National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Matthew O. Reese
Matthew O. Reese National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Thomas A. Moore
Thomas A. Moore Arizona State University
Devens Gust
Devens Gust Arizona State University
Kelvin G. Lynn
Kelvin G. Lynn Washington State University
Ana L. Moore
Ana L. Moore Arizona State University
Mowafak Al-Jassim
Mowafak Al-Jassim National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Paul A. Liddell
Paul A. Liddell Arizona State University
Su-Huai Wei
Su-Huai Wei Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
Eric S. Toberer
Eric S. Toberer Colorado School of Mines

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