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David Cheyns

David Cheyns

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
52
Citations
9323
World Ranking
9603
National Ranking
110

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
53
Citations
9820
World Ranking
3439
National Ranking
44

David Cheyns publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Cheyns sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 189 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

David Cheyns D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Cheyns sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Cheyns is a researcher affiliated with Imec in Belgium, specializing in areas of engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics, optics, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's research focuses on a variety of main topics related to semiconductor and imaging technologies. These include:

  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials

Cheyns has published extensively in well-known scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • Proceedings of the International Display Workshops

Their recent papers include:

  • Infrared Colloidal Quantum Dot Image Sensors, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • Mitigating Dark Current for High-Performance Near-Infrared Organic Photodiodes via Charge Blocking and Defect Passivation, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Colloidal III-V Quantum Dot Photodiodes for Short-Wave Infrared Photodetection, 2022, Advanced Science
  • Thin-film image sensors with a pinned photodiode structure, 2023, Nature Electronics
  • Thin-Film Photodetector Optimization for High-Performance Short-Wavelength Infrared Imaging, 2021, IEEE Electron Device Letters

Collaboration forms an essential part of Cheyns's career, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Paul Heremans
  • Paweł E. Malinowski
  • Epimitheas Georgitzikis
  • Itai Lieberman
  • Vladimir Pejović

Best Publications

  • 8.4% efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells exploiting long-range exciton energy transfer

    Kjell Cnops;Barry P. Rand;David Cheyns;Bregt Verreet

  • Strategies for Increasing the Efficiency of Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells: Material Selection and Device Architecture

    Paul Heremans;David Cheyns;Barry P Rand

  • P3HT/PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells: Relation between morphology and electro-optical characteristics

    Peter Vanlaeke;A Swinnen;I Haeldermans;G Vanhoyland

  • The Impact of Molecular Orientation on the Photovoltaic Properties of a Phthalocyanine/Fullerene Heterojunction

    Barry P. Rand;David Cheyns;Karolien Vasseur;Noel C. Giebink

  • Solution-Processed MoO3 Thin Films As a Hole-Injection Layer for Organic Solar Cells

    Claudio Girotto;Eszter Voroshazi;David Cheyns;Paul Heremans

  • Pinhole-free perovskite films for efficient solar modules

    Weiming Qiu;Weiming Qiu;T. Merckx;Manoj Jaysankar;Manoj Jaysankar;C. Masse de la Huerta

  • Delocalization and dielectric screening of charge transfer states in organic photovoltaic cells

    B. Bernardo;D. Cheyns;B. Verreet;R. D. Schaller

  • Analytical model for the open-circuit voltage and its associated resistance in organic planar heterojunction solar cells

    D Cheyns;Jozef Poortmans;Paul Heremans;C Deibel

  • Design of transparent anodes for resonant cavity enhanced light harvesting in organic solar cells.

    Nicholas P. Sergeant;Afshin Hadipour;Bjoern Niesen;David Cheyns

  • A round robin study of flexible large-area roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cell modules

    Frederik C. Krebs;Suren A. Gevorgyan;Bobak Gholamkhass;Steven Holdcroft

  • Electronic Structure and Geminate Pair Energetics at Organic–Organic Interfaces: The Case of Pentacene/C60 Heterojunctions

    Stijn Verlaak;David Beljonne;David Cheyns;Cedric Rolin

  • Electro‐Optical Study of Subphthalocyanine in a Bilayer Organic Solar Cell

    Hans Gommans;David Cheyns;Tom Aernouts;Claudio Girotto

  • Nonhazardous Solvent Systems for Processing Perovskite Photovoltaics

    Kira L. Gardner;Kira L. Gardner;Jeffrey G. Tait;Tamara Merckx;Weiming Qiu

  • Energy Level Tuning of Non-Fullerene Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells

    Kjell Cnops;German Zango;Jan Genoe;Paul Heremans

  • Gravure printed flexible organic photovoltaic modules

    Pälvi Kopola;Tom Aernouts;Rafal Sliz;Stéphane Guillerez

  • An electron beam evaporated TiO2 layer for high efficiency planar perovskite solar cells on flexible polyethylene terephthalate substrates

    Weiming Qiu;Weiming Qiu;Ulrich W Paetzold;Ulrich W Paetzold;Robert Gehlhaar;Vladimir Smirnov

  • Rapid composition screening for perovskite photovoltaics via concurrently pumped ultrasonic spray coating

    J. G. Tait;S. Manghooli;S. Manghooli;W. Qiu;L. Rakocevic

  • Polythiophene based bulk heterojunction solar cells: morphology and its implications

    Peter Vanlaeke;G Vanhoyland;Tom Aernouts;David Cheyns

  • A 4% Efficient Organic Solar Cell Using a Fluorinated Fused Subphthalocyanine Dimer as an Electron Acceptor

    Bregt Verreet;Barry P. Rand;David Cheyns;Afshin Hadipour

  • Organic tandem solar cells with complementary absorbing layers and a high open-circuit voltage

    David Cheyns;Barry Rand;Paul Heremans

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry P. Rand
Barry P. Rand Princeton University
Jef Poortmans
Jef Poortmans KU Leuven
Ulrich W. Paetzold
Ulrich W. Paetzold Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Zeger Hens
Zeger Hens Ghent University
Ludo Froyen
Ludo Froyen KU Leuven
Kris Myny
Kris Myny KU Leuven
Laurence Lutsen
Laurence Lutsen Hasselt University

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