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57
Citations
14132
World Ranking
1948
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55

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France

Overview

Frank Dimroth is affiliated with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work spans several specialized topics including:

  • solar cell performance optimization
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank Dimroth include:

  • David Lackner
  • Oliver Höhn
  • Ralph Müller
  • Henning Helmers
  • Jonas Schön

The primary publication venues where their research appears are:

  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Solar RRL
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • AIP conference proceedings
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Recent papers illustrating the scope of Frank Dimroth's research include:

  • The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap (2020, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics)
  • Multi-junction solar cells paving the way for super high-efficiency (2021, Journal of Applied Physics)
  • 68.9% Efficient GaAs-Based Photonic Power Conversion Enabled by Photon Recycling and Optical Resonance (2021, physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters)
  • Two-terminal III-V//Si triple-junction solar cell with power conversion efficiency of 35.9 % at AM1.5g (2021, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications)
  • Two-Terminal Direct Wafer-Bonded GaInP/AlGaAs//Si Triple-Junction Solar Cell with AM1.5g Efficiency of 34.1% (2020, Solar RRL)

Frank Dimroth has been recognized with the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France, awarded in 2010.

Best Publications

  • InP Nanowire Array Solar Cells Achieving 13.8% Efficiency by Exceeding the Ray Optics Limit

    Jesper Wallentin;Nicklas Anttu;Damir Asoli;Maria Huffman

  • Current-matched triple-junction solar cell reaching 41.1% conversion efficiency under concentrated sunlight

    Wolfgang Guter;Jan Schöne;Simon P. Philipps;Marc Steiner

  • Wafer bonded four-junction GaInP/GaAs//GaInAsP/GaInAs concentrator solar cells with 44.7% efficiency

    Frank Dimroth;Matthias Grave;Paul Beutel;Ulrich Fiedeler

  • Monolithic Photoelectrochemical Device for Direct Water Splitting with 19% Efficiency

    Wen-Hui Cheng;Matthias H. Richter;Matthias M. May;Matthias M. May;Matthias M. May;Jens Ohlmann

  • The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap

    Gregory M Wilson;Mowafak Al-Jassim;Wyatt K Metzger;Stefan W Glunz;Stefan W Glunz

  • Four-Junction Wafer-Bonded Concentrator Solar Cells

    Frank Dimroth;Thomas N. D. Tibbits;Markus Niemeyer;Felix Predan

  • Efficient direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion by in situ interface transformation of a tandem structure

    Matthias M. May;Hans-Joachim Lewerenz;David Lackner;Frank Dimroth

  • III–V-on-silicon solar cells reaching 33% photoconversion efficiency in two-terminal configuration

    Romain Cariou;Romain Cariou;Jan Benick;Frank Feldmann;Frank Feldmann;Oliver Höhn

  • Solar hydrogen production by water splitting with a conversion efficiency of 18

    Gerhard Peharz;Frank Dimroth;Ursula Wittstadt

  • Spectral mismatch correction and spectrometric characterization of monolithic III-V multi-junction solar cells

    M. Meusel;R. Adelhelm;F. Dimroth;A.W. Bett

  • III-V compounds for solar cell applications

    A.W. Bett;F. Dimroth;G. Stollwerck;O.V. Sulima

  • Increasing the efficiency of fluorescent concentrator systems

    Jan Christoph Goldschmidt;Marius Peters;Armin Bösch;Henning Helmers

  • High-Efficiency Multijunction Solar Cells

    Frank Dimroth;Sarah Kurtz

  • Monolithic Photoelectrochemical Device for 19% Direct Water Splitting

    Wen-Hui Cheng;Matthias H. Richter;Matthias M. May;Jens Ohlmann

  • Multi-junction solar cells paving the way for super high-efficiency

    Masafumi Yamaguchi;Frank Dimroth;John F. Geisz;Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes

  • High‐efficiency solar cells from III‐V compound semiconductors

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  • A 19.9%-efficient ultrathin solar cell based on a 205-nm-thick GaAs absorber and a silver nanostructured back mirror

    Hung-Ling Chen;Andrea Cattoni;Romaric De Lépinau;Alexandre W. Walker;Alexandre W. Walker

  • High-Voltage GaAs Photovoltaic Laser Power Converters

    J. Schubert;E. Oliva;F. Dimroth;W. Guter

  • Energy harvesting efficiency of III-V triple-junction concentrator solar cells under realistic spectral conditions

    S.P. Philipps;G. Peharz;R. Hoheisel;T. Hornung

  • Fabrication of GaInP/GaAs//Si Solar Cells by Surface Activated Direct Wafer Bonding

    Karen Derendorf;Stephanie Essig;Eduard Oliva;Vera Klinger

  • GaAs converters for high power densities of laser illumination

    E. Oliva;F. Dimroth;A. W. Bett

  • Four-junction spectral beam-splitting photovoltaic receiver with high optical efficiency

    Bernhard Mitchell;Gerhard Peharz;Gerald Siefer;Marius Peters

  • Subcell I-V characteristic analysis of GaInP/GaInAs/Ge solar cells using electroluminescence measurements

    Sebastian Roensch;Raymond Hoheisel;Frank Dimroth;Andreas W. Bett

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas W. Bett
Andreas W. Bett Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Stefan W. Glunz
Stefan W. Glunz Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Wolfgang Stolz
Wolfgang Stolz Philipp University of Marburg
Sarah Kurtz
Sarah Kurtz University of California, Merced
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Forschungszentrum Jülich
Kylie R. Catchpole
Kylie R. Catchpole Australian National University
Stéphane Collin
Stéphane Collin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Lothar Houben
Lothar Houben Weizmann Institute of Science
Magnus T. Borgström
Magnus T. Borgström Lund University
Yossi Rosenwaks
Yossi Rosenwaks Tel Aviv University

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