2026 Friedhelm Finger: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	57	8002	7736	465	452	389	10866

Overview

Friedhelm Finger is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, materials science, and energy, with specific attention to electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and renewable energy and sustainability. The subfields also include atomic and molecular physics, optics, and computational mechanics.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics:

Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Semiconductor materials and devices
Semiconductor materials and interfaces

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

Uwe Rau
Vladimir Smirnov
Manuel Pomaska
Shenghao Li
Kaining Ding

Typical publication venues for Friedhelm Finger are diverse, with repeated contributions to journals such as:

physica status solidi (a)
Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Nature Energy

Some recent papers authored by or involving Friedhelm Finger include:

A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%, 2021, Nature Energy
Transparent-conductive-oxide-free front contacts for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells, 2021, Joule
Bifunctional CoFeVO_x Catalyst for Solar Water Splitting by using Multijunction and Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells, 2020, Advanced Materials Technologies
Transparent silicon carbide/tunnel SiO₂ passivation for c-Si solar cell front side: Enabling J_sc > 42 mA/cm² and iV_oc of 742 mV, 2020, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
A Bias-Free, Stand-Alone, and Scalable Photovoltaic-Electrochemical Device for Solar Hydrogen Production, 2020, Advanced Sustainable Systems

Best Publications

Intrinsic microcrystalline silicon: A new material for photovoltaics

O Vetterl;F Finger;R Carius;P Hapke

839
Citations
Structural properties of microcrystalline silicon in the transition from highly crystalline to amorphous growth

L. Houben;M. Luysberg;P. Hapke;R. Carius

418
Citations
Microcrystalline silicon solar cells deposited at high rates

Y. Mai;S. Klein;R. Carius;J. Wolff

333
Citations
Multijunction Si photocathodes with tunable photovoltages from 2.0 V to 2.8 V for light induced water splitting

Félix Urbain;Vladimir Smirnov;Jan-Philipp Becker;Andreas Lambertz

245
Citations
Frequency effects in silane plasmas for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

A. A. Howling;J.‐L. Dorier;Ch. Hollenstein;U. Kroll

230
Citations
Improvement of grain size and deposition rate of microcrystalline silicon by use of very high frequency glow discharge

F. Finger;P. Hapke;M. Luysberg;R. Carius

216
Citations
How to reach more precise interpretation of subgap absorption spectra in terms of deep defect density in a-Si:H

N. Wyrsch;F. Finger;T.J. McMahon;M. Vanecek

197
Citations
New materials and deposition techniques for highly efficient silicon thin film solar cells

B Rech;O Kluth;T Repmann;T Roschek

186
Citations
Intrinsic microcrystalline silicon prepared by hot-wire chemical vapour deposition for thin film solar cells

Stefan Klein;Stefan Klein;Friedhelm Finger;Reinhard Carius;Thorsten Dylla

161
Citations
A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%

Malte Köhler;Malte Köhler;Manuel Pomaska;Paul Procel;Rudi Santbergen

151
Citations
Deposition of microcrystalline silicon prepared by hot-wire chemical-vapor deposition: The influence of the deposition parameters on the material properties and solar cell performance

Stefan Klein;Friedhelm Finger;Reinhard Carius;Martin Stutzmann

148
Citations
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide containing a microcrystalline silicon phase and usage as an intermediate reflector in thin-film silicon solar cells

A. Lambertz;T. Grundler;F. Finger

144
Citations
Structure and growth of hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon : investigation by transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy of films grown at different plasma excitation frequencies

M. Luysberg;P. Hapke;R. Carius;F. Finger

143
Citations
Upscaling of integrated photoelectrochemical water-splitting devices to large areas

Bugra Turan;Jan-Philipp Becker;Félix Urbain;Friedhelm Finger

141
Citations
Microcrystalline silicon-oxygen alloys for application in silicon solar cells and modules

A Lambertz;V Smirnov;T Merdzhanova;K Kang Ding

137
Citations
Influences of a high excitation frequency (70 MHz) in the glow discharge technique on the process plasma and the properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon

F. Finger;U. Kroll;V. Viret;Arvind Shah

135
Citations
Development of highly efficient thin film silicon solar cells on texture-etched zinc oxide-coated glass substrates

J Müller;O Kluth;S Wieder;H Siekmann

125
Citations
Optical and transport studies on thin microcrystalline silicon films prepared by very high frequency glow discharge for solar cell applications

M. Tzolov;F. Finger;R. Carius;P. Hapke

124
Citations
Open circuit voltage improvement of high-deposition-rate microcrystalline silicon solar cells by hot wire interface layers

Y Mai;S Klein;R Carius;Helmut Stiebig

123
Citations
Improved high-temperature stability of Si incorporated a-C:H films

S.S Camargo;A.L Baia Neto;A.L Baia Neto;R.A Santos;F.L Freire

117
Citations
Relation between mechanical and structural properties of silicon-incorporated hard a-C:H films

A.L. Baia Neto;A.L. Baia Neto;R.A. Santos;F.L. Freire;S.S. Camargo

114
Citations