Howard M. Branz

Research.com Recognitions

• 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal research on thin film silicon defects, metastability, growth processes, nanostructuring, and solar cells

Overview

Best Publications

• An 18.2%-efficient black-silicon solar cell achieved through control of carrier recombination in nanostructures

  Jihun Oh;Hao-Chih Yuan;Howard M. Branz

  1007
  Citations

• Efficient black silicon solar cell with a density-graded nanoporous surface: Optical properties, performance limitations, and design rules

  Hao-Chih Yuan;Vernon E. Yost;Matthew R. Page;Paul Stradins

  396
  Citations

• Nanostructured black silicon and the optical reflectance of graded-density surfaces

  Howard M. Branz;Vernon E. Yost;Scott Ward;Kim M. Jones

  395
  Citations

• Origin and consequences of the compensation (Meyer-Neldel) law.

  A. Yelon;B. Movaghar;H. M. Branz

  366
  Citations

• Nanoporous black silicon photocathode for H2 production by photoelectrochemical water splitting

  Jihun Oh;Todd G. Deutsch;Hao-Chih Yuan;Howard M. Branz

  327
  Citations

• Hydrogen collision model: Quantitative description of metastability in amorphous silicon

  Howard M. Branz

  325
  Citations

• Black Silicon Photovoltaics

  Martin Otto;Michael Algasinger;Howard Branz;Benjamin Gesemann

  223
  Citations

• Potential fluctuations due to inhomogeneity in hydrogenated amorphous silicon and the resulting charged dangling-bond defects.

  Howard M. Branz;Marvin Silver

  192
  Citations

• Multi-scale surface texture to improve blue response of nanoporous black silicon solar cells

  Fatima Toor;Howard M. Branz;Matthew R. Page;Kim M. Jones

  171
  Citations

• Effect of emitter deposition temperature on surface passivation in hot-wire chemical vapor deposited silicon heterojunction solar cells

  T.H. Wang;E. Iwaniczko;M.R. Page;D.H. Levi

  148
  Citations

• Hydrogen collision model of light-induced metastability in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

  Howard M. Branz

  144
  Citations

• Stand-alone photovoltaic-powered electrochromic smart window

  Satyen K. Deb;Se-Hee Lee;C. Edwin Tracy;J. Roland Pitts

  142
  Citations

• Efficient heterojunction solar cells on p-type crystal silicon wafers

  Qi Wang;M. R. Page;E. Iwaniczko;Yueqin Xu

  135
  Citations

• Angle-resolved XPS analysis and characterization of monolayer and multilayer silane films for DNA coupling to silica.

  Rebecca A Shircliff;Paul Stradins;Helio Moutinho;John Fennell

  130
  Citations

• Exciton splitting and carrier transport across the amorphous-silicon/polymer solar cell interface

  Vignesh Gowrishankar;Shawn R. Scully;Michael D. McGehee;Qi Wang

  110
  Citations

• Silicon solar cells with front hetero-contact and aluminum alloy back junction

  Hao-Chih Yuan;Matthew R. Page;Eugene Iwaniczko;Yueqin Xu

  92
  Citations

• Switching and filament formation in hot-wire CVD p-type a-Si:H devices

  Jian Hu;Howard M. Branz;Richard S. Crandall;Scott Ward

  90
  Citations

• Reformulation of solar cell physics to facilitate experimental separation of recombination pathways

  Sachit Grover;Jian V. Li;David L. Young;Paul Stradins

  90
  Citations

• Oxidatively Stable Nanoporous Silicon Photocathodes with Enhanced Onset Voltage for Photoelectrochemical Proton Reduction

  Y. Zhao;N. C. Anderson;K. Zhu;J. A. Aguiar

  89
  Citations

• Area-Dependent Switching in Thin Film-Silicon Devices

  Jian Hu;Warren Jackson;Scott Ward;Pauls Stradins

  88
  Citations

• Design goals and challenges for a photovoltaic-powered electrochromic window covering

  David K Benson;Howard M Branz

  83
  Citations