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D-Index
42
Citations
7077
World Ranking
6566
National Ranking
216

Jan Benick 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 Jan Benick sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 154 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Benick 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 Jan Benick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan Benick is affiliated with the Fraunhofer Society in Germany and works primarily within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research also spans related subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their work concentrates on topics including Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies, Semiconductor materials and interfaces, Semiconductor materials and devices, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, solar cell performance optimization, Nanowire Synthesis and Applications, and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence.

Benick has contributed to several recent publications across leading journals in the field. Some notable papers include:

  • Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses, 2021, Nature Energy
  • 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
  • Epitaxial GaInP/GaAs/Si Triple-Junction Solar Cell with 25.9% AM1.5g Efficiency Enabled by Transparent Metamorphic AlxGa1−xAsyP1−y Step-Graded Buffer Structures, 2021, Solar RRL
  • III-V//CuxIn1−yGaySe2 multijunction solar cells with 27.2% efficiency fabricated using modified smart stack technology with Pd nanoparticle array and adhesive material, 2021, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications

Frequent publication venues for Benick include:

  • Solar RRL
  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • SiliconPV Conference Proceedings
  • Nature Energy

Benick's collaborations have involved several researchers with whom they have published repeatedly. Key frequent co-authors include:

  • Armin Richter
  • Christian Reichel
  • Martin Hermle
  • Stefan W. Glunz
  • Ralph Müller

The combination of research topics and selected publication venues indicates Benick's focus on the advancement of solar cell technologies, particularly in silicon-based and multi-junction solar cells, as well as the underlying semiconductor materials and device engineering required for improving solar energy conversion efficiencies.

Best Publications

  • n-Type Si solar cells with passivating electron contact: Identifying sources for efficiency limitations by wafer thickness and resistivity variation

    Armin Richter;Jan Benick;Frank Feldmann;Frank Feldmann;Andreas Fell

  • High efficiency n-type Si solar cells on Al2O3-passivated boron emitters

    Jan Benick;Bram Hoex;M. C. M. van de Sanden;W. M. M. Kessels

  • Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses

    Armin Richter;Ralph Müller;Jan Benick;Frank Feldmann

  • Very low surface recombination velocity on p-type c-Si by high-rate plasma-deposited aluminum oxide

    Pierre Saint-Cast;Daniel Kania;Marc Hofmann;Jan Benick

  • 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

  • Tunnel oxide passivated carrier-selective contacts based on ultra-thin SiO2 layers

    Anamaria Moldovan;Frank Feldmann;Martin Zimmer;Jochen Rentsch

  • High-Efficiency c-Si Solar Cells Passivated With ALD and PECVD Aluminum Oxide

    Pierre Saint-Cast;Jan Benick;Daniel Kania;Lucas Weiss

  • High-Efficiency n-Type HP mc Silicon Solar Cells

    Jan Benick;Armin Richter;Ralph Muller;Hubert Hauser

  • The Irresistible Charm of a Simple Current Flow Pattern – 25% with a Solar Cell Featuring a Full-Area Back Contact

    M. Hermle;J. Benick;H. Steinkemper;C. Reichel

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

    Karen Derendorf;Stephanie Essig;Eduard Oliva;Vera Klinger

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

    Bernhard Mitchell;Gerhard Peharz;Gerald Siefer;Marius Peters

  • Thermal stability of the Al2O3 passivation on p-type silicon surfaces for solar cell applications

    Jan Benick;Armin Richter;Martin Hermle;Stefan W. Glunz

  • Monolithic Two-Terminal III–V//Si Triple-Junction Solar Cells With 30.2% Efficiency Under 1-Sun AM1.5g

    Romain Cariou;Jan Benick;Paul Beutel;Nasser Razek

  • Excellent silicon surface passivation with 5 Å thin ALD Al2O3 layers: Influence of different thermal post‐deposition treatments

    Armin Richter;Jan Benick;Martin Hermle;Stefan W. Glunz

  • Tunnel oxide passivating electron contacts as full-area rear emitter of high-efficiency p-type silicon solar cells

    Armin Richter;Jan Benick;Ralph Müller;Ralph Müller;Frank Feldmann;Frank Feldmann

  • Wafer-Bonded GaInP/GaAs//Si Solar Cells With 30% Efficiency Under Concentrated Sunlight

    Stephanie Essig;Jan Benick;Michael Schachtner;Alexander Wekkeli

  • Boron Emitter Passivation With Al $_{f 2}$ O $_{f 3}$ and Al $_{f 2}$ O $_{f 3}$ /SiN $_{m x}$ Stacks Using ALD Al $_{f 2}$ O $_{f 3}$

    A. Richter;J. Benick;M. Hermle

  • Two‐terminal III–V//Si triple‐junction solar cell with power conversion efficiency of 35.9 % at AM1.5g

    Patrick Schygulla;Ralph Müller;David Lackner;Oliver Höhn

  • n-type black silicon solar cells

    Päivikki Repo;Jan Benick;Ville Vähänissi;Jonas Schön

  • HIGH-EFFICIENCY N-TYPE SILICON SOLAR CELLS WITH FRONT SIDE BORON EMITTER

    J Benick;B Bram Hoex;G Gijs Dingemans;Wmm Erwin Kessels

  • Industrially Feasible Rear Passivation and Contacting Scheme for High-Efficiency n-Type Solar Cells Yielding a $V_{ m oc}$ of 700 mV

    Dominik Suwito;Ulrich Jäger;Jan Benick;Stefan Janz

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Hermle
Martin Hermle Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Stefan W. Glunz
Stefan W. Glunz Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Armin Richter
Armin Richter Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Frank Dimroth
Frank Dimroth Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Martin C. Schubert
Martin C. Schubert Fraunhofer Society
Andreas W. Bett
Andreas W. Bett Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Gerald Siefer
Gerald Siefer Fraunhofer Society
Ralph Müller
Ralph Müller ETH Zurich
Jan Christoph Goldschmidt
Jan Christoph Goldschmidt Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Wilhelm Warta
Wilhelm Warta Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

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