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Jan Christoph Goldschmidt is affiliated with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with a strong emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering. Within this domain, their work extends to related subfields such as materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as polymers and plastics. Environmental aspects related to renewable energy and sustainability also feature in their investigations.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Perovskite materials and applications
  • Silicon and solar cell technologies
  • Chalcogenide semiconductor thin films
  • Solar cell performance optimization
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Organic electronics and photovoltaics
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Their contribution to scientific literature is reflected in multiple papers published in a range of specialized venues. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Passivating contacts and tandem concepts: Approaches for the highest silicon-based solar cell efficiencies," 2020, Applied Physics Reviews
  • "Photovoltaics at multi-terawatt scale: Waiting is not an option," 2023, Science
  • "25.1% High-Efficiency Monolithic Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with a High Bandgap Perovskite Absorber," 2020, Solar RRL
  • "The Race for Lowest Costs of Electricity Production: Techno-Economic Analysis of Silicon, Perovskite and Tandem Solar Cells," 2020, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • "The race for the best silicon bottom cell: Efficiency and cost evaluation of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells," 2020, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Christoph Goldschmidt include:

  • Stefan W. Glunz
  • Patricia S. C. Schulze
  • Martin Hermle
  • Martin Bivour
  • Alexander J. Bett

The scientist's publications have appeared regularly in these venues:

  • Solar RRL
  • AIP Conference Proceedings
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics

Best Publications

  • The underestimated potential of solar energy to mitigate climate change

    Felix Creutzig;Peter Agoston;Jan Christoph Goldschmidt;Gunnar Luderer

  • Terawatt-scale photovoltaics: Transform global energy

    Nancy M. Haegel;Harry Atwater;Teresa Barnes;Christian Breyer

  • Upconversion for Photovoltaics – A Review of Materials, Devices and Concepts for Performance Enhancement

    Jan Christoph Goldschmidt;Stefan Fischer

  • Enhancement of silicon solar cell efficiency by upconversion: Optical and electrical characterization

    S. Fischer;J. C. Goldschmidt;P. Löper;G. H. Bauer

  • Increasing the efficiency of fluorescent concentrator systems

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

  • Photovoltaics at multi-terawatt scale: Waiting is not an option

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  • Passivating contacts and tandem concepts: Approaches for the highest silicon-based solar cell efficiencies

    Martin Hermle;Frank Feldmann;Martin Bivour;Jan Christoph Goldschmidt

  • Highly Efficient IR to NIR Upconversion in Gd2O2S: Er3+ for Photovoltaic Applications

    Rosa Martín-Rodríguez;Stefan Fischer;Aruna Ivaturi;Benjamin Froehlich

  • Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition

    Felix Creutzig;Jan Christoph Goldschmidt;Paul Lehmann;Eva Schmid

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

    Bernhard Mitchell;Gerhard Peharz;Gerald Siefer;Marius Peters

  • Plasmon enhanced upconversion luminescence near gold nanoparticles–simulation and analysis of the interactions

    Stefan Fischer;Florian Hallermann;Toni Eichelkraut;Gero von Plessen

  • Modeling upconversion of erbium doped microcrystals based on experimentally determined Einstein coefficients

    Stefan Fischer;Heiko Steinkemper;Philipp Löper;Martin Hermle

  • 25.1% High-Efficiency Monolithic Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with a High Bandgap Perovskite Absorber

    Patricia S. C. Schulze;Patricia S. C. Schulze;Alexander J. Bett;Martin Bivour;Pietro Caprioglio;Pietro Caprioglio

  • Record efficient upconverter solar cell devices with optimized bifacial silicon solar cells and monocrystalline BaY2F8:30% Er3+ upconverter

    Stefan Fischer;Elena Favilla;Mauro Tonelli;Jan Christoph Goldschmidt

  • Absolute upconversion quantum yield of β-NaYF4 doped with Er3+ and external quantum efficiency of upconverter solar cell devices under broad-band excitation considering spectral mismatch corrections

    S. Fischer;B. Fröhlich;H. Steinkemper;Karl Krämer

  • The race for the best silicon bottom cell: Efficiency and cost evaluation of perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells

    Christoph Messmer;Christoph Messmer;Baljeet S. Goraya;Sebastian Nold;Patricia S.C. Schulze

  • The Race for Lowest Costs of Electricity Production: Techno-Economic Analysis of Silicon, Perovskite and Tandem Solar Cells

    Lisa Anna Zafoschnig;Sebastian Nold;Jan Christoph Goldschmidt

  • Spectrally-Selective Photonic Structures for PV Applications

    Marius Peters;Jan Christoph Goldschmidt;Philipp Löper;Bernhard Groß

  • 3D photonic crystals for photon management in solar cells

    Ralf B Wehrspohn;Ralf B Wehrspohn;Johannes Üpping

  • Technological learning for resource efficient terawatt scale photovoltaics

    Jan Christoph Goldschmidt;Lukas Wagner;Robert Pietzcker;Lorenz Friedrich

  • Semi-Transparent Perovskite Solar Cells with ITO Directly Sputtered on Spiro-OMeTAD for Tandem Applications.

    Alexander J Bett;Kristina M Winkler;Martin Bivour;Ludmila Cojocaru

  • Experimental analysis of upconversion with both coherent monochromatic irradiation and broad spectrum illumination

    J.C. Goldschmidt;S. Fischer;P. Löper;K.W. Krämer

  • Two-terminal Perovskite silicon tandem solar cells with a high-Bandgap Perovskite absorber enabling voltages over 1.8 V

    Alexander J. Bett;Patricia S.C. Schulze;Kristina M. Winkler;Özde S. Kabakli

  • Upconversion quantum yield of Er3+-doped β-NaYF4 and Gd2O2S: The effects of host lattice, Er3+ doping, and excitation spectrum bandwidth

    Stefan Fischer;Rosa Martín-Rodríguez;Benjamin Fröhlich;Karl W. Krämer

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan W. Glunz
Stefan W. Glunz Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Karl Krämer
Karl Krämer University of Bern
Bryce S. Richards
Bryce S. Richards Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Frank Dimroth
Frank Dimroth Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Jan Benick
Jan Benick Fraunhofer Society
Uli Würfel
Uli Würfel Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Hans Zappe
Hans Zappe University of Freiburg
Ralf B. Wehrspohn
Ralf B. Wehrspohn Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Gerald Siefer
Gerald Siefer Fraunhofer Society
Rudolf Zentel
Rudolf Zentel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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