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Paul Heremans

Paul Heremans

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Belgium
2026
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Materials Science
Belgium
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
93
Citations
31570
World Ranking
262
National Ranking
2

Materials Science

D-Index
93
Citations
31247
World Ranking
1463
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Paul Heremans is affiliated with Imec in Belgium and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research prominently intersects Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry, with additional contributions to Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics of Paul Heremans' work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors, and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics.

Frequent publication venues for Paul Heremans encompass a range of journals, notably:

  • SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Proceedings of the International Display Workshops
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul Heremans include:

  • "Infrared Colloidal Quantum Dot Image Sensors," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • "Mitigating Dark Current for High-Performance Near-Infrared Organic Photodiodes via Charge Blocking and Defect Passivation," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Electrically assisted amplified spontaneous emission in perovskite light-emitting diodes," 2024, Nature Photonics
  • "Thin-film image sensors with a pinned photodiode structure," 2023, Nature Electronics
  • "Thin-Film Photodetector Optimization for High-Performance Short-Wavelength Infrared Imaging," 2021, IEEE Electron Device Letters

Paul Heremans collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including Jan Genoe, Paweł E. Malinowski, David Cheyns, Epimitheas Georgitzikis, and Itai Lieberman. These collaborations appear consistently in their publication record and contribute to various subfields within their research scope.

Best Publications

  • Solar cells utilizing small molecular weight organic semiconductors

    Barry P. Rand;Jan Genoe;Paul Heremans;Jef Poortmans

  • Organic transistors in optical displays and microelectronic applications

    Gerwin Gelinck;Paul Heremans;Kazumasa Nomoto;Thomas D. Anthopoulos

  • 8.4% efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells exploiting long-range exciton energy transfer

    Kjell Cnops;Barry P. Rand;David Cheyns;Bregt Verreet

  • Polymer and Organic Nonvolatile Memory Devices

    Paul Heremans;Gerwin H. Gelinck;Robert Müller;Kang Jun Baeg

  • Static solvent contact angle measurements, surface free energy and wettability determination of various self-assembled monolayers on silicon dioxide

    Dimitri Janssen;Randy De Palma;Stijn Verlaak;Paul Heremans

  • Analysis of the charge pumping technique and its application for the evaluation of MOSFET degradation

    P. Heremans;J. Witters;G. Groeseneken;H.E. Maes

  • Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Material with a C3h Symmetrical Truxene Core for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

    Chuyi Huang;Weifei Fu;Chang-Zhi Li;Zhongqiang Zhang

  • Consistent model for the hot-carrier degradation in n-channel and p-channel MOSFETs

    P. Heremans;R. Bellens;G. Groeseneken;H.E. Maes

  • Strategies for Increasing the Efficiency of Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells: Material Selection and Device Architecture

    Paul Heremans;David Cheyns;Barry P Rand

  • P3HT/PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells: Relation between morphology and electro-optical characteristics

    Peter Vanlaeke;A Swinnen;I Haeldermans;G Vanhoyland

  • Influence of the dielectric roughness on the performance of pentacene transistors

    Soeren Steudel;Stijn De Vusser;Stijn De Jonge;Dimitri Janssen

  • Why is exciton dissociation so efficient at the interface between a conjugated polymer and an electron acceptor

    Vladimir Arkhipov;Paul Heremans;H Bassler

  • Effect of doping on the density-of-states distribution and carrier hopping in disordered organic semiconductors

    V. I. Arkhipov;P. Heremans;E. V. Emelianova;H. Bässler

  • Solution-Processed MoO3 Thin Films As a Hole-Injection Layer for Organic Solar Cells

    Claudio Girotto;Eszter Voroshazi;David Cheyns;Paul Heremans

  • Influence of cathode oxidation via the hole extraction layer in polymer:fullerene solar cells

    Eszter Voroshazi;Bregt Verreet;Andrea Buri;Robert Müller

  • 50 MHz rectifier based on an organic diode

    Soeren Steudel;Kris Myny;Vladimir Arkhipov;Carsten Deibel

  • Printable anodes for flexible organic solar cell modules

    Tom Aernouts;Peter Vanlaeke;Wim Geens;Jef Poortmans

  • Pinhole-free perovskite films for efficient solar modules

    Weiming Qiu;Weiming Qiu;T. Merckx;Manoj Jaysankar;Manoj Jaysankar;C. Masse de la Huerta

  • Device for emitting radiation with high efficiency and method of fabricating such device

    Gustaaf Borghs;Paul Heremans;Maarten Kuijk;Reiner Windisch

  • Organic RFID transponder chip with data rate compatible with electronic product coding

    K. Myny;S. Steudel;S. Smout;P. Vicca

Frequent Co-Authors

Soeren Steudel
Soeren Steudel MICLEDI Microdisplays
Kris Myny
Kris Myny KU Leuven
Gerwin H. Gelinck
Gerwin H. Gelinck Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Barry P. Rand
Barry P. Rand Princeton University
Wim Dehaene
Wim Dehaene KU Leuven
Jef Poortmans
Jef Poortmans KU Leuven

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