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Reiner Klenk is affiliated with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of engineering and materials science, with significant expertise in electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. The work also covers aspects of renewable energy, sustainability, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's research contributions encompass various topics related to chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, photovoltaic system optimization techniques, semiconductor materials and interfaces, solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, solar radiation and photovoltaics, and copper-based nanomaterials and applications.

Frequent co-authors in Klenk's publications include:

  • Rutger Schlatmann
  • Christian A. Kaufmann
  • Guillermo A. Farias-Basulto
  • Tobias Bertram
  • Carolin Ulbrich

Key journals and publication venues where Klenk's research appears multiple times are:

  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Solar Energy
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Solar RRL

Recent notable papers authored in collaboration include:

  • "Mapping the Energetics of Defect States in Cu2ZnSnS4 films and the Impact of Sb Doping" (2022) in ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "Validation of a multiple linear regression model for CIGSSe photovoltaic module performance and Pmpp prediction" (2020) in Solar Energy
  • "Limitation of Current Transport across the Heterojunction in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells Prepared with Alkali Fluoride Postdeposition Treatment" (2020) in Solar RRL
  • "Effects of material properties of band-gap-graded Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films on the onset of the quantum efficiency spectra of corresponding solar cells" (2022) in Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • "A Device Model for Rb-Conditioned Chalcopyrite Solar Cells" (2020) in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Best Publications

  • Buffer layers and transparent conducting oxides for chalcopyrite Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)(2) based thin film photovoltaics : Present status and current developments

    N. Naghavi;D. Abou-Ras;N. Allsop;Nicolas Barreau

  • Efficient CuInS2 solar cells from a rapid thermal process (RTP)

    Kai Siemer;Jo Klaer;Ilka Luck;Jürgen Bruns

  • Characterisation and modelling of chalcopyrite solar cells

    Reiner Klenk

  • Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by fast coevaporation

    Björn-Arvid Schubert;Björn Marsen;Sonja Cinque;Thomas Unold

  • A model for the successful growth of polycrystalline films of CuInSe2 by multisource physical vacuum evaporation

    Reiner Klenk;Thomas Walter;Hans-Werner Schock;David Cahen

  • Device and material characterization of Cu(InGa)Se2 solar cells with increasing band gap

    William N. Shafarman;Reiner Klenk;Brian E. McCandless

  • Efficient ? thin-film solar cells prepared by a sequential process

    J Klaer;J Bruns;R Henninger;K Siemer

  • I-II-V half-Heusler compounds for optoelectronics: Ab initio calculations

    David Kieven;Reiner Klenk;Shahab Naghavi;Claudia Felser

  • Solar cells based on CuInS2—an overview

    R. Klenk;J. Klaer;R. Scheer;M.Ch. Lux-Steiner

  • PREPARATION OF HOMOGENEOUS CU(INGA)SE2 FILMS BY SELENIZATION OF METAL PRECURSORS IN H2SE ATMOSPHERE

    M. Marudachalam;H. Hichri;R. Klenk;R. W. Birkmire

  • The influence of Na on low temperature growth of CIGS thin film solar cells on polyimide substrates

    R. Caballero;C.A. Kaufmann;T. Eisenbarth;M. Cancela

  • Structure and chemistry of CuInSe2 for solar cell technology: current understanding and recommendations

    Angus Rockett;F. Abou-Elfotouh;D. Albin;M. Bode

  • Experimental indication for band gap widening of chalcopyrite solar cell absorbers after potassium fluoride treatment

    P. Pistor;D. Greiner;C. A. Kaufmann;S. Brunken

  • Improved performance of thin film solar cells based on Cu(In,Ga)S2

    R Kaigawa;A Neisser;R Klenk;M.-Ch Lux-Steiner

  • Transfer of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells to flexible substrates using an in situ process control

    C.A. Kaufmann;A. Neisser;R. Klenk;R. Scheer

  • Structure reinvestigation of α-, β- and γ-In2S3

    Paul Pistor;Jose M. Merino Álvarez;Máximo León;Marco di Michiel

  • Junction formation by Zn(O,S) sputtering yields CIGSe‐based cells with efficiencies exceeding 18%

    Reiner Klenk;Alexander Steigert;Thorsten Rissom;Dieter Greiner

  • 12.6% efficient CdS/Cu(In,Ga)S2-based solar cell with an open circuit voltage of 879 mV prepared by a rapid thermal process

    S. Merdes;R. Mainz;J. Klaer;A. Meeder

  • Defects in Cu(In, Ga) Se2 semiconductors and their role in the device performance of thin‐film solar cells

    M. Burgelman;F. Engelhardt;J. F. Guillemoles;R. Herberholz

  • Depth profiling of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films grown at low temperatures

    C.A. Kaufmann;R. Caballero;T. Unold;R. Hesse

  • CuInS2 based thin film photovoltaics

    R. Scheer;R. Klenk;J. Klaer;I. Luck

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian A. Kaufmann
Christian A. Kaufmann Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Roland Scheer
Roland Scheer Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Thomas Unold
Thomas Unold Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
H.W. Schock
H.W. Schock University of Stuttgart
Susan Schorr
Susan Schorr Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Joan Ramon Morante
Joan Ramon Morante Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez
Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez University of Barcelona
David Cahen
David Cahen Weizmann Institute of Science
Albert Romano-Rodriguez
Albert Romano-Rodriguez University of Barcelona
Ahmed Ennaoui
Ahmed Ennaoui Institute of Research in Solar Energy and New Energies

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