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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Materials Science D-index 57 Citations 11,154 404 World Ranking 5103 National Ranking 318

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Semiconductor
  • Optics
  • Silicon

His scientific interests lie mostly in Silicon, Optoelectronics, Passivation, Solar cell and Crystalline silicon. His studies deal with areas such as Inorganic chemistry, Wafer, Optics and Photovoltaics as well as Silicon. The study incorporates disciplines such as Charge-carrier density, Depletion region, Carrier lifetime and Analytical chemistry in addition to Wafer.

His research combines Layer and Optoelectronics. Rolf Brendel interconnects Oxide, Chemical vapor deposition, Aluminium and Atomic layer deposition in the investigation of issues within Passivation. His Crystalline silicon study combines topics in areas such as Amorphous silicon, Nanocrystalline silicon, Silicon oxide, Aluminium oxide and Mineralogy.

His most cited work include:

  • Surface passivation of high‐efficiency silicon solar cells by atomic‐layer‐deposited Al2O3 (370 citations)
  • 19%‐efficient and 43 µm‐thick crystalline Si solar cell from layer transfer using porous silicon (215 citations)
  • Laser contact openings for local poly-Si-metal contacts enabling 26.1%-efficient POLO-IBC solar cells (194 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Optoelectronics, Silicon, Wafer, Passivation and Solar cell. His Optoelectronics study often links to related topics such as Layer. His Silicon research includes elements of Doping, Optics and Analytical chemistry.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Etching, Aluminium, Infrared and Laser. Rolf Brendel has researched Passivation in several fields, including Oxide, Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Chemical vapor deposition, Equivalent series resistance and Atomic layer deposition. His Solar cell research integrates issues from Laser beam welding and Short circuit.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optoelectronics (62.83%)
  • Silicon (55.50%)
  • Wafer (31.15%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Optoelectronics (62.83%)
  • Silicon (55.50%)
  • Passivation (28.27%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Rolf Brendel mostly deals with Optoelectronics, Silicon, Passivation, Oxide and Solar cell. His work carried out in the field of Optoelectronics brings together such families of science as Silicon oxide and Electrical resistivity and conductivity. Rolf Brendel combines subjects such as Tandem, Absorption and Analytical chemistry with his study of Silicon.

His Passivation research incorporates themes from Diode, Time of flight, Optics and Sputter deposition. His research in Oxide intersects with topics in Chemical vapor deposition, Grid, Silicon solar cell, Chemical engineering and Saturation current. The Solar cell study combines topics in areas such as Acceptor and Common emitter.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Laser contact openings for local poly-Si-metal contacts enabling 26.1%-efficient POLO-IBC solar cells (194 citations)
  • Surface passivation of crystalline silicon solar cells: Present and future (98 citations)
  • Junction Resistivity of Carrier-Selective Polysilicon on Oxide Junctions and Its Impact on Solar Cell Performance (68 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Semiconductor
  • Optics
  • Composite material

His scientific interests lie mostly in Optoelectronics, Passivation, Oxide, Silicon and Crystalline silicon. His Optoelectronics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Silicon oxide, Polycrystalline silicon and Equivalent series resistance. His Equivalent series resistance study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Saturation current and Energy conversion efficiency.

He has included themes like Substrate and Chemical vapor deposition in his Passivation study. His study focuses on the intersection of Oxide and fields such as Electrical resistivity and conductivity with connections in the field of Perimeter, Infrared, Spontaneous emission and Condensed matter physics. His Silicon research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Photonics and Absorptance, Absorption.

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Best Publications

Surface passivation of high‐efficiency silicon solar cells by atomic‐layer‐deposited Al2O3

J Jeroen Schmidt;A Merkle;R Brendel;B Bram Hoex.
Progress in Photovoltaics (2008)

559 Citations

Laser contact openings for local poly-Si-metal contacts enabling 26.1%-efficient POLO-IBC solar cells

Felix Haase;Christina Hollemann;Sören Schäfer;Agnes Merkle.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2018)

396 Citations

19%‐efficient and 43 µm‐thick crystalline Si solar cell from layer transfer using porous silicon

Jan Hendrik Petermann;Dimitri Zielke;Jan Schmidt;Felix Haase.
Progress in Photovoltaics (2012)

302 Citations

Electronic and chemical properties of the c-Si/Al2O3 interface

Florian Werner;Boris Veith;Dimitri Zielke;Lisa Kühnemund.
Journal of Applied Physics (2011)

247 Citations

Surface passivation of crystalline silicon solar cells: Present and future

Jan Schmidt;Robby Peibst;Rolf Brendel.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2018)

243 Citations

Effective surface passivation of crystalline silicon using ultrathin Al2O3 films and Al2O3/SiNx stacks

Jan Schmidt;Boris Veith;Rolf Brendel.
Physica Status Solidi-rapid Research Letters (2009)

219 Citations

Series resistance imaging of solar cells by voltage dependent electroluminescence

David Hinken;Klaus Ramspeck;Karsten Bothe;Bernhard Fischer.
Applied Physics Letters (2007)

217 Citations

Recombination behavior and contact resistance of n+ and p+ poly-crystalline Si/mono-crystalline Si junctions

Udo Römer;Robby Peibst;Tobias Ohrdes;Bianca Lim.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2014)

198 Citations

Review of Layer Transfer Processes for Crystalline Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells

Rolf Brendel.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (2001)

185 Citations

Working principle of carrier selective poly-Si/c-Si junctions: Is tunnelling the whole story?

R. Peibst;U. Römer;Y. Larionova;M. Rienäcker.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2016)

174 Citations

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