2026 Sascha Sadewasser: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	42	12614	12201	62	62	172	5886

Overview

Sascha Sadewasser is affiliated with the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their main fields of study include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Sascha Sadewasser's subfields of research span:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Biomedical Engineering
Environmental Engineering

The central topics of their work cover:

Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
2D Materials and Applications
Solar cell performance optimization
ZnO doping and properties
Semiconductor materials and interfaces

Sadewasser has authored multiple papers in various scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
Wafer-Scale Fabrication of 2D β-In₂Se₃ Photodetectors (2020, Advanced Optical Materials)
Chemical instability at chalcogenide surfaces impacts chalcopyrite devices well beyond the surface (2020, Nature Communications)
Grain Boundaries in Cu(In, Ga)Se₂: A Review of Composition-Electronic Property Relationships by Atom Probe Tomography and Correlative Microscopy (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
Novel Polymorph of GaSe (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)

Their frequent co-authors include:

Nicoleta Nicoara
Marina Alves
Phillip J. Dale
Pedro Anacleto
Marcel S. Claro

Sascha Sadewasser has published regularly in the following venues:

Nanomaterials
Advanced Functional Materials
Journal of Physics Energy
Advanced Energy Materials
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

Amplitude or frequency modulation-detection in Kelvin probe force microscopy

Th Glatzel;S Sadewasser;M.Ch Lux-Steiner

287
Citations
Kelvin probe force microscopy of semiconductor surface defects

Y. Rosenwaks;R. Shikler;Th. Glatzel;S. Sadewasser

250
Citations
Kelvin probe force microscopy : measuring and compensating electrostatic forces

Sascha Sadewasser;Thilo Glatzel

238
Citations
Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

Sascha Sadewasser;Thilo Glatzel

238
Citations
Pressure dependence of T c to 17 GPa with and without relaxation effects in superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O x

S. Sadewasser;J. S. Schilling;A. P. Paulikas;B. W. Veal

198
Citations
New insights on atomic-resolution frequency-modulation Kelvin-probe force-microscopy imaging of semiconductors.

Sascha Sadewasser;Pavel Jelinek;Chung-Kai Fang;Oscar Custance

188
Citations
High-resolution work function imaging of single grains of semiconductor surfaces

S. Sadewasser;Th. Glatzel;M. Rusu;A. Jäger-Waldau

185
Citations
Incorporation of alkali metals in chalcogenide solar cells

P.M.P. Salomé;H. Rodriguez-Alvarez;S. Sadewasser

167
Citations
Kelvin probe force microscopy for the nano scale characterization of chalcopyrite solar cell materials and devices

S. Sadewasser;Th. Glatzel;S. Schuler;S. Nishiwaki

164
Citations
Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects

Susanne Siebentritt;Enrico Avancini;Marcus Bär;Jakob Bombsch

145
Citations
Direct evidence for grain boundary passivation in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells through alkali-fluoride post-deposition treatments

Nicoleta Nicoara;Roby Manaligod;Philip Jackson;Dimitrios Hariskos

140
Citations
Correct height measurement in noncontact atomic force microscopy.

Sascha Sadewasser;Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner

139
Citations
CuGaSe2 solar cell cross section studied by Kelvin probe force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum

Th. Glatzel;D. Fuertes Marrón;Th. Schedel-Niedrig;S. Sadewasser

135
Citations
Evidence for a neutral grain-boundary barrier in chalcopyrites.

Susanne Siebentritt;Sascha Sadewasser;Mark Wimmer;Caspar Leendertz

122
Citations
Texture and electronic activity of grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films

G. Hanna;T. Glatzel;S. Sadewasser;N. Ott

120
Citations
Kelvin probe force microscopy on III–V semiconductors: the effect of surface defects on the local work function

Th. Glatzel;S. Sadewasser;R. Shikler;Y. Rosenwaks

108
Citations
Resolution of Kelvin probe force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum: comparison of experiment and simulation

S. Sadewasser;Th. Glatzel;R. Shikler;Y. Rosenwaks

102
Citations
Effect of the KF post-deposition treatment on grain boundary properties in Cu(In, Ga)Se 2 thin films

N. Nicoara;Th. Lepetit;L. Arzel;S. Harel

101
Citations
Passivation of Interfaces in Thin Film Solar Cells : Understanding the Effects of a Nanostructured Rear Point Contact Layer

Pedro M. P. Salomé;Bart Vermang;Bart Vermang;Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade;Jennifer P. Teixeira

93
Citations
Electrical activity at grain boundaries of Cu ( In , Ga ) Se 2 thin films

D. Fuertes Marrón;S. Sadewasser;A. Meeder;Th. Glatzel

92
Citations
Large neutral barrier at grain boundaries in chalcopyrite thin films.

Michael Hafemeister;Susanne Siebentritt;Jürgen Albert;Martha C. H. Lux-Steiner

87
Citations