2026 Susanne Siebentritt: 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	59	7326	7086	2	2	317	13657

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Luxembourg Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Luxembourg Leader Award

Overview

Susanne Siebentritt is affiliated with the University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. Additional subfields include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their main research topics involve chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, semiconductor materials and interfaces, copper-based nanomaterials and applications, and perovskite materials and applications. Areas related to solar cell performance optimization and silicon and solar cell technologies also feature notably in their work.

Key recent publications are:

Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
Over 15% efficient wide-band-gap Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cell: Suppressing bulk and interface recombination through composition engineering, 2021, Joule
How band tail recombination influences the open-circuit voltage of solar cells, 2021, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
Chemical instability at chalcogenide surfaces impacts chalcopyrite devices well beyond the surface, 2020, Nature Communications
The impact of Kelvin probe force microscopy operation modes and environment on grain boundary band bending in perovskite and Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells, 2021, Nano Energy

Their frequent co-authors include Michele Melchiorre, Mohit Sood, Thomas Paul Weiss, Alberto Lomuscio, and Damilola Adeleye.

Publications by Susanne Siebentritt have appeared repeatedly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, Faraday Discussions, and Solar RRL.

Best Publications

Kesterites - a challenging material for solar cells

Susanne Siebentritt;Susan Schorr

697
Citations
The Consequences of Kesterite Equilibria for Efficient Solar Cells

Alex Redinger;Dominik M. Berg;Phillip J. Dale;Susanne Siebentritt

591
Citations
Why are kesterite solar cells not 20% efficient?

Susanne Siebentritt

475
Citations
Is the Cu/Zn Disorder the Main Culprit for the Voltage Deficit in Kesterite Solar Cells?

Stéphane Bourdais;Christophe Choné;Bruno Delatouche;Alain Jacob

365
Citations
Wide gap chalcopyrites: material properties and solar cells

Susanne Siebentritt

339
Citations
The electronic structure of chalcopyrites—bands, point defects and grain boundaries

Susanne Siebentritt;Malgorzata Igalson;Clas Persson;Stephan Lany

328
Citations
Thin film solar cells based on the ternary compound Cu2SnS3

Dominik M. Berg;Rabie Djemour;Levent Gütay;Guillaume Zoppi

312
Citations
In-depth resolved Raman scattering analysis for the identification of secondary phases: Characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 layers for solar cell applications

X. Fontané;L. Calvo-Barrio;V. Izquierdo-Roca;E. Saucedo

303
Citations
Raman analysis of monoclinic Cu2SnS3 thin films

Dominik M. Berg;Rabie Djemour;Levent Gütay;Susanne Siebentritt

302
Citations
Detection of a ZnSe secondary phase in coevaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films

Alex Redinger;Katja Hönes;Xavier Fontané;Victor Izquierdo-Roca

281
Citations
What limits the efficiency of chalcopyrite solar cells

Susanne Siebentritt

277
Citations
Radiative recombination via intrinsic defects in CuxGaySe2

A. Bauknecht;S. Siebentritt;J. Albert;M. Ch. Lux-Steiner

267
Citations
The band gap of Cu2ZnSnSe4: Effect of order-disorder

Germain Rey;Alex Redinger;Jan Sendler;Thomas Paul Weiss

266
Citations
Cu–Zn disorder and band gap fluctuations in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4: Theoretical and experimental investigations

Jonathan J. S. Scragg;Jes K. Larsen;Mukesh Kumar;Clas Persson

239
Citations
Sodium enhances indium-gallium interdiffusion in copper indium gallium diselenide photovoltaic absorbers.

Diego Colombara;Florian Werner;Torsten Schwarz;Ingrid Cañero Infante

238
Citations
Alternative buffers for chalcopyrite solar cells

Susanne Siebentritt

223
Citations
Wide-Gap Chalcopyrites

Susanne Siebentritt;Uwe Rau

221
Citations
Grain boundaries in Cu(In, Ga)(Se, S) 2 thin-film solar cells

Uwe Rau;Kurt Taretto;Susanne Siebentritt

212
Citations
Cu(InGa)Se2 Solar Cells

William N. Shafarman;Susanne Siebentritt;Lars Stolt

203
Citations
Coevaporation of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films

Alex Redinger;Susanne Siebentritt

201
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