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Materials Science
Germany
2022

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Materials Science

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Citations
24442
World Ranking
2173
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  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Kirchartz is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and has a significant body of research primarily within the fields of engineering and materials science. Their work focuses extensively on electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry, with additional contributions to polymers and plastics, renewable energy, sustainability, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The core topics of their research include perovskite materials and applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, conducting polymers and applications, organic electronics and photovoltaics, silicon and solar cell technologies, and thin-film transistor technologies.

Thomas Kirchartz's recent notable publications include:

  • Homogenizing out-of-plane cation composition in perovskite solar cells, 2023, Nature
  • Photoluminescence-Based Characterization of Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaics, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells, 2021, Nature Energy
  • How To Quantify the Efficiency Potential of Neat Perovskite Films: Perovskite Semiconductors with an Implied Efficiency Exceeding 28%, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Roadmap on organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite semiconductors and devices, 2021, APL Materials

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors across their publications. These frequent collaborators include Uwe Rau, Benjamin Klingebiel, Zhi-Fa Liu, Paula Hartnagel, and Sandheep Ravishankar.

The main publication venues for their work are:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
  • Solar RRL
  • ACS Energy Letters

Best Publications

  • Reducing the efficiency–stability–cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells

    Derya Baran;Derya Baran;Derya Baran;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Raja Shahid Ashraf;David A. Hanifi;Maged Abdelsamie

  • The impact of energy alignment and interfacial recombination on the internal and external open-circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells

    Martin Stolterfoht;Pietro Caprioglio;Pietro Caprioglio;Christian M. Wolff;José A. Márquez

  • Homogenizing out-of-plane cation composition in perovskite solar cells

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  • Quantifying Losses in Open-Circuit Voltage in Solution-Processable Solar Cells

    Jizhong Yao;Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz;Michelle S. Vezie;Mark A. Faist

  • Reduced voltage losses yield 10% efficient fullerene free organic solar cells with >1 V open circuit voltages

    Derya Baran;Derya Baran;T. Kirchartz;T. Kirchartz;Scot Wheeler;Stoichko D. Dimitrov

  • Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells

    Daniel Abou-Ras;Thomas Kirchartz;Uwe Rau

  • Photoluminescence-Based Characterization of Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaics

    Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz;José A. Márquez;Martin Stolterfoht;Thomas Unold

  • Recombination via tail states in polythiophene:fullerene solar cells

    Thomas Kirchartz;Bart E. Pieters;James Kirkpatrick;Uwe Rau

  • Optical Gaps of Organic Solar Cells as a Reference for Comparing Voltage Losses

    Yuming Wang;Deping Qian;Yong Cui;Huotian Zhang

  • A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells

    Xian-Kai Chen;Deping Qian;Yuming Wang;Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz

  • Sensitivity of the Mott–Schottky Analysis in Organic Solar Cells

    Thomas Kirchartz;Wei Gong;Wei Gong;Steven A. Hawks;Tiziano Agostinelli

  • What Remains Unexplained about the Properties of Halide Perovskites

    David A. Egger;Achintya Bera;David Cahen;Gary Hodes

  • Optoelectronic Properties of (CH3NH3)3Sb2I9 Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications

    Jan-Christoph Hebig;Irina Kühn;Jan Flohre;Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz

  • The perovskite/transport layer interfaces dominate non-radiative recombination in efficient perovskite solar cells

    Martin Stolterfoht;Pietro Caprioglio;Christian M. Wolff;José A. Márquez

  • Open-Circuit Voltages Exceeding 1.26 V in Planar Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells

    Zhifa Liu;Zhifa Liu;Lisa Krückemeier;Benedikt Krogmeier;Benjamin Klingebiel

  • Charge-Carrier Recombination in Halide Perovskites

    Dane W. deQuilettes;Dane W. deQuilettes;Kyle Frohna;David Emin;Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz

  • Efficiency Potential of Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Unveiled by Detailed-Balance Analysis

    Uwe Rau;Beatrix Blank;Thomas C. M. Müller;Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz

  • Photocurrent Enhancement from Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer Solar Cells through Alkyl-Chain Branching Point Manipulation

    Iain Meager;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Sonya Mollinger;Bob C. Schroeder

  • On the Differences between Dark and Light Ideality Factor in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells

    Thomas Kirchartz;Florent Deledalle;Pabitra Shakya Tuladhar;James R. Durrant

  • What Makes a Good Solar Cell

    Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz;Uwe Rau

  • Efficiency Limits of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Thomas Kirchartz;Kurt Taretto;Uwe Rau

  • Competition between the charge transfer state and the singlet states of donor or acceptor limiting the efficiency in polymer:fullerene solar cells.

    Mark A. Faist;Thomas Kirchartz;Wei Gong;Raja Shahid Ashraf

  • Modeling Nongeminate Recombination in P3HT:PCBM Solar Cells

    Roderick C. I. MacKenzie;Thomas Kirchartz;George F. A. Dibb;Jenny Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Rau
Uwe Rau Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jenny Nelson
Jenny Nelson Imperial College London
James R. Durrant
James R. Durrant Imperial College London
Iain McCulloch
Iain McCulloch University of Oxford
Derya Baran
Derya Baran King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Falk Lederer
Falk Lederer Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Christoph J. Brabec
Christoph J. Brabec University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
David Cahen
David Cahen Weizmann Institute of Science
Thomas Unold
Thomas Unold Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Carsten Rockstuhl
Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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