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Thomas Mayer is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. Their research focuses on materials science and engineering, with a pronounced concentration on electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry.

The scholar's work addresses several main fields and subfields, including:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

Mayer's main topics of research encompass:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena

The most frequent co-authors include Wolfram Jaegermann, Clément Maheu, Jan P. Hofmann, Tim Hellmann, and Wolfram Calvet. Their collaborations have resulted in multiple scholarly outputs.

Key recent publications by Mayer are as follows:

  • "Roadmap on organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite semiconductors and devices," 2021, APL Materials
  • "2D/3D Hybrid Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite Solar Cells: Improved Energy Level Alignment for Higher Contact-Selectivity and Large Open Circuit Voltage," 2022, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "From Groundwork to Efficient Solar Cells: On the Importance of the Substrate Material in Co-Evaporated Perovskite Solar Cells," 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Thermal Stability and Cation Composition of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "The Electronic Structure of MAPI-Based Perovskite Solar Cells: Detailed Band Diagram Determination by Photoemission Spectroscopy Comparing Classical and Inverted Device Stacks," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials

Mayer frequently publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Solar RRL, Advanced Materials Interfaces, APL Materials, and Advanced Energy Materials. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research integrating engineering and materials science perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Role of the Selective Contacts in the Performance of Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Emilio J. Juarez-Perez;Michael Wuβler;Michael Wuβler;Francisco Fabregat-Santiago;Kerstin Lakus-Wollny

  • Roughening instability and ion‐induced viscous relaxation of SiO2 surfaces

    T. M. Mayer;E. Chason;A. J. Howard

  • Thin film and surface characterization by specular X-ray reflectivity

    E. Chason;T. M. Mayer

  • Preparation and characterization of dendrimer monolayers and dendrimer - Alkanethiol mixed monolayers adsorbed to gold

    Hideo Tokuhisa;Mingqi Zhao;Lane A. Baker;Vy T. Phan

  • Energy Band Alignment between Anatase and Rutile TiO2

    Verena Pfeifer;Paul Erhart;Shunyi Li;Karsten Rachut

  • Atomic-layer deposition of wear-resistant coatings for microelectromechanical devices

    T. M. Mayer;J. W. Elam;S. M. George;P. G. Kotula

  • Overcoming the “Light-Soaking” Issue in Inverted Organic Solar Cells by the Use of Al:ZnO Electron Extraction Layers

    Sara Trost;Kirill Zilberberg;Andreas Behrendt;Andreas Polywka

  • Roadmap on organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite semiconductors and devices

    Lukas Schmidt-Mende;Vladimir Dyakonov;Selina Olthof;Feray Ünlü

  • Investigation of plasma etching mechanisms using beams of reactive gas ions

    T. M. Mayer;R. A. Barker;L. J. Whitman

  • Direct observation of the energetics at a semiconductor/liquid junction by operando X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    Michael F. Lichterman;Shu Hu;Matthias H. Richter;Ethan J. Crumlin

  • 2D/3D Hybrid Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite Solar Cells: Improved Energy Level Alignment for Higher Contact‐Selectivity and Large Open Circuit Voltage

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  • Tribology of MEMS

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  • Interface Engineering of Inorganic Thin-Film Solar Cells - Materials-Science Challenges for Advanced Physical Concepts

    Wolfram Jaegermann;Andreas Klein;Thomas Mayer

  • Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Fluorescence Study of Thermochromism in an Ultrathin Poly(diacetylene) Film: Reversibility and Transition Kinetics

    R. W. Carpick;T. M. Mayer;D. Y. Sasaki;A. R. Burns

  • Synchrotron-Induced Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2/Electrolyte Interface: Band Gap States and Their Interaction with Dye and Solvent Molecules

    Konrad Schwanitz;Ulrich Weiler;Ralf Hunger;Thomas Mayer

  • Electrical, Photoelectrochemical, and Photoelectron Spectroscopic Investigation of the Interfacial Transport and Energetics of Amorphous TiO2/Si Heterojunctions

    Shu Hu;Matthias H. Richter;Michael F. Lichterman;Joseph Beardslee;Joseph Beardslee

  • Synchrotron photoemission spectroscopy study of ammonium hydroxide etching to prepare well-ordered GaAs(1 0 0) surfaces

    Mikhail V Lebedev;David Ensling;Ralf Hunger;Thomas Mayer

  • From Groundwork to Efficient Solar Cells: On the Importance of the Substrate Material in Co-Evaporated Perovskite Solar Cells

    Tobias Abzieher;Thomas Feeney;Fabian Schackmar;Yidenekachew J. Donie

  • Influence of the indium tin oxide/organic interface on open-circuit voltage, recombination, and cell degradation in organic small-molecule solar cells

    Stefan Schäfer;Andreas Petersen;Thomas A. Wagner;Rolf Kniprath

  • Nanometer‐scale lithography on Si(001) using adsorbed H as an atomic layer resist

    D. P. Adams;T. M. Mayer;B. S. Swartzentruber

  • Thermal Stability and Cation Composition of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites.

    Jonas A. Schwenzer;Tim Hellmann;Bahram Abdollahi Nejand;Hang Hu

  • Electronic Energy Levels of Organic Dyes on Silicon: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of ZnPc, F16ZnPc, and ZnTPP on p-Si(111):H

    Ulrich Weiler;Thomas Mayer;Wolfram Jaegermann;Christian Kelting

  • Plasma etching of III–V compound semiconductor materials and their oxides

    G. Smolinsky;Robert P. H. Chang;T. M. Mayer

  • Avoiding Photoinduced Shunts in Organic Solar Cells by the Use of Tin Oxide (SnOx) as Electron Extraction Material Instead of ZnO

    Sara Trost;Tim Becker;Andreas Polywka;Patrick Görrn

  • Selective area growth of metal nanostructures

    D. P. Adams;T. M. Mayer;B. S. Swartzentruber

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfram Jaegermann
Wolfram Jaegermann Technical University of Darmstadt
Andreas Klein
Andreas Klein Technical University of Darmstadt
Thomas Riedl
Thomas Riedl University of Wuppertal
Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
Zhi Liu
Zhi Liu ShanghaiTech University
Uli Würfel
Uli Würfel Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Ulrich W. Paetzold
Ulrich W. Paetzold Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Uli Lemmer
Uli Lemmer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Bruce S. Brunschwig
Bruce S. Brunschwig California Institute of Technology
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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