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Tomas Leijtens

Tomas Leijtens

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2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
50
Citations
41335
World Ranking
311
National Ranking
54

Materials Science

D-Index
51
Citations
42468
World Ranking
9708
National Ranking
2336

Tomas Leijtens publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tomas Leijtens sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 74 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Tomas Leijtens D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tomas Leijtens sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Tomas Leijtens is affiliated with Swift Solar in the United States. Their research focuses on engineering, with a specialization in electrical and electronic engineering. The scientist has contributed to topics including solar cell performance optimization, silicon and solar cell technologies, thin-film transistor technologies, and perovskite materials and applications.

Leijtens has published research in several venues, notably:

  • 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)
  • Proceedings of the nanoGe Spring Meeting 2022
  • ACS Energy Letters

Their recent papers include:

  • Deleterious Effect of Light Trapping on the Temperatures of Solar Modules, 2022, 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)
  • Perovskite tandem solar cells at Swift Solar, 2022, Proceedings of the nanoGe Spring Meeting 2022
  • Toward Fullerene-Free PIN Perovskite Solar Cells, 2025, ACS Energy Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leijtens are:

  • Nicholas P. Irvin
  • D. Escobar
  • Aaron R. Wheeler
  • Hyunjong Lee
  • Annikki Santala

Best Publications

  • Electron-Hole Diffusion Lengths Exceeding 1 Micrometer in an Organometal Trihalide Perovskite Absorber

    Samuel Stranks;Giles Eperon;Giulia Grancini;Christopher Menelaou

  • Anomalous hysteresis in perovskite solar cells

    Henry J. Snaith;Antonio Abate;James M. Ball;Giles E. Eperon

  • Overcoming ultraviolet light instability of sensitized TiO 2 with meso-superstructured organometal tri-halide perovskite solar cells

    Tomas Leijtens;Giles E. Eperon;Sandeep Pathak;Antonio Abate

  • High Photoluminescence Efficiency and Optically Pumped Lasing in Solution-Processed Mixed Halide Perovskite Semiconductors

    Felix Deschler;Michael Price;Sandeep Pathak;Lina E. Klintberg

  • Understanding Degradation Mechanisms and Improving Stability of Perovskite Photovoltaics.

    Caleb C Boyd;Rongrong Cheacharoen;Rongrong Cheacharoen;Tomas Leijtens;Tomas Leijtens;Michael D McGehee;Michael D McGehee

  • 23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved stability

    Kevin A. Bush;Axel F. Palmstrom;Zhengshan J. Yu;Mathieu Boccard

  • Perovskite-perovskite tandem photovoltaics with optimized band gaps

    Giles E. Eperon;Giles E. Eperon;Tomas Leijtens;Kevin A. Bush;Rohit Prasanna

  • Stability of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

    Tomas Leijtens;Giles E. Eperon;Nakita K. Noel;Severin N. Habisreutinger

  • Carbon nanotube/polymer composites as a highly stable hole collection layer in perovskite solar cells.

    Severin N. Habisreutinger;Tomas Leijtens;Giles E. Eperon;Samuel D. Stranks

  • Recombination Kinetics in Organic-Inorganic Perovskites: Excitons, Free Charge, and Subgap States

    Samuel D. Stranks;Victor M. Burlakov;Tomas Leijtens;James M. Ball

  • Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites with Improved Stability for Tandem Solar Cells

    Rachel E. Beal;Daniel J. Slotcavage;Tomas Leijtens;Andrea R. Bowring

  • Opportunities and challenges for tandem solar cells using metal halide perovskite semiconductors

    Tomas Leijtens;Tomas Leijtens;Kevin A. Bush;Rohit Prasanna;Michael D. McGehee

  • Photo-induced halide redistribution in organic–inorganic perovskite films

    Dane W. deQuilettes;Wei Zhang;Victor M. Burlakov;Daniel J. Graham

  • Mesoporous TiO2 single crystals delivering enhanced mobility and optoelectronic device performance.

    Edward J. W. Crossland;Nakita Noel;Varun Sivaram;Tomas Leijtens

  • Band Gap Tuning via Lattice Contraction and Octahedral Tilting in Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaics.

    Rohit Prasanna;Aryeh Gold-Parker;Aryeh Gold-Parker;Tomas Leijtens;Bert Conings

  • Lithium salts as “redox active” p-type dopants for organic semiconductors and their impact in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

    Antonio Abate;Tomas Leijtens;Sandeep Pathak;Joël Teuscher

  • Sub-150 °C processed meso-superstructured perovskite solar cells with enhanced efficiency

    Konrad Wojciechowski;Michael Saliba;Tomas Leijtens;Antonio Abate

  • Defect-Assisted Photoinduced Halide Segregation in Mixed-Halide Perovskite Thin Films

    Alex J. Barker;Aditya Sadhanala;Felix Deschler;Marina Gandini

  • The Importance of Moisture in Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskite Thin Film Fabrication

    Giles E. Eperon;Severin N. Habisreutinger;Tomas Leijtens;Bardo J. Bruijnaers

  • Carrier trapping and recombination: the role of defect physics in enhancing the open circuit voltage of metal halide perovskite solar cells

    Tomas Leijtens;Tomas Leijtens;Giles E. Eperon;Alex J. Barker;Giulia Grancini

  • Photo-induced halide redistribution in organic–inorganic perovskite films

    Dane W. deQuilettes;Wei Zhang;Victor M. Burlakov;Daniel J. Graham

  • 23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved stability

    Kevin A. Bush;Axel F. Palmstrom;Zhengshan J. Yu;Mathieu Boccard

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry J. Snaith
Henry J. Snaith University of Oxford
Michael D. McGehee
Michael D. McGehee University of Colorado Boulder
Giles E. Eperon
Giles E. Eperon Swift Solar
Samuel D. Stranks
Samuel D. Stranks University of Cambridge
Stacey F. Bent
Stacey F. Bent Stanford University
Annamaria Petrozza
Annamaria Petrozza Italian Institute of Technology
Antonio Abate
Antonio Abate Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
James M. Ball
James M. Ball University of Oxford
Giulia Grancini
Giulia Grancini University of Pavia
Pablo Docampo
Pablo Docampo University of Glasgow

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