2026 Tomas Leijtens: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Rising Stars	50	311	311	54	54	75	41335
Materials Science	51	9710	9375	2338	2170	74	42468

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

10918
Citations
Anomalous hysteresis in perovskite solar cells

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

2711
Citations
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

1963
Citations
High Photoluminescence Efficiency and Optically Pumped Lasing in Solution-Processed Mixed Halide Perovskite Semiconductors

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

1890
Citations
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

1639
Citations
23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved stability

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

1621
Citations
Perovskite-perovskite tandem photovoltaics with optimized band gaps

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

1528
Citations
Stability of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

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

1339
Citations
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

1329
Citations
Recombination Kinetics in Organic-Inorganic Perovskites: Excitons, Free Charge, and Subgap States

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

1279
Citations
Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites with Improved Stability for Tandem Solar Cells

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

1210
Citations
Opportunities and challenges for tandem solar cells using metal halide perovskite semiconductors

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

1057
Citations
Photo-induced halide redistribution in organic–inorganic perovskite films

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

1017
Citations
Mesoporous TiO2 single crystals delivering enhanced mobility and optoelectronic device performance.

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

870
Citations
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

846
Citations
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

736
Citations
Sub-150 °C processed meso-superstructured perovskite solar cells with enhanced efficiency

Konrad Wojciechowski;Michael Saliba;Tomas Leijtens;Antonio Abate

711
Citations
Defect-Assisted Photoinduced Halide Segregation in Mixed-Halide Perovskite Thin Films

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

627
Citations
The Importance of Moisture in Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskite Thin Film Fabrication

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

597
Citations
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

540
Citations
Photo-induced halide redistribution in organic–inorganic perovskite films

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

3
Citations
23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved stability

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

1
Citations