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D-Index
88
Citations
25786
World Ranking
1884
National Ranking
102

Uwe Rau 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 Uwe Rau sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 547 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Uwe Rau 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 Uwe Rau sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Uwe Rau is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, focusing primarily on engineering, with a specialization in electrical and electronic engineering. Their research work extends across multiple subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as polymers and plastics.

The research topics that Uwe Rau has extensively covered include:

  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Solar cell performance optimization
  • Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence

Uwe Rau has frequent collaboration with several researchers in the field, including:

  • Thomas Kirchartz
  • Kaining Ding
  • Andreas Lambertz
  • Karsten Bittkau
  • Weiyuan Duan

The scientist has published prolifically in venues such as Solar RRL, Advanced Energy Materials, arXiv (Cornell University), Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, and Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.

Notable recent papers authored by Uwe Rau include:

  • "Photovoltaics at multi-terawatt scale: Waiting is not an option" (2023), published in Science
  • "A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%" (2021), published in Nature Energy
  • "Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 1)" (2020), published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 3)" (2022), published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Shallow defects and variable photoluminescence decay times up to 280 µs in triple-cation perovskites" (2024), published in Nature Materials

Best Publications

  • Reciprocity relation between photovoltaic quantum efficiency and electroluminescent emission of solar cells

    Uwe Rau

  • Electronic properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 heterojunction solar cells–recent achievements, current understanding, and future challenges

    U. Rau;H.W. Schock

  • Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells

    Daniel Abou-Ras;Thomas Kirchartz;Uwe Rau

  • Recombination via tail states in polythiophene:fullerene solar cells

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

  • Electronic properties of CuGaSe2-based heterojunction solar cells. Part I. Transport analysis

    V. Nadenau;U. Rau;A. Jasenek;H. W. Schock

  • 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

  • Electronic properties of ZnO/CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells — aspects of heterojunction formation

    Uwe Rau;Marion Schmidt

  • Interdependence of absorber composition and recombination mechanism in Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 heterojunction solar cells

    M Turcu;Osman Pakma;U Rau

  • Stability Issues of Cu(In,Ga)Se2-Based Solar Cells

    Jean-François Guillemoles;Leeor Kronik and;David Cahen;Uwe Rau

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

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

  • 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

  • Efficiency limitations of polycrystalline thin film solar cells: case of Cu(In,Ga)Se2

    Jürgen H. Werner;Julian Mattheis;Uwe Rau

  • A new approach to high-efficiency solar cells by band gap grading in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 chalcopyrite semiconductors

    T Dullweber;G.H anna;U Rau;H.W Schock

  • Radiative efficiency limits of solar cells with lateral band-gap fluctuations

    U. Rau;J. H. Werner

  • Influence of the Ga-content on the bulk defect densities of Cu(In,Ga)Se2

    G. Hanna;A. Jasenek;U. Rau;H.W. Schock

  • Beyond Bulk Lifetimes: Insights into Lead Halide Perovskite Films from Time-Resolved Photoluminescence

    Florian Staub;Hannes Hempel;Jan-Christoph Hebig;Jan Mock

  • Model for electronic transport in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

    Alex Niemegeers;Marc Burgelman;R. Herberholz;Uwe Rau

  • Influence of sodium on the growth of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films

    D. Braunger;D. Hariskos;G. Bilger;U. Rau

  • Oxygenation and air-annealing effects on the electronic properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 films and devices

    U. Rau;D. Braunger;R. Herberholz;H. W. Schock

  • High quality baseline for high efficiency, Cu(In1- x,Gax)Se2 solar cells

    Philip Jackson;Roland Würz;Uwe Rau;Julian Mattheis

  • Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells: RAU:SOLARCELLS CHARACT. O-BK

    Daniel Abou-Ras;Thomas Kirchartz;Uwe Rau

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Kirchartz
Thomas Kirchartz Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jürgen H. Werner
Jürgen H. Werner University of Stuttgart
Friedhelm Finger
Friedhelm Finger Forschungszentrum Jülich
H.W. Schock
H.W. Schock University of Stuttgart
Ulrich W. Paetzold
Ulrich W. Paetzold Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ralf B. Wehrspohn
Ralf B. Wehrspohn Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Helmut Stiebig
Helmut Stiebig Bielefeld University
Wolfram Jaegermann
Wolfram Jaegermann Technical University of Darmstadt
Michael Powalla
Michael Powalla Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
David Cahen
David Cahen Weizmann Institute of Science

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