Andrej Lenert

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Andrej Lenert is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrej Lenert has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Andrej Lenert's work include Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (39 papers), solar cell performance optimization (21 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers). Andrej Lenert is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (39 papers), solar cell performance optimization (21 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers). Andrej Lenert collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. Andrej Lenert's co-authors include Evelyn N. Wang, Marin Soljačić, Ivan Čelanović, David M. Bierman, Walker R. Chan, Youngsuk Nam, Tobias Burger, Yi Xiang Yeng, Sean McSherry and Stephen R. Forrest and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Andrej Lenert

55 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

A nanophotonic solar ther... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device
    2014 685 citations Andrej Lenert, David M. Bierman et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Andrej Lenert 2.0k 959 933 853 608 57 3.1k
Xiaohu Wu 2.0k 1.0× 517 0.5× 911 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 795 1.3× 271 3.9k
David M. Bierman 1.2k 0.6× 596 0.6× 575 0.6× 513 0.6× 257 0.4× 21 1.9k
Walker R. Chan 2.1k 1.1× 378 0.4× 888 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 260 0.4× 38 2.6k
Bikram Bhatia 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 457 0.5× 340 0.4× 321 0.5× 44 3.1k
Yimin Xuan 715 0.4× 787 0.8× 476 0.5× 339 0.4× 632 1.0× 90 2.6k
Yue Yang 1.2k 0.6× 170 0.2× 1.8k 1.9× 875 1.0× 751 1.2× 126 3.4k
Hiroo Yugami 1.0k 0.5× 260 0.3× 1.0k 1.1× 716 0.8× 503 0.8× 108 2.3k
Myles A. Steiner 890 0.4× 1.1k 1.2× 4.7k 5.0× 1.8k 2.1× 919 1.5× 189 5.8k
Linxiao Zhu 6.9k 3.4× 679 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 3.2k 3.7× 438 0.7× 44 7.7k
Angus Gentle 1.1k 0.5× 242 0.3× 619 0.7× 490 0.6× 283 0.5× 87 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrej Lenert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrej Lenert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrej Lenert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrej Lenert based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andrej Lenert. Andrej Lenert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kang, Yao, et al.. (2025). Large area transparent refractory aerogels with high solar thermal performance. Solar Energy. 292. 113437–113437.
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Liao, Daniel W., et al.. (2024). Gas-Phase Photocatalytic CO2 Methanation over Ru/TiO2: Effects of Pressure, Temperature, and Illumination. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(43). 18284–18292. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Yiwei, et al.. (2023). High albedo daytime radiative cooling for enhanced bifacial PV performance. Nanophotonics. 13(5). 621–627. 5 indexed citations
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Lee, Byungjun, Tobias Burger, Bosun Roy-Layinde, et al.. (2022). Air-Bridge Si Thermophotovoltaic Cell with High Photon Utilization. ACS Energy Letters. 7(7). 2388–2392. 26 indexed citations
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Davoodabadi, Ali, et al.. (2022). TRANSPARENT AEROGEL MATERIALS IN SOLAR THERMAL DEVICES. Annual Reviews of Heat Transfer. 25(1). 297–346. 1 indexed citations
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Lenert, Andrej & Stephen R. Forrest. (2022). Nexus of solar and thermal photovoltaic technology could help solve the energy storage problem. Joule. 6(6). 1144–1147. 12 indexed citations
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McSherry, Sean, Matthew Webb, Zihao Deng, et al.. (2022). Nanophotonic control of thermal emission under extreme temperatures in air. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(10). 1104–1110. 19 indexed citations
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Fan, Dejiu, Tobias Burger, Sean McSherry, et al.. (2020). Near-perfect photon utilization in an air-bridge thermophotovoltaic cell. Nature. 586(7828). 237–241. 166 indexed citations
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Lenert, Andrej, Mikhail A. Kats, You Zhou, et al.. (2018). Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition. Physical Review Letters. 4 indexed citations
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Bierman, David M., Andrej Lenert, & Evelyn N. Wang. (2016). Spectral splitting optimization for high-efficiency solar photovoltaic and thermal power generation. Applied Physics Letters. 109(24). 26 indexed citations
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Lenert, Andrej, David M. Bierman, Youngsuk Nam, et al.. (2015). Addendum: A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device. Nature Nanotechnology. 10(6). 563–563. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Dong, David M. Bierman, Andrej Lenert, et al.. (2015). Ultrathin planar hematite film for solar photoelectrochemical water splitting. Optics Express. 23(24). A1491–A1491. 8 indexed citations
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Bierman, David M., Andrej Lenert, & Evelyn N. Wang. (2014). Investigation of Design Parameters in Planar Solar Thermophotovoltaic Devices. Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference. 1 indexed citations
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Lenert, Andrej, David M. Bierman, Youngsuk Nam, et al.. (2014). A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(2). 126–130. 685 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lenert, Andrej, Veronika Rinnerbauer, David M. Bierman, et al.. (2014). 2D Photonic-crystals for high spectral conversion efficiency in solar thermophotovoltaics. 18. 576–579. 5 indexed citations
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Nam, Youngsuk, Andrej Lenert, Yi Xiang Yeng, et al.. (2013). Solar thermophotovoltaic energy conversion systems with tantalum photonic crystal absorbers and emitters. 1372–1375. 4 indexed citations
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Chou, Jeffrey B., Yi Xiang Yeng, Andrej Lenert, et al.. (2013). Design of wide-angle selective absorbers/emitters with dielectric filled metallic photonic crystals for energy applications. Optics Express. 22(S1). A144–A144. 64 indexed citations
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Lenert, Andrej, Youngsuk Nam, Bekir Sami Yilbaş, & Evelyn N. Wang. (2012). Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 56(1-2). 380–389. 25 indexed citations
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Lenert, Andrej & Evelyn N. Wang. (2011). Optimization of nanofluid volumetric receivers for solar thermal energy conversion. Solar Energy. 86(1). 253–265. 365 indexed citations
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Lenert, Andrej, et al.. (2010). Nanofluid-Based Absorbers for High Temperature Direct Solar Collectors. 499–508. 28 indexed citations

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