Antonio Abate

58.2k total citations · 31 hit papers
246 papers, 46.1k citations indexed

About

Antonio Abate is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonio Abate has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 46.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 127 papers in Materials Chemistry and 117 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Antonio Abate's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (217 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (115 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (96 papers). Antonio Abate is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (217 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (115 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (96 papers). Antonio Abate collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Antonio Abate's co-authors include Michael Saliba, Michaël Grätzel, Anders Hagfeldt, Juan‐Pablo Correa‐Baena, Wolfgang Tress, Henry J. Snaith, Taisuke Matsui, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin and Konrad Domanski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Antonio Abate

237 papers receiving 45.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cesium-containing triple cation perovskite solar cells: i... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2016 2016 2014 2014 2017 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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  1. Cesium-containing triple cation perovskite solar cells: improved stability, reproducibility and high efficiency
    2016 4.7k citations Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  2. Incorporation of rubidium cations into perovskite solar cells improves photovoltaic performance
    2016 3.2k citations Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate et al. profile →
  3. Lead-free organic–inorganic tin halide perovskites for photovoltaic applications
    2014 2.3k citations Antonio Abate, Annamaria Petrozza et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  4. Anomalous Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells
    2014 2.2k citations Antonio Abate et al. profile →
  5. Promises and challenges of perovskite solar cells
    2017 1.8k citations Michael Saliba, Michaël Grätzel et al. profile →
  6. Efficient luminescent solar cells based on tailored mixed-cation perovskites
    2016 1.7k citations Antonio Abate, Michaël Grätzel et al. profile →
  7. Overcoming ultraviolet light instability of sensitized TiO2 with meso-superstructured organometal tri-halide perovskite solar cells
    2013 1.6k citations Antonio Abate et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Enhanced Photoluminescence and Solar Cell Performance via Lewis Base Passivation of Organic–Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites
    2014 1.5k citations Antonio Abate et al. profile →
  9. Highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells through band alignment engineering
    2015 1.1k citations Michael Saliba, Annamaria Petrozza et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  10. Not All That Glitters Is Gold: Metal-Migration-Induced Degradation in Perovskite Solar Cells
    2016 1.0k citations Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba et al. profile →
  11. The rapid evolution of highly efficient perovskite solar cells
    2017 975 citations Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  12. Low-Temperature Processed Electron Collection Layers of Graphene/TiO2 Nanocomposites in Thin Film Perovskite Solar Cells
    2013 909 citations Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba et al. profile →
  13. A molecularly engineered hole-transporting material for efficient perovskite solar cells
    2016 850 citations Michael Saliba, Filippo De Angelis et al. profile →
  14. Ultrasmooth organic–inorganic perovskite thin-film formation and crystallization for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells
    2015 841 citations Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate et al. Nature Communications profile →
  15. Enhanced electronic properties in mesoporous TiO2 via lithium doping for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
    2016 777 citations Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba et al. Nature Communications profile →
  16. Highly efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells by solution-processed tin oxide
    2016 735 citations Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  17. Supramolecular Halogen Bond Passivation of Organic–Inorganic Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    2014 692 citations Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba et al. profile →
  18. Heterojunction Modification for Highly Efficient Organic–Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells
    2014 612 citations Antonio Abate et al. profile →
  19. Lithium salts as “redox active” p-type dopants for organic semiconductors and their impact in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells
    2012 596 citations Antonio Abate et al. profile →
  20. Migration of cations induces reversible performance losses over day/night cycling in perovskite solar cells
    2017 583 citations Bart Roose, Michael Saliba et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  21. Sub-150 °C processed meso-superstructured perovskite solar cells with enhanced efficiency
    2014 544 citations Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  22. Monolithic perovskite/silicon-heterojunction tandem solar cells processed at low temperature
    2015 542 citations Steve Albrecht, Michael Saliba et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  23. Biological impact of lead from halide perovskites reveals the risk of introducing a safe threshold
    2020 527 citations Junming Li, Qiong Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  24. How to Make over 20% Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells in Regular (n–i–p) and Inverted (p–i–n) Architectures
    2018 507 citations Michael Saliba, Martin Stolterfoht et al. profile →
  25. Perovskite Solar Cells: From the Atomic Level to Film Quality and Device Performance
    2017 454 citations Michael Saliba, Michaël Grätzel et al. profile →
  26. Perovskite Solar Cell Stability in Humid Air: Partially Reversible Phase Transitions in the PbI2‐CH3NH3I‐H2O System
    2016 398 citations Antonio Abate, Ullrich Steiner et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  27. Enhanced charge carrier mobility and lifetime suppress hysteresis and improve efficiency in planar perovskite solar cells
    2017 275 citations Silver‐Hamill Turren‐Cruz, Michael Saliba et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  28. Passivation and process engineering approaches of halide perovskite films for high efficiency and stability perovskite solar cells
    2021 258 citations Antonio Abate et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  29. Lead immobilization for environmentally sustainable perovskite solar cells
    2023 135 citations Hui Zhang, Jin‐Wook Lee et al. Nature profile →
  30. Anchoring Charge Selective Self‐Assembled Monolayers for Tin–Lead Perovskite Solar Cells
    2024 78 citations Zuhong Zhang, Zhenhuang Su et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  31. Tailored Lattice-Matched Carbazole Self-Assembled Molecule for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
    2025 26 citations Zuhong Zhang, Guixiang Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Antonio Abate Germany 87 43.9k 27.7k 21.0k 2.4k 1.8k 246 46.1k
Tsutomu Miyasaka Japan 72 44.9k 1.0× 30.7k 1.1× 18.1k 0.9× 4.3k 1.8× 3.5k 2.0× 264 49.0k
Michael Saliba Germany 82 37.5k 0.9× 24.7k 0.9× 16.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 206 39.4k
Samuel D. Stranks United Kingdom 84 51.8k 1.2× 37.6k 1.4× 17.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 2.8k 1.6× 274 53.9k
Qi Chen China 75 32.9k 0.7× 21.4k 0.8× 14.7k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 495 35.9k
Edoardo Mosconi Italy 68 24.0k 0.5× 19.4k 0.7× 6.8k 0.3× 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 168 26.3k
Sang Il Seok South Korea 76 56.9k 1.3× 39.4k 1.4× 24.9k 1.2× 4.5k 1.9× 2.8k 1.6× 235 61.2k
Jangwon Seo South Korea 54 31.6k 0.7× 21.4k 0.8× 15.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 118 34.6k
Ziruo Hong United States 53 26.6k 0.6× 14.5k 0.5× 14.4k 0.7× 977 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 93 28.4k
Nam Joong Jeon South Korea 40 35.5k 0.8× 22.3k 0.8× 17.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 92 36.5k
Nripan Mathews Singapore 88 33.0k 0.8× 24.0k 0.9× 10.6k 0.5× 3.5k 1.5× 2.3k 1.3× 344 36.8k

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All Works

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Zhang, Zuhong, Bingchen He, Zhenhuang Su, et al.. (2025). Molecular Design of Oligomers for Codeposited Perovskite Solar Cells: Enabling Synergistic Control of Crystallization and Carrier Dynamics. ACS Energy Letters. 11(1). 590–597.
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Poli, Isabella, E.A. Albanesi, Luca Gregori, et al.. (2025). Role of the monovalent cation in the self-doping of tin halide perovskites. 1(3). 287–294.
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Musiienko, Artem, Fengjiu Yang, Thomas W. Gries, et al.. (2024). Resolving electron and hole transport properties in semiconductor materials by constant light-induced magneto transport. Nature Communications. 15(1). 316–316. 11 indexed citations
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Alippi, Paola, Giuseppe Nasti, Shengnan Zuo, et al.. (2024). Mitigation of Self-p-Doping and Off-Centering Effect in Tin Perovskite via Strontium Doping. ACS Energy Letters. 10(1). 526–533. 4 indexed citations
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Gries, Thomas W., Qiong Wang, L. Lancellotti, et al.. (2024). Optimizing SnO2 Quantum Dot Precursor Solutions for Perovskite Solar Cells with Reduced Hysteresis. Solar RRL. 8(6). 3 indexed citations
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Gupta, Ritesh Kant, et al.. (2024). Seasonal Effects on Outdoor Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(8). 4 indexed citations
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Khenkin, Mark, Hans Köbler, Jinzhao Li, et al.. (2023). Light cycling as a key to understanding the outdoor behaviour of perovskite solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(2). 602–610. 49 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hui, Jin‐Wook Lee, Giuseppe Nasti, et al.. (2023). Lead immobilization for environmentally sustainable perovskite solar cells. Nature. 617(7962). 687–695. 135 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Tianxiao, Shengnan Zuo, Bo He, et al.. (2023). Ionic liquid functionalized tin halide perovskite investigated by STXM and spectro-ptychography. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 265. 147330–147330. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Guixiang, Feng Yang, Meng Li, et al.. (2023). Biotoxicity of Halide Perovskites in Mice. Advanced Materials. 36(2). e2306860–e2306860. 33 indexed citations
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Martani, Samuele, Yang Zhou, Isabella Poli, et al.. (2023). Defect Engineering to Achieve Photostable Wide Bandgap Metal Halide Perovskites. ACS Energy Letters. 8(6). 2801–2808. 42 indexed citations
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Gutierrez‐Partida, Emilio, Hannes Hempel, Sebastián Caicedo‐Dávila, et al.. (2021). Large-Grain Double Cation Perovskites with 18 μs Lifetime and High Luminescence Yield for Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters. 6(3). 1045–1054. 67 indexed citations
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Tejada, Alvaro, S. Peters, Amran Al‐Ashouri, et al.. (2021). Hybrid Perovskite Degradation from an Optical Perspective: A Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Study from the Deep Ultraviolet to the Middle Infrared. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(3). 15 indexed citations
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Li, Jinzhao, Janardan Dagar, Oleksandra Shargaieva, et al.. (2021). 20.8% Slot‐Die Coated MAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells by Optimal DMSO‐Content and Age of 2‐ME Based Precursor Inks. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(10). 167 indexed citations
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Unger, Eva, Gopinath Paramasivam, & Antonio Abate. (2020). Perovskite solar cell performance assessment. Journal of Physics Energy. 2(4). 44002–44002. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Meng, Weiwei Zuo, Yingguo Yang, et al.. (2020). Tin Halide Perovskite Films Made of Highly Oriented 2D Crystals Enable More Efficient and Stable Lead-free Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters. 5(6). 1923–1929. 138 indexed citations
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Phung, Nga, Amran Al‐Ashouri, Simone Meloni, et al.. (2020). The Role of Grain Boundaries on Ionic Defect Migration in Metal Halide Perovskites. Advanced Energy Materials. 10(20). 146 indexed citations
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Gómez, Andrés, Qiong Wang, A. R. Goñi, Mariano Campoy‐Quiles, & Antonio Abate. (2020). Reply to the “Comment on the publication ‘Ferroelectricity-free lead halide perovskites’ by Gomez et al.” by Colsmann et al.. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(6). 1892–1895. 11 indexed citations
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Gómez, Andrés, Qiong Wang, A. R. Goñi, Mariano Campoy‐Quiles, & Antonio Abate. (2019). Ferroelectricity-free lead halide perovskites. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(8). 2537–2547. 89 indexed citations
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Roose, Bart, Kévin Dupraz, T. Jaouen, et al.. (2017). A Ga-doped SnO2 mesoporous contact for UV stable highly efficient perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(4). 1850–1857. 135 indexed citations

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