Armin Richter

5.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
90 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Armin Richter is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Armin Richter has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 40 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 20 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Armin Richter's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (82 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (39 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (34 papers). Armin Richter is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (82 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (39 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (34 papers). Armin Richter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Armin Richter's co-authors include Stefan W. Glunz, Martin Hermle, Jan Benick, Frank Feldmann, Jan Schmidt, Florian Werner, Andrés Cuevas, Andreas Fell, Ralph Müller and Christian Reichel and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Armin Richter

84 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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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.

Reassessment of the Limiting Efficiency for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

2013 799 citations Armin Richter, Martin Hermle et al. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics profile →
Improved quantitative description of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon

2012 734 citations Armin Richter, Stefan W. Glunz et al. profile →
n-Type Si solar cells with passivating electron contact: Identifying sources for efficiency limitations by wafer thickness and resistivity variation

2017 523 citations Armin Richter, Jan Benick et al. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells profile →
Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses

2021 332 citations Armin Richter, Ralph Müller et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Influence of Thermal Activation on Polysilicon Tunnel Junctions for Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacts‐Based Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells 2025 ·Solar RRL ·(unknown), (unknown), Armin Richter, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Jan Benick, Martin Bivour, Christian Reichel, Stefan W. Glunz	0
2	Hydrogenation characteristics of p-type poly-Si passivating contacts on textured surface for double-sided TOPCon devices 2025 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·(unknown), (unknown), Jan Benick, (unknown), Armin Richter, AnYao Liu, (unknown), Stefan Lange, Paul‐Tiberiu Miclea, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin	3
3	Fully‐Textured Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Exceeding 30% Efficiency on Both Side Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacted Bottom Cells 2025 ·Solar RRL ·(unknown), Armin Richter, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, (unknown), Oussama Er‐raji, Yashika Gupta, Oliver Fischer, Jan Benick, Patricia S. C. Schulze, Juliane Borchert, Martin Bivour, Stefan W. Glunz	0
4	TOPCon Solar Cells Made of n‐Type and p‐Type Epitaxially Grown Silicon Wafers 2025 ·Solar RRL ·Armin Richter, (unknown), (unknown), Giuliano Vescovi, (unknown), Florian Schindler, Jan Benick, Charlotte Weiss, S. Janz	0
5	Toward Highly Efficient Low‐Carbon Footprint Solar Cells: Impact of High‐Temperature Processing on Epitaxially Grown p‐Type Silicon Wafers 2024 ·Solar RRL ·(unknown), (unknown), Tim Niewelt, (unknown), Friedemann D. Heinz, Armin Richter, (unknown), (unknown), Barbara Terheiden, Charlotte Weiss, (unknown), Florian Schindler, S. Janz, Martin C. Schubert	4
6	Thermal laser separation and high-throughput layer deposition for edge passivation for TOPCon shingle solar cells 2023 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Elmar Lohmüller, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lili Wang, Ricky B. Dunbar, (unknown), Marc Hofmann, Armin Richter, (unknown)	11
7	TOPCon shingle solar cells: Thermal laser separation and passivated edge technology 2023 ·Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Elmar Lohmüller, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Armin Richter, Lili Wang, Ricky B. Dunbar, (unknown), (unknown), R. Preu	14
8	Bias-voltage photoconductance and photoluminescence for the determination of silicon-dielectric interface properties in SiO2/Al2O3 stacks 2023 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·(unknown), Christian Reichel, Ruy S. Bonilla, Armin Richter, Jan Benick	4
9	Simultaneous Boron Emitter Diffusion and Annealing of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts Via Rapid Vapor-Phase Direct Doping 2022 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), Armin Richter, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Frank Feldmann, Bernd Steinhauser, (unknown), Charlotte Weiss, Jan Benick, S. Janz	2
10	Post-Separation Processing for Silicon Heterojunction Half Solar Cells With Passivated Edges 2021 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), T. Geipel, S. Pingel, Armin Richter, (unknown), Elmar Lohmüller, (unknown), R. Preu	20
11	Silicon‐based passivating contacts: The TOPCon route 2021 ·Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Stefan W. Glunz, Bernd Steinhauser, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Christoph Luderer, (unknown), Tim Niewelt, (unknown), (unknown), H. Nagel, (unknown), Frank Feldmann, Armin Richter, Martin Bivour, Martin Hermle	82
12	Reassessment of the intrinsic bulk recombination in crystalline silicon 2021 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Tim Niewelt, Bernd Steinhauser, Armin Richter, Boris Veith‐Wolf, Andreas Fell, (unknown), Nicholas E. Grant, Lachlan E. Black, J. Tan, (unknown), John D. Murphy, Jan Schmidt, Martin C. Schubert, Stefan W. Glunz	97
13	Extraordinarily High Minority Charge Carrier Lifetime Observed in Crystalline Silicon 2021 ·Solar RRL ·Bernd Steinhauser, Tim Niewelt, Armin Richter, (unknown), Martin C. Schubert	16
14	Ultrathin Plasma Oxide for Passivation of Phosphorus-Diffused Silicon Solar Cell Emitters 2020 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), Armin Richter, Pierre Saint‐Cast, Marc Hofmann	3
15	The potential of cast silicon 2020 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Martin C. Schubert, Florian Schindler, Jan Benick, Stephan Riepe, Patricia Krenckel, Armin Richter, Ralph Müller, (unknown), Sebastian Nold	20
16	Rapid Vapor-Phase Direct Doping for High-Efficiency Solar Cells 2018 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), Bernd Steinhauser, Armin Richter, (unknown), S. Janz	6
17	Passivating and Carrier-selective Contacts - Basic Requirements and Implementation 2017 ·2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) ·Stefan W. Glunz, Martin Bivour, Christoph Messmer, Frank Feldmann, Ralph Müller, Christian Reichel, Armin Richter, Florian Schindler, Jan Benick, Martin Hermle	24
18	Study of Dielectric Layers for Bifacial n-type Silicon Solar Cells with Regard to Optical Properties, Surface Passivation Quality, and Contact Formation 2014 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), Armin Richter, Christian Schmiga, Markus Glatthaar, Jürgen Wilde	6
19	Passivation of phosphorus diffused silicon surfaces with Al2O3: Influence of surface doping concentration and thermal activation treatments 2014 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Armin Richter, Jan Benick, Achim Kimmerle, Martin Hermle, Stefan W. Glunz	19
20	Analysis of the Temperature Dependence of the Open-Circuit Voltage 2012 ·Energy Procedia ·Philipp Löper, D. Pysch, Armin Richter, Martin Hermle, S. Janz, Margit Zacharias, Stefan W. Glunz	58

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