Bernd Steinhauser

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Bernd Steinhauser is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Steinhauser has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Bernd Steinhauser's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (66 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (31 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (29 papers). Bernd Steinhauser is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (66 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (31 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (29 papers). Bernd Steinhauser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Bernd Steinhauser's co-authors include Martin Hermle, Frank Feldmann, Stefan W. Glunz, Armin Richter, Jan Benick, Andreas Fell, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Martin Bivour, Ralph Müller and Christian Reichel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Advanced Energy Materials and Nature Energy.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Steinhauser

69 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernd Steinhauser Germany	17	1.2k	464	331	123	121	70	1.3k
Filip Granek Germany	17	851 0.7×	327 0.7×	223 0.7×	112 0.9×	136 1.1×	66	921
Matthew Page United States	18	1.3k 1.0×	398 0.9×	617 1.9×	58 0.5×	390 3.2×	84	1.4k
Pierre Saint‐Cast Germany	18	1.1k 0.9×	341 0.7×	319 1.0×	114 0.9×	113 0.9×	73	1.1k
Filip Duerinckx Belgium	17	1.1k 0.9×	328 0.7×	437 1.3×	119 1.0×	198 1.6×	114	1.1k
Byungsul Min Germany	18	1.0k 0.8×	476 1.0×	212 0.6×	161 1.3×	85 0.7×	45	1.1k
Alison Ciesla Australia	20	1.4k 1.1×	455 1.0×	292 0.9×	311 2.5×	49 0.4×	48	1.4k
Phillip Hamer Australia	23	1.6k 1.3×	523 1.1×	374 1.1×	351 2.9×	87 0.7×	66	1.6k
Ujjwal Das United States	18	1.1k 0.9×	263 0.6×	554 1.7×	73 0.6×	143 1.2×	91	1.1k
Jan Krügener Germany	23	2.4k 2.0×	1.3k 2.7×	542 1.6×	122 1.0×	170 1.4×	73	2.4k
Rebecca Saive Netherlands	14	682 0.6×	270 0.6×	165 0.5×	158 1.3×	161 1.3×	63	850

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Polzin, Jana‐Isabelle, Bernd Steinhauser, Martin Bivour, et al.. (2024). Plasma-Assisted N2O Oxidation (PANO) in an Industrial Direct Plasma Reactor for TOPCon Production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 1 indexed citations

Krügener, Jan, et al.. (2023). Comparing the Gettering Effect of Heavily Doped Polysilicon Films and Its Implications for Tunnel Oxide‐Passivated Contact Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(8). 2 indexed citations

Richter, Armin, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Frank Feldmann, et al.. (2022). Simultaneous Boron Emitter Diffusion and Annealing of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts Via Rapid Vapor-Phase Direct Doping. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 12(5). 1142–1148. 2 indexed citations

Steinhauser, Bernd, Friedemann D. Heinz, Christian Schmiga, et al.. (2022). Investigation of the Defect Distribution of Laser Contact Opening Applied to Poly‐Si/SiN_xStacks. physica status solidi (a). 219(8). 2 indexed citations

Krügener, Jan, Frank Feldmann, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2022). Impurity Gettering in Polycrystalline‐Silicon Based Passivating Contacts—The Role of Oxide Stoichiometry and Pinholes. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(24). 11 indexed citations

Krügener, Jan, Frank Feldmann, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2022). Comparing the Gettering Effect of Heavily Doped Polysilicon Films and Its Implications for Tunnel Oxide‐Passivated Contact Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(8). 4 indexed citations

Liu, AnYao, Frank Feldmann, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2021). Understanding the impurity gettering effect of polysilicon/oxide passivating contact structures through experiment and simulation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 230. 111254–111254. 19 indexed citations

Glunz, Stefan W., Bernd Steinhauser, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2021). Silicon‐based passivating contacts: The TOPCon route. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 31(4). 341–359. 82 indexed citations

Fellmeth, Tobias, et al.. (2021). TOPCon Silicon Solar Cells With Selectively Doped PECVD Layers Realized by Inkjet-Printing of Phosphorus Dopant Sources. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 12(1). 31–37. 7 indexed citations

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Niewelt, Tim, Bernd Steinhauser, Armin Richter, et al.. (2021). Reassessment of the intrinsic bulk recombination in crystalline silicon. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 235. 111467–111467. 97 indexed citations

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Steinhauser, Bernd, et al.. (2021). Extraordinarily High Minority Charge Carrier Lifetime Observed in Crystalline Silicon. Solar RRL. 5(11). 16 indexed citations

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Nagel, H., et al.. (2021). Influence of Plasma‐Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Poly‐Si Layer Thickness on the Wrap‐Around and the Quantum Efficiency of Bifacial n‐TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) Solar Cells. physica status solidi (a). 218(16). 9 indexed citations

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Steinhauser, Bernd, Armin Richter, Andreas Fell, & Martin Hermle. (2021). On the Influence of the Sample Properties on the Measurement of the Implied Open-Circuit Voltage. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 11(3). 715–724. 6 indexed citations

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Heitz, J., Werner Baumgärtner, Achim Walter Hassel, et al.. (2020). Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) for Biomedical and Sensing Applications. 1–4. 4 indexed citations

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Steinhauser, Bernd, et al.. (2018). Rapid Vapor-Phase Direct Doping for High-Efficiency Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 8(6). 1421–1428. 6 indexed citations

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Feldmann, Frank, Bernd Steinhauser, Andreas Büchler, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of TOPCon Technology on Large Area Solar Cells. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 465–467. 14 indexed citations

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Steinhauser, Bernd, Andreas Büchler, H. Nagel, et al.. (2017). Advances in PassDop technology: recombination and optics. Energy Procedia. 124. 313–320. 1 indexed citations

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Jäger, Ulrich, et al.. (2015). Industrial N-Type PERL Cells with Screen Printed Front Side Electrodes Approaching 21% Efficiency. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 390–393. 2 indexed citations

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Bartsch, Jonas, Carolin Wittich, A. Mondon, et al.. (2014). 21.8% Efficient n-type Solar Cells with Industrially Feasible Plated Metallization. Energy Procedia. 55. 400–409. 25 indexed citations

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Benick, Jan, Bernd Steinhauser, Ralph Müller, et al.. (2014). High efficiency n-type PERT and PERL solar cells. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 3637–3640. 23 indexed citations

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