Brooks O’Quinn

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Brooks O’Quinn is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brooks O’Quinn has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Brooks O’Quinn's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (7 papers), solar cell performance optimization (5 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (5 papers). Brooks O’Quinn is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (7 papers), solar cell performance optimization (5 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (5 papers). Brooks O’Quinn collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brooks O’Quinn's co-authors include R. Venkatasubramanian, T.S. Colpitts, E. Siivola, Sandra Liu, N. A. El-Masry, B. M. Keyes, R. K. Ahrenkiel, Paul Sharps, J.A. Hutchby and M. L. Timmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Electronic Materials.

In The Last Decade

Brooks O’Quinn

12 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit

2001 4.3k citations R. Venkatasubramanian, E. Siivola et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brooks O’Quinn United States	6	4.2k	1.6k	1.3k	603	433	12	4.5k
E. Siivola United States	6	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	571 0.9×	418 1.0×	14	4.4k
T.S. Colpitts United States	9	4.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	695 1.2×	481 1.1×	27	4.9k
P. Gogna United States	13	3.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	904 1.5×	267 0.6×	43	4.5k
L. D. Hicks United States	7	5.9k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	693 1.6×	9	6.2k
Mona Zebarjadi United States	29	4.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	663 1.1×	302 0.7×	87	4.5k
Efstathios K. Polychroniadis Greece	14	3.2k 0.8×	895 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	361 0.6×	264 0.6×	119	3.7k
Giri Joshi United States	21	4.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	632 1.0×	295 0.7×	32	4.5k
Vladimir Jovovic United States	12	4.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.8×	504 0.8×	354 0.8×	16	5.0k
Chun‐I Wu United States	17	6.5k 1.6×	1.6k 1.0×	3.1k 2.3×	494 0.8×	461 1.1×	23	6.7k
Ali Saramat Sweden	9	4.3k 1.0×	922 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	447 0.7×	295 0.7×	20	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brooks O’Quinn

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Venkatasubramanian, R., et al.. (2005). Superlattice Thermoelectrics for Thermal Management of Electronics and Optoelectronics. 2147–2152. 1 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., E. Siivola, T.S. Colpitts, & Brooks O’Quinn. (2003). Phonon-blocking electron-transmitting structures. 100–103. 2 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., et al.. (2003). Superlattice Thin-film Thermoelectric Materials and Devices. MRS Proceedings. 793. 3 indexed citations

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O’Quinn, Brooks, et al.. (2003). Thermal Stability of p-type Bi₂Te₃/Sb₂Te₃and n-type Bi₂Te₃/Bi₂Te_2-xSe_xThermoelectric Superlattice Thin Film Devices. MRS Proceedings. 793. 3 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., Brooks O’Quinn, E. Siivola, B. M. Keyes, & R. K. Ahrenkiel. (2002). 20% (AM1.5) efficiency GaAs solar cells on sub-mm grain-size poly-Ge and its transition to low-cost substrates. 811–814. 7 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., E. Siivola, T.S. Colpitts, & Brooks O’Quinn. (2001). Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit. Nature. 413(6856). 597–602. 4262 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cui, Hao, Ishwara Bhat, Brooks O’Quinn, & R. Venkatasubramanian. (2001). In-situ monitoring of the growth of Bi2 Te2 and Sb2 Te3 films and Bi2 Te3-Sb2 Te3 superlattice using spectroscopic ellipsometry. Journal of Electronic Materials. 30(11). 1376–1381. 15 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., et al.. (1999). Low-temperature organometallic epitaxy and its application to superlattice structures in thermoelectrics. Applied Physics Letters. 75(8). 1104–1106. 100 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., E. Siivola, Brooks O’Quinn, B. M. Keyes, & R. K. Ahrenkiel. (1997). Pathways to high-efficiency GaAs solar cells on low-cost substrates. AIP conference proceedings. 411–418. 5 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., Brooks O’Quinn, & E. Siivola. (1997). High-efficiency GaAs solar cells on mm and sub-mm grain-size polycrystalline Ge substrates. AIP conference proceedings. 394. 259–270. 3 indexed citations

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Venkatasubramanian, R., Brooks O’Quinn, Paul Sharps, et al.. (1996). 18.2% (AM1.5) efficient GaAs solar cell on optical-grade polycrystalline Ge substrate. 31–36. 57 indexed citations

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Sharps, Paul, M. L. Timmons, R. Venkatasubramanian, et al.. (1995). Thermal photovoltaic cells. AIP conference proceedings. 321. 194–201. 5 indexed citations

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