C. Droz

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

C. Droz is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Droz has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in C. Droz's work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (23 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (22 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (20 papers). C. Droz is often cited by papers focused on Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (23 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (22 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (20 papers). C. Droz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Czechia and Germany. C. Droz's co-authors include E. Vallat‐Sauvain, J. Meier, N. Wyrsch, U. Kroll, J. Bailat, A. Shah, M. Vaněček, Fanny Meillaud, U. Graf and A. Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells and Thin Solid Films.

In The Last Decade

C. Droz

27 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thin‐film silicon solar cell technology

2004 551 citations A. Shah, H. Schade et al. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
C. Droz	1.7k	1.3k	313	178	123	29	1.9k
Subhendu Guha	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	269 0.9×	137 0.8×	111 0.9×	119	2.0k
T. Söderström	1.6k 0.9×	866 0.7×	420 1.3×	185 1.0×	105 0.9×	56	1.7k
R.A.C.M.M. van Swaaij	1.5k 0.9×	981 0.8×	282 0.9×	214 1.2×	88 0.7×	98	1.7k
Jinsu Yoo	1.0k 0.6×	816 0.6×	385 1.2×	124 0.7×	76 0.6×	64	1.2k
F. Smole	1.6k 0.9×	905 0.7×	210 0.7×	338 1.9×	177 1.4×	80	1.7k
Karsten Bittkau	1.1k 0.7×	492 0.4×	330 1.1×	280 1.6×	84 0.7×	112	1.3k
Jordi Escarré	1.7k 1.0×	902 0.7×	718 2.3×	221 1.2×	92 0.7×	43	1.9k
Y. Tawada	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	120 0.4×	115 0.6×	83 0.7×	46	1.6k
Jan Haschke	1.7k 1.0×	745 0.6×	266 0.8×	484 2.7×	148 1.2×	53	1.8k
Guozhen Yue	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	255 0.8×	100 0.6×	42 0.3×	81	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Droz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Droz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Droz 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 C. Droz. C. Droz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Fakhfouri, V., et al.. (2012). Tandem Solar Simulator for Power Measurement of Micromorph Tandem Modules. EU PVSEC. 2653–2656. 1 indexed citations

Fakhfouri, V., et al.. (2011). Uncertainty Assessment of PV Power Measurement in Industrial Environments. EU PVSEC. 3408–3412. 8 indexed citations

Droz, C., et al.. (2010). Evaluation of Commercial Large Area Solar Simulator: Features Exceeding the IEC Standard Class AAA. EU PVSEC. 3884–3888. 4 indexed citations

Droz, C., et al.. (2008). Mastering the Spectrum in Class A Pulsed Solar Simulators. EU PVSEC. 326–329. 3 indexed citations

Meillaud, Fanny, A. Shah, C. Droz, E. Vallat‐Sauvain, & C. Miazza. (2006). Efficiency limits for single-junction and tandem solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 90(18-19). 2952–2959. 304 indexed citations

Shah, A., H. Schade, M. Vaněček, et al.. (2004). Thin‐film silicon solar cell technology. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 12(2-3). 113–142. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

Droz, C., E. Vallat‐Sauvain, J. Bailat, et al.. (2003). Electrical and microstructural characterisation of microcrystalline silicon layers and solar cells. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 2. 1544–1547. 6 indexed citations

Droz, C., E. Vallat‐Sauvain, J. Bailat, et al.. (2003). Relationship between Raman crystallinity and open-circuit voltage in microcrystalline silicon solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 81(1). 61–71. 162 indexed citations

Droz, C.. (2003). Thin film microcrystalline silicon layers and solar cells. 1 indexed citations

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Shah, Arvind, J. Meier, E. Vallat‐Sauvain, et al.. (2002). Microcrystalline silicon and ‘micromorph’ tandem solar cells. Thin Solid Films. 403-404. 179–187. 88 indexed citations

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Droz, C., et al.. (2002). Application of Raman Spectroscopy for the Microstructure Characterisation in Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 2917–2920. 4 indexed citations

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Wyrsch, N., C. Droz, L. Feitknecht, et al.. (2002). Effect of the microstructure on the electronic transport in hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 299-302. 390–394. 10 indexed citations

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Droz, C., et al.. (2001). More stable low gap a-Si:H layers deposited by PE-CVD at moderately high temperature with hydrogen dilution. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 66(1-4). 413–419. 17 indexed citations

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Wyrsch, N., L. Feitknecht, C. Droz, et al.. (2000). Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon: how to correlate layer properties and solar cell performance. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 266-269. 1099–1103. 15 indexed citations

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Droz, C., et al.. (2000). "Development of More Stable Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells Deposited at ""Moderately High"" Temperature". Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 385–388. 1 indexed citations

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Shah, A., E. Vallat‐Sauvain, P. Torres, et al.. (2000). Intrinsic microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) deposited by VHF-GD (very high frequency-glow discharge): a new material for photovoltaics and optoelectronics. Materials Science and Engineering B. 69-70. 219–226. 53 indexed citations

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Torres, P., et al.. (2000). Extension of the a-Si:H electronic transport model to μc-Si:H: use of the μ0τ0 product to correlate electronic transport properties and solar cell performances. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 60(2). 195–200. 6 indexed citations

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Wyrsch, N., C. Droz, L. Feitknecht, et al.. (2000). Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon: From Material to Solar Cells. MRS Proceedings. 609. 4 indexed citations

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Droz, C., et al.. (2000). Electronic transport in hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon: similarities with amorphous silicon. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 266-269. 319–324. 16 indexed citations

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Droz, C., Hikaru Kouta, & Yasuhiko Kuwano. (1999). Walk-off Compensated 266-nm Generation with Two β-BaB2O4 Crystals. Optical Review. 6(2). 97–99. 9 indexed citations

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