Cara Libby

924 total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

Cara Libby is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cara Libby has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 18 papers in Environmental Engineering and 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cara Libby's work include Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (23 papers), Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability (17 papers) and Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (10 papers). Cara Libby is often cited by papers focused on Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (23 papers), Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability (17 papers) and Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (10 papers). Cara Libby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Japan. Cara Libby's co-authors include Stephanie L. Shaw, Michael G. Deceglie, Timothy J. Silverman, K. Wambach, Garvin Heath, Evelyn Butler, Andreas Wade, Teresa M. Barnes, Parikhit Sinha and Keiichi Komoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Energy, Journal of Environmental Management and Solar Energy.

In The Last Decade

Cara Libby

33 papers receiving 565 citations

Hit Papers

Research and development priorities for silicon photovolt... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Research and development priorities for silicon photovoltaic module recycling to support a circular economy
    2020 294 citations Garvin Heath, Timothy J. Silverman 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
Cara Libby United States 11 263 244 214 140 138 38 584
Gi‐Hwan Kang South Korea 15 304 1.2× 537 2.2× 445 2.1× 234 1.7× 166 1.2× 90 981
Yuliya Voronko Austria 16 267 1.0× 385 1.6× 500 2.3× 38 0.3× 24 0.2× 29 730
Yash Kotak Germany 10 68 0.3× 315 1.3× 132 0.6× 120 0.9× 54 0.4× 17 555
Barbara Mendecka Italy 16 159 0.6× 121 0.5× 197 0.9× 230 1.6× 36 0.3× 35 610
Atse Louwen Netherlands 13 232 0.9× 515 2.1× 385 1.8× 45 0.3× 32 0.2× 30 929
Karl‐Anders Weiß Germany 16 302 1.1× 462 1.9× 658 3.1× 54 0.4× 28 0.2× 64 926
Pelin Yilmaz United Kingdom 8 138 0.5× 328 1.3× 429 2.0× 39 0.3× 20 0.1× 15 703
Marco Gambini Italy 17 149 0.6× 278 1.1× 148 0.7× 296 2.1× 70 0.5× 58 843
M. Mittag Germany 10 164 0.6× 275 1.1× 174 0.8× 42 0.3× 17 0.1× 34 440
Antonia Omazic Austria 6 179 0.7× 242 1.0× 321 1.5× 33 0.2× 18 0.1× 7 483

Countries citing papers authored by Cara Libby

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cara Libby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cara Libby. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cara Libby. The network helps show where Cara Libby may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cara Libby

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Fang, et al.. (2025). Photovoltaic module leach testing: Database development and statistical analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 377. 124666–124666.
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Shaw, Stephanie L., et al.. (2024). A circular economy roadmap for solar photovoltaics. Solar Energy. 276. 112580–112580. 4 indexed citations
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Rencheck, Mitchell L., et al.. (2024). Managing potential environmental and human health risks of lead halide perovskite photovoltaic modules. Solar Energy. 269. 112337–112337. 14 indexed citations
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Deceglie, Michael G., et al.. (2023). Field and Accelerated Aging of Cracked Solar Cells. 1–1.
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Chen, Xin, Cara Libby, Michael G. Deceglie, et al.. (2023). Automatic Crack Segmentation and Feature Extraction in Electroluminescence Images of Solar Modules. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 13(3). 334–342. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Fang, et al.. (2023). A review of toxicity assessment procedures of solar photovoltaic modules. Waste Management. 174. 646–665. 25 indexed citations
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Libby, Cara, et al.. (2022). Environmental and health risks of perovskite solar modules: Case for better test standards and risk mitigation solutions. iScience. 26(1). 105807–105807. 32 indexed citations
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Libby, Cara, Qin Wang, Aidan Tuohy, et al.. (2022). Particle CSP plant: Quantifying system benefits through production cost modeling. AIP conference proceedings. 2445. 30012–30012.
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Libby, Cara, et al.. (2022). Analysis of PV Module Power Loss and Cell Crack Effects Due to Accelerated Aging Tests and Field Exposure. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 13(1). 165–173. 11 indexed citations
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TamizhMani, GovindaSamy, et al.. (2021). Sampling Methods for Toxicity Testing of PV Modules for End-of-Life Decisions. 1871–1875. 2 indexed citations
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Libby, Cara, et al.. (2021). Review of Decommissioning Plans for Large-Scale Solar Plants. 1037–1044.
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Libby, Cara, et al.. (2020). Guidance on PV Module Replacement. 1581–1583. 2 indexed citations
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Libby, Cara & Stephanie L. Shaw. (2019). Environmental and Economic Considerations for PV Module End-of-Life Management. 2458–2463. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, C. Birk, et al.. (2018). IEC 61215 Qualification Tests vs Outdoor Performance using Module Level In Situ I-V Curve Tracing Devices. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1286–1291. 7 indexed citations
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Tatapudi, Sai, et al.. (2018). Risk priority number for PV module defects: influence of climatic condition. 40. 2–2. 5 indexed citations
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Libby, Cara, Stephanie L. Shaw, Garvin Heath, & K. Wambach. (2018). Photovoltaic Recycling Processes. 8 indexed citations
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Zhu, Guangdong & Cara Libby. (2017). Review and future perspective of central receiver design and performance. AIP conference proceedings. 1850. 30052–30052. 21 indexed citations
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Libby, Cara, et al.. (2014). Assessment of Direct Steam Generation Technologies for Solar Thermal Augmented Steam Cycle Applications. Energy Procedia. 49. 1420–1428. 10 indexed citations
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Libby, Cara, et al.. (2009). Integrated Solar Cycles for Natural Gas and Coal Power Plants. 637–640. 6 indexed citations

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