Christophe Ballif

37.8k citations

680 papers · 31.3k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 90

Impact in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.02%
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Materials Chemistry top 0.1%
- Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Papers in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 607
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies 377
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies 357
- solar cell performance optimization 71
- Perovskite Materials and Applications 71
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films 65
Materials Chemistry 255
- Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence 149

Co-authors: Stefaan De Wolf Franz‐Josef Haug Bjoern Niesen Matthieu Despeisse Mathieu Boccard Antoine Descoeudres Jérémie Werner Sylvain Nicolay
Journals: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (63 papers)IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (63 papers)Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications (31 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (30 papers)Applied Physics Letters (28 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Christophe Ballif

653 papers receiving 30.4k citations

Hit Papers

12 papers align trajectories log scale

Interface passivation for 31.25%-efficient perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells 2023 · 326 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Science
2022 Nature Reviews Materials
2018 Nature Materials
2017 Advanced Electronic Materials
2017 Nature Energy
2016 Nature Energy
2015 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2014 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2014 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2012 Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
2012 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
2012 ACS Nano

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1	Impact of Rapid Thermal Processing on Bulk Lifetime and Surface Recombination Velocity of Crystalline Silicon With Passivating Tunnel Oxide Contacts Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Franz‐Josef Haug, Audrey Morisset, Mario Lehmann, Sofia Libraro, Ezgi Genç, Julien Hurni, Christophe Ballif	2025	1
2	Embracing wind power in the solar PV-dominated Swiss landscape Energy Reports ·Marine Cauz, N. Wyrsch, Lionel Perret, Christophe Ballif, Alejandro Pena-Bello	2025	0
3	Bifacial perovskite/silicon heterojunction tandem solar cells based on FAPbI3-based perovskite via hybrid evaporation-spin coating Nano Energy ·Mohammad Reza Golobostanfard, Mostafa Othman, Deniz Türkay, Kerem Artuk, Xin Yu Chin, Mounir Mensi, Daniel A. Jacobs, Quentin Jeangros, Christian M. Wolff, Aïcha Hessler‐Wyser, Christophe Ballif	2024	2
4	Stress tolerance of lightweight glass-free PV modules for vehicle integration EPJ Photovoltaics ·Umang Desai, Kléber Nicolet, Sukanya Prabhudesai, Gianluca Cattaneo, Julien Robin, Cristiano Cunha, José Silva, L. Jacques, Fahradin Mujovi, Jacques Levrat, Matthieu Despeisse, Aïcha Hessler‐Wyser, Antonin Faes, Christophe Ballif	2024	3
5	Intrinsic performance loss rate: Decoupling reversible and irreversible losses for an improved assessment of photovoltaic system performance Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Hugo Quest, Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Virtuani	2024	2
6	Multi‐Annual Year‐on‐Year: Minimising the Uncertainty in Photovoltaic System Performance Loss Rates Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Hugo Quest, Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Virtuani	2024	3
7	ETFE and its Role in the Fabrication of Lightweight c-Si Solar Modules IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Fabiana Lisco, Farwah Bukhari, Luke O. Jones, Adam M. Law, John M. Walls, Christophe Ballif	2023	9
8	Towards a quantification of thermal and thermomechanical stress for modules in building‐integrated photovoltaics configurations Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Hugo Quest, Andrew Fairbrother, Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Virtuani	2023	4
9	Bulk Defects and Hydrogenation Kinetics in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells With Fired Passivating Contacts IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Mario Lehmann, Anatole Desthieux, Nathalie Valle, Audrey Morisset, Philippe Wyss, Santhana Eswara, Tom Wirtz, Andrea Ingenito, Pere Roca i Cabarrocas, Christophe Ballif, Franz‐Josef Haug	2022	1
10	Bandgap engineering of indium gallium nitride layers grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·Jonathan Thomet, Aman Kamlesh Singh, Mélanie Nelly Rouèche, Nils Toggwyler, Franz‐Josef Haug, Gabriel Christmann, Sylvain Nicolay, Christophe Ballif, N. Wyrsch, Aïcha Hessler‐Wyser, Mathieu Boccard	2022	2
11	Multimodal Microscale Imaging of Textured Perovskite–Silicon Tandem Solar Cells ACS Energy Letters ·Elizabeth M. Tennyson, Kyle Frohna, William K. Drake, Florent Sahli, Terry Chien‐Jen Yang, Fan Fu, Jérémie Werner, Cullen Chosy, Alan R. Bowman, Tiarnan A. S. Doherty, Quentin Jeangros, Christophe Ballif, Samuel D. Stranks	2021	31
12	Performance Limitations and Analysis of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Using Ultra-Thin MoO_xHole-Selective Contacts IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Julie Dréon, Jean Cattin, Gabriel Christmann, Davi Fébba, Vincent Paratte, Luca Antognini, Wenjie Lin, Sylvain Nicolay, Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Boccard	2021	11
13	Influence of the Dopant Gas Precursor in P-Type Nanocrystalline Silicon Layers on the Performance of Front Junction Heterojunction Solar Cells IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Luca Antognini, Vincent Paratte, Jan Haschke, Jean Cattin, Julie Dréon, Mario Lehmann, Laurie‐Lou Senaud, Quentin Jeangros, Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Boccard	2021	8
14	The versatility of passivating carrier‐selective silicon thin films for diverse high‐efficiency screen‐printed heterojunction‐based solar cells Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Antoine Descoeudres, Jörg Horzel, Bertrand Paviet‐Salomon, Laurie‐Lou Senaud, Gabriel Christmann, Jonas Geissbühler, Patrick Wyss, Nicolas Badel, Jan‐Willem Schüttauf, Jun Zhao, Christophe Allebé, Antonin Faes, Sylvain Nicolay, Christophe Ballif, Matthieu Despeisse	2019	29
15	25.1%-Efficient Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Based on a p-type Monocrystalline Textured Silicon Wafer and High-Temperature Passivating Contacts ACS Energy Letters ·Gizem Nogay, Florent Sahli, Jérémie Werner, R. Monnard, Mathieu Boccard, Matthieu Despeisse, Franz‐Josef Haug, Quentin Jeangros, Andrea Ingenito, Christophe Ballif	2019	171
16	Recombination Analysis of Phosphorus-Doped Nanostructured Silicon Oxide Passivating Electron Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Josua Stückelberger, Philipp Löper, Christophe Ballif, Gizem Nogay, P. Wyss, Andrea Ingenito, Christophe Allebé, Jörg Horzel, Brett A. Kamino, Matthieu Despeisse, Franz‐Josef Haug	2018	43
17	Perovskite/Perovskite/Silicon Monolithic Triple-Junction Solar Cells with a Fully Textured Design ACS Energy Letters ·Jérémie Werner, Florent Sahli, Fan Fu, Juan J. Díaz León, Arnaud Walter, Brett A. Kamino, Bjoern Niesen, Sylvain Nicolay, Quentin Jeangros, Christophe Ballif	2018	98
18	Hole-Collection Mechanism in Passivating Metal-Oxide Contacts on Si Solar Cells: Insights From Numerical Simulations IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Ramachandran Ammapet Vijayan, Stephanie Essig, Stefaan De Wolf, Bairava Ganesh Ramanathan, Philipp Löper, Christophe Ballif, Muthubalan Varadharajaperumal	2018	71
19	Analysis of onset of dislocation nucleation during nanoindentation and nanoscratching of InP Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·Kilian Wasmer, R. Gassilloud, Johann Michler, Christophe Ballif	2011	26
20	An Introduction To The Technology Of Thin Film Silicon Photovoltaics Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·A. Feltrin, R. Bartlomé, Corsin Battaglia, Mathieu Boccard, G. Bugnon, Peter Buehlmann, O. Cubero, Matthieu Despeisse, D. Dominé, Franz‐Josef Haug, Fanny Meillaud, X. Niquille, Gaetano Parascandolo, Thomas Soederstroem, B. Strahm, V. Terrazzoni, N. Wyrsch, Christophe Ballif	2009	2

About Christophe Ballif

Christophe Ballif is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 680 papers that have together received 31.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (377 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (357 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (149 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (79 papers), solar cell performance optimization (71 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (71 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (66 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (65 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (27.8k citations), Materials Chemistry (14.5k citations), Polymers and Plastics (4.0k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2.7k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.2k citations). Christophe Ballif has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Stefaan De Wolf, Franz‐Josef Haug, Bjoern Niesen, Matthieu Despeisse, Mathieu Boccard, Antoine Descoeudres, Jérémie Werner, Sylvain Nicolay, Philipp Löper and Zachary C. Holman. Their work appears in journals such as Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters.

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