Darius Kuciauskas

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
177 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Darius Kuciauskas is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Darius Kuciauskas has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Materials Chemistry, 149 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Darius Kuciauskas's work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (133 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (123 papers) and Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (54 papers). Darius Kuciauskas is often cited by papers focused on Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (133 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (123 papers) and Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (54 papers). Darius Kuciauskas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Lithuania and Japan. Darius Kuciauskas's co-authors include Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, Paul A. Liddell, Ana Kanevce, Wyatt K. Metzger, Pat Dippo, Jian V. Li, Ingrid Repins and Su Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Darius Kuciauskas

170 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

2022 896 citations Qi Jiang, Jinhui Tong et al. Nature profile →
Co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 films and devices

2012 532 citations Darius Kuciauskas, Pat Dippo et al. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Darius Kuciauskas United States	42	5.9k	5.5k	1.2k	860	739	177	7.6k
Yishi Wu China	45	4.0k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	633 0.5×	821 1.0×	597 0.8×	148	6.0k
Sergio Brovelli Italy	52	8.8k 1.5×	8.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	522 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	159	10.6k
Atula S. D. Sandanayaka Japan	45	4.8k 0.8×	3.6k 0.7×	500 0.4×	1.5k 1.7×	560 0.8×	126	6.3k
Pavel Chábera Sweden	34	3.0k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	590 0.5×	723 0.8×	342 0.5×	84	5.4k
Artem A. Bakulin United Kingdom	46	3.0k 0.5×	5.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	409 0.5×	586 0.8×	126	7.5k
Hiroshi Segawa Japan	56	6.2k 1.0×	6.9k 1.3×	718 0.6×	678 0.8×	632 0.9×	276	9.9k
Svetlana Kilina United States	43	4.0k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	780 0.9×	493 0.7×	130	5.2k
Larry Lüer Germany	35	2.2k 0.4×	3.2k 0.6×	798 0.7×	620 0.7×	410 0.6×	135	4.8k
D. McBranch United States	34	4.8k 0.8×	4.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	833 1.0×	367 0.5×	97	7.0k
Karl Börjesson Sweden	43	2.4k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	749 0.9×	451 0.6×	99	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Darius Kuciauskas

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Darius Kuciauskas's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Darius Kuciauskas with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Darius Kuciauskas more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Darius Kuciauskas

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Darius Kuciauskas. 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 Darius Kuciauskas. The network helps show where Darius Kuciauskas may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darius Kuciauskas

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Kuciauskas, Darius, et al.. (2025). Doping with phosphorus reduces anion vacancy disorder in CdSeTe semiconductors enabling higher solar cell efficiency. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8378–8378. 2 indexed citations

2.

Colegrove, Eric, et al.. (2025). Arsenic activation and compensation in single crystal CdTe bilayers. Journal of Applied Physics. 137(11). 2 indexed citations

3.

Nardone, Marco, Steve Johnston, Eric Colegrove, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive model for evaluating voltage losses and performance improvements in thin-film photovoltaic devices. Physical Review Applied. 23(3). 4 indexed citations

4.

Ščajev, Patrik, et al.. (2024). As‐Doped Polycrystalline CdSeTe: Localized Defects, Carrier Mobility and Lifetimes, and Impact on High‐Efficiency Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(10). 8 indexed citations

5.

McGott, Deborah L., Steve Johnston, Chun‐Sheng Jiang, et al.. (2024). Investigation of Sub‐Bandgap Emission and Unexpected n‐Type Behavior in Undoped Polycrystalline CdSe_xTe_1‐x. Advanced Science. 11(29). e2309264–e2309264. 6 indexed citations

6.

Miller, Michael, Alexandra Bothwell, Ana Kanevce, et al.. (2024). Improved V _OC in RbF-Treated Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Solar Cells via Passivation of Recombination Centers. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 15(1). 67–72.

7.

Kuciauskas, Darius, Craig L. Perkins, Marco Nardone, et al.. (2023). Band Bending at CdTe Solar Cell Contacts: Correlating Electro‐Optical and X‐Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Analyses of Thin Film Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(10). 1 indexed citations

8.

Kuciauskas, Darius, Craig L. Perkins, Marco Nardone, et al.. (2023). Band Bending at CdTe Solar Cell Contacts: Correlating Electro‐Optical and X‐Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Analyses of Thin Film Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(10). 15 indexed citations

9.

Kuciauskas, Darius, Marco Nardone, Alexandra Bothwell, et al.. (2023). Why Increased CdSeTe Charge Carrier Lifetimes and Radiative Efficiencies did not Result in Voltage Boost for CdTe Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(35). 24 indexed citations

10.

Bothwell, Alexandra, et al.. (2023). Charge Carrier Lifetime Determination in Graded Absorber Solar Cells Using Time‐Resolved Photoluminescence Simulations and Measurements. Solar RRL. 7(9). 7 indexed citations

11.

Miller, Michael, Ana Kanevce, Alexandra Bothwell, et al.. (2023). Defects in RbF - Treated Cu(In_xGa_l-x)Se₂ Solar Cells and Their Impact on Voc. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

12.

Munshi, Amit, Arthur Onno, Darius Kuciauskas, et al.. (2022). Electro-optical characterization of arsenic-doped CdSeTe and CdTe solar cell absorbers doped in-situ during close space sublimation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 251. 112110–112110. 12 indexed citations

13.

Jiang, Qi, Jinhui Tong, Yeming Xian, et al.. (2022). Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells. Nature. 611(7935). 278–283. 896 indexed citations breakdown →

14.

Wieliczka, Brian M., J.A. Marquez, Alexandra Bothwell, et al.. (2021). Probing the Origin of the Open Circuit Voltage in Perovskite Quantum Dot Photovoltaics. ACS Nano. 15(12). 19334–19344. 26 indexed citations

15.

Ferguson, Andrew J., Rouin Farshchi, Pran K. Paul, et al.. (2020). Defect-mediated metastability and carrier lifetimes in polycrystalline (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 absorber materials. Journal of Applied Physics. 127(21). 16 indexed citations

16.

Nardone, Marco, et al.. (2020). Numerical simulation of high-efficiency, scalable, all-back-contact Cd(Se,Te) solar cells. Journal of Applied Physics. 127(22). 12 indexed citations

17.

Guo, Jinglong, et al.. (2019). Doping CdSe x Te 1-x /CdTe Graded Absorber Films with Arsenic for Thin-Film Photovoltaics. IEEE Conference Proceedings. 2019. 28–31. 1 indexed citations

18.

Ferguson, Andrew J., P. Dippo, Darius Kuciauskas, et al.. (2018). Optical Spectroscopic Probes of Degradation and Metastability in Polycrystalline (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 Absorbers. 3918–3922. 5 indexed citations

19.

Kuciauskas, Darius, et al.. (2017). Time-resolved correlative optical microscopy of charge-carrier transport, recombination, and space-charge fields in CdTe heterostructures. Applied Physics Letters. 110(8). 18 indexed citations

20.

Zaunbrecher, Katherine, Darius Kuciauskas, C. H. Swartz, et al.. (2016). Impact of extended defects on recombination in CdTe heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Applied Physics Letters. 109(9). 20 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact