Frank Feldmann

6.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Frank Feldmann is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Feldmann has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 46 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank Feldmann's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (83 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (46 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (39 papers). Frank Feldmann is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (83 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (46 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (39 papers). Frank Feldmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Frank Feldmann's co-authors include Martin Hermle, Stefan W. Glunz, Martin Bivour, Christian Reichel, Jan Benick, Armin Richter, Andreas Fell, Ralph Müller, Heiko Steinkemper and Bernd Steinhauser and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Frank Feldmann

94 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Passivated rear contacts for high-efficiency n-type Si solar cells providing high interface passivation quality and excellent transport characteristics

2013 619 citations Frank Feldmann, Martin Bivour et al. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells profile →
n-Type Si solar cells with passivating electron contact: Identifying sources for efficiency limitations by wafer thickness and resistivity variation

2017 523 citations Armin Richter, Jan Benick et al. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells profile →
Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses

2021 332 citations Armin Richter, Ralph Müller et al. Nature Energy profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Frank Feldmann	5.4k	2.4k	1.5k	459	416	95	5.7k
Jan Benick	5.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	468 1.0×	761 1.8×	149	5.2k
Hisashi Uzu	2.9k 0.5×	749 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	323 0.7×	350 0.8×	18	3.1k
Kunta Yoshikawa	2.5k 0.5×	700 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	318 0.7×	339 0.8×	9	2.8k
Hayato Kawasaki	2.5k 0.5×	685 0.3×	996 0.7×	300 0.7×	309 0.7×	10	2.7k
Toru Irie	2.5k 0.5×	674 0.3×	989 0.7×	299 0.7×	323 0.8×	8	2.7k
Jeffrey Yang	3.5k 0.6×	235 0.1×	2.6k 1.8×	180 0.4×	411 1.0×	180	3.7k
E. Vallat‐Sauvain	3.5k 0.7×	337 0.1×	2.8k 1.9×	205 0.4×	574 1.4×	54	3.9k
Tsvetelina Merdzhanova	1.1k 0.2×	421 0.2×	555 0.4×	201 0.4×	308 0.7×	87	1.5k
J. Bailat	2.2k 0.4×	172 0.1×	1.4k 1.0×	199 0.4×	338 0.8×	49	2.4k
C. Droz	1.7k 0.3×	178 0.1×	1.3k 0.9×	123 0.3×	313 0.8×	29	1.9k

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Krügener, Jan, et al.. (2023). Comparing the Gettering Effect of Heavily Doped Polysilicon Films and Its Implications for Tunnel Oxide‐Passivated Contact Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(8). 2 indexed citations

Bogachuk, Dmitry & Frank Feldmann. (2023). Do perovskites need silicon to be stable under reverse bias?. Joule. 7(11). 2423–2426. 4 indexed citations

Krügener, Jan, Frank Feldmann, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2022). Impurity Gettering in Polycrystalline‐Silicon Based Passivating Contacts—The Role of Oxide Stoichiometry and Pinholes. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(24). 11 indexed citations

Krügener, Jan, Frank Feldmann, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2022). Comparing the Gettering Effect of Heavily Doped Polysilicon Films and Its Implications for Tunnel Oxide‐Passivated Contact Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(8). 4 indexed citations

Richter, Armin, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Frank Feldmann, et al.. (2022). Simultaneous Boron Emitter Diffusion and Annealing of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts Via Rapid Vapor-Phase Direct Doping. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 12(5). 1142–1148. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Kejun, Alexandra Bothwell, Harvey Guthrey, et al.. (2021). Measurement of poly-Si film thickness on textured surfaces by X-ray diffraction in poly-Si/SiO passivating contacts for monocrystalline Si solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 236. 111510–111510. 15 indexed citations

Glunz, Stefan W., Bernd Steinhauser, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2021). Silicon‐based passivating contacts: The TOPCon route. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 31(4). 341–359. 82 indexed citations

Polzin, Jana‐Isabelle, Leonard Tutsch, Jan Temmler, et al.. (2021). Influence of Intrinsic Silicon Layer and Intermediate Silicon Oxide Layer on the Performance of Inline PECVD Deposited Boron-Doped TOPCon. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 11(4). 936–943. 8 indexed citations

Liu, AnYao, Frank Feldmann, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2021). Understanding the impurity gettering effect of polysilicon/oxide passivating contact structures through experiment and simulation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 230. 111254–111254. 19 indexed citations

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Polzin, Jana‐Isabelle, et al.. (2021). Thermal activation of hydrogen for defect passivation in poly-Si based passivating contacts. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 230. 111267–111267. 41 indexed citations

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Tutsch, Leonard, et al.. (2020). Improved Passivation of n-Type Poly-Si Based Passivating Contacts by the Application of Hydrogen-Rich Transparent Conductive Oxides. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 10(4). 986–991. 18 indexed citations

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Hermle, Martin, Frank Feldmann, Martin Bivour, Jan Christoph Goldschmidt, & Stefan W. Glunz. (2020). Passivating contacts and tandem concepts: Approaches for the highest silicon-based solar cell efficiencies. Applied Physics Reviews. 7(2). 191 indexed citations

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Cariou, Romain, Jan Benick, Frank Feldmann, et al.. (2018). III–V-on-silicon solar cells reaching 33% photoconversion efficiency in two-terminal configuration. Nature Energy. 3(4). 326–333. 261 indexed citations

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Steinhauser, Bernd, Frank Feldmann, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, et al.. (2018). Large Area TOPCon Technology Achieving 23.4% Efficiency. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1507–1510. 12 indexed citations

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Tutsch, Leonard, Tobias Fellmeth, Martin Bivour, et al.. (2018). Low-Resistivity Screen-Printed Contacts on Indium Tin Oxide Layers for Silicon Solar Cells With Passivating Contacts. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 8(5). 1208–1214. 29 indexed citations

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Cariou, Romain, Jan Benick, Frank Feldmann, et al.. (2018). Author Correction: III–V-on-silicon solar cells reaching 33% photoconversion efficiency in two-terminal configuration. Nature Energy. 3(6). 529–529. 1 indexed citations

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Glunz, Stefan W., Martin Bivour, Christoph Messmer, et al.. (2017). Passivating and Carrier-selective Contacts - Basic Requirements and Implementation. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 2064–2069. 24 indexed citations

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Feldmann, Frank, Bernd Steinhauser, Andreas Büchler, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of TOPCon Technology on Large Area Solar Cells. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 465–467. 14 indexed citations

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Steinkemper, Heiko, Frank Feldmann, Martin Bivour, & Martin Hermle. (2015). Numerical Simulation of Carrier-Selective Electron Contacts Featuring Tunnel Oxides. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 5(5). 1348–1356. 94 indexed citations

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Wilczek, Carola, Frank Feldmann, Peter Schlenke, et al.. (2011). Inhibition of Myb-dependent gene expression by the sesquiterpene lactone mexicanin-I. Leukemia. 26(4). 615–622. 32 indexed citations

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