I. Cesar

4.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
48 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

I. Cesar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, I. Cesar has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in I. Cesar's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (27 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (16 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (14 papers). I. Cesar is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (27 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (16 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (14 papers). I. Cesar collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. I. Cesar's co-authors include Michaël Grätzel, Andreas Kay, Radek Zbořil, Kevin Sivula, Robin Humphry‐Baker, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Pascal Comte, Takurou N. Murakami, Paul Liska and Michael Grätzel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

I. Cesar

47 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

New Benchmark for Water Photooxidation by Nanostructured α-Fe₂O₃ Films

2006 1.4k citations Andreas Kay, I. Cesar et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Carbon Black Counter Electrodes

2006 789 citations Takurou N. Murakami, Seigo Ito et al. Journal of The Electrochemical Society profile →
Translucent Thin Film Fe₂O₃ Photoanodes for Efficient Water Splitting by Sunlight: Nanostructure-Directing Effect of Si-Doping

2006 706 citations I. Cesar, Andreas Kay et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Influence of Feature Size, Film Thickness, and Silicon Doping on the Performance of Nanostructured Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

2008 568 citations I. Cesar, Andreas Kay et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
I. Cesar Netherlands	11	3.5k	2.1k	855	553	306	48	4.0k
Benjamin M. Klahr United States	15	3.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	731 0.9×	625 1.1×	150 0.5×	16	4.0k
Maurin Cornuz Switzerland	13	4.4k 1.3×	2.7k 1.3×	849 1.0×	874 1.6×	129 0.4×	14	4.8k
Hen Dotan Israel	24	3.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	528 1.0×	139 0.5×	35	4.1k
Stephanie R. Pendlebury United Kingdom	18	4.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	554 1.0×	118 0.4×	19	4.4k
Alan Kleiman‐Shwarsctein United States	17	2.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	761 0.9×	386 0.7×	107 0.3×	24	3.1k
Jérémie Brillet Switzerland	13	2.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	689 0.8×	239 0.4×	271 0.9×	14	2.6k
Giorgio Carraro Italy	30	1.4k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	724 0.8×	123 0.2×	162 0.5×	86	2.4k
Sing Yang Chiam Singapore	33	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.8k 2.1×	202 0.4×	304 1.0×	91	3.5k
Coleman X. Kronawitter United States	26	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	837 1.0×	226 0.4×	58 0.2×	54	2.4k
Camilo A. Mesa Spain	23	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	174 0.3×	81 0.3×	49	2.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cesar, I. & Bas B. Van Aken. (2025). Evaluation method and module design for cost-effective compliance with irradiance guidelines to maintain soil quality in solar parks. EPJ Photovoltaics. 16. 13–13. 2 indexed citations

Aken, Bas B. Van, et al.. (2021). Marginal Effect of Variation in Photovoltaic System Configuration's Generation Profiles on Price Stabilization in the Netherlands Compared with Deployment of Flexible Demand and Supply. Solar RRL. 6(5). 3 indexed citations

Spinelli, Pierpaolo, Bas W. H. van de Loo, A.H.G. Vlooswijk, W. M. M. Kessels, & I. Cesar. (2017). Quantification of pn-Junction Recombination in Interdigitated Back-Contact Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 7(5). 1176–1183. 18 indexed citations

Spinelli, Pierpaolo, A.A. Mewe, Simon Sawallich, et al.. (2016). High Resolution Sheet Resistance Mapping to Unveil Edge Effects in Industrial IBC Solar Cells. Energy Procedia. 92. 218–224. 6 indexed citations

Sawallich, Simon, C. Matheisen, M. Nagel, & I. Cesar. (2015). High-resolution interdigitated back contact solar cell inspection using Terahertz microprobes. 95. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Mewe, A.A., et al.. (2015). Mercury: Industrial IBC cell with front floating emitter for 20.9% and higher efficiency. TU/e Research Portal. 1–6. 4 indexed citations

Spinelli, Pierpaolo, et al.. (2015). Front-floating Emitter Voltage Mapping of IBC Mercury Cells. Energy Procedia. 77. 187–194. 2 indexed citations

Cesar, I., A.R. Burgers, A.A. Mewe, et al.. (2014). Mercury: A Back Junction Back Contact Front Floating Emitter Cell with Novel Design for High Efficiency and Simplified Processing. Energy Procedia. 55. 633–642. 30 indexed citations

Nagel, M., Simon Sawallich, C. Matheisen, et al.. (2013). THZ Microprobe System for Contact-Free High-Resolution Sheet-Resistance Imaging. EU PVSEC. 856–860. 8 indexed citations

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Romijn, I.G., I. Cesar, M.W.P.E. Lamers, et al.. (2013). Dielectric Passivation Schemes for High Efficiency n-Type c-Si Solar Cells. EU PVSEC. 1188–1193. 2 indexed citations

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Janssen, G.J.M., et al.. (2013). Power Loss Analysis of N-Pasha Cells Validated by 2D Simulations. EU PVSEC. 1548–1553. 3 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Y., et al.. (2013). Calibration of Electrochemical Capacitance-voltage Method on Pyramid Texture Surface Using Scanning Electron Microscopy. Energy Procedia. 38. 94–100. 12 indexed citations

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Granneman, E.H.A., et al.. (2012). Spatial ALD Al2O3 Film Integrated in Low-Cost, High-Performance Bifacial Solar Cells. EU PVSEC. 1757–1760. 2 indexed citations

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Morecroft, D., M.W.P.E. Lamers, A.A. Mewe, et al.. (2011). Development Towards Pilot Line Efficiency Improvements of >19% Industrially Viable IBC Solar Cells. EU PVSEC. 2223–2226.

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Cesar, I., et al.. (2011). Effect of Al Contact Pitch on Rear Passivated Solar Cells. Energy Procedia. 8. 672–680. 5 indexed citations

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Eggleston, Carrick M., et al.. (2009). Anisotropic photocatalytic properties of hematite. Aquatic Sciences. 71(2). 151–159. 40 indexed citations

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Snaith, Henry J., Robin Humphry‐Baker, Peter Chen, et al.. (2008). Charge collection and pore filling in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Nanotechnology. 19(42). 424003–424003. 231 indexed citations

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Romijn, I.G., et al.. (2008). PASHA: A new industrial process technology enabling high efficiencies on thin and large mc-Si wafers. Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 1–5. 3 indexed citations

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Murakami, Takurou N., Seigo Ito, Qing Wang, et al.. (2006). Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Carbon Black Counter Electrodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 153(12). A2255–A2255. 789 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cesar, I., et al.. (2006). Translucent Thin Film Fe₂O₃ Photoanodes for Efficient Water Splitting by Sunlight: Nanostructure-Directing Effect of Si-Doping. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(14). 4582–4583. 706 indexed citations breakdown →

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