I. Cesar

4.4k citations

48 papers · 4.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 11

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.5%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Iron oxide chemistry and applications
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Environmental Chemistry top 1%
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation

Papers in ⓘ

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12
- Iron oxide chemistry and applications 5
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells 5
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies 27
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies 14
- Semiconductor materials and devices 7
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design 7
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis 5

Co-authors: Michaël Grätzel (6 shared papers)Andreas Kay (4 shared papers)Radek Zbořil (1 shared paper)Kevin Sivula (1 shared paper)Robin Humphry‐Baker (2 shared papers)Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin (2 shared papers)Pascal Comte (2 shared papers)Takurou N. Murakami (1 shared paper)
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2 papers)Solar RRL (1 paper)Chemistry of Materials (1 paper)Journal of The Electrochemical Society (1 paper)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (1 paper)
Partner nations: Netherlands Switzerland Germany

In The Last Decade

I. Cesar

47 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Influence of Feature Size, Film Thickness, and Silicon Doping on the Performance of Nanostructured Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting 2008 · 568 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.

2008 The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2006 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2006 Journal of The Electrochemical Society
2006 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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#	Work
1	New Benchmark for Water Photooxidation by Nanostructured α-Fe₂O₃ Films Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Andreas Kay, I. Cesar, Michaël Grätzel Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1380
2	Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Carbon Black Counter Electrodes Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Takurou N. Murakami, Seigo Ito, Qing Wang, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Takeru Bessho, I. Cesar, Paul Liska, Robin Humphry‐Baker, Pascal Comte, Péter Péchy, Michael Grätzel Hit paper breakdown →	2006	789
3	Translucent Thin Film Fe₂O₃ Photoanodes for Efficient Water Splitting by Sunlight: Nanostructure-Directing Effect of Si-Doping Journal of the American Chemical Society ·I. Cesar, Andreas Kay, José A. Gonzalez Martinez, Michaël Grätzel Hit paper breakdown →	2006	706
4	Influence of Feature Size, Film Thickness, and Silicon Doping on the Performance of Nanostructured Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·I. Cesar, Kevin Sivula, Andreas Kay, Radek Zbořil, Michaël Grätzel Hit paper breakdown →	2008	568
5	Charge collection and pore filling in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells Nanotechnology ·Henry J. Snaith, Robin Humphry‐Baker, Peter Chen, I. Cesar, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Michaël Grätzel	2008	231
6	Nanostructured Composite Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Deposition Chemistry of Materials ·Alexander G. Agrios, I. Cesar, Pascal Comte, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michaël Grätzel	2006	60
7	Anisotropic photocatalytic properties of hematite Aquatic Sciences ·Carrick M. Eggleston, Angela J. A. Shankle, Amanda J. Moyer, I. Cesar, Michaël Grätzel	2009	40
8	Mercury: A Back Junction Back Contact Front Floating Emitter Cell with Novel Design for High Efficiency and Simplified Processing Energy Procedia ·I. Cesar, N. Guillevin, A.R. Burgers, A.A. Mewe, M. Koppes, John N. van den Anker, L.J. Geerligs, A.W. Weeber	2014	30
9	Quantification of pn-Junction Recombination in Interdigitated Back-Contact Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Pierpaolo Spinelli, Bas W. H. van de Loo, A.H.G. Vlooswijk, W. M. M. Kessels, I. Cesar	2017	18
10	Industrially feasible >19% efficiency IBC cells for pilot line processing Fernando Castaño, D. Morecroft, M. Cascant, H. Yuste, M.W.P.E. Lamers, A.A. Mewe, I.G. Romijn, E.E. Bende, Y. Komatsu, A.W. Weeber, I. Cesar	2011	13
11	Calibration of Electrochemical Capacitance-voltage Method on Pyramid Texture Surface Using Scanning Electron Microscopy Energy Procedia ·Y. Komatsu, Daisuke Harata, E.W. Schuring, A.H.G. Vlooswijk, Shigetaka Katori, Shizuo Fujita, Peter Venema, I. Cesar	2013	12
12	Enablers for IBC: integral cell and module development and implementation in PV industry Energy Procedia ·I. Cesar, N. Guillevin, A.A. Mewe, Pierpaolo Spinelli, A.R. Burgers, Victor Roşca, L.A.G. Okel, Bart J. Geerligs, A.W. Weeber, Simon Sawallich, M. Nagel	2017	10
13	FFE IBC cells: Impact of Busbars on Cell Performance with Circuit Modelling Energy Procedia ·A.R. Burgers, N. Guillevin, A.A. Mewe, Aishwarya Suvvi, Pierpaolo Spinelli, A.W. Weeber, I. Cesar	2015	9
14	Solar photoelectrolysis of water with translucent nano-structured hematite photoanodes Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·I. Cesar	2007	9
15	THZ Microprobe System for Contact-Free High-Resolution Sheet-Resistance Imaging EU PVSEC ·M. Nagel, (unknown), Simon Sawallich, C. Matheisen, T.M. Pletzer, A.A. Mewe, N.J.C.M. van der Borg, I. Cesar, H. Kurz	2013	8
16	Excellent rear side passivation on multi-crystalline silicon solar cells with 20 nm uncapped Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> layer: Industrialization of ALD for solar cell applications I. Cesar, E.H.A. Granneman, P. Vermont, E. Tois, P. Manshanden, L.J. Geerligs, E.E. Bende, A.R. Burgers, A.A. Mewe, Y. Komatsu, A.W. Weeber	2010	8
17	Towards 21% Efficient n-Cz IBC Based on Screen Printing EU PVSEC ·M.W.P.E. Lamers, A.A. Mewe, I.G. Romijn, E.E. Bende, Y. Komatsu, M. Koppes, D. Morecroft, M. Cascant, Fernando Castaño, A.W. Weeber, I. Cesar	2011	7
18	High Resolution Sheet Resistance Mapping to Unveil Edge Effects in Industrial IBC Solar Cells Energy Procedia ·Pierpaolo Spinelli, Pi Danzl, N. Guillevin, A.A. Mewe, Simon Sawallich, A.H.G. Vlooswijk, Bas van de Loo, Erwin Kessels, M. Nagel, I. Cesar	2016	6
19	Parasitic Shunt Losses in All-Side SiNx Passivated mc-Si Solar Cells EU PVSEC ·I. Cesar, (unknown), G. Galbiati, (unknown), A.A. Mewe, P. Manshanden, A.W. Weeber, J.H. Bultman	2009	6
20	Benchmark of Open Rear Side Solar Cell With Improved Al-BSF Process at ECN EU PVSEC ·I. Cesar, (unknown), I.G. Romijn, G. Galbiati, N.J.C.M. van der Borg, (unknown), A.W. Weeber	2008	6

About I. Cesar

I. Cesar is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Environmental Chemistry and Electrochemistry, having authored 48 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (27 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (16 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (14 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (7 papers), Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (7 papers), Iron oxide chemistry and applications (5 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (5 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (3.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (553 citations), Materials Chemistry (2.1k citations), Polymers and Plastics (306 citations) and Electrochemistry (135 citations). I. Cesar has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Michaël Grätzel, Andreas Kay, Radek Zbořil, Kevin Sivula, Robin Humphry‐Baker, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Pascal Comte, Takurou N. Murakami, Péter Péchy and Seigo Ito. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Solar RRL, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

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