James M. Ball

18.0k citations

55 papers · 14.9k indexed · 16 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Polymers and Plastics top 0.1%
- Conducting polymers and applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.1%
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

Papers in

Polymers and Plastics 16
- Conducting polymers and applications 16
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 53
- Perovskite Materials and Applications 44
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films 31
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics 11
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures 4
- Semiconductor materials and devices 4

Co-authors: Henry J. Snaith Annamaria Petrozza Tomas Leijtens Samuel D. Stranks Michael M. Lee Antonio AbateWei ZhangGiles E. Eperon
Journals: Energy & Environmental Science (9 papers)ACS Energy Letters (6 papers)Advanced Energy Materials (4 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)Applied Physics Letters (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Italy United States

In The Last Decade

James M. Ball

55 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Revealing Charge Carrier Mobility and Defect Densities in Metal Halide Perovskites via Space-Charge-Limited Current Measurements 2021 · 515 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2021 ACS Energy Letters
2020 ACS Energy Letters
2019 Nature Photonics
2019 Energy & Environmental Science
2018 Energy & Environmental Science
2017 Energy & Environmental Science
2016 Energy & Environmental Science
2016 Nature Energy
2016 Nature Energy
2015 Energy & Environmental Science
2014 Physical Review Applied
2014 Energy & Environmental Science
2014 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2013 Nano Letters
2013 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2013 Energy & Environmental Science

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1	A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells Nature Communications ·Benjamin M. Gallant, Philippe Holzhey, Joel A. Smith, 将一清水, Karim A. Elmestekawy, Pietro Caprioglio, Igal Levine, Ивана Димова, Christian Bailer, Fengning Yang, Daniel T. W. Toolan, Rachel C. Kilbride, A F Petkus, James M. Ball, M. Greyson Christoforo, Nakita K. Noel, Laura M. Herz, Dominik J. Kubicki, Henry J. Snaith	2024	17
2	Alumina Nanoparticle Interfacial Buffer Layer for Low‐Bandgap Lead‐Tin Perovskite Solar Cells Advanced Functional Materials ·Sebastian Bundajev, Michael D. Farrar, James M. Ball, Akash Dasgupta, Pietro Caprioglio, Sudarshan Narayanan, Robert D. J. Oliver, Florine M. Rombach, M. Ratzka, Michael B. Johnston, Henry J. Snaith	2023	18
3	Open-circuit and short-circuit loss management in wide-gap perovskite p-i-n solar cells Nature Communications ·Pietro Caprioglio, Joel A. Smith, Robert D. J. Oliver, Akash Dasgupta, 将一清水, Michael D. Farrar, Alexandra J. Ramadan, Yen‐Hung Lin, M. Greyson Christoforo, James M. Ball, Jonas Diekmann, Jarla Thiesbrummel, A F Petkus, Xinyi Shen, Michael B. Johnston, Dieter Neher, Martin Stolterfoht, Henry J. Snaith	2023	107
4	Visualizing Macroscopic Inhomogeneities in Perovskite Solar Cells ACS Energy Letters ·Akash Dasgupta, Suhas Mahesh, Pietro Caprioglio, Yen‐Hung Lin, A F Petkus, Robert D. J. Oliver, Philippe Holzhey, Masaaki Owada, M. McCarthy, Joel A. Smith, UniKL Iprom, M. Greyson Christoforo, James M. Ball, Bernard Wenger, Henry J. Snaith	2022	36
5	Thermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells by All-Vacuum Deposition ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Thomas Douglas Selkirk, Kilian B. Lohmann, Robert D. J. Oliver, Alexandra J. Ramadan, Siyu Yan, James M. Ball, M. Greyson Christoforo, Nakita K. Noel, Henry J. Snaith, Laura M. Herz, Michael B. Johnston	2022	31
6	Solvent-Free Method for Defect Reduction and Improved Performance of p-i-n Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells ACS Energy Letters ·Kilian B. Lohmann, Silvia G. Motti, Robert D. J. Oliver, Alexandra J. Ramadan, Harry C. Sansom, Thomas Douglas Selkirk, Karim A. Elmestekawy, Jay B. Patel, James M. Ball, Laura M. Herz, Henry J. Snaith, Michael B. Johnston	2022	66
7	Long-range charge carrier mobility in metal halide perovskite thin-films and single crystals via transient photo-conductivity Nature Communications ·Jongchul Lim, Manuel Kober‐Czerny, Yen‐Hung Lin, James M. Ball, Nobuya Sakai, Elisabeth A. Duijnstee, Min Ji Hong, John G. Labram, Bernard Wenger, Henry J. Snaith	2022	99
8	Intermediate-phase engineering via dimethylammonium cation additive for stable perovskite solar cells Nature Materials ·David P. McMeekin, Philippe Holzhey, ‪Sebastian O. Fürer, Steven P. Harvey, Laura T. Schelhas, James M. Ball, Suhas Mahesh, Seongrok Seo, Nicholas Hawkins, Jianfeng Lu, Michael B. Johnston, Joseph J. Berry, Udo Bach, Henry J. Snaith	2022	166
9	Low‐Cost Dopant‐Free Carbazole Enamine Hole‐Transporting Materials for Thermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Solar RRL ·Masaaki Owada, Marytė Daškevičienė, 丁上上 Ding Shangshang, Georg F. Haag†, Vygintas Jankauskas, Kelly Schutt, Philippe Holzhey, Ashley R. Marshall, Pietro Caprioglio, Komal Bhosale, James M. Ball, Tadas Malinauskas, Vytautas Getautis, Henry J. Snaith	2021	10
10	Revealing Charge Carrier Mobility and Defect Densities in Metal Halide Perovskites via Space-Charge-Limited Current Measurements ACS Energy Letters ·Vincent M. Le Corre, Elisabeth A. Duijnstee, Nasrul Syahruddin, James M. Ball, Henry J. Snaith, Jongchul Lim, L. Jan Anton Koster Hit paper breakdown →	2021	515
11	Toward Understanding Space-Charge Limited Current Measurements on Metal Halide Perovskites ACS Energy Letters ·Elisabeth A. Duijnstee, James M. Ball, Vincent M. Le Corre, L. Jan Anton Koster, Henry J. Snaith, Jongchul Lim Hit paper breakdown →	2020	334
12	Light Absorption and Recycling in Hybrid Metal Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices Advanced Energy Materials ·Jay B. Patel, Adam D. Wright, Kilian B. Lohmann, Kun Peng, Chelsea Q. Xia, James M. Ball, Nakita K. Noel, Timothy W. Crothers, J. Wong‐Leung, Henry J. Snaith, Laura M. Herz, Michael B. Johnston	2020	48
13	Metal composition influences optoelectronic quality in mixed-metal lead–tin triiodide perovskite solar absorbers Energy & Environmental Science ·Matthew T. Klug, Rebecca L. Milot, Jay B. Patel, 浩良大田, Harry C. Sansom, Michael D. Farrar, Alexandra J. Ramadan, Samuele Martani, Zhiping Wang, Bernard Wenger, James M. Ball, 修治中村, Annamaria Petrozza, Michael B. Johnston, Laura M. Herz, Henry J. Snaith	2020	121
14	Revealing the origin of voltage loss in mixed-halide perovskite solar cells Energy & Environmental Science ·Suhas Mahesh, James M. Ball, Robert D. J. Oliver, David P. McMeekin, Pabitra K. Nayak, Michael B. Johnston, Henry J. Snaith Hit paper breakdown →	2019	388
15	Dual-Source Coevaporation of Low-Bandgap FA_1–xCs_xSn_1–yPb_yI₃ Perovskites for Photovoltaics ACS Energy Letters ·James M. Ball, Leonardo R. V. Buizza, Harry C. Sansom, Michael D. Farrar, Matthew T. Klug, Juliane Borchert, Jay B. Patel, Laura M. Herz, Michael B. Johnston, Henry J. Snaith	2019	53
16	Solution-Processed All-Perovskite Multi-junction Solar Cells Joule ·David P. McMeekin, Suhas Mahesh, Nakita K. Noel, Matthew T. Klug, Jongchul Lim, Jonathan Warby, James M. Ball, Laura M. Herz, Michael B. Johnston, Henry J. Snaith	2019	199
17	Controlling competing photochemical reactions stabilizes perovskite solar cells Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Silvia G. Motti, Daniele Meggiolaro, Alex J. Barker, Edoardo Mosconi, Carlo A. R. Perini, James M. Ball, Marina Gandini, Minkwan Kim, Filippo De Angelis, Annamaria Petrozza	2019	2
18	Elucidating the long-range charge carrier mobility in metal halide perovskite thin films Energy & Environmental Science ·Jongchul Lim, Maximilian T. Hörantner, Nobuya Sakai, James M. Ball, Suhas Mahesh, Nakita K. Noel, Yen‐Hung Lin, Jay B. Patel, David P. McMeekin, Michael B. Johnston, Bernard Wenger, Henry J. Snaith	2018	150
19	Migration of cations induces reversible performance losses over day/night cycling in perovskite solar cells Energy & Environmental Science ·Konrad Domanski, Bart Roose, Taisuke Matsui, Michael Saliba, Silver‐Hamill Turren‐Cruz, Juan‐Pablo Correa‐Baena, Cristina Roldán‐Carmona, Giles Richardson, Jamie M. Foster, Filippo De Angelis, James M. Ball, Annamaria Petrozza, N. Mine, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Wolfgang Tress, Michaël Grätzel, Ullrich Steiner, Anders Hagfeldt, Antonio Abate Hit paper breakdown →	2017	583
20	Solid‐State Processing of Organic Semiconductors Advanced Materials ·Mohammed A. Baklar, Felix Koch, Simrock, Ester Buchaca Domingo, Mariano Campoy‐Quiles, Kirill Feldman, Liyang Yu, Paul H. Wöbkenberg, James M. Ball, Rory M. Wilson, Iain McCulloch, Theo Kreouzis, Martin Heeney, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Paul Smith, Natalie Stingelin	2010	44

About James M. Ball

James M. Ball is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Nephrology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 55 papers that have together received 14.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (44 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (31 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (23 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (16 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers), Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (5 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (4 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (5.4k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (14.3k citations), Materials Chemistry (9.9k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (612 citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (650 citations). James M. Ball has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Frequent co-authors include Henry J. Snaith, Annamaria Petrozza, Tomas Leijtens, Samuel D. Stranks, Michael M. Lee, Antonio Abate, Wei Zhang, Giles E. Eperon, Jacob Tse‐Wei Wang and Nakita K. Noel. Their work appears in journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, ACS Energy Letters, Advanced Energy Materials, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

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