Jan Benick

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
149 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Benick is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Benick has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 58 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 24 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jan Benick's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (119 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (64 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (54 papers). Jan Benick is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (119 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (64 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (54 papers). Jan Benick collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Jan Benick's co-authors include Martin Hermle, Stefan W. Glunz, Armin Richter, Frank Feldmann, Andreas Fell, Ralph Müller, Christian Reichel, Frank Dimroth, J. Rentsch and David Lackner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Jan Benick

143 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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
Jan Benick	5.0k	1.8k	1.3k	761	468	149	5.2k
Armin Richter	4.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	385 0.5×	482 1.0×	90	4.6k
Ronald A. Sinton	3.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	946 0.7×	305 0.4×	592 1.3×	96	3.8k
G. Beaucarne	2.6k 0.5×	638 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	561 0.7×	234 0.5×	160	2.9k
R. Preu	3.2k 0.6×	996 0.5×	747 0.6×	377 0.5×	441 0.9×	210	3.3k
Mikio Taguchi	4.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	490 0.6×	459 1.0×	36	4.2k
Andreas Fell	3.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	786 0.6×	249 0.3×	368 0.8×	125	3.3k
Robby Peibst	4.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	344 0.5×	307 0.7×	155	4.5k
Eiji Maruyama	3.2k 0.6×	899 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	430 0.6×	391 0.8×	40	3.4k
Martin Bivour	4.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	321 0.4×	300 0.6×	118	4.9k
J. Meier	4.6k 0.9×	335 0.2×	3.6k 2.7×	618 0.8×	228 0.5×	129	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Benick

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Mack, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). Approaches for reducing metallization-induced losses in industrial TOPCon solar cells. EPJ Photovoltaics. 16. 5–5. 1 indexed citations

Richter, Armin, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Jan Benick, et al.. (2025). Influence of Thermal Activation on Polysilicon Tunnel Junctions for Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacts‐Based Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 9(8).

Benick, Jan, Armin Richter, AnYao Liu, et al.. (2025). Hydrogenation characteristics of p-type poly-Si passivating contacts on textured surface for double-sided TOPCon devices. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 285. 113542–113542. 3 indexed citations

Richter, Armin, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Oussama Er‐raji, et al.. (2025). Fully‐Textured Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Exceeding 30% Efficiency on Both Side Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacted Bottom Cells. Solar RRL. 9(24).

Richter, Armin, Giuliano Vescovi, Florian Schindler, et al.. (2025). TOPCon Solar Cells Made of n‐Type and p‐Type Epitaxially Grown Silicon Wafers. Solar RRL. 9(16).

Polzin, Jana‐Isabelle, Bernd Steinhauser, Martin Bivour, et al.. (2024). Plasma-Assisted N2O Oxidation (PANO) in an Industrial Direct Plasma Reactor for TOPCon Production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 1 indexed citations

Reichel, Christian, et al.. (2023). Bias-voltage photoconductance and photoluminescence for the determination of silicon-dielectric interface properties in SiO2/Al2O3 stacks. Journal of Applied Physics. 134(7). 4 indexed citations

Richter, Armin, et al.. (2023). Improved Silicon Surface Passivation by ALD Al₂O₃/SiO₂ Multilayers with In‐Situ Plasma Treatments. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(16). 9 indexed citations

Makita, Kikuo, Hidenori Mizuno, Hitoshi Sai, et al.. (2022). GaAs//Si Multijunction Solar Cells Fabricated via Mechanical Stack Technology Using Pd Nanoparticles and Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 13(1). 105–112. 1 indexed citations

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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

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Makita, Kikuo, Yukiko Kamikawa, Hidenori Mizuno, et al.. (2021). III‐V//Cu_xIn_1−yGa_ySe₂ multijunction solar cells with 27.2% efficiency fabricated using modified smart stack technology with Pd nanoparticle array and adhesive material. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 29(8). 887–898. 30 indexed citations

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Makita, Kikuo, Hidenori Mizuno, Takeshi Tayagaki, et al.. (2019). III‐V//Si multijunction solar cells with 30% efficiency using smart stack technology with Pd nanoparticle array. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 28(1). 16–24. 46 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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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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Jäger, Ulrich, et al.. (2015). Industrial N-Type PERL Cells with Screen Printed Front Side Electrodes Approaching 21% Efficiency. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 390–393. 2 indexed citations

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Eisenlohr, Johannes, Hubert Hauser, Jan Benick, et al.. (2013). Integrating Diffractive Rear Side Structures for Light Trapping into Crystalline Sillicon Solar Cells. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 2 indexed citations

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Mellor, A., Hubert Hauser, Jan Benick, et al.. (2013). Nanoimprinted diffraction gratings for crystalline silicon solar cells: implementation, characterization and simulation. Optics Express. 21(S2). A295–A295. 42 indexed citations

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Gundel, Paul, Martin C. Schubert, Friedemann D. Heinz, et al.. (2011). Micro-spectroscopy on silicon wafers and solar cells. Nanoscale Research Letters. 6(1). 197–197. 16 indexed citations

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Saint‐Cast, Pierre, Jan Benick, D. Kania, et al.. (2010). High Efficiency p-Type PERC Solar Cells Applying PECVD ALOx Layers. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1488–1491. 3 indexed citations

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