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 Austria. 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

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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.

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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Approaches for reducing metallization-induced losses in industrial TOPCon solar cells 2025 ·EPJ Photovoltaics ·Sebastian Mack, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jan Benick, (unknown), Johannes Greulich, Andreas Wolf	1
2	Influence of Thermal Activation on Polysilicon Tunnel Junctions for Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacts‐Based Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells 2025 ·Solar RRL ·(unknown), (unknown), Armin Richter, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Jan Benick, Martin Bivour, Christian Reichel, Stefan W. Glunz	0
3	Hydrogenation characteristics of p-type poly-Si passivating contacts on textured surface for double-sided TOPCon devices 2025 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·(unknown), (unknown), Jan Benick, (unknown), Armin Richter, AnYao Liu, (unknown), Stefan Lange, Paul‐Tiberiu Miclea, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin	3
4	Fully‐Textured Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Exceeding 30% Efficiency on Both Side Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacted Bottom Cells 2025 ·Solar RRL ·(unknown), Armin Richter, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, (unknown), Oussama Er‐raji, Yashika Gupta, Oliver Fischer, Jan Benick, Patricia S. C. Schulze, Juliane Borchert, Martin Bivour, Stefan W. Glunz	0
5	TOPCon Solar Cells Made of n‐Type and p‐Type Epitaxially Grown Silicon Wafers 2025 ·Solar RRL ·Armin Richter, (unknown), (unknown), Giuliano Vescovi, (unknown), Florian Schindler, Jan Benick, Charlotte Weiss, S. Janz	0
6	Plasma-Assisted N2O Oxidation (PANO) in an Industrial Direct Plasma Reactor for TOPCon Production 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Bernd Steinhauser, Martin Bivour, Jan Benick, Martin Hermle, Stefan W. Glunz	1
7	Bias-voltage photoconductance and photoluminescence for the determination of silicon-dielectric interface properties in SiO2/Al2O3 stacks 2023 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·(unknown), Christian Reichel, Ruy S. Bonilla, Armin Richter, Jan Benick	4
8	Simultaneous Boron Emitter Diffusion and Annealing of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts Via Rapid Vapor-Phase Direct Doping 2022 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), Armin Richter, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Frank Feldmann, Bernd Steinhauser, (unknown), Charlotte Weiss, Jan Benick, S. Janz	2
9	GaAs//Si Multijunction Solar Cells Fabricated via Mechanical Stack Technology Using Pd Nanoparticles and Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching 2022 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Kikuo Makita, Hidenori Mizuno, Hitoshi Sai, Ryuji Oshima, Yasushi Shoji, Ralph Müller, Paul Beutel, David Lackner, Jan Benick, Martin Hermle, Frank Dimroth, Takeyoshi Sugaya	1
10	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 2021 ·Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Kikuo Makita, Yukiko Kamikawa, Hidenori Mizuno, Ryuji Oshima, Yasushi Shoji, Shogo Ishizuka, Ralph Müller, Paul Beutel, David Lackner, Jan Benick, Martin Hermle, Frank Dimroth, Takeyoshi Sugaya	30
11	III‐V//Si multijunction solar cells with 30% efficiency using smart stack technology with Pd nanoparticle array 2019 ·Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications ·Kikuo Makita, Hidenori Mizuno, Takeshi Tayagaki, (unknown), Ryuji Oshima, Yasushi Shoji, Hitoshi Sai, Hidetaka Takato, Ralph Müller, Paul Beutel, David Lackner, Jan Benick, Martin Hermle, Frank Dimroth, Takeyoshi Sugaya	46
12	Author Correction: III–V-on-silicon solar cells reaching 33% photoconversion efficiency in two-terminal configuration 2018 ·Nature Energy ·Romain Cariou, Jan Benick, Frank Feldmann, Oliver Höhn, Hubert Hauser, Paul Beutel, Nasser Razek, Markus Wimplinger, Benedikt Bläsi, David Lackner, Martin Hermle, Gerald Siefer, Stefan W. Glunz, Andreas W. Bett, Frank Dimroth	1
13	Passivating and Carrier-selective Contacts - Basic Requirements and Implementation 2017 ·2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) ·Stefan W. Glunz, Martin Bivour, Christoph Messmer, Frank Feldmann, Ralph Müller, Christian Reichel, Armin Richter, Florian Schindler, Jan Benick, Martin Hermle	24
14	Notice of Removal: Development of highly-efficient III-V//Si wafer-bonded triple-junction solar cells 2017 ·2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) ·Romain Cariou, Jan Benick, Martin Hermle, David Lackner, Stefan W. Glunz, Andreas W. Bett, Frank Dimroth	4
15	Industrial N-Type PERL Cells with Screen Printed Front Side Electrodes Approaching 21% Efficiency 2015 ·Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) ·Ulrich Jäger, Bernd Steinhauser, Jan Benick, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jan Nekarda, Martin Hermle	2
16	Analysis of n-type IBC solar cells with diffused boron emitter locally blocked by implanted phosphorus 2015 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Ralph Müller, Christian Reichel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jan Benick, Martin Hermle	27
17	Diffractive Gratings for Light Trapping in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells 2015 ·Johannes Eisenlohr, Nico Tucher, Benjamin G. Lee, Oliver Höhn, Hubert Hauser, Jan Benick, Benedikt Bläsi, Martin Hermle, Jan Christoph Goldschmidt	1
18	Passivation of phosphorus diffused silicon surfaces with Al2O3: Influence of surface doping concentration and thermal activation treatments 2014 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Armin Richter, Jan Benick, Achim Kimmerle, Martin Hermle, Stefan W. Glunz	19
19	Micro-spectroscopy on silicon wafers and solar cells 2011 ·Nanoscale Research Letters ·Paul Gundel, Martin C. Schubert, Friedemann D. Heinz, Robert Woehl, Jan Benick, Johannes Giesecke, Dominik Suwito, Wilhelm Warta	16
20	High Efficiency p-Type PERC Solar Cells Applying PECVD ALOx Layers 2010 ·Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) ·Pierre Saint‐Cast, Jan Benick, D. Kania, (unknown), Α. Richter, Martin Hermle, Marc Hofmann, J. Rentsch, R. Preu, Stefan W. Glunz	3

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