Jan Schmidt

18.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
378 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Jan Schmidt is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Schmidt has authored 378 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 295 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 186 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 103 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jan Schmidt's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (243 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (157 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (126 papers). Jan Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (243 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (157 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (126 papers). Jan Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Australia. Jan Schmidt's co-authors include Karsten Bothe, Rolf Brendel, Florian Werner, Armin G. Aberle, Andrés Cuevas, J.H. van der Waals, Rudolf Hezel, Dominic Walter, Jürgen Köhler and Bram Hoex and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jan Schmidt

369 papers receiving 14.5k 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.

Improved quantitative description of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon

2012 734 citations Florian Werner, Jan Schmidt et al. profile →
Surface passivation of high‐efficiency silicon solar cells by atomic‐layer‐deposited Al₂O₃

2008 395 citations Jan Schmidt, Rolf Brendel et al. profile →
Surface passivation of crystalline silicon solar cells: Present and future

2018 337 citations Jan Schmidt, Robby Peibst et al. profile →
Magnetic resonance of a single molecular spin

1993 209 citations Jan Schmidt et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Novel Method for Measuring Carrier Diffusion Lengths in Metal‐Halide Perovskites 2025 ·physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Felix Haase, Rolf Brendel, Robby Peibst, Jan Schmidt	1
2	Electronic Passivation of Crystalline Silicon Surfaces Using Spatial‐Atomic‐Layer‐Deposited HfO₂ Films and HfO₂/SiN_x Stacks 2024 ·physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters ·Jan Schmidt, Michael Winter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
3	Impact of Fast-Firing Conditions on Light- and Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation (LeTID) in Ga-Doped Cz–Si 2023 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Michael Winter, Dominic Walter, Jan Schmidt	7
4	Composition and electronic structure of $${\rm SiO}_{\rm x}$$/$${\rm TiO}_{\rm y}$$/Al passivating carrier selective contacts on n-type silicon solar cells 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Tobias Meyer, (unknown), Jan Schmidt, (unknown)	3
5	Contactless quasi-steady-state photoconductance (QSSPC) characterization of metal halide perovskite thin films 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Jan Schmidt	2
6	On the kinetics of the exchange of hydrogen between hydrogen–boron pairs and hydrogen dimers in crystalline silicon 2022 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Dominic Walter, V. V. Voronkov, R. Falster, Dennis Bredemeier, Jan Schmidt	10
7	Diode Factor in Solar Cells with Metastable Defects and Back Contact Recombination 2022 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas Paul Weiss, Boris Veith‐Wolf, (unknown), Nathalie Valle, Michele Melchiorre, Omar Ramírez, Jan Schmidt, Susanne Siebentritt	16
8	Light and elevated temperature induced degradation and recovery of gallium-doped Czochralski-silicon solar cells 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·Michael Winter, Dominic Walter, Byungsul Min, Robby Peibst, Rolf Brendel, Jan Schmidt	10
9	Carrier Lifetime Stability of Boron-Doped Czochralski-Grown Silicon Materials for Years After Regeneration in an Industrial Belt Furnace 2021 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), Dominic Walter, (unknown), Jan Schmidt	2
10	Oxidation as Key Mechanism for Efficient Interface Passivation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cells 2020 ·Physical Review Applied ·Florian Werner, Boris Veith‐Wolf, Conrad Spindler, (unknown), Finn Babbe, J. Guillot, Jan Schmidt, Susanne Siebentritt	18
11	Atomic‐Layer‐Deposited Al₂O₃ as Effective Barrier against the Diffusion of Hydrogen from SiN_x:H Layers into Crystalline Silicon during Rapid Thermal Annealing 2020 ·physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters ·(unknown), Dominic Walter, Dennis Bredemeier, Jan Schmidt	28
12	Degradation and Regeneration of n ⁺-Doped Poly-Si Surface Passivation on p-Type and n-Type Cz-Si Under Illumination and Dark Annealing 2020 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Michael Winter, Stefan Bordihn, Robby Peibst, Rolf Brendel, Jan Schmidt	21
13	Direct Examination of the Deactivation of the Boron–Oxygen Center in Cz-Si Solar Cells Under Regeneration Conditions via Electroluminescence 2019 ·IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·(unknown), Dominic Walter, Jan Schmidt	3
14	Fast and Slow Stages of Lifetime Degradation by Boron–Oxygen Centers in Crystalline Silicon 2019 ·physica status solidi (b) ·Jan Schmidt, Karsten Bothe, V. V. Voronkov, R. Falster	7
15	Electronically-coupled up-conversion: an alternative approach to impurity photovoltaics in crystalline silicon 2007 ·Semiconductor Science and Technology ·Daniel Macdonald, (unknown), Prakash N. K. Deenapanray, (unknown), Jan Schmidt	7
16	Defect characterization by temperature and injection-dependent lifetime spectroscopy 2003 ·3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of ·Jan Schmidt, Ronald A. Sinton	8
17	Passivation of crystalline silicon using silicon nitride 2003 ·ANU Open Research (Australian National University) ·A. Cuevas, Mark Kerr, Jan Schmidt	31
18	Structure and transformation of the metastable centre in Cz-silicon solar cells 2003 ·3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of ·Jan Schmidt, Karsten Bothe, Rudolf Hezel	6
19	Comprehensive analysis of the impact of boron and oxygen on the metastable defect in Cz silicon 2003 ·3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of ·Karsten Bothe, Jan Schmidt, Rudolf Hezel	8
20	Performance instability in n-type PERT silicon solar cells 2003 ·3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of ·Jianhua Zhao, Jan Schmidt, Aihua Wang, Guangchun Zhang, Bryce S. Richards, Martin A. Green	17

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