Kunta Yoshikawa

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kunta Yoshikawa is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunta Yoshikawa has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kunta Yoshikawa's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (9 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (7 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (3 papers). Kunta Yoshikawa is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (9 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (7 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (3 papers). Kunta Yoshikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan and Belgium. Kunta Yoshikawa's co-authors include Daisuke Adachi, Hisashi Uzu, Kenji Yamamoto, Toru Irie, Hayato Kawasaki, Masanori Kanematsu, Wataru Yoshida, Toshihiko Uto, Kunihiro Nakano and Hirotaka Ishibashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Energy, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells and Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kunta Yoshikawa

9 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Silicon heterojunction solar cell with interdigitated back contacts for a photoconversion efficiency over 26%

2017 2.2k citations Kunta Yoshikawa, Hayato Kawasaki et al. Nature Energy profile →
Exceeding conversion efficiency of 26% by heterojunction interdigitated back contact solar cell with thin film Si technology

2017 396 citations Kunta Yoshikawa, Wataru Yoshida et al. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kunta Yoshikawa Japan	5	2.5k	1.0k	700	339	318	9	2.8k
Toru Irie Japan	6	2.5k 1.0×	989 1.0×	674 1.0×	323 1.0×	299 0.9×	8	2.7k
Masanori Kanematsu Japan	7	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	685 1.0×	310 0.9×	302 0.9×	9	2.7k
Hayato Kawasaki Japan	7	2.5k 1.0×	996 1.0×	685 1.0×	309 0.9×	300 0.9×	10	2.7k
Hisashi Uzu Japan	11	2.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	749 1.1×	350 1.0×	323 1.0×	18	3.1k
Toshihiko Uto Japan	7	2.1k 0.8×	854 0.8×	552 0.8×	284 0.8×	297 0.9×	11	2.5k
Kunihiro Nakano Japan	9	2.1k 0.8×	907 0.9×	643 0.9×	299 0.9×	276 0.9×	11	2.5k
Andreas Fell Germany	23	3.1k 1.2×	786 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	249 0.7×	368 1.2×	125	3.3k
Eiji Maruyama Japan	16	3.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	899 1.3×	430 1.3×	391 1.2×	40	3.4k
Yoonmook Kang South Korea	24	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	340 0.5×	216 0.6×	333 1.0×	150	2.6k
Kaining Ding Germany	23	1.6k 0.6×	798 0.8×	334 0.5×	185 0.5×	167 0.5×	108	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kunta Yoshikawa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kunta Yoshikawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kunta Yoshikawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kunta Yoshikawa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kunta Yoshikawa. Kunta Yoshikawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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He, Xing, et al.. (2022). Power generation characteristics of Si PV cell under extremely high-intensity near-infrared light irradiation. IEICE Electronics Express. 19(3). 20210476–20210476. 2 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kenji, Kunta Yoshikawa, Hisashi Uzu, & Daisuke Adachi. (2018). High-efficiency heterojunction crystalline Si solar cells. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 57(8S3). 08RB20–08RB20. 119 indexed citations

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Yoshikawa, Kunta, Wataru Yoshida, Toru Irie, et al.. (2017). Exceeding conversion efficiency of 26% by heterojunction interdigitated back contact solar cell with thin film Si technology. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 173. 37–42. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yoshikawa, Kunta, Hayato Kawasaki, Wataru Yoshida, et al.. (2017). Silicon heterojunction solar cell with interdigitated back contacts for a photoconversion efficiency over 26%. Nature Energy. 2(5). 2196 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yoshikawa, Kunta, Hayato Kawasaki, Kunihiro Nakano, et al.. (2016). 6 inch High efficiency back contact crystalline Si solar cell applying heterojunction and thinfilm technology. 3366–3369. 4 indexed citations

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Feltrin, A., Tomomi Meguro, Takashi Suezaki, et al.. (2013). Advanced light trapping designs for high efficiency thin film silicon solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 119. 219–227. 25 indexed citations

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Meguro, Tomomi, A. Feltrin, Takashi Suezaki, et al.. (2012). Advanced Light Trapping of High-Efficiency Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 51(10S). 10NB02–10NB02. 7 indexed citations

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Meguro, Tomomi, A. Feltrin, Takashi Suezaki, et al.. (2012). Advanced Light Trapping of High-Efficiency Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 51(10S). 10NB02–10NB02. 3 indexed citations

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Bearda, Twan, Kunta Yoshikawa, Barry O’Sullivan, et al.. (2010). Optimization of post-texturization cleans for heterojunction solar cells. 109–110. 1 indexed citations

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