Lachlan E. Black

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lachlan E. Black is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lachlan E. Black has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lachlan E. Black's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (48 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (28 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (24 papers). Lachlan E. Black is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (48 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (28 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (24 papers). Lachlan E. Black collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and Germany. Lachlan E. Black's co-authors include Keith R. McIntosh, W. M. M. Kessels, Jimmy Melskens, Bart Macco, Bas W. H. van de Loo, Sjoerd Smit, Daniel Macdonald, Marcel A. Verheijen, Mohamed M. Shehata and Andrés Cuevas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Lachlan E. Black

62 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Passivating Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: From Concepts and Materials to Prospects

2018 317 citations Jimmy Melskens, Bas W. H. van de Loo et al. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lachlan E. Black Australia	23	1.6k	648	552	190	106	64	1.7k
E. Ntsoenzok France	17	542 0.3×	109 0.2×	384 0.7×	71 0.4×	176 1.7×	94	867
D.L. Bätzner Germany	20	1.5k 0.9×	341 0.5×	1.2k 2.1×	147 0.8×	141 1.3×	66	1.6k
C. R. Wronski United States	18	1.0k 0.7×	135 0.2×	780 1.4×	102 0.5×	58 0.5×	77	1.2k
A. A. Stekolnikov Germany	16	663 0.4×	631 1.0×	381 0.7×	186 1.0×	109 1.0×	21	1.1k
O. Vigil‐Galán Mexico	28	2.5k 1.6×	479 0.7×	2.3k 4.2×	65 0.3×	94 0.9×	107	2.6k
Yongming Hu China	16	423 0.3×	117 0.2×	266 0.5×	97 0.5×	137 1.3×	75	734
Kentaroh Watanabe Japan	19	1.1k 0.7×	720 1.1×	350 0.6×	318 1.7×	97 0.9×	137	1.2k
Anastassios Mavrokefalos United States	14	419 0.3×	167 0.3×	714 1.3×	304 1.6×	38 0.4×	25	1.0k
Zhipeng Yin China	17	684 0.4×	79 0.1×	324 0.6×	47 0.2×	20 0.2×	50	816
R.H. Buitrago Argentina	14	411 0.3×	133 0.2×	246 0.4×	71 0.4×	105 1.0×	48	587

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Liu, AnYao, et al.. (2025). Applications of time-resolved photoluminescence for characterizing silicon photovoltaic materials. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 1 indexed citations

Macdonald, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Optoelectronic properties of CuO deposited by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition. Vacuum. 234. 114075–114075. 1 indexed citations

Basnet, Rabin, Lachlan E. Black, Christian Samundsett, et al.. (2024). Auger-limited bulk lifetimes in industrial Czochralski-grown n-type silicon ingots with melt recharging. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 277. 113143–113143. 2 indexed citations

Shehata, Mohamed M., et al.. (2024). Transparent Hole‐Selective Molybdenum Oxide Passivating Contact with Chlorine‐Based Interlayer Enabling 22.5% Efficient Silicon Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 8(16). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yanhao, Zhaoyang Guo, Lachlan E. Black, et al.. (2024). Oxygen vacancy modulation of nanolayer TiO_x to improve hole-selective passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(43). 29833–29842. 2 indexed citations

Vähänissi, Ville, et al.. (2024). Atomic-layer-deposited CuxCryOz thin films: Optoelectronic properties and potential application as hole-selective contacts for c-Si solar cells. Applied Surface Science. 683. 161793–161793.

Shehata, Mohamed M., et al.. (2023). Engineering Silicon Interfaces with Transparent Al_yTiO_x/ZnO/TiO₂ Stack Exhibiting Exceptional Passivating Contact Performance. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(20). 20 indexed citations

Shehata, Mohamed M., et al.. (2023). Novel Interlayer Boosting the Performance of Evaporated Cu₂O Hole‐Selective Contacts in Si Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 8(2). 4 indexed citations

Shehata, Mohamed M., Lachlan E. Black, Fa‐Jun Ma, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the Role of H₂Plasma for Efficient InP Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(6). 8 indexed citations

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Melskens, Jimmy, et al.. (2021). Excellent surface passivation of germanium by a-Si:H/Al2O3 stacks. Journal of Applied Physics. 130(13). 27 indexed citations

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Melskens, Jimmy, Lachlan E. Black, W. Beyer, et al.. (2021). PO_x/Al₂O₃ Stacks for c-Si Surface Passivation: Material and Interface Properties. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 3(10). 4337–4347. 10 indexed citations

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Melskens, Jimmy, Bas W. H. van de Loo, Bart Macco, et al.. (2018). Passivating Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: From Concepts and Materials to Prospects. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 8(2). 373–388. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

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Macco, Bart, Martin Bivour, Lachlan E. Black, et al.. (2018). Effective passivation of silicon surfaces by ultrathin atomic-layer deposited niobium oxide. Applied Physics Letters. 112(24). 26 indexed citations

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Black, Lachlan E., et al.. (2018). Explorative studies of novel silicon surface passivation materials: Considerations and lessons learned. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 188. 182–189. 64 indexed citations

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Kuang, Yinghuan, Valerio Zardetto, Saurabh Karwal, et al.. (2018). Low-Temperature Plasma-Assisted Atomic-Layer-Deposited SnO₂ as an Electron Transport Layer in Planar Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(36). 30367–30378. 122 indexed citations

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Macco, Bart, Lachlan E. Black, Jimmy Melskens, et al.. (2018). Atomic-layer deposited Nb2O5 as transparent passivating electron contact for c-Si solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 184. 98–104. 74 indexed citations

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Black, Lachlan E., Alessandro Cavalli, Marcel A. Verheijen, et al.. (2017). Effective Surface Passivation of InP Nanowires by Atomic-Layer-Deposited Al₂O₃ with PO_x Interlayer. Nano Letters. 17(10). 6287–6294. 71 indexed citations

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Black, Lachlan E.. (2016). New Perspectives on Surface Passivation: Understanding the Si-Al2O3 Interface. Springer theses. 36 indexed citations

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Cornagliotti, Emanuele, Aashish Sharma, A. Urueña, et al.. (2014). Large area n-type c-Si solar cells featuring rear emitter and efficiency beyond 21%. World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion. 2 indexed citations

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Black, Lachlan E. & Keith R. McIntosh. (2012). Modeling recombination at the Si-Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> interface. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 100. 199–203. 1 indexed citations

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