Laura M. Herz

54.3k total citations · 20 hit papers
252 papers, 45.4k citations indexed

About

Laura M. Herz is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura M. Herz has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 45.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 212 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 174 papers in Materials Chemistry and 51 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Laura M. Herz's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (136 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (75 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (66 papers). Laura M. Herz is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (136 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (75 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (66 papers). Laura M. Herz collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Laura M. Herz's co-authors include Henry J. Snaith, Michael B. Johnston, Giles E. Eperon, Samuel D. Stranks, Christopher Menelaou, Annamaria Petrozza, Tomas Leijtens, Marcelo J. P. Alcocer, Giulia Grancini and Christian Wehrenfennig and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Laura M. Herz

244 papers receiving 44.8k citations

Hit Papers

Electron-Hole Diffusion L... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2013 2014 2013 2016 2014 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. Electron-Hole Diffusion Lengths Exceeding 1 Micrometer in an Organometal Trihalide Perovskite Absorber
    2013 9.1k citations Laura M. Herz, Annamaria Petrozza et al. profile →
  2. Formamidinium lead trihalide: a broadly tunable perovskite for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells
    2014 3.5k citations Michael B. Johnston, Laura M. Herz et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  3. High Charge Carrier Mobilities and Lifetimes in Organolead Trihalide Perovskites
    2013 2.8k citations Michael B. Johnston, Henry J. Snaith et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. A mixed-cation lead mixed-halide perovskite absorber for tandem solar cells
    2016 2.6k citations Michael B. Johnston, Laura M. Herz et al. profile →
  5. Lead-free organic–inorganic tin halide perovskites for photovoltaic applications
    2014 2.3k citations Nakita K. Noel, Michael B. Johnston et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  6. Efficient ambient-air-stable solar cells with 2D–3D heterostructured butylammonium-caesium-formamidinium lead halide perovskites
    2017 1.2k citations Zhiping Wang, Qianqian Lin et al. Nature Energy profile →
  7. Electron–phonon coupling in hybrid lead halide perovskites
    2016 1.1k citations Adam D. Wright, Rebecca L. Milot et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Charge-Carrier Mobilities in Metal Halide Perovskites: Fundamental Mechanisms and Limits
    2017 1.1k citations Laura M. Herz ACS Energy Letters profile →
  9. Cs2InAgCl6: A New Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskite with Direct Band Gap
    2017 923 citations Rebecca L. Milot, Bernard Wenger et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters profile →
  10. Hybrid Perovskites for Photovoltaics: Charge-Carrier Recombination, Diffusion, and Radiative Efficiencies
    2015 899 citations Michael B. Johnston, Laura M. Herz profile →
  11. Temperature‐Dependent Charge‐Carrier Dynamics in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Films
    2015 815 citations Rebecca L. Milot, Henry J. Snaith et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  12. Electron Mobility and Injection Dynamics in Mesoporous ZnO, SnO2, and TiO2 Films Used in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
    2011 706 citations Michael B. Johnston, Henry J. Snaith et al. profile →
  13. Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Organic-Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskites
    2016 645 citations Laura M. Herz profile →
  14. Photovoltaic mixed-cation lead mixed-halide perovskites: links between crystallinity, photo-stability and electronic properties
    2016 530 citations Jay B. Patel, Rebecca L. Milot et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  15. Charge-Carrier Dynamics in 2D Hybrid Metal–Halide Perovskites
    2016 462 citations Rebecca L. Milot, Henry J. Snaith et al. profile →
  16. Charge-carrier dynamics in vapour-deposited films of the organolead halide perovskite CH3NH3PbI3−xClx
    2014 424 citations Henry J. Snaith, Michael B. Johnston et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  17. Interchain vs. intrachain energy transfer in acceptor-capped conjugated polymers
    2002 347 citations Laura M. Herz et al. profile →
  18. Crystallization of CsPbBr3 single crystals in water for X-ray detection
    2021 257 citations Jiali Peng, Chelsea Q. Xia et al. Nature Communications profile →
  19. Advances and challenges in understanding the microscopic structure–property–performance relationship in perovskite solar cells
    2022 202 citations Yuanyuan Zhou, Laura M. Herz et al. Nature Energy profile →
  20. Bandgap-universal passivation enables stable perovskite solar cells with low photovoltage loss
    2024 85 citations Yen‐Hung Lin, Akash Dasgupta et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura M. Herz United Kingdom 81 41.8k 31.2k 12.9k 4.5k 2.7k 252 45.4k
Omar F. Mohammed Saudi Arabia 95 27.4k 0.7× 28.1k 0.9× 4.8k 0.4× 4.9k 1.1× 4.2k 1.5× 457 37.3k
Neil C. Greenham United Kingdom 87 26.2k 0.6× 14.3k 0.5× 12.0k 0.9× 2.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 304 29.9k
Dieter Neher Germany 99 27.8k 0.7× 12.1k 0.4× 17.7k 1.4× 2.3k 0.5× 2.3k 0.8× 416 33.5k
Haiming Zhu China 81 23.6k 0.6× 13.3k 0.4× 10.7k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 277 27.5k
Matthew C. Beard United States 84 23.6k 0.6× 22.5k 0.7× 3.2k 0.2× 4.0k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 228 29.3k
Annamaria Petrozza Italy 62 32.7k 0.8× 24.3k 0.8× 10.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 204 34.5k
Antoine Kahn United States 90 23.6k 0.6× 10.2k 0.3× 9.5k 0.7× 5.6k 1.3× 1.8k 0.6× 359 28.0k
Paul W. M. Blom Netherlands 104 35.9k 0.9× 10.5k 0.3× 22.6k 1.7× 3.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 453 42.3k
Maksym V. Kovalenko Switzerland 102 47.7k 1.1× 44.6k 1.4× 3.6k 0.3× 8.2k 1.9× 5.8k 2.1× 471 56.1k
Guichuan Xing Macao 70 23.3k 0.6× 18.3k 0.6× 6.8k 0.5× 2.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 355 27.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kaur, Gurpreet, Jae Eun Lee, Karim A. Elmestekawy, et al.. (2025). Aerosol-Assisted Crystallization Lowers Intrinsic Quantum Confinement and Improves Optoelectronic Performance in FAPbI3 Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(9). 2212–2222.
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Du, Jiaxing, Marcello Righetto, Manuel Kober‐Czerny, et al.. (2025). Inter‐Layer Diffusion of Excitations in 2D Perovskites Revealed by Photoluminescence Reabsorption. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(26). 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Jae Eun, Silvia G. Motti, Robert D. J. Oliver, et al.. (2024). Unraveling Loss Mechanisms Arising from Energy‐Level Misalignment between Metal Halide Perovskites and Hole Transport Layers. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(30). 18 indexed citations
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Righetto, Marcello, Aleksander M. Ulatowski, Silvia G. Motti, et al.. (2023). Bandlike Transport and Charge-Carrier Dynamics in BiOI Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(29). 6620–6629. 11 indexed citations
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Shen, Xinyi, Benjamin M. Gallant, Philippe Holzhey, et al.. (2023). Chloride‐Based Additive Engineering for Efficient and Stable Wide‐Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 35(30). e2211742–e2211742. 112 indexed citations
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Righetto, Marcello, Yongjie Wang, Karim A. Elmestekawy, et al.. (2023). Cation‐Disorder Engineering Promotes Efficient Charge‐Carrier Transport in AgBiS2 Nanocrystal Films. Advanced Materials. 35(48). e2305009–e2305009. 32 indexed citations
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Cai, Songhua, Jun Dai, Zhipeng Shao, et al.. (2022). Atomically Resolved Electrically Active Intragrain Interfaces in Perovskite Semiconductors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(4). 1910–1920. 53 indexed citations
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Motti, Silvia G., Jay B. Patel, Robert D. J. Oliver, et al.. (2021). Phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskites affects charge-carrier dynamics while preserving mobility. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6955–6955. 145 indexed citations
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Sansom, Harry C., Leonardo R. V. Buizza, Marco Zanella, et al.. (2021). Chemical Control of the Dimensionality of the Octahedral Network of Solar Absorbers from the CuI–AgI–BiI3 Phase Space by Synthesis of 3D CuAgBiI5. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(23). 18154–18167. 26 indexed citations
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Xia, Chelsea Q., Samuel Poncé, Jiali Peng, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast photo-induced phonon hardening due to Pauli blocking in MAPbI3 single-crystal and polycrystalline perovskites. Journal of Physics Materials. 4(4). 44017–44017. 5 indexed citations
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Wright, Adam D., Leonardo R. V. Buizza, Giulia Longo, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast Excited-State Localization in Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(13). 3352–3360. 133 indexed citations
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Wright, Adam D., Kelly Schutt, Leonardo R. V. Buizza, et al.. (2020). Charge‐Carrier Trapping and Radiative Recombination in Metal Halide Perovskite Semiconductors. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(42). 112 indexed citations
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Knight, Alexander J. & Laura M. Herz. (2020). Preventing phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskites: a perspective. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(7). 2024–2046. 287 indexed citations
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Klug, Matthew T., Rebecca L. Milot, Jay B. Patel, et al.. (2020). Metal composition influences optoelectronic quality in mixed-metal lead–tin triiodide perovskite solar absorbers. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(6). 1776–1787. 121 indexed citations
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Klug, Matthew T., et al.. (2019). Charge-Carrier Cooling and Polarization Memory Loss in Formamidinium Tin Triiodide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(20). 6038–6047. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiping, Qianqian Lin, Bernard Wenger, et al.. (2018). High irradiance performance of metal halide perovskites for concentrator photovoltaics. Nature Energy. 3(10). 855–861. 202 indexed citations
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Pulvirenti, Federico, Berthold Wegner, Nakita K. Noel, et al.. (2018). Modification of the fluorinated tin oxide/electron-transporting material interface by a strong reductant and its effect on perovskite solar cell efficiency. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 3(5). 741–747. 11 indexed citations
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Patel, Jay B., et al.. (2017). Photocurrent Spectroscopy of Perovskite Solar Cells Over a Wide Temperature Range from 15 to 350 K. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(1). 263–268. 24 indexed citations
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Herz, Laura M.. (2017). Charge-Carrier Mobilities in Metal Halide Perovskites: Fundamental Mechanisms and Limits. ACS Energy Letters. 2(7). 1539–1548. 1088 indexed citations breakdown →

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