Paul Prócel

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Paul Prócel is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Prócel has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Paul Prócel's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (60 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (43 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (34 papers). Paul Prócel is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (60 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (43 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (34 papers). Paul Prócel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and Italy. Paul Prócel's co-authors include Olindo Isabella, Miro Zeman, Guangtao Yang, Luana Mazzarella, Can Han, Yifeng Zhao, A.W. Weeber, Rudi Santbergen, Pingqi Gao and Genshun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Paul Prócel

64 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Silicon heterojunction solar cells with up to 26.81% efficiency achieved by electrically optimized nanocrystalline-silicon hole contact layers

2023 410 citations Miao Yang, Xiaoning Ru et al. Nature Energy profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Prócel Netherlands	23	1.7k	639	587	208	138	71	1.8k
Kean Chern Fong Australia	16	1.5k 0.9×	561 0.9×	391 0.7×	214 1.0×	131 0.9×	41	1.6k
D. Muñoz France	20	1.2k 0.7×	534 0.8×	419 0.7×	131 0.6×	166 1.2×	88	1.3k
Luana Mazzarella Netherlands	23	1.7k 1.0×	748 1.2×	431 0.7×	137 0.7×	127 0.9×	60	1.7k
Sieu Pheng Phang Australia	21	1.6k 1.0×	473 0.7×	544 0.9×	112 0.5×	100 0.7×	72	1.7k
Jan Haschke Germany	20	1.7k 1.0×	745 1.2×	484 0.8×	148 0.7×	266 1.9×	53	1.8k
Michael Rauer Germany	16	1.4k 0.8×	566 0.9×	388 0.7×	141 0.7×	65 0.5×	34	1.5k
Christophe Allebé Switzerland	17	1.7k 1.0×	473 0.7×	490 0.8×	143 0.7×	201 1.5×	61	1.8k
Xixiang Xu China	25	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	305 0.5×	201 1.0×	149 1.1×	102	2.0k
Zhiqiang Feng China	20	1.2k 0.7×	343 0.5×	420 0.7×	217 1.0×	104 0.8×	51	1.3k
Weiyuan Duan Germany	20	1.0k 0.6×	500 0.8×	238 0.4×	152 0.7×	87 0.6×	67	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Prócel

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Prócel, Paul, Yuanyuan Zhou, Marco Leonardi, et al.. (2025). PV multiscale modelling of perovskite / silicon two-terminal devices: from accurate cell performance simulation to energy yield prediction. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 293. 113864–113864.

Yao, Zhirong, Wei Si, Paul Prócel, et al.. (2025). Influence of deposition power of PECVD intrinsic a-Si:H buffer layer on n+ poly-Si/SiO /c-Si passivating contacts. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 290. 113709–113709. 1 indexed citations

Prócel, Paul, Yifeng Zhao, & Olindo Isabella. (2025). Unlocking the potential of carrier-selective contacts: Key insights for designing c-Si solar cells with efficiency beyond 28 %. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 285. 113504–113504. 2 indexed citations

Prócel, Paul, et al.. (2024). The nature of silicon PN junction impedance at high frequency. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 282. 113383–113383. 1 indexed citations

Muttillo, Mirco, et al.. (2024). Analyzing the PN junction impedance of crystalline silicon solar cells across varied illumination and temperature conditions. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 279. 113255–113255. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Yifeng, et al.. (2024). Interdigitated‐back‐contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells featuring novel MoO_x‐based contact stacks. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 33(1). 209–218. 3 indexed citations

Janssen, G.J.M., A.A. Mewe, P.C.P. Bronsveld, et al.. (2024). Influence of passivating interlayers on the carrier selectivity of MoO_x contacts for c-Si solar cells. EPJ Photovoltaics. 15. 34–34.

Zhao, Yifeng, Paul Prócel, Can Han, et al.. (2024). Indium Reduction in Bifacial Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with MoO_x Hole Collector. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(9). 2 indexed citations

Yao, Zhirong, Guangtao Yang, Can Han, et al.. (2023). Poly‐SiO_x Passivating Contacts with Plasma‐Assisted N₂O Oxidation of Silicon (PANO‐SiO_x). Solar RRL. 7(18). 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Guangtao, Paul Prócel, Can Han, et al.. (2023). Will SiO -pinholes for SiO /poly-Si passivating contact enhance the passivation quality?. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 252. 112200–112200. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Miao, Xiaoning Ru, Genshun Wang, et al.. (2023). Silicon heterojunction solar cells with up to 26.81% efficiency achieved by electrically optimized nanocrystalline-silicon hole contact layers. Nature Energy. 8(8). 789–799. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Can, Rudi Santbergen, Paul Prócel, et al.. (2022). Towards bifacial silicon heterojunction solar cells with reduced TCO use. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 30(7). 750–762. 38 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yifeng, Luana Mazzarella, Paul Prócel, et al.. (2021). Ultra‐thin electron collectors based on nc‐Si:H for high‐efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 30(8). 809–822. 26 indexed citations

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Prócel, Paul, Guangtao Yang, Andrea Ingenito, et al.. (2021). Colored optic filters on c‐Si IBC solar cells for building integrated photovoltaic applications. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 30(4). 401–435. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Guangtao, Can Han, Paul Prócel, et al.. (2021). Oxygen‐alloyed poly‐Si passivating contacts for high‐thermal budget c‐Si heterojunction solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 30(2). 141–151. 18 indexed citations

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Han, Can, Yifeng Zhao, Luana Mazzarella, et al.. (2021). Room-temperature sputtered tungsten-doped indium oxide for improved current in silicon heterojunction solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 227. 111082–111082. 43 indexed citations

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Prócel, Paul, et al.. (2020). Sub-gap defect density characterization of molybdenum oxide: An annealing study for solar cell applications. Nano Research. 13(12). 3416–3424. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Guangtao, et al.. (2020). Implantation‐based passivating contacts for crystalline silicon front/rear contacted solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 28(5). 403–416. 23 indexed citations

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Isabella, Olindo, et al.. (2019). Optical study of back-contacted CIGS solar cells. Optics Express. 27(8). A269–A269. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Guangtao, et al.. (2018). Poly-crystalline silicon-oxide films as carrier-selective passivating contacts for c-Si solar cells. Applied Physics Letters. 112(19). 47 indexed citations

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