P.D. Paulson

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

P.D. Paulson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, P.D. Paulson has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in P.D. Paulson's work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (23 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (18 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (8 papers). P.D. Paulson is often cited by papers focused on Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (23 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (18 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (8 papers). P.D. Paulson collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Mexico. P.D. Paulson's co-authors include Viresh Dutta, K. L. Chopra, William N. Shafarman, Robert W. Birkmire, Sylvain Marsillac, K. V. Krishna, Xavier Mathew, L. A. Kosyachenko, O. L. Maslyanchuk and Brian E. McCandless and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

P.D. Paulson

27 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thin‐film solar cells: an overview

2004 957 citations K. L. Chopra, P.D. Paulson et al. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P.D. Paulson United States	13	1.5k	1.3k	287	158	144	27	1.7k
D.L. Bätzner Germany	20	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	341 1.2×	147 0.9×	141 1.0×	66	1.6k
Andreas Bauer Germany	19	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	524 1.8×	151 1.0×	170 1.2×	52	2.1k
S. Binetti Italy	23	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	375 1.3×	196 1.2×	138 1.0×	163	2.0k
M. Tucci Italy	20	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	240 0.8×	236 1.5×	141 1.0×	132	1.8k
R. Tscharner Switzerland	4	768 0.5×	604 0.5×	116 0.4×	176 1.1×	196 1.4×	8	1.0k
A. Bosio Italy	23	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	450 1.6×	86 0.5×	197 1.4×	103	2.1k
D. Rudmann Switzerland	18	2.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	456 1.6×	89 0.6×	147 1.0×	24	2.3k
R. G. Dhere United States	25	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	537 1.9×	116 0.7×	92 0.6×	123	2.1k
Walajabad Sampath United States	24	2.2k 1.5×	2.0k 1.6×	404 1.4×	60 0.4×	113 0.8×	149	2.4k
Ali Abbas United Kingdom	24	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	319 1.1×	61 0.4×	90 0.6×	105	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P.D. Paulson

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Kosyachenko, L. A., et al.. (2014). Optical and recombination losses in thin-film Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 130. 291–302. 61 indexed citations

Kosyachenko, L. A., G. V. Lashkarev, E. V. Grushko, et al.. (2009). Spectral Distribution of Photoelectric Efficiency οf Thin-Film CdS/CdTe Heterostructure. Acta Physica Polonica A. 116(5). 862–864. 8 indexed citations

Shafarman, William N. & P.D. Paulson. (2005). Losses in CuInSe/sub 2/-based thin film monolithic tandem solar cells. 231–234. 7 indexed citations

Mehta, B. R., et al.. (2005). Spin-orbit splitting and critical point energy atΓandLpoints of cubic CdTe nanoparticles: Effect of size and nonspherical shape. Physical Review B. 72(11). 10 indexed citations

Paulson, P.D., et al.. (2005). Analysis of Cu(InGa)Se₂Alloy Film Optical Properties and the Effect of Cu Off-Stoichiometry. MRS Proceedings. 865. 1 indexed citations

Paulson, P.D.. (2004). Spectroscopic ellipsometry investigation of optical and interface properties of CdTe films deposited on metal foils. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 82(1-2). 279–290. 33 indexed citations

Paulson, P.D. & Steven Hegedus. (2004). Accurate determination of optical constants of textured SnO2 using low incidence angle spectroscopic ellipsometry. Journal of Applied Physics. 96(10). 5469–5477. 16 indexed citations

Paulson, P.D., Brian E. McCandless, & Robert W. Birkmire. (2004). Optical properties of Cd1−xZnxTe films in a device structure using variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry. Journal of Applied Physics. 95(6). 3010–3019. 12 indexed citations

Chopra, K. L., P.D. Paulson, & Viresh Dutta. (2004). Thin‐film solar cells: an overview. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 12(2-3). 69–92. 957 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sulima, O.V., et al.. (2003). High-temperature AlGaP/GaP solar cells for NASA space missions. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 1. 737–740. 13 indexed citations

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Shafarman, William N., et al.. (2003). Critical issues for Cu(InAl)Se/sub 2/ thin film solar cells. 3. 2869–2873. 1 indexed citations

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Paulson, P.D., Robert W. Birkmire, & William N. Shafarman. (2003). Optical characterization of CuIn1−xGaxSe2 alloy thin films by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Journal of Applied Physics. 94(2). 879–888. 204 indexed citations

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Hegedus, Steven, Bhushan Sopori, & P.D. Paulson. (2003). Optical design and analysis of textured a-Si solar cells. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1122–1125. 2 indexed citations

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Drayton, Jennifer, G. Rich, Anju Gupta, et al.. (2003). Sputtered ZnTe:N and ZnO:Al for Solar Cell Electrodes and Recombination Junctions. MRS Proceedings. 763. 3 indexed citations

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Dobson, Kevin D., P.D. Paulson, Brian E. McCandless, & Robert W. Birkmire. (2003). The Dynamics of Cadmium Telluride Etching. MRS Proceedings. 763. 6 indexed citations

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Shafarman, William N., et al.. (2003). Material and device characterization of thin film Cu(InAl)Se/sub 2/ solar cells. 519–522. 5 indexed citations

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Paulson, P.D., et al.. (2002). A comparative study of compositional and structural properties of CdTe thin films prepared by different electroplating techniques. 1. 331–333. 1 indexed citations

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Marsillac, Sylvain, et al.. (2002). High-efficiency solar cells based on Cu(InAl)Se2 thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 81(7). 1350–1352. 122 indexed citations

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Paulson, P.D. & Viresh Dutta. (2000). Study of in situ CdCl2 treatment on CSS deposited CdTe films and CdS/CdTe solar cells. Thin Solid Films. 370(1-2). 299–306. 52 indexed citations

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Paulson, P.D. & Viresh Dutta. (1996). Study of anomalous peak in the dielectric spectra of CdTe thin films using photoellipsometry. Applied Physics Letters. 68(13). 1751–1753. 1 indexed citations

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