Peter Würfel

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Peter Würfel is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Würfel has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Peter Würfel's work include solar cell performance optimization (5 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (4 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (3 papers). Peter Würfel is often cited by papers focused on solar cell performance optimization (5 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (4 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (3 papers). Peter Würfel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Singapore. Peter Würfel's co-authors include Uli Würfel, Andrés Cuevas, Thorsten Trupke, Martin A. Green, Thomas Roth, Marc Rüdiger, Stefan W. Glunz, Bram Hoex, Armin G. Aberle and G. Müller‐Vogt and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.

In The Last Decade

Peter Würfel

14 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Physics of solar cells : from basic principles to advanced concepts

2009 380 citations Peter Würfel, Uli Würfel CERN Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Würfel Germany	11	1.4k	658	574	285	240	14	1.8k
C. M. Fetzer United States	22	2.4k 1.7×	612 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	336 1.2×	518 2.2×	63	2.7k
Harvey Guthrey United States	23	1.9k 1.3×	974 1.5×	458 0.8×	216 0.8×	189 0.8×	122	2.1k
Wayesh Qarony United States	27	1.5k 1.1×	963 1.5×	371 0.6×	546 1.9×	273 1.1×	61	2.3k
Yue‐Yang Liu China	25	856 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	218 0.4×	382 1.3×	310 1.3×	97	1.8k
Hoseok Heo South Korea	19	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 2.3×	269 0.5×	159 0.6×	207 0.9×	45	1.9k
Renyan Zhang China	18	633 0.5×	650 1.0×	399 0.7×	83 0.3×	210 0.9×	55	1.4k
Kunihiro Nakano Japan	9	2.1k 1.5×	907 1.4×	643 1.1×	276 1.0×	299 1.2×	11	2.5k
J. Poortmans Belgium	24	1.8k 1.3×	615 0.9×	380 0.7×	157 0.6×	287 1.2×	91	2.0k
Dale P. Barkey United States	23	781 0.6×	503 0.8×	204 0.4×	68 0.2×	198 0.8×	40	1.2k
Masanori Kanematsu Japan	7	2.5k 1.8×	1.0k 1.5×	685 1.2×	302 1.1×	310 1.3×	9	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Würfel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Würfel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Würfel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Würfel 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 Peter Würfel. Peter Würfel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Würfel, Uli, Andrés Cuevas, & Peter Würfel. (2014). Charge Carrier Separation in Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 5(1). 461–469. 342 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter, et al.. (2010). Observations on the spectral characteristics of defect luminescence of silicon wafer solar cells. National University of Singapore. 2714–2717. 8 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter. (2010). How Solar Cells Work. PMA3–PMA3. 27 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter & Uli Würfel. (2009). Physics of solar cells : from basic principles to advanced concepts. CERN Bulletin. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rüdiger, Marc, Thorsten Trupke, Peter Würfel, Thomas Roth, & Stefan W. Glunz. (2008). Influence of photon reabsorption on temperature dependent quasi-steady-state photoluminescence lifetime measurements on crystalline silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 92(22). 19 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter. (2007). Photovoltaic Principles and Organic Solar Cells. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 61(12). 770–770. 29 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter. (2005). Physics of solar cells : from principles to new concepts. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 198. 242 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter. (2005). Physics of Solar Cells. 302 indexed citations

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Trupke, Thorsten, Peter Würfel, & Martin A. Green. (2004). Comment on “Three-dimensional photonic-crystal emitter for thermal photovoltaic power generation” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 380 (2003)]. Applied Physics Letters. 84(11). 1997–1998. 41 indexed citations

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Trupke, Thorsten, Martin A. Green, & Peter Würfel. (2003). Optical gain in materials with indirect transitions. Journal of Applied Physics. 93(11). 9058–9061. 25 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter. (2002). Improvement of solar cell efficiencies by impurity transitions. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 79(2). 153–161. 6 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter. (2002). Thermodynamic limitations to solar energy conversion. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 14(1-2). 18–26. 75 indexed citations

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Müller‐Vogt, G., et al.. (2000). Chemical reactions of tellurium in graphite tubes of atomic absorption spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy. 55(5). 501–508. 2 indexed citations

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Würfel, Peter. (1997). Solar energy conversion with hot electrons from impact ionisation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 46(1). 43–52. 261 indexed citations

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