R. B. Pettit

1.0k total citations
37 papers, 665 citations indexed

About

R. B. Pettit is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. B. Pettit has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 665 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R. B. Pettit's work include Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (26 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (8 papers) and solar cell performance optimization (8 papers). R. B. Pettit is often cited by papers focused on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (26 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (8 papers) and solar cell performance optimization (8 papers). R. B. Pettit collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. B. Pettit's co-authors include R. R. Sowell, J. Silcox, R. Vincent, C. Jeffrey Brinker, William J. Camp, C.S. Ashley, E. Randich, E. Roth, D. L. Douglass and F. Biggs and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

R. B. Pettit

37 papers receiving 615 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. B. Pettit United States 15 358 266 153 96 93 37 665
Per Nostell Sweden 10 266 0.7× 190 0.7× 91 0.6× 30 0.3× 85 0.9× 15 455
P. Rappaport United States 12 205 0.6× 648 2.4× 254 1.7× 41 0.4× 35 0.4× 25 926
Drew DeJarnette United States 17 410 1.1× 262 1.0× 83 0.5× 253 2.6× 44 0.5× 37 703
A. Mellor United Kingdom 17 444 1.2× 640 2.4× 196 1.3× 201 2.1× 68 0.7× 42 1.1k
Alain Dollet France 17 292 0.8× 498 1.9× 174 1.1× 70 0.7× 11 0.1× 49 754
W. Folkerts Netherlands 17 210 0.6× 260 1.0× 167 1.1× 111 1.2× 59 0.6× 50 971
H.K. Sehgal India 16 185 0.5× 484 1.8× 456 3.0× 52 0.5× 10 0.1× 71 758
R.H. Buitrago Argentina 14 105 0.3× 411 1.5× 246 1.6× 71 0.7× 73 0.8× 48 587
R. Bhattacharyya India 18 182 0.5× 402 1.5× 497 3.2× 99 1.0× 113 1.2× 52 831
Ya Feng China 13 119 0.3× 247 0.9× 556 3.6× 86 0.9× 27 0.3× 31 813

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. B. Pettit

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pettit, R. B., et al.. (1986). Optical properties of solid particle receiver materials. Solar Energy Materials. 14(3-5). 395–416. 15 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B. & C. Jeffrey Brinker. (1985). Use of Sol-Gel Thin Films In Solar Energy Applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 562. 256–256. 1 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., C. Jeffrey Brinker, & C.S. Ashley. (1985). Sol-gel double-layer antireflection coatings for silicon solar cells. Solar Cells. 15(3). 267–278. 52 indexed citations
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Sweet, J.N., R. B. Pettit, & M. B. Chamberlain. (1984). Optical modeling and aging characteristics of thermally stable black chrome solar selective coatings. Solar Energy Materials. 10(3-4). 251–286. 25 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., et al.. (1983). <title>The Development of a Portable Specular Reflectometer for Monitoring Solar Mirror Materials</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 428. 125–134. 3 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., et al.. (1983). Simplified Calculational Procedure for Determining the Amount of Intercepted Sunlight in an Imaging Solar Concentrator. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 105(1). 101–107. 33 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B. & C. Jeffrey Brinker. (1981). Sol-gel protective coatings for black chrome solar selective films. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 83. 15942. 1 indexed citations
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Douglass, D. L. & R. B. Pettit. (1981). The selective solar absorptance of in situ-grown oxide films on metals. Solar Energy Materials. 4(4). 383–402. 28 indexed citations
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Roth, E. & R. B. Pettit. (1980). The effect of soiling on solar mirrors and techniques used to maintain high reflectivity. STIN. 81. 14415. 27 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., et al.. (1980). The Sensitivity of Solar Transmittance, Reflectance and Absorptance to Selected Averaging Procedures and Solar Irradiance Distributions. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 102(1). 34–40. 23 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., et al.. (1980). Wavelength dependent scattering caused by dust accumulation on solar mirrors. Solar Energy Materials. 3(1-2). 1–20. 40 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., et al.. (1979). Specular reflectance properties of solar mirrors as a function of incident angle. 2. 1304–1308. 2 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., et al.. (1979). Practical method for including material scattering effects in determining the amount of intercepted sunlight in solar concentrators. 2. 1333–1337. 2 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B.. (1979). Hemispherical transmittance properties of solar glazings as a function of averaging procedure and incident angle. Solar Energy Materials. 1(1-2). 125–140. 11 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B.. (1978). Effect of surface curvature on measurement of the absorptance properties of solar coatings. Solar Energy. 21(3). 247–248. 2 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B. & B.L. Butler. (1977). Laser ray trace and bi-directional reflectometry measurements of various solar concentrators. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 78. 26564. 2 indexed citations
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Palmer, Richard E., et al.. (1977). Evaluation of flashlamp reflectors for the atomic iodine photodissociation laser. Journal of Applied Physics. 48(7). 3125–3126. 4 indexed citations
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Butler, B.L. & R. B. Pettit. (1977). <title>Optical Evaluation Techniques For Reflecting Solar Concentrators</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 114. 43–51. 11 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B., J. Silcox, & R. Vincent. (1975). Measurement of surface-plasmon dispersion in oxidized aluminum films. Physical review. B, Solid state. 11(8). 3116–3123. 93 indexed citations
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Pettit, R. B. & William J. Camp. (1974). Phase Separation in the Semiconducting Binary Liquid Selenium-Thallium. Physical Review Letters. 32(7). 369–372. 25 indexed citations

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