S. Degrave

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

S. Degrave is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Degrave has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in S. Degrave's work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (15 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (12 papers) and Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (9 papers). S. Degrave is often cited by papers focused on Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (15 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (12 papers) and Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (9 papers). S. Degrave collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands. S. Degrave's co-authors include Peter Nollet, Marc Burgelman, Johan Verschraegen, M. Burgelman, P. Clauws, J. Beier, Marc Köntges, Rolf Reineke‐Koch, R. Wendt and K. Durose and has published in prestigious journals such as Thin Solid Films, Applied Physics A and Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications.

In The Last Decade

S. Degrave

16 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Modelling polycrystalline semiconductor solar cells 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Modelling polycrystalline semiconductor solar cells
    2000 2.3k citations Marc Burgelman, Peter Nollet et al. Thin Solid Films profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Degrave Belgium 11 2.9k 2.0k 576 571 84 16 3.0k
Peter Nollet Belgium 13 3.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 580 1.0× 613 1.1× 94 1.1× 19 3.1k
Maykel Courel Mexico 27 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 146 0.3× 401 0.7× 164 2.0× 91 2.1k
Lukas Kegelmann Germany 16 2.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 137 0.2× 71 0.8× 18 2.8k
Marko Jošt Germany 18 2.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 970 1.7× 152 0.3× 113 1.3× 51 2.9k
Xuguang Jia China 26 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 443 0.8× 226 0.4× 80 1.0× 80 1.7k
Peng Zeng China 22 1.4k 0.5× 812 0.4× 499 0.9× 221 0.4× 72 0.9× 51 1.5k
Charles J. Hages United States 24 3.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 441 0.8× 422 0.7× 63 0.8× 49 3.1k
Roberto Brenes United States 17 1.2k 0.4× 945 0.5× 245 0.4× 139 0.2× 43 0.5× 22 1.3k
Haiwei Chen Germany 13 1.6k 0.5× 866 0.4× 724 1.3× 122 0.2× 50 0.6× 13 1.7k
A. E. Delahoy United States 20 1.1k 0.4× 832 0.4× 105 0.2× 270 0.5× 127 1.5× 103 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Degrave

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Burgelman, Marc, Johan Verschraegen, S. Degrave, & Peter Nollet. (2004). Modeling thin‐film PV devices. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 12(2-3). 143–153. 396 indexed citations
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Burgelman, M., Johan Verschraegen, S. Degrave, & Peter Nollet. (2004). Analysis of CdTe solar cells in relation to materials issues. Thin Solid Films. 480-481. 392–398. 35 indexed citations
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Clauws, P., et al.. (2004). Characterization of deep defects in CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells using deep level transient spectroscopy. Thin Solid Films. 451-452. 434–438. 21 indexed citations
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Degrave, S., Marc Burgelman, & Peter Nollet. (2003). Modelling of polycrystalline thin film solar cells: new features in SCAPS version 2.3. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1. 487–490. 43 indexed citations
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Clauws, P., et al.. (2003). DLTS and admittance measurements on CdS/CdTe solar cells. Thin Solid Films. 431-432. 148–152. 28 indexed citations
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Nollet, Peter, Marc Köntges, Marc Burgelman, S. Degrave, & Rolf Reineke‐Koch. (2003). Indications for presence and importance of interface states in CdTe/CdS solar cells. Thin Solid Films. 431-432. 414–420. 24 indexed citations
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Burgelman, Marc, Peter Nollet, S. Degrave, & J. Beier. (2002). Modeling the cross-over of the I-V characteristics of thin film CdTe solar cells. 551–554. 9 indexed citations
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Durose, K., Peter Nollet, S. Degrave, et al.. (2002). Key Aspects of CdTe/CdS Solar Cells. physica status solidi (b). 229(2). 1055–1064. 40 indexed citations
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Wienke, J., et al.. (2001). Optimisation of CISCuT cell design. Thin Solid Films. 387(1-2). 165–168. 3 indexed citations
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Beier, J., Marc Köntges, Peter Nollet, S. Degrave, & Marc Burgelman. (2001). Importance of electron current in p-type CdTe in CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells at forward bias. MRS Proceedings. 668. 6 indexed citations
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Degrave, S., Marc Burgelman, & Peter Nollet. (2000). Quantitative study of solar cells based on Cu-In-S based absorber layers grown by the CISCuT-process.. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Burgelman, Marc, Peter Nollet, & S. Degrave. (2000). Modelling polycrystalline semiconductor solar cells. Thin Solid Films. 361-362. 527–532. 2290 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nollet, Peter, Marc Burgelman, & S. Degrave. (2000). The back contact influence on characteristics of CdTe/CdS solar cells. Thin Solid Films. 361-362. 293–297. 32 indexed citations
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Burgelman, Marc, Peter Nollet, & S. Degrave. (1999). Electronic behaviour of thin-film CdTe solar cells. Applied Physics A. 69(2). 149–153. 47 indexed citations
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Burgelman, Marc, Peter Nollet, & S. Degrave. (1999). Modeling polycrystalline semiconductor solar cells. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 18 indexed citations

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