Seigo Ito

20.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
160 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Seigo Ito is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Seigo Ito has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 89 papers in Materials Chemistry and 76 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Seigo Ito's work include TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (69 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (56 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (55 papers). Seigo Ito is often cited by papers focused on TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (69 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (56 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (55 papers). Seigo Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and United States. Seigo Ito's co-authors include Michaël Grätzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Liska, Pascal Comte, Hiroshi Imahori, Takeru Bessho, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Tomokazu Umeyama, Péter Péchy and Hitoshi Nishino and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Seigo Ito

155 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Combined Experimental and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of Photoelectrochemical Cell Ruthenium Sensitizers

2005 2.5k citations Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Filippo De Angelis et al. profile →
Fabrication of thin film dye sensitized solar cells with solar to electric power conversion efficiency over 10%

2007 1.6k citations Seigo Ito, Takurou N. Murakami et al. Thin Solid Films profile →
Characteristics of High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2006 994 citations Seigo Ito, Michaël Grätzel et al. profile →
Large π-Aromatic Molecules as Potential Sensitizers for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2009 912 citations Hiroshi Imahori, Tomokazu Umeyama et al. profile →
Fabrication of screen‐printing pastes from TiO₂ powders for dye‐sensitised solar cells

2007 909 citations Seigo Ito, Pascal Comte et al. profile →
Inorganic hole conductor-based lead halide perovskite solar cells with 12.4% conversion efficiency

2014 793 citations Seigo Ito, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin et al. profile →
Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Carbon Black Counter Electrodes

2006 789 citations Takurou N. Murakami, Seigo Ito et al. profile →
High-conversion-efficiency organic dye-sensitized solar cells with a novel indoline dye

2008 700 citations Seigo Ito, Paul Liska et al. profile →
Control of dark current in photoelectrochemical (TiO2/I––I3–) and dye-sensitized solar cells

2005 554 citations Seigo Ito, Paul Liska et al. profile →
Effects of Surface Blocking Layer of Sb₂S₃ on Nanocrystalline TiO₂ for CH₃NH₃PbI₃ Perovskite Solar Cells

2014 515 citations Seigo Ito et al. profile →
High Molar Extinction Coefficient Heteroleptic Ruthenium Complexes for Thin Film Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2006 504 citations Seigo Ito, Michaël Grätzel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seigo Ito Japan	51	12.3k	11.9k	6.7k	3.7k	583	160	18.2k
Aswani Yella India	36	9.4k 0.8×	9.8k 0.8×	5.6k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	465 0.8×	103	14.6k
Emilio Palomares Spain	68	9.9k 0.8×	10.9k 0.9×	6.9k 1.0×	4.0k 1.1×	714 1.2×	297	17.9k
Pascal Comte Switzerland	46	16.1k 1.3×	12.8k 1.1×	5.2k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	548 0.9×	74	20.5k
Paul Liska Switzerland	39	19.4k 1.6×	14.7k 1.2×	5.0k 0.7×	3.7k 1.0×	1.0k 1.8×	49	23.3k
Nick Vlachopoulos Sweden	37	8.1k 0.7×	6.3k 0.5×	3.6k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	464 0.8×	71	11.4k
Kazuhiro Sayama Japan	74	17.6k 1.4×	14.4k 1.2×	6.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	457 0.8×	231	20.9k
Jun‐Ho Yum Switzerland	69	11.7k 0.9×	17.7k 1.5×	15.4k 2.3×	6.4k 1.7×	664 1.1×	157	26.3k
Chenyi Yi China	49	7.1k 0.6×	11.3k 0.9×	12.2k 1.8×	6.3k 1.7×	285 0.5×	103	18.8k
Ashraful Islam Japan	46	6.2k 0.5×	6.6k 0.6×	5.0k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	274 0.5×	146	10.9k
Hoi Nok Tsao Germany	29	5.6k 0.5×	5.9k 0.5×	4.6k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	259 0.4×	41	10.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seigo Ito

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Fujii, Katsushi, Atsushi Ogura, Takayo Ogawa, et al.. (2025). Evaluating Cation-Exchange Membrane Properties Affecting Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolysis. ACS Omega. 10(10). 10425–10431.

Oshita, Seiichi, et al.. (2025). Hysteresis in Carbon-Based Multiporous Layered Electrode Perovskite Solar Cells with 5-AVA-MAPbI₃ and CsFAPbI₃. ACS Energy Letters. 10(3). 1275–1283. 9 indexed citations

Shibayama, Naoyuki, Hiroyuki Kanda, Y. Oka, et al.. (2024). Temperature dependence of spray pyrolysis deposited NiOx layer in inverted perovskite solar cells. 3.

Perrin, Lara, et al.. (2024). How Ammonium Valeric Acid Iodide Additive Can Lead to More Efficient and Stable Carbon‐Based Perovskite Solar Cells: Role of Microstructure and Interfaces?. Solar RRL. 8(17). 9 indexed citations

Haruyama, Yuichi, Akira Heya, Koji Sumitomo, et al.. (2021). Effect of atomic hydrogen exposure on hydrogenated amorphous carbon thin films. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 60(12). 125504–125504.

Bogachuk, Dmitry, David Martineau, Stèphanie Narbey, et al.. (2021). Comparison of highly conductive natural and synthetic graphites for electrodes in perovskite solar cells. Carbon. 178. 10–18. 57 indexed citations

Liang, Lusheng, Naoyuki Shibayama, Haiying Jiang, et al.. (2021). Face-on oriented hydrophobic conjugated polymers as dopant-free hole-transport materials for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells with a fill factor approaching 85%. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(7). 3409–3417. 28 indexed citations

Shibayama, Naoyuki, et al.. (2020). Control of Molecular Orientation of Spiro-OMeTAD on Substrates. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(44). 50187–50191. 14 indexed citations

Shibayama, Naoyuki, Hiroyuki Kanda, Tae Woong Kim, Hiroshi Segawa, & Seigo Ito. (2019). Design of BCP buffer layer for inverted perovskite solar cells using ideal factor. APL Materials. 7(3). 62 indexed citations

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Kanda, Hiroyuki, Naoyuki Shibayama, Abdullah Üzüm, et al.. (2018). Effect of Silicon Surface for Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: Flat or Textured?. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(41). 35016–35024. 47 indexed citations

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Baranwal, Ajay Kumar, Hiroyuki Kanda, Naoyuki Shibayama, & Seigo Ito. (2018). Fabrication of fully non-vacuum processed perovskite solar cells using an inorganic CuSCN hole-transporting material and carbon-back contact. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2(12). 2778–2787. 27 indexed citations

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Shibayama, Naoyuki, Hiroyuki Kanda, Shin‐ichi Yusa, et al.. (2017). All-inorganic inverse perovskite solar cells using zinc oxide nanocolloids on spin coated perovskite layer. Nano Convergence. 4(1). 18–18. 19 indexed citations

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Adli, Hasyiya Karimah, Takashi Harada, Seigo Ito, Shuji Nakanishi, & Shigeru Ikeda. (2016). Effects of TiO2 Properties on Performance of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Photovoltaic Cells. MRS Advances. 1(47). 3185–3190. 4 indexed citations

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Ito, Seigo, et al.. (2012). Narrow Band Gap AgInTe 2 Solar Cells Fabricated by Printing Method. 4(2). 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Ito, Seigo, et al.. (2012). Superstrate CuInSe 2 -Printed Solar Cells on In 2 S 3 /TiO 2 /FTO/Glass Plates. 3(2). 10–17. 4 indexed citations

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Ito, Seigo, et al.. (2011). Porous carbon layers for counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells: Recent advances and a new screen-printing method. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 83(11). 2089–2106. 16 indexed citations

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Ito, Seigo, et al.. (2011). Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Surface-Stabilized Nanocrystalline-TiO 2 Electrodes Coated by Epoxy Polymer. 2(2). 74–78. 3 indexed citations

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Ito, Seigo, Takurou N. Murakami, Pascal Comte, et al.. (2007). Fabrication of thin film dye sensitized solar cells with solar to electric power conversion efficiency over 10%. Thin Solid Films. 516(14). 4613–4619. 1629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barolo, Claudia, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Simona Fantacci, et al.. (2006). Synthesis, Characterization, and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of a Ruthenium Complex Containing a Functionalized Tetradentate Ligand. Inorganic Chemistry. 45(12). 4642–4653. 153 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Teruo, et al.. (1998). ESD and latch-up characteristics of semiconductor device with thin epitaxial substrate. 199–207. 10 indexed citations

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