Stefan W. Glunz

24.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
493 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Stefan W. Glunz is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan W. Glunz has authored 493 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 470 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 173 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 129 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stefan W. Glunz's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (370 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (198 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (165 papers). Stefan W. Glunz is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (370 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (198 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (165 papers). Stefan W. Glunz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Stefan W. Glunz's co-authors include Martin Hermle, Armin Richter, Frank Feldmann, Wilhelm Warta, Martin Bivour, Jan Benick, Christian Reichel, Stefan Rein, A. Mette and D. Pysch and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stefan W. Glunz

479 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

Reassessment of the Limiting Efficiency for Crystalline S... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2013 2012 2013 2017 2021 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Reassessment of the Limiting Efficiency for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
    2013 799 citations Armin Richter, Martin Hermle et al. profile →
  2. Improved quantitative description of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon
    2012 734 citations Armin Richter, Stefan W. Glunz et al. profile →
  3. Passivated rear contacts for high-efficiency n-type Si solar cells providing high interface passivation quality and excellent transport characteristics
    2013 619 citations Martin Bivour, Christian Reichel et al. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells profile →
  4. n-Type Si solar cells with passivating electron contact: Identifying sources for efficiency limitations by wafer thickness and resistivity variation
    2017 523 citations Armin Richter, Jan Benick et al. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells profile →
  5. Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses
    2021 332 citations Armin Richter, Jan Benick et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan W. Glunz Germany 66 17.1k 6.1k 5.1k 2.0k 1.6k 493 18.0k
Martin Hermle Germany 59 12.5k 0.7× 5.0k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 340 13.1k
Uwe Rau Germany 71 15.9k 0.9× 3.5k 0.6× 10.2k 2.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 474 17.4k
Nicholas J. Ekins‐Daukes United Kingdom 49 6.9k 0.4× 2.8k 0.5× 3.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 253 9.0k
Jef Poortmans Belgium 47 9.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.3× 4.6k 0.9× 860 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 562 10.2k
Rolf Brendel Germany 57 11.1k 0.6× 4.1k 0.7× 3.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 471 12.1k
J.H. Werner Germany 51 7.6k 0.4× 4.1k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 993 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 252 9.4k
Armin G. Aberle Singapore 53 10.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.4× 4.2k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 418 11.7k
Thorsten Trupke Australia 37 7.1k 0.4× 1.8k 0.3× 4.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 183 8.9k
Frank Dimroth Germany 45 7.6k 0.4× 2.6k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 2.2k 1.1× 2.2k 1.4× 381 9.1k
Stefaan De Wolf Saudi Arabia 78 24.1k 1.4× 4.3k 0.7× 11.7k 2.3× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 304 25.5k

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All Works

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Fischer, Oliver, Alexander J. Bett, Hannes Hempel, et al.. (2025). Minimizing Open‐Circuit Voltage Losses in Perovskite/Perovskite/Silicon Triple‐Junction Solar Cell with Optimized Top Cell. Solar RRL. 9(3). 4 indexed citations
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Er‐raji, Oussama, Stefan Lange, Adi Prasetio, et al.. (2025). Tuning Self‐Assembly of Hole‐Selective Monolayers for Reproducible Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. Small Methods. 9(7). e2401758–e2401758. 11 indexed citations
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Richter, Armin, Jana‐Isabelle Polzin, Oussama Er‐raji, et al.. (2025). Fully‐Textured Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Exceeding 30% Efficiency on Both Side Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacted Bottom Cells. Solar RRL. 9(24).
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Er‐raji, Oussama, Anand S. Subbiah, Badri Vishal, et al.. (2025). Coating dynamics in two-step hybrid evaporated/blade-coated perovskites for scalable fully-textured perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg). 1(3). 419–430. 1 indexed citations
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Fischer, Oliver, Alexander J. Bett, Yan Zhu, et al.. (2025). Revealing charge carrier transport and selectivity losses in perovskite silicon tandem solar cells. Matter. 8(12). 102404–102404. 1 indexed citations
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Wiesenfarth, Maike, et al.. (2024). Two-step nested optical-electrical Monte-Carlo approach to analyze the influence of tolerances on Micro-CPV module performance. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 279. 113257–113257. 2 indexed citations
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Wiesenfarth, Maike, et al.. (2024). Effect of manufacturing tolerances on Micro-CPV assemblies: A quantitative approach based on statistical modeling. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 279. 113256–113256. 2 indexed citations
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Bett, Alexander J., Christoph Messmer, Oliver Fischer, et al.. (2024). Impact of Perovskite Subcell Breakdown on the Performance of Perovskite/Perovskite/Silicon Triple‐Junction Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 8(16). 6 indexed citations
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Steiner, Marc, S. Kasimir Reichmuth, Gerald Siefer, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the rear side contribution in bifacial tandem-photovoltaic devices. FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg). 1(1). 66–77. 1 indexed citations
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Heinz, Friedemann D., Wolfram Kwapil, & Stefan W. Glunz. (2024). Hot luminescence of two-dimensional electron hole systems in modulation-doped silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 135(7). 1 indexed citations
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Messmer, Christoph, Martin Bivour, Jonas Schön, et al.. (2024). Understanding Ion‐Related Performance Losses in Perovskite‐Based Solar Cells by Capacitance Measurements and Simulation. Solar RRL. 8(24). 1 indexed citations
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Bett, Alexander J., Martin Bivour, Florian Schindler, et al.. (2023). Monolithic Two-Terminal Perovskite/Perovskite/Silicon Triple-Junction Solar Cells with Open Circuit Voltage >2.8 V. ACS Energy Letters. 8(10). 4186–4192. 38 indexed citations
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Er‐raji, Oussama, Christoph Messmer, Alexander J. Bett, et al.. (2023). Loss Analysis of Fully‐Textured Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: Characterization Methods and Simulation toward the Practical Efficiency Potential. Solar RRL. 7(24). 23 indexed citations
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Heinz, Friedemann D., et al.. (2023). Measurement of local recombination activity in high diffusion length semiconductors. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 260. 112477–112477. 6 indexed citations
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Schygulla, Patrick, S. Kasimir Reichmuth, Alexander J. Bett, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in monolithic two-terminal perovskite-based triple-junction solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(5). 1781–1818. 39 indexed citations
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Messmer, Christoph, Alexander J. Bett, Özde Ş. Kabaklı, et al.. (2023). Maximizing Current Density in Monolithic Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 7(7). 36 indexed citations
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Glunz, Stefan W., et al.. (2014). Advanced Concepts in Photovoltaics. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 51 indexed citations
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Alemán, Monica, et al.. (2009). Front-side metallization of silicon solar cells by nickel plating and light induced silver plating. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 4 indexed citations
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Glunz, Stefan W., A. Grohe, Martin Hermle, et al.. (2003). Analysis of laser-fired local back surface fields using n/sup +/np/sup +/ cell structures. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 2. 1332–1335. 10 indexed citations

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