Suneth C. Watthage

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Suneth C. Watthage is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Suneth C. Watthage has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 22 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Suneth C. Watthage's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (22 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (21 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (17 papers). Suneth C. Watthage is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (22 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (21 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (17 papers). Suneth C. Watthage collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. Suneth C. Watthage's co-authors include Michael J. Heben, Adam B. Phillips, Zhaoning Song, Geethika K. Liyanage, Randy J. Ellingson, Patrick Krantz, Ilke Celik, Defne Apul, Michael Gräetzel and Antonio Abate and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Applied Physics Letters and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Suneth C. Watthage

26 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

A technoeconomic analysis of perovskite solar module manufacturing with low-cost materials and techniques

2017 490 citations Zhaoning Song, Adam B. Phillips et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Perovskite Solar Cell Stability in Humid Air: Partially Reversible Phase Transitions in the PbI₂‐CH₃NH₃I‐H₂O System

2016 398 citations Zhaoning Song, Suneth C. Watthage et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Suneth C. Watthage United States	13	1.6k	1.0k	558	70	60	27	1.6k
Geethika K. Liyanage United States	17	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	408 0.7×	83 1.2×	111 1.9×	40	1.6k
Muhammad Mujahid China	9	1.2k 0.8×	710 0.7×	613 1.1×	73 1.0×	27 0.5×	12	1.3k
Saba Gharibzadeh Germany	20	2.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	950 1.7×	72 1.0×	59 1.0×	34	2.1k
César Omar Ramírez Quiroz Germany	13	1.1k 0.7×	599 0.6×	675 1.2×	44 0.6×	25 0.4×	16	1.2k
Arsalan Razzaq Saudi Arabia	13	927 0.6×	432 0.4×	303 0.5×	58 0.8×	82 1.4×	29	998
Katherine Hooper United Kingdom	13	1000 0.6×	629 0.6×	410 0.7×	31 0.4×	29 0.5×	17	1.1k
Yongheng Jia China	14	912 0.6×	533 0.5×	212 0.4×	29 0.4×	54 0.9×	20	952
Dmitry Bogachuk Germany	17	1.4k 0.9×	652 0.6×	784 1.4×	51 0.7×	34 0.6×	25	1.4k
Qicheng Hou Australia	6	788 0.5×	423 0.4×	364 0.7×	39 0.6×	17 0.3×	6	830

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Bhandari, Khagendra P., Fadhil K. Alfadhili, Ebin Bastola, et al.. (2020). Very high V_OC and FF of CdTe thin‐film solar cells with the applications of organo‐metallic halide perovskite thin film as a hole transport layer. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 28(10). 1024–1033. 8 indexed citations

Ahangharnejhad, Ramez Hosseinian, Zhaoning Song, Adam B. Phillips, et al.. (2018). Optical design of perovskite solar cells for applications in tandem configuration with CuInSe2 bottom cells. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

Song, Zhaoning, Niraj Shrestha, Suneth C. Watthage, et al.. (2018). Impact of Moisture on Photoexcited Charge Carrier Dynamics in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(21). 6312–6320. 58 indexed citations

Ahangharnejhad, Ramez Hosseinian, Zhaoning Song, Adam B. Phillips, et al.. (2018). Optical design of perovskite solar cells for applications in monolithic tandem configuration with CuInSe2 bottom cells. MRS Advances. 3(52). 3111–3119. 12 indexed citations

Watthage, Suneth C., Adam B. Phillips, Dewei Zhao, et al.. (2018). 3D imaging compositional map in one-step growth of CH<inf>3</inf> NH<inf>3</inf> PbI<inf>3</inf>. 485–489. 1 indexed citations

Song, Zhaoning, Jérémie Werner, Suneth C. Watthage, et al.. (2017). Imaging the Spatial Evolution of Degradation in Perovskite/Si Tandem Solar Cells After Exposure to Humid Air. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 7(6). 1563–1568. 14 indexed citations

Watthage, Suneth C., Zhaoning Song, Niraj Shrestha, et al.. (2017). Impact of Divalent Metal Additives on the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Prepared by the Two-Step Solution Process. MRS Advances. 2(21-22). 1183–1188. 9 indexed citations

Bhandari, Khagendra P., Suneth C. Watthage, Zhaoning Song, et al.. (2017). Applications of hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite thin film as a hole transport layer in CdTe thin film solar cells. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 54. 748–751. 7 indexed citations

Song, Zhaoning, Adam B. Phillips, Ilke Celik, et al.. (2017). A technoeconomic analysis of perovskite solar module manufacturing with low-cost materials and techniques. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(6). 1297–1305. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shrestha, Niraj, Suneth C. Watthage, Zhaoning Song, et al.. (2017). Influence of Mono- and Di-valent Metal Additives on Morphology and Charge Carrier Dynamics of CH3NH3PbI3Perovskite. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 7. 1030–1033. 1 indexed citations

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Alfadhili, Fadhil K., Geethika K. Liyanage, Patrick Krantz, et al.. (2017). Use of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube films doped with Triethyloxonium Hexachlorantimonate as a Transparent Back Contact for CdTe Solar Cells. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 1. 730–734. 1 indexed citations

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Watthage, Suneth C., Geethika K. Liyanage, Zhaoning Song, et al.. (2017). Novel, Facile Back Surface Treatment for CdTe Solar Cells. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 17. 815–819. 2 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaoning, Jérémie Werner, Niraj Shrestha, et al.. (2016). Probing Photocurrent Nonuniformities in the Subcells of Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 7(24). 5114–5120. 23 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaoning, Suneth C. Watthage, Adam B. Phillips, & Michael J. Heben. (2016). Pathways toward high-performance perovskite solar cells: review of recent advances in organo-metal halide perovskites for photovoltaic applications. Journal of Photonics for Energy. 6(2). 22001–22001. 233 indexed citations

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Watthage, Suneth C., Zhaoning Song, Geethika K. Liyanage, Adam B. Phillips, & Michael J. Heben. (2016). Investigation on the nucleation and growth mechanisms of perovskite formation in the two-step solution process. 831–834. 7 indexed citations

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Watthage, Suneth C., Zhaoning Song, Niraj Shrestha, et al.. (2016). Enhanced Grain Size, Photoluminescence, and Photoconversion Efficiency with Cadmium Addition during the Two-Step Growth of CH₃NH₃PbI₃. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(3). 2334–2341. 49 indexed citations

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Phillips, Adam B., et al.. (2015). Simultaneous shunt protection and back contact formation for CdTe solar cells with single wall carbon nanotube layers. Applied Physics Letters. 107(25). 6 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaoning, Suneth C. Watthage, Geethika K. Liyanage, et al.. (2015). Spatially resolved characterization of solution processed perovskite solar cells using the LBIC technique. 1–5. 5 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaoning, Suneth C. Watthage, Adam B. Phillips, et al.. (2015). Investigation of degradation mechanisms of perovskite-based photovoltaic devices using laser beam induced current mapping. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9561. 956107–956107. 13 indexed citations

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Haugen, Neale O., Adam B. Phillips, Tieneke E. Dykstra, et al.. (2014). Intraexciton Transitions Observed in High Stability Doped Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Films and Solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(43). 25253–25260. 5 indexed citations

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