Thomas Moehl

21.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
95 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Moehl is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Moehl has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Materials Chemistry, 65 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Moehl's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (53 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (43 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (28 papers). Thomas Moehl is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (53 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (43 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (28 papers). Thomas Moehl collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas Moehl's co-authors include Michaël Grätzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jacques‐E. Moser, Arianna Marchioro, Jun‐Ho Yum, Robin Humphry‐Baker, Soo‐Jin Moon, Nam‐Gyu Park, Jeong‐Hyeok Im and Chang-Ryul Lee 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

Thomas Moehl

94 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Lead Iodide Perovskite Sensitized All-Solid-State Submicron Thin Film Mesoscopic Solar Cell with Efficiency Exceeding 9%

2012 7.1k citations Thomas Moehl, Arianna Marchioro et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Understanding the rate-dependent J–V hysteresis, slow time component, and aging in CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite solar cells: the role of a compensated electric field

2015 1.2k citations Wolfgang Tress, Nevena Marinova et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Effect of Annealing Temperature on Film Morphology of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Pervoskite Solid‐State Solar Cells

2014 856 citations Thomas Moehl, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Passivating surface states on water splitting hematite photoanodes with alumina overlayers

2011 746 citations Thomas Moehl, Michaël Grätzel et al. Chemical Science profile →
Impedance Spectroscopic Analysis of Lead Iodide Perovskite-Sensitized Solid-State Solar Cells

2013 668 citations Thomas Moehl, Joël Teuscher et al. profile →
Unravelling the mechanism of photoinduced charge transfer processes in lead iodide perovskite solar cells

2014 652 citations Arianna Marchioro, Joël Teuscher et al. Nature Photonics profile →
Ionic polarization-induced current–voltage hysteresis in CH3NH3PbX3 perovskite solar cells

2016 640 citations Thomas Moehl, Wolfgang Tress et al. Nature Communications profile →
A cobalt complex redox shuttle for dye-sensitized solar cells with high open-circuit potentials

2012 524 citations Jun‐Ho Yum, Etienne Baranoff et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Moehl Switzerland	50	14.4k	12.2k	6.2k	5.5k	736	95	18.9k
Chenyi Yi China	49	12.2k 0.8×	11.3k 0.9×	6.3k 1.0×	7.1k 1.3×	645 0.9×	103	18.8k
Shuang Yang China	50	9.1k 0.6×	6.3k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	3.0k 0.5×	682 0.9×	209	11.0k
Iván Mora‐Seró Spain	77	19.3k 1.3×	20.0k 1.6×	7.5k 1.2×	11.2k 2.1×	1.0k 1.4×	294	28.3k
Aswani Yella India	36	5.6k 0.4×	9.8k 0.8×	2.7k 0.4×	9.4k 1.7×	466 0.6×	103	14.6k
Joël Teuscher Switzerland	29	13.1k 0.9×	10.3k 0.8×	5.8k 0.9×	3.4k 0.6×	760 1.0×	42	16.2k
Run Long China	59	7.5k 0.5×	8.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.2×	3.2k 0.6×	955 1.3×	266	11.5k
Shengye Jin China	57	7.3k 0.5×	8.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.3×	3.2k 0.6×	864 1.2×	199	11.2k
Zhanhua Wei China	51	11.6k 0.8×	8.0k 0.7×	4.4k 0.7×	995 0.2×	1.1k 1.5×	183	13.3k
Qixi Mi China	27	6.3k 0.4×	6.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.2×	8.1k 1.5×	982 1.3×	52	11.5k
Ana F. Nogueira Brazil	45	4.4k 0.3×	4.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.3×	3.2k 0.6×	396 0.5×	196	7.7k

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Wang, Zhenbin, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Miloš Baljozović, et al.. (2025). Silver Ion‐Mediated [hk1]‐Oriented Sb ₂ Se ₃ Crystal Growth for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Functional Materials.

Wang, Zhenbin, et al.. (2025). Nanowire morphology control in Sb metal-derived antimony selenide photocathodes for solar water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(12). 8416–8424. 2 indexed citations

Creazzo, Fabrizio, Thomas Moehl, Rowena Crockett, et al.. (2023). Solution phase treatments of Sb₂Se₃ heterojunction photocathodes for improved water splitting performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(15). 8277–8284. 15 indexed citations

Sévery, Laurent, Thomas Moehl, Bernhard Spingler, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation with a Tailored Molecular Catalyst Heterogenized via Surface Host–Guest Complexation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(1). 430–436. 19 indexed citations

Prabhakar, Rajiv Ramanujam, Thomas Moehl, Dennis Friedrich, et al.. (2022). Sulfur Treatment Passivates Bulk Defects in Sb ₂ Se ₃ Photocathodes for Water Splitting. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(25). 23 indexed citations

Niu, Wenzhe, Thomas Moehl, Xi Zhang, et al.. (2022). Crystal orientation-dependent etching and trapping in thermally-oxidised Cu₂O photocathodes for water splitting. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(5). 2002–2010. 39 indexed citations

Gouda, Laxman, Laurent Sévery, Thomas Moehl, et al.. (2021). Tuning the selectivity of biomass oxidation over oxygen evolution on NiO–OH electrodes. Green Chemistry. 23(20). 8061–8068. 41 indexed citations

Novotný, Zbyněk, Luca Artiglia, U. Maier, et al.. (2020). Probing the solid–liquid interface with tender x rays: A new ambient-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy endstation at the Swiss Light Source. Review of Scientific Instruments. 91(2). 23103–23103. 44 indexed citations

Prabhakar, Rajiv Ramanujam, et al.. (2020). Sb ₂ S ₃ /TiO ₂ Heterojunction Photocathodes: Band Alignment and Water Splitting Properties. Chemistry of Materials. 32(17). 7247–7253. 52 indexed citations

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Wick‐Joliat, René, Tiziana Musso, Rajiv Ramanujam Prabhakar, et al.. (2019). Stable and tunable phosphonic acid dipole layer for band edge engineering of photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic heterojunction devices. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(6). 1901–1909. 52 indexed citations

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Moehl, Thomas, Wei Cui, René Wick‐Joliat, & S. David Tilley. (2019). Resistance-based analysis of limiting interfaces in multilayer water splitting photocathodes by impedance spectroscopy. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 3(8). 2067–2075. 22 indexed citations

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Cui, Wei, Wenzhe Niu, René Wick‐Joliat, Thomas Moehl, & S. David Tilley. (2018). Operando deconvolution of photovoltaic and electrocatalytic performance in ALD TiO ₂ protected water splitting photocathodes. Chemical Science. 9(28). 6062–6067. 25 indexed citations

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Prabhakar, Rajiv Ramanujam, Wilman Septina, Sebastian Siol, et al.. (2017). Photocorrosion-resistant Sb ₂ Se ₃ photocathodes with earth abundant MoS _x hydrogen evolution catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(44). 23139–23145. 90 indexed citations

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Niu, Wenzhe, Thomas Moehl, Wei Cui, et al.. (2017). Extended Light Harvesting with Dual Cu₂O‐Based Photocathodes for High Efficiency Water Splitting. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(10). 112 indexed citations

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Tress, Wolfgang, Nevena Marinova, Thomas Moehl, et al.. (2015). Understanding the rate-dependent J–V hysteresis, slow time component, and aging in CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite solar cells: the role of a compensated electric field. Energy & Environmental Science. 8(3). 995–1004. 1179 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marchioro, Arianna, Joël Teuscher, Dennis Friedrich, et al.. (2014). Unravelling the mechanism of photoinduced charge transfer processes in lead iodide perovskite solar cells. Nature Photonics. 8(3). 250–255. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yum, Jun‐Ho, Thomas W. Holcombe, YongJoo Kim, et al.. (2013). Blue-Coloured Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Implementing the Diketopyrrolopyrrole Chromophore. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2446–2446. 153 indexed citations

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Yum, Jun‐Ho, Etienne Baranoff, Florian Keßler, et al.. (2012). A cobalt complex redox shuttle for dye-sensitized solar cells with high open-circuit potentials. Nature Communications. 3(1). 631–631. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mora‐Seró, Iván, Sixto Giménez, Thomas Moehl, et al.. (2008). Factors determining the photovoltaic performance of a CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cell: the role of the linker molecule and of the counter electrode. Nanotechnology. 19(42). 424007–424007. 234 indexed citations

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Kunst, M., et al.. (2005). Optoelectronic properties of SnO2 / TiO2 junctions. Superlattices and Microstructures. 39(1-4). 376–380. 11 indexed citations

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