W.C. Sinke

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

W.C. Sinke is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, W.C. Sinke has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 41 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in W.C. Sinke's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (58 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (50 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (30 papers). W.C. Sinke is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (58 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (50 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (30 papers). W.C. Sinke collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. W.C. Sinke's co-authors include Albert Polman, Mark W. Knight, Erik C. Garnett, Bruno Ehrler, S. Roorda, D. C. Jacobson, J. M. Poate, F.W. Saris, F. Spaepen and Wilfried van Sark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

W.C. Sinke

113 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Photovoltaic materials: Present efficiencies and future challenges

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Author						Papers	Cites
W.C. Sinke	3.9k	2.3k	744	634	610	116	5.0k
Howard M. Branz	4.3k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	713 1.0×	592 0.9×	1.7k 2.7×	210	5.5k
Atsushi Masuda	3.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	398 0.5×	1.2k 1.9×	362 0.6×	287	4.2k
Beibei Xu	1.2k 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	419 0.6×	814 1.3×	591 1.0×	161	3.8k
Dunbar P. Birnie	1.5k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	328 0.4×	643 1.0×	474 0.8×	126	3.5k
R.E.I. Schropp	10.6k 2.7×	8.0k 3.5×	1.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.6×	2.0k 3.2×	443	12.4k
Franz‐Josef Haug	8.1k 2.1×	4.7k 2.0×	1.3k 1.8×	469 0.7×	1.5k 2.5×	181	8.9k
C.G. Granqvist	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	468 0.6×	896 1.4×	404 0.7×	125	5.3k
Donghwan Kim	3.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	553 0.7×	493 0.8×	645 1.1×	243	4.6k
Jaehyeong Lee	2.2k 0.6×	2.7k 1.2×	399 0.5×	309 0.5×	604 1.0×	243	4.1k
A. Goetzberger	5.7k 1.5×	1.9k 0.8×	3.0k 4.0×	1.2k 1.9×	445 0.7×	111	7.6k

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Reich, N.H., Wilfried van Sark, W.C. Turkenburg, & W.C. Sinke. (2010). Using CAD software to simulate PV energy yield – The case of product integrated photovoltaic operated under indoor solar irradiation. Solar Energy. 84(8). 1526–1537. 15 indexed citations

Cañizo, Carlos del, et al.. (2009). The impact of silicon feedstock on the PV module cost. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 94(2). 345–349. 32 indexed citations

Sinke, W.C.. (2007). A Strategic Research Agenda for Photovoltaic Solar Energy Technology. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 50 indexed citations

Schönecker, Axel, et al.. (2004). Explanation of high solar cell diode factors by nonuniform contact resistance. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 13(1). 3–16. 40 indexed citations

Sinke, W.C., et al.. (2003). PV-wirefree: bringing PV-systems back to their essentials. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 3. 2837–2840. 1 indexed citations

Bultman, J.H., et al.. (2003). Optimizing the front side metallization process using the Corescan. 340–343. 8 indexed citations

Verhoef, L.A., et al.. (2002). Hydrogen passivation of polycrystalline silicon solar cells by plasma deposition of silicon nitride. 638–643. 5 indexed citations

Sinke, W.C., et al.. (1993). Nucleation and deposition of W on GaAs by excimer laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Applied Physics. 73(4). 1981–1988. 8 indexed citations

Sinke, W.C., et al.. (1993). Tungsten deposition on GaAs using WF6 and atomic hydrogen. Journal of Applied Physics. 73(4). 1989–1992. 5 indexed citations

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Grötzschel, R., et al.. (1991). A Novel Process to Form Epitaxial Si Structures With Buried Silicide. MRS Proceedings. 235. 1 indexed citations

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Poate, J. M., S. Coffa, D. C. Jacobson, et al.. (1991). Amorphous Si — the role of MeV implantation in elucidating defect and thermodynamic properties. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 55(1-4). 533–543. 23 indexed citations

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Polman, Albert, P.A. Stolk, D.J.W. Mous, et al.. (1990). Pulsed-laser crystallization of amorphous silicon layers buried in a crystalline matrix. Journal of Applied Physics. 67(9). 4024–4035. 16 indexed citations

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Polman, Albert, D. C. Jacobson, S. Coffa, et al.. (1990). Defect states of amorphous Si probed by the diffusion and solubility of Cu. Applied Physics Letters. 57(12). 1230–1232. 44 indexed citations

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Sinke, W.C., et al.. (1990). HF formation in laser-induced CVD of tungsten. Applied Surface Science. 46(1-4). 138–142. 2 indexed citations

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Custer, J. S., Michael O. Thompson, D. C. Jacobson, et al.. (1989). Density Measurements of Ion Implanted Amorphous Silicon. MRS Proceedings. 157. 11 indexed citations

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Sinke, W.C., et al.. (1989). Laser Induced Photochemical Vapor Deposition of Tungsten on Silicon. MRS Proceedings. 168. 2 indexed citations

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Miyao, Masanobu, et al.. (1988). Low-temperature SOI (Si-on-insulator) formation by lateral solid-phase epitaxy. Journal of Applied Physics. 64(6). 3018–3023. 28 indexed citations

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Verhoef, L.A., et al.. (1988). Analytical solution of minority-carrier transport in silicon solar cell emitters. 34. 738–743 vol.1. 1 indexed citations

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Sinke, W.C., F. W. Saris, J. C. Barbour, & J. W. Mayer. (1986). Solid-phase epitaxial regrowth of fine-grain polycrystalline silicon. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 1(1). 155–161. 19 indexed citations

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Miyao, Masanobu, et al.. (1986). Electron irradiation-activated low-temperature annealing of phosphorus-implanted silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 48(17). 1132–1134. 15 indexed citations

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