Wolfram Witte

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Wolfram Witte is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfram Witte has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 70 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wolfram Witte's work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (74 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (66 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (38 papers). Wolfram Witte is often cited by papers focused on Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (74 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (66 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (38 papers). Wolfram Witte collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Wolfram Witte's co-authors include Dimitrios Hariskos, Michael Powalla, Philip Jackson, Roland Wüerz, E. Lotter, Robert Kniese, Stefan Paetel, R. Menner, Daniel Abou‐Ras and Wiltraud Wischmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Wolfram Witte

72 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Effects of heavy alkali elements in Cu(In,Ga)Se₂solar cells with efficiencies up to 22.6%

2016 1.3k citations Philip Jackson, Roland Wüerz et al. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfram Witte Germany	20	2.8k	2.6k	593	44	42	76	2.9k
Takayuki Negami Japan	32	3.7k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	713 1.2×	53 1.2×	68 1.6×	95	3.9k
S. Reynolds United Kingdom	18	869 0.3×	583 0.2×	248 0.4×	56 1.3×	39 0.9×	122	1.1k
Carmen M. Ruiz Spain	18	798 0.3×	559 0.2×	184 0.3×	78 1.8×	61 1.5×	72	913
Alexander Luce United States	9	828 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	196 0.3×	135 3.1×	95 2.3×	16	1.4k
Sören Schäfer Germany	16	1.5k 0.5×	408 0.2×	748 1.3×	163 3.7×	81 1.9×	36	1.6k
Julian Klein United States	18	738 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	291 0.5×	151 3.4×	52 1.2×	36	1.3k
Denis Masson Canada	21	1.1k 0.4×	241 0.1×	477 0.8×	149 3.4×	128 3.0×	59	1.2k
C. C. Fulton United States	19	782 0.3×	556 0.2×	170 0.3×	53 1.2×	49 1.2×	32	1.0k
Francesco Biccari Italy	17	792 0.3×	896 0.3×	238 0.4×	127 2.9×	58 1.4×	52	1.2k
Yuhua Zuo China	21	1.3k 0.5×	384 0.1×	582 1.0×	345 7.8×	15 0.4×	85	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfram Witte

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Kaur, Kulwinder, Michele Melchiorre, Gunnar Kusch, et al.. (2025). Sodium Induced Beneficial Effects in Wide Bandgap Cu(In,Ga)S ₂ Solar Cell With 15.7% Efficiency. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 34(4). 439–452.

Gutzler, Rico, C.F. Almeida Alves, Regan G. Wilks, et al.. (2025). Impact of a Thin Sacrificial Mo Layer on the Formation of the Wide Band Gap ACIGSe Absorber/ITO Thin-Film Solar Cell Interface. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(22). 33027–33035. 1 indexed citations

Hauschild, Dirk, Ralph Steininger, Wolfram Witte, et al.. (2025). Impact of a RbF post-deposition treatment on the chemical structure of wide-gap CuIn0.1Ga0.9Se2 thin-film solar cell absorber surfaces. Applied Physics Letters. 126(2). 2 indexed citations

Fonoll‐Rubio, Robert, Jacob Andrade‐Arvizu, Wolfram Witte, et al.. (2025). Explainable Artificial Intelligence Driven Methodology for Accelerated Research of Complex Systems: Case Study of Thin‐Film Photovoltaic Kesterite‐Based Technology. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(35). 1 indexed citations

Gutzler, Rico, Dimitrios Hariskos, H. Kempa, et al.. (2025). Assessment of transparent conductive oxides as back contacts for inline-fabricated Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells. Journal of Physics Energy. 7(4). 45018–45018.

Witte, Wolfram, Dimitrios Hariskos, Stefan Paetel, et al.. (2024). Effect of Ga Variation on the Bulk and Grain‐Boundary Properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Absorbers in Thin‐Film Solar Cells and Their Impacts on Open‐Circuit Voltage Losses. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 33(2). 265–275. 3 indexed citations

Nicoara, Nicoleta, et al.. (2024). Charge-carrier-concentration inhomogeneities in alkali-treated Cu(In,Ga)Se2 revealed by conductive atomic force microscopy tomography. Nature Energy. 9(2). 163–171. 15 indexed citations

Witte, Wolfram, Dimitrios Hariskos, Rico Gutzler, et al.. (2024). Role of Ag Addition on the Microscopic Material Properties of (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se₂ Absorbers and Their Effects on Losses in the Open‐Circuit Voltage of Corresponding Devices. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 32(12). 930–940. 4 indexed citations

Maiberg, Matthias, et al.. (2024). Toward digital twins by one-dimensional simulation of thin-film solar cells: Cu(In,Ga)Se2 as an example. Physical Review Applied. 21(3). 2 indexed citations

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Cojocaru‐Mirédin, Oana, Dimitrios Hariskos, Wolfram Hempel, et al.. (2024). Ordered Vacancy Compound Formation at the Interface of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Absorber with Sputtered In₂S₃‐Based Buffers: An Atomic‐Scale Perspective. Solar RRL. 8(23). 1 indexed citations

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Hauschild, Dirk, Wolfram Witte, Dimitrios Hariskos, et al.. (2023). Conduction Band Cliff at the CdS/CuIn_0.1Ga_0.9Se₂ Thin-Film Solar Cell Interface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(1). 339–345. 3 indexed citations

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Weiss, Thomas Paul, Omar Ramírez, Stefan Paetel, et al.. (2023). Metastable Defects Decrease the Fill Factor of Solar Cells. Physical Review Applied. 19(2). 9 indexed citations

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Hauschild, Dirk, Raju Edla, Ralph Steininger, et al.. (2023). Rb Diffusion and Oxide Removal at the RbF-Treated Ga₂O₃/Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Interface in Thin-Film Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(45). 53113–53121. 4 indexed citations

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Gutzler, Rico, Wolfram Witte, Ana Kanevce, Dimitrios Hariskos, & Stefan Paetel. (2023). V_OC‐losses across the band gap: Insights from a high‐throughput inline process for CIGS solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 31(10). 1023–1031. 20 indexed citations

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Wolter, Max Hilaire, Romain Carron, Enrico Avancini, et al.. (2021). How band tail recombination influences the open‐circuit voltage of solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 30(7). 702–712. 59 indexed citations

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Witte, Wolfram, Wolfram Hempel, Stefan Paetel, R. Menner, & Dimitrios Hariskos. (2021). Effects of Sputtered In_xS_y Buffer on CIGS with RbF Post-Deposition Treatment. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 10(5). 55006–55006. 12 indexed citations

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Hauschild, Dirk, Ralph Steininger, Dimitrios Hariskos, et al.. (2021). Using the inelastic background in hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for a depth-resolved analysis of the CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 interface. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 39(6). 7 indexed citations

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Witte, Wolfram, Stefan Paetel, R. Menner, A. Bauer, & Dimitrios Hariskos. (2021). The Application of Sputtered Gallium Oxide as Buffer for Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 15(9). 6 indexed citations

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Krause, Maximilian, Matthias Maiberg, Philip Jackson, et al.. (2020). Microscopic origins of performance losses in highly efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4189–4189. 102 indexed citations

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Schneider, Reinhard, Dagmar Gerthsen, Wolfram Witte, et al.. (2019). Averaged angle-resolved electroreflectance spectroscopy on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells: Determination of buffer bandgap energy and identification of secondary phase. Applied Physics Letters. 115(26). 2 indexed citations

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