Y. Tawada

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Y. Tawada is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Tawada has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Y. Tawada's work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (36 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (35 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (25 papers). Y. Tawada is often cited by papers focused on Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (36 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (35 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (25 papers). Y. Tawada collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Y. Tawada's co-authors include Yoshihiro Hamakawa, H. Okamoto, M. Kondō, Kenji Yamamoto, Masashi Yoshimi, Akihiko Nakajima, K. Tsuge, Yoshifumi Okamoto, H. Yamagishi and Takashi Suezaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Y. Tawada

43 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Properties and structure of a-SiC:H for high-efficiency a... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 100 200 300 400
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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. Properties and structure of a-SiC:H for high-efficiency a-Si solar cell
    1982 420 citations Y. Tawada, K. Tsuge 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
Y. Tawada Japan 16 1.5k 1.2k 120 115 91 46 1.6k
Shinya Tsuda Japan 23 2.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.3× 158 1.3× 254 2.2× 42 0.5× 94 2.3k
J.K. Rath Netherlands 17 868 0.6× 740 0.6× 145 1.2× 74 0.6× 31 0.3× 53 1.0k
U. Coscia Italy 18 648 0.4× 720 0.6× 160 1.3× 57 0.5× 35 0.4× 80 936
P. Vitanov Bulgaria 15 934 0.6× 517 0.4× 202 1.7× 286 2.5× 24 0.3× 89 1.1k
Bhaskar Chandra Mohanty India 17 625 0.4× 651 0.6× 131 1.1× 66 0.6× 37 0.4× 62 824
Masao Isomura Japan 21 1.2k 0.8× 910 0.8× 79 0.7× 128 1.1× 15 0.2× 92 1.3k
Guozhen Yue United States 19 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 255 2.1× 100 0.9× 13 0.1× 81 1.5k
E. San Andrés Spain 18 779 0.5× 426 0.4× 102 0.8× 147 1.3× 21 0.2× 85 925
A. del Prado Spain 20 1.0k 0.7× 611 0.5× 151 1.3× 304 2.6× 24 0.3× 86 1.2k
Chandra Kumar India 14 492 0.3× 634 0.5× 243 2.0× 147 1.3× 28 0.3× 42 756

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Y. Tawada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Y. Tawada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Y. Tawada based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Y. Tawada. Y. Tawada is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tawada, Y., H.T. Lee, Susumu Katō, et al.. (2016). Reflection properties of hydrogen ions at helium irradiated tungsten surfaces. Physica Scripta. T167. 14044–14044. 5 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Kenji, Akihiko Nakajima, Masashi Yoshimi, et al.. (2005). A thin-film silicon solar cell and module. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 13(6). 489–494. 52 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Kenji, Akihiko Nakajima, Masashi Yoshimi, et al.. (2004). A high efficiency thin film silicon solar cell and module. Solar Energy. 77(6). 939–949. 181 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Kenji, Akihiko Nakajima, Masashi Yoshimi, et al.. (2003). Novel hybrid thin film silicon solar cell and module. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 3. 2789–2792. 10 indexed citations
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Nitta, Yasunori, et al.. (2003). New photovoltaic system exploited by the unique characteristics in thin film Si modules. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 2. 1903–1907. 2 indexed citations
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Tawada, Y.. (2003). Productions of amorphous Si and hybrid modules. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 2. 1538–1543. 1 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Akihiko, M. Ichikawa, T. Sawada, et al.. (2003). Improvement on actual output power of thin film silicon HYBRID module. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 2. 1915–1918. 7 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Kenji, Masashi Yoshimi, Y. Tawada, et al.. (2002). Large area thin film Si module. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 74(1-4). 449–455. 72 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Kenji, Masashi Yoshimi, Takayuki Suzuki, et al.. (2002). Thin film poly-Si solar cell, with "star structure" on glass substrate fabricated at low temperature. 575–580. 6 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Kenji, Masashi Yoshimi, Y. Tawada, et al.. (1999). Thin-film poly-Si solar cells on glass substrate fabricated at low temperature. Applied Physics A. 69(2). 179–185. 167 indexed citations
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Kondō, M., Katsuhiko Hayashi, Atsushi Takenaka, et al.. (1997). Effective conversion efficiency enhancement of amorphous silicon modules by operation temperature elevation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 49(1-4). 1–6. 21 indexed citations
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Mimura, Hidenori, et al.. (1992). A High Speed Contact-Type Image Sensor using Amorphous Silicon Alloy Pin Diodes. MRS Proceedings. 258. 4 indexed citations
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Nevin, W. A., H. Yamagishi, Masaaki Yamaguchi, & Y. Tawada. (1991). Correlation of light-induced changes with hydrogen content in hydrogenated amorphous silicon films. Applied Physics Letters. 58(23). 2669–2671. 6 indexed citations
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Nevin, W. A., H. Yamagishi, & Y. Tawada. (1989). Improvement of the stability of hydrogenated amorphous silicon films and solar cells by light pulse treatment. Applied Physics Letters. 54(13). 1226–1228. 9 indexed citations
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Tawada, Y., K. Tsuge, Masaki Kondo, et al.. (1982). 8 percent efficiency a-SiC:H/a-Si:H heterojunction solar cells. 698–703. 1 indexed citations
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Hamakawa, Yoshihiro, Y. Tawada, Kentaro Nishimura, et al.. (1982). Design parameters of high efficiency a-SiC:H/a-Si:H heterojunction solar cells. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 679–684. 4 indexed citations
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Tawada, Y., et al.. (1981). グロー放電で作製したA-SiC-Hの価電子制御とA-Si太陽電池への応用. Journal de physique. 42. 471–474. 3 indexed citations
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Tawada, Y., et al.. (1981). EFFECTS OF THE SUBSTRATE POTENTIAL ON THE INCORPORATION MANNER OF HYDROGEN AND IMPURITY IN a-Si : H FILMS. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 42(C4). C4–631. 1 indexed citations
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Tawada, Y., M. Kondō, H. Okamoto, & Yoshihiro Hamakawa. (1981). VALENCY ELECTRON CONTROL IN A GLOW DISCHARGE PRODUCED a-SiC : H AND ITS APPLICATION TO a-Si SOLAR CELL. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 42(C4). C4–471. 2 indexed citations

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