Zhirong Yao

697 total citations
24 papers, 558 citations indexed

About

Zhirong Yao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhirong Yao has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 558 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhirong Yao's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (21 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (15 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (12 papers). Zhirong Yao is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (21 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (15 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (12 papers). Zhirong Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Netherlands. Zhirong Yao's co-authors include Hui Shen, Lun Cai, Kaifu Qiu, Shenghao Li, Zongcun Liang, Wenjie Lin, Depeng Qiu, Bin Ai, Jixiang Zhou and Rui Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Joule.

In The Last Decade

Zhirong Yao

22 papers receiving 551 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhirong Yao China 15 482 226 198 72 53 24 558
Rabin Basnet Australia 15 439 0.9× 181 0.8× 168 0.8× 43 0.6× 81 1.5× 49 543
Jagannath Panigrahi India 11 348 0.7× 191 0.8× 92 0.5× 31 0.4× 44 0.8× 23 420
L. Serenelli Italy 14 611 1.3× 327 1.4× 131 0.7× 92 1.3× 42 0.8× 65 654
S.M. Iftiquar South Korea 15 624 1.3× 414 1.8× 55 0.3× 113 1.6× 28 0.5× 56 658
Yaser Abdulraheem Kuwait 13 414 0.9× 248 1.1× 99 0.5× 58 0.8× 36 0.7× 42 469
Kaifu Qiu China 14 564 1.2× 241 1.1× 205 1.0× 63 0.9× 54 1.0× 33 608
Efraín Ochoa-Martínez Spain 11 304 0.6× 226 1.0× 51 0.3× 69 1.0× 26 0.5× 29 397
Halil İbrahim Efkere Türkiye 11 231 0.5× 194 0.9× 79 0.4× 59 0.8× 39 0.7× 22 343
Anna Starczewska Poland 11 159 0.3× 152 0.7× 67 0.3× 120 1.7× 11 0.2× 35 310
Sirazul Haque Portugal 11 418 0.9× 237 1.0× 53 0.3× 87 1.2× 39 0.7× 12 489

Countries citing papers authored by Zhirong Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhirong Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhirong Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhirong Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhirong Yao 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 Zhirong Yao. Zhirong Yao 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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Yao, Zhirong, Wei Si, Paul Prócel, et al.. (2025). Influence of deposition power of PECVD intrinsic a-Si:H buffer layer on n+ poly-Si/SiO /c-Si passivating contacts. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 290. 113709–113709. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Long, Shuangyu Liu, Zhirong Yao, et al.. (2025). Rapid phosphorus diffusion on the poly-silicon surface of tunnel back contact solar cells via silicon paste. Physica Scripta. 100(8). 85957–85957.
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Yao, Zhirong, Guangtao Yang, Can Han, et al.. (2023). Poly‐SiOx Passivating Contacts with Plasma‐Assisted N2O Oxidation of Silicon (PANO‐SiOx). Solar RRL. 7(18). 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Guangtao, Paul Prócel, Can Han, et al.. (2023). Will SiO -pinholes for SiO /poly-Si passivating contact enhance the passivation quality?. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 252. 112200–112200. 8 indexed citations
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Prócel, Paul, Yan Jin, F.D. Tichelaar, et al.. (2022). Achieving 23.83% conversion efficiency in silicon heterojunction solar cell with ultra‐thin MoOx hole collector layer via tailoring (i)a‐Si:H/MoOx interface. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 31(12). 1245–1254. 49 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yifeng, Paul Prócel, Arno H. M. Smets, et al.. (2022). Effects of (i)a‐Si:H deposition temperature on high‐efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 31(12). 1170–1180. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Shenghao, Manuel Pomaska, Andreas Lambertz, et al.. (2021). Transparent-conductive-oxide-free front contacts for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells. Joule. 5(6). 1535–1547. 57 indexed citations
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Qiu, Depeng, Weiyuan Duan, Andreas Lambertz, et al.. (2021). Function Analysis of the Phosphine Gas Flow for n-Type Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide Layer in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 4(8). 7544–7551. 14 indexed citations
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Qiu, Kaifu, Qi Xie, Lun Cai, et al.. (2021). A comprehensive study of the light soaking effect in ZnS/p-Si heterojunction solar cells. Solar Energy. 225. 961–968. 6 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhirong, Lun Cai, Kaifu Qiu, et al.. (2020). High‐Performance and Stable Dopant‐Free Silicon Solar Cells with Magnesium Acetylacetonate Electron‐Selective Contacts. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 14(6). 9 indexed citations
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Duan, Weiyuan, Andreas Lambertz, Depeng Qiu, et al.. (2020). Low-resistivity p-type a-Si:H/AZO hole contact in high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells. Applied Surface Science. 542. 148749–148749. 43 indexed citations
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Cai, Lun, Zhirong Yao, Wenjie Lin, et al.. (2019). 12.29% Low Temperature–Processed Dopant‐Free CdS/p‐Si Heterojunction Solar Cells. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 6(12). 36 indexed citations
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Qiu, Kaifu, Qi Xie, Depeng Qiu, et al.. (2018). Power-loss analysis of a dopant-free ZnS/p-Si heterojunction solar cell with WO3 as hole-selective contact. Solar Energy. 165. 35–42. 26 indexed citations
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Lin, Wenjie, Weiliang Wu, Zongtao Liu, et al.. (2018). Chromium Trioxide Hole-Selective Heterocontacts for Silicon Solar Cells. Figshare. 2045–2047.
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Lin, Wenjie, Weiliang Wu, Zongtao Liu, et al.. (2018). Conductive Cuprous Iodide Hole-Selective Contacts with Thermal and Ambient Stability for Silicon Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(50). 43699–43706. 22 indexed citations
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Lin, Wenjie, Weiliang Wu, Zongtao Liu, et al.. (2018). Chromium Trioxide Hole-Selective Heterocontacts for Silicon Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(16). 13645–13651. 47 indexed citations
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Lin, Wenjie, Weiliang Wu, Zongtao Liu, et al.. (2018). Novel hole selective CrOx contact for dopant-free back contact silicon solar cells. Materials Research Bulletin. 103. 77–82. 23 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhirong, Shenghao Li, Lun Cai, et al.. (2017). Improved indium oxide transparent conductive thin films by hydrogen annealing. Materials Letters. 208. 107–110. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Shenghao, Zhirong Yao, Jixiang Zhou, Rui Zhang, & Hui Shen. (2017). Fabrication and characterization of WO 3 thin films on silicon surface by thermal evaporation. Materials Letters. 195. 213–216. 69 indexed citations
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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2016). Effect of autohydrolysis on the wettability, absorbility and further alkali impregnation of poplar wood chips. Bioresource Technology. 216. 317–322. 16 indexed citations

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