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Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jiakai Zhou
Beijing Microelectronics Technology Institute
2
Malte Köhler
University of Applied Sciences Mainz
3
Bishal Kafle
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
4
Stefan Zeiske
Northwestern University
5
Arsalan Razzaq
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
6
Soni Prayogi
Pertamina (Indonesia)
7
Michel Piliougine
Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems
8
Renxing Lin
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
9
Rabin Basnet
Australian National University
10
Xianlin Qu
Southwest University

Rising Stars Papers

1
All-perovskite tandem solar cells with dipolar passivation
Nature|2025
133 cit.
2
Current status and challenges for hole-selective poly-silicon based passivating contacts
Applied Physics Reviews|2024
45 cit.
3
Enhanced SWIR Light Detection in Organic Semiconductor Photodetectors through Up‐Conversion of Mid‐Gap Trap States
Advanced Materials|2024
26 cit.
4
Advancing circular economy of silicon Photovoltaics: Current status and challenges of PV module reuse
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells|2025
23 cit.
5
Data‐Driven Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact Solar Cell Performance Analysis Using Machine Learning
Advanced Materials|2024
16 cit.
6
Practical Fill Factor Limits for Perovskite Solar Cells
ACS Energy Letters|2024
16 cit.
7
Comparative of IEC 60891 and Other Procedures for Temperature and Irradiance Corrections to Measured I–V Characteristics of Photovoltaic Devices
Energies|2024
13 cit.
8
Ultrafast laser-annealing of hydrogenated amorphous silicon in tunnel oxide passivated contacts for high-efficiency n-type silicon solar cells
Materials Today Energy|2024
8 cit.
9
Understanding the Strong Apparent Injection Dependence of Carrier Lifetimes in Doped Polycrystalline Silicon Passivated Wafers
Solar RRL|2024
7 cit.
10
Enhancement of the Silicon Nanocrystals’ Electronic Structure within a Silicon Carbide Matrix
Indonesian Journal of Chemistry|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Huifeng Yao
China Pharmaceutical University
2
Pingqi Gao
Sun Yat-sen University
3
Yajie Jiang
UNSW Sydney
4
Shi Yin
Energy Foundation
5
Kristopher O. Davis
University of Central Florida
6
Zhenguo Li
Energy Foundation
7
Xinbo Yang
Soochow University
8
Lisa Redorici
University of Pavia
9
Yifeng Chen
Fudan University
10
Laura T. Schelhas
National Laboratory of the Rockies

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 66)
Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications|2025
582 cit.
2
Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 65)
Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications|2024
301 cit.
3
Inhibition of defect-induced α-to-δ phase transition for efficient and stable formamidinium perovskite solar cells
Nature Communications|2023
96 cit.
4
Ultraviolet Photocatalytic Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells: Progress, Challenges, and Strategies
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research|2022
86 cit.
5
27.09%-efficiency silicon heterojunction back contact solar cell and going beyond
Nature Communications|2024
75 cit.
6
Technology evolution of the photovoltaic industry: Learning from history and recent progress
Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications|2022
52 cit.
7
Terminal Groups of Nonfullerene Acceptors: Design and Application
Chemistry of Materials|2023
51 cit.
8
Impact of acetic acid exposure on metal contact degradation of different crystalline silicon solar cell technologies
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells|2022
47 cit.
9
A study of degradation mechanisms in PVDF-based photovoltaic backsheets
Scientific Reports|2022
45 cit.
10
Enabling Transparent‐Conductive‐Oxide Free Efficient Heterojunction Solar Cells by Flexibly Using Dopant‐Free Contact
Advanced Functional Materials|2022
44 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Stefan W. Glunz
University of Freiburg
2
Christophe Ballif
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
3
Martin A. Green
UNSW Sydney
4
Ewan D. Dunlop
Joint Research Centre
5
Wilhelm Warta
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
6
Andrés Cuevas
Australian National University
7
W. M. M. Kessels
Eindhoven University of Technology
8
Rolf Brendel
Leibniz University Hannover
9
W. T. Read
University of Delaware
10
Frederik C. Krebs
Infinity (United States)

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The emergence of perovskite solar cells
Nature Photonics|2014
7.3k cit.
2
Statistics of the Recombinations of Holes and Electrons
Physical Review|1952
6.4k cit.
3
Organometallic Halide Perovskites: Sharp Optical Absorption Edge and Its Relation to Photovoltaic Performance
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters|2014
2.8k cit.
4
Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 45)
Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications|2014
2.4k cit.
5
Stability/degradation of polymer solar cells
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells|2008
2.3k cit.
6
Dislocation Models of Crystal Grain Boundaries
Physical Review|1950
2.2k cit.
7
Surface plasmon enhanced silicon solar cells
Journal of Applied Physics|2007
1.8k cit.
8
Contactless determination of current–voltage characteristics and minority-carrier lifetimes in semiconductors from quasi-steady-state photoconductance data
Applied Physics Letters|1996
1.6k cit.
9
Solar cell efficiency tables (version 54)
Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications|2019
1.5k cit.
10
Roll-to-roll fabrication of polymer solar cells
Materials Today|2012
1.4k cit.

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