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Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 66k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in thin-film solar cell technology, particularly on materials such as CZTS and Kesterite, aiming to improve efficiency and device characteristics. It covers topics such as semiconductor properties, materials modelling, and the use of nanocrystals in thin-film solar cells.

  • Thin-Film Solar Cells
  • Efficiency
  • CZTS
  • Kesterite
  • Photovoltaics
  • Semiconductor
  • Device Characteristics
  • Materials Modelling
  • Nanocrystals
  • Solar Cell Efficiency
Research works
66k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
44% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Which countries lead Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4k works
  2. 2 India 1.8k works
  3. 3 United States 1k works
  4. 4 South Korea 538 works
  5. 5 Japan 391 works
  6. 6 Germany 362 works
  7. 7 Russia 321 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 307 works
  9. 9 France 283 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 233 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 43.5%India: 19.1%United States: 10.9%South Korea: 5.8%6 others listed: 20.6%44%largest
China4,006 · 43.5%India1,756 · 19.1%United States1,004 · 10.9%South Korea538 · 5.8%6 others listed1,898 · 20.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 382 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 143 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 133 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 72 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 60 works
  6. 6 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 59 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 59 works
  8. 8 Jilin UniversityChina 54 works
  9. 9 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 50 works
  10. 10 Shenzhen UniversityChina 50 works

Who are the leading researchers in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Georg Kresse.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  4. 4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  5. 5 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  6. 6 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  7. 7 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  8. 8 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  9. 9 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  10. 10 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films?

The most cited paper in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films is "Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots" (A. Paul Alivisatos, 1996), with 11,519 citations. Next come "Efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells by vapour deposition" (7,975) and "Band parameters for III–V compound semiconductors and their alloys" (7,350).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots A. Paul Alivisatos · Science 16 Feb 1996 11,519
2 Efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells by vapour deposition Mingzhen Liu, Michael B. Johnston, Henry James Snaith · Nature 10 Sep 2013 7,975
3 Band parameters for III–V compound semiconductors and their alloys I. Vurgaftman, Jerry R. Meyer, L. R. Ram‐Mohan · Journal of Applied Physics Jun 2001 7,350
4 Long-Range Balanced Electron- and Hole-Transport Lengths in Organic-Inorganic CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 Guichuan Xing, Nripan Mathews, Shuangyong Sun et al. · Science Open access 17 Oct 2013 6,832
5 Interface engineering of highly efficient perovskite solar cells Huanping Zhou, Qi Henry Chen, Gang Li et al. · Science 31 Jul 2014 6,637
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films research done?

The largest centres of Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gorakhpur and Rangpur City.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 610 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 244 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 240 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 232 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 172 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 167 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 132 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 128 works
  9. 9 ShenzhenChina 127 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 124 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Vallabh VidyanagarIN · 22.6 works28×
  2. GorakhpurIN · 45.0 works27×
  3. Rangpur CityBD · 24.7 works22×
  4. GoldenUS · 52.4 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films?

Among universities, judged by research, Begum Rokeya University, City University of Hong Kong and King Khalid University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 27.55%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Begum Rokeya Univers…City University of H…Soochow UniversityKing Khalid University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Begum Rokeya UniversityBangladesh 73.138.2%62.8×17 +503.0%
2City University of Hong KongChina 72.332.7%3.7×24 +29.1%
3King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 69.517.8%10.9×46 +33.1%
4Soochow UniversityChina 66.826.9%3.6×40 +18.5%
5Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.425.1%6.1×36 +7.0%
6University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 65.220.6%3.2×59 +12.1%
7Shenzhen UniversityChina 64.517.6%6.0×50 +20.8%
8Pabna University of Science and TechnologyBangladesh 64.437.6%25.9×8 +57.5%
9Beihang UniversityChina 64.230.5%2.5×30 +30.5%
10King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 63.328.5%6.3×20 -4.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, country by country

Is Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.065% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films0.055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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