Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1954. 30.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers represents a collection of research on advances in organic solar cell technology, focusing on topics such as conjugated polymers, bulk heterojunction solar cells, efficiency enhancement, non-fullerene acceptors, solution processing, charge transport, morphology control, high-efficiency solar cells, and field-effect transistors.
- Conjugated Polymers
- Bulk Heterojunction
- Efficiency Enhancement
- Non-Fullerene Acceptors
- Solution Processing
- Polymer Blends
- Charge Transport
- Morphology Control
- High-Efficiency Solar Cells
- Field-Effect Transistors
- Research works
- 47k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 14k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -4% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics research?
By volume, China and South Korea publish the most (3.1k and 573 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.1k works
- 2 South Korea 573 works
- 3 United States 483 works
- 4 India 468 works
- 5 Japan 383 works
- 6 Germany 268 works
- 7 Taiwan 176 works
- 8 United Kingdom 171 works
- 9 France 132 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 122 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, South China University of Technology publishes the most Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 South China University of TechnologyChina 131 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 130 works
- 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 71 works
- 4 Soochow UniversityChina 68 works
- 5 Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesChina 53 works
- 6 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 45 works
- 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 45 works
- 8 Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea 44 works
- 9 Korea UniversitySouth Korea 43 works
- 10 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 43 works
Who are the leading researchers in Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics include Michaël Grätzel, Ben Zhong Tang and Henry J. Snaith.
- 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
- 2 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
- 3 Henry J. Snaith United Kingdom 6.6k citations
- 4 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 5 Tasawar Hayat Pakistan 4.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics research done?
The largest centres of Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Guangzhou (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pohang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PohangKR · 29.2 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics?
Among universities, judged by research, Southern University of Science and Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and South China University of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 74.7 | 40.1% | 11.1× | 42 | +665.3% |
| 2 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 72.5 | 36.7% | 13.9× | 28 | +293.3% |
| 3 | South China University of TechnologyChina | 71.3 | 33.4% | 16.9× | 131 | +96.3% |
| 4 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 68.5 | 43.6% | 7.5× | 40 | +245.5% |
| 5 | Jiangxi Normal UniversityChina | 67.2 | 48.4% | 10.8× | 11 | +230.1% |
| 6 | Soochow UniversityChina | 67.1 | 37.2% | 11.9× | 68 | +74.1% |
| 7 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 63.8 | 60.4% | 5.3× | 15 | +131.5% |
| 8 | Donghua UniversityChina | 63.0 | 37.4% | 11.5× | 30 | +99.8% |
| 9 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 62.6 | 41.4% | 6.0× | 71 | +138.0% |
| 10 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong | 62.2 | 50.7% | 7.4× | 31 | -4.4% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.