Perovskite Materials and Applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 61k research works in it since 1952. 30.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in perovskite solar cell technology, including the use of organometal halide perovskites as light sensitizers for photovoltaic cells, achieving high efficiency and stability, improving charge carrier transport, and exploring applications in light-emitting diodes. The research covers topics such as crystal growth, semiconductor properties, and optoelectronic materials.
- Perovskite Solar Cells
- Organometal Halide Perovskites
- Photovoltaic Cells
- Efficiency
- Stability
- Semiconductors
- Light-Emitting Diodes
- Crystal Growth
- Charge Carrier Transport
- Optoelectronic Materials
- Research works
- 61k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 19k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +156% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Perovskite Materials and Applications research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (12k and 1.9k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 12k works
- 2 India 1.9k works
- 3 United States 1.6k works
- 4 South Korea 1.1k works
- 5 Japan 669 works
- 6 Germany 666 works
- 7 United Kingdom 461 works
- 8 Saudi Arabia 411 works
- 9 Taiwan 402 works
- 10 France 384 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 Perovskite Materials and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Perovskite Materials and Applications research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Soochow University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 384 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 177 works
- 3 Soochow University China 161 works
- 4 South China University of Technology China 145 works
- 5 Jilin University China 132 works
- 6 Zhejiang University China 122 works
- 7 Shandong University China 117 works
- 8 Nankai University China 117 works
- 9 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 115 works
- 10 Zhengzhou University China 113 works
Who are the leading researchers in Perovskite Materials and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Perovskite Materials and Applications include Georg Kresse, Michaël Grätzel and Zhong Lin Wang.
- 1 Georg Kresse 24k citations
- 2 Michaël Grätzel 13k citations
- 3 Zhong Lin Wang 11k citations
- 4 Ben Zhong Tang 7k citations
- 5 Henry J. Snaith 6.6k citations
- 6 Kenji Watanabe 6.4k citations
- 7 Takashi Taniguchi 6.2k citations
- 8 Hua Zhang 5.9k citations
- 9 Wei Huang 5.5k citations
- 10 Tsutomu Miyasaka 5.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Perovskite Materials and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Perovskite Materials and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jinan, Siping and Changchun.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Jinan30.4 works22×
- SipingCN · 25.1 works19×
- Changchun32.9 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Perovskite Materials and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Perovskite Materials and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, City University of Hong Kong, Soochow University and Southern University of Science and 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 | City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 72.9 | 52.5% | 7.4× | 100 | +349.7% |
| 2 | Soochow University China | 68.1 | 40.6% | 8.7× | 161 | +490.8% |
| 3 | Southern University of Science and Technology China | 67.8 | 43.4% | 8.4× | 105 | +4659.3% |
| 4 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia | 67.6 | 38.3% | 9.4× | 61 | +670.6% |
| 5 | Begum Rokeya University Bangladesh | 67.0 | 73.9% | 30.7× | 17 | — |
| 6 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology South Korea | 66.7 | 43.2% | 13.8× | 48 | +427.1% |
| 7 | Nankai University China | 64.9 | 44.1% | 7.5× | 117 | +318.2% |
| 8 | Huaqiao University China | 63.1 | 34.8% | 13.9× | 60 | +387.2% |
| 9 | Sungkyunkwan University South Korea | 62.4 | 34.3% | 8.2× | 104 | +302.4% |
| 10 | Shaanxi Normal University China | 60.8 | 43.4% | 8.1× | 53 | +980.0% |
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 Perovskite Materials and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 156% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Perovskite Materials and Applications.
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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.