Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 13.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in silicon solar cell technology, particularly in improving efficiency, passivation techniques, and the use of heterojunction and interdigitated back contacts. It also explores the influence of aluminum oxide, surface recombination, and the potential of crystalline silicon for photovoltaic applications.
- Silicon
- Solar Cells
- Efficiency
- Passivation
- Heterojunction
- Aluminum Oxide
- Interdigitated Back Contacts
- Photovoltaics
- Surface Recombination
- Crystalline
- Research works
- 45k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -21% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (833 and 439 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 833 works
- 2 United States 439 works
- 3 Germany 258 works
- 4 India 239 works
- 5 Japan 209 works
- 6 South Korea 151 works
- 7 France 145 works
- 8 Russia 97 works
- 9 United Kingdom 77 works
- 10 Australia 67 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 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems publishes the most Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies research, followed by National Laboratory of the Rockies and UNSW Sydney.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy SystemsGermany 52 works
- 2 National Laboratory of the RockiesUnited States 34 works
- 3 UNSW SydneyAustralia 34 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works
- 5 Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea 26 works
- 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 23 works
- 7 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 22 works
- 8 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 21 works
- 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
- 10 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies include Frede Blaabjerg, C. Leroy and V. Cindro.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
- 2 C. Leroy Israel 7.3k citations
- 3 V. Cindro United States 7.1k citations
- 4 C. M. Buttar United Kingdom 7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Golden, Freiburg and Grenoble.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GoldenUS · 41.7 works47×
- FreiburgDE · 62.8 works29×
- GrenobleFR · 23.2 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, UNSW Sydney, Sungkyunkwan University and Delft 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 | UNSW SydneyAustralia | 68.3 | 17.9% | 12.2× | 34 | -5.3% |
| 2 | Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea | 54.4 | 13.0% | 13.8× | 26 | -42.2% |
| 3 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 50.2 | 6.5% | 9.9× | 22 | -41.1% |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia | 48.6 | 5.8% | 11.7× | 17 | +78.7% |
| 5 | Soochow UniversityChina | 48.4 | 30.7% | 4.1× | 11 | +45.3% |
| 6 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 46.5 | 16.7% | 3.3× | 18 | +174.6% |
| 7 | Australian National UniversityAustralia | 45.2 | 10.9% | 8.6× | 14 | -23.1% |
| 8 | Arizona State UniversityUnited States | 44.9 | 1.6% | 9.4× | 21 | +61.1% |
| 9 | Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering?? | 43.3 | 1.4% | 30.8× | 8 | +586.5% |
| 10 | Cheikh Anta Diop UniversitySenegal | 41.1 | 0.0% | 34.3× | 13 | +56.9% |
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 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002. The fastest-growing topics are Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies.
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.