solar cell performance optimization
solar cell performance optimization is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1951. 11.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in multijunction solar cell technology, particularly in the context of concentrator photovoltaics. The research covers topics such as high efficiency, III-V compound semiconductors, metamorphic epitaxy, photon recycling, spectral beam splitting, electroluminescence measurements, radiation resistance, and energy conversion efficiency.
- Multijunction Solar Cells
- High Efficiency
- Concentrator Photovoltaics
- III-V Compound Semiconductors
- Metamorphic Epitaxy
- Photon Recycling
- Spectral Beam Splitting
- Electroluminescence Measurements
- Radiation Resistance
- Energy Conversion Efficiency
- Research works
- 20k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead solar cell performance optimization research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (718 and 552 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 718 works
- 2 India 552 works
- 3 United States 435 works
- 4 Germany 150 works
- 5 Japan 137 works
- 6 Spain 122 works
- 7 South Korea 109 works
- 8 France 108 works
- 9 United Kingdom 106 works
- 10 Italy 102 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 solar cell performance optimization research?
By volume in 2022–2025, National Laboratory of the Rockies publishes the most solar cell performance optimization research, followed by Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and UNSW Sydney.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 National Laboratory of the Rockies United States 46 works
- 2 Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Germany 35 works
- 3 UNSW Sydney Australia 26 works
- 4 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain 22 works
- 5 Ioffe Institute Russia 19 works
- 6 Arizona State University United States 17 works
- 7 Harbin Institute of Technology China 16 works
- 8 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 15 works
- 9 North China Electric Power University China 14 works
- 10 University of Science and Technology of China China 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in solar cell performance optimization?
The most-cited researchers publishing on solar cell performance optimization include Frede Blaabjerg, Remus Teodorescu and Shanhui Fan.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
- 2 Remus Teodorescu 4.2k citations
- 3 Shanhui Fan 3.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is solar cell performance optimization research done?
The largest centres of solar cell performance optimization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Golden (United States), Tokyo (Japan) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Golden and Freiburg.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GoldenUS · 51.0 works48×
- FreiburgDE · 43.7 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in solar cell performance optimization than the world average.
Where is the best place to study solar cell performance optimization?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Jaén, UNSW Sydney and King Abdullah 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 | Universidad de Jaén Spain | 67.2 | 26.2% | 15.5× | 9 | +53.5% |
| 2 | UNSW Sydney Australia | 66.4 | 20.7% | 7.8× | 26 | +11.2% |
| 3 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia | 59.3 | 16.9% | 8.9× | 10 | — |
| 4 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain | 57.0 | 12.8% | 17.5× | 22 | -37.8% |
| 5 | Université Ibn Zohr Morocco | 52.9 | 8.0% | 14.6× | 8 | +297.0% |
| 6 | University of Sharjah United Arab Emirates | 51.3 | 16.6% | 8.5× | 9 | -47.6% |
| 7 | Rochester Institute of Technology United States | 46.3 | 14.2% | 16.9× | 8 | -19.4% |
| 8 | Cheikh Anta Diop University Senegal | 45.8 | 0.0% | 20.5× | 9 | +272.5% |
| 9 | Xi'an Jiaotong University China | 45.7 | 18.3% | 2.0× | 13 | +288.8% |
| 10 | Politecnico di Milano Italy | 45.7 | 24.6% | 3.1× | 9 | +57.0% |
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 solar cell performance optimization research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are solar cell performance optimization.
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.