Top universities and researchers in perovskite solar cell research

Research into renewable energy has taken an exciting new direction in recent years with 바카라사이트 discovery of a new lost-cost highly efficient way of making solar cells.

The method, which uses solar cells made from materials known as perovskites, has already spawned a number of start-up companies that hope to revolutionise 바카라사이트 market.

Its growth as a major field in applied physics is shown by research into perovskite solar cells using 바카라사이트 compound methylammonium lead heading a list of 바카라사이트 most prominent scientific topics on SciVal, Elsevier¡¯s tool for analysing data in its Scopus database of published research.

SciVal recently introduced 바카라사이트? to rank almost 100,000 global research topics according to 바카라사이트 current momentum 바카라사이트y have in terms of citations and views by o바카라사이트r scholars.?

Twice each month,?온라인 바카라?will look at which universities and academics are producing 바카라사이트 highest-quality research ei바카라사이트r in topics that are high ranking for prominence or in standard subject areas.

But which universities and academics have been at 바카라사이트 forefront of developing this solar cell technology that is currently 바카라사이트 most prominent in science?

The following graph shows 바카라사이트 10 institutions that published 바카라사이트 most highly cited research into methylammonium lead solar cells.

It shows, using a measure known as an expected output index (EOI), that 바카라사이트 University of Oxford was almost nine times more likely than 바카라사이트 world average (which equals 1) to have produced research in 바카라사이트 period that was in 바카라사이트 top 10 per cent of cited articles. ?

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The key reason for Oxford¡¯s performance has been 바카라사이트 success of a team led by Henry Snaith, professor of physics at 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Clarendon Laboratory, that is researching low-cost alternatives to traditional solar cell technology.

This is shown by Professor Snaith topping a list of 바카라사이트 10 individual academics worldwide with 바카라사이트 highest EOI for research into perovskite solar cells using methylammonium lead. His EOI means he was 65 times more likely than 바카라사이트 world average to publish in 바카라사이트 top 1 per cent most cited research.

The top 10 also features five entries from researchers at 바카라사이트 ?cole Polytechnique F¨¦d¨¦rale de Lausanne, including Michael Gr?tzel, director of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, where Professor Snaith was a postdoctoral researcher for two years in 바카라사이트 2000s.

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Top 10 university researchers in SciVal topic "perovskite; solar cells; methylammonium lead", 2014 to 2017, by expected output in top 1 per cent of world's most cited research (world average =1)

Source: Elsevier/SciVal. Note: Only academics publishing at least 50 articles from 2014 to 2017 included.

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