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| Evaluating the causes of cost reduction in photovoltaic modules G Kavlak, J McNerney, JE Trancik Energy policy 123, 700-710, 2018 | 522 | 2018 |
| Re-examining rates of lithium-ion battery technology improvement and cost decline MS Ziegler, JE Trancik Energy & Environmental Science 14 (4), 1635-1651, 2021 | 461 | 2021 |
| Transparent and catalytic carbon nanotube films JE Trancik, SC Barton, J Hone Nano letters 8 (4), 982-987, 2008 | 435 | 2008 |
| Storage requirements and costs of shaping renewable energy toward grid decarbonization MS Ziegler, JM Mueller, GD Pereira, J Song, M Ferrara, YM Chiang, ... Joule 3 (9), 2134-2153, 2019 | 422 | 2019 |
| Value of storage technologies for wind and solar energy WA Braff, JM Mueller, JE Trancik Nature Climate Change 6 (10), 964-969, 2016 | 414 | 2016 |
| Statistical basis for predicting technological progress B Nagy, JD Farmer, QM Bui, JE Trancik PloS one 8 (2), e52669, 2013 | 389 | 2013 |
| Potential for widespread electrification of personal vehicle travel in the United States ZA Needell, J McNerney, MT Chang, JE Trancik Nature Energy 1, 16112, 2016 | 329 | 2016 |
| Role of design complexity in technology improvement J McNerney, JD Farmer, S Redner, JE Trancik Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (22), 9008-9013, 2011 | 239 | 2011 |
| Renewable energy: Back the renewables boom JE Trancik Nature 507 (7492), 300-302, 2014 | 189 | 2014 |
| Personal vehicles evaluated against climate change mitigation targets M Miotti, GJ Supran, EJ Kim, JE Trancik Environmental science & technology 50 (20), 10795-10804, 2016 | 144 | 2016 |
| Historical costs of coal-fired electricity and implications for the future J McNerney, JD Farmer, JE Trancik Energy Policy 39 (6), 3042-3054, 2011 | 135 | 2011 |
| Determinants of the pace of global innovation in energy technologies LMA Bettencourt, JE Trancik, J Kaur PloS one 8 (10), e67864, 2013 | 128 | 2013 |
| Metal production requirements for rapid photovoltaics deployment G Kavlak, J McNerney, RL Jaffe, JE Trancik Energy & Environmental Science 8 (6), 1651-1659, 2015 | 122 | 2015 |
| Determinants of lithium-ion battery technology cost decline MS Ziegler, J Song, JE Trancik Energy & Environmental Science 14 (12), 6074-6098, 2021 | 107 | 2021 |
| Sources of cost overrun in nuclear power plant construction call for a new approach to engineering design P Eash-Gates, MM Klemun, G Kavlak, J McNerney, J Buongiorno, ... Joule 4 (11), 2348-2373, 2020 | 100 | 2020 |
| Climate impacts of energy technologies depend on emissions timing MR Edwards, JE Trancik Nature Climate Change 4 (5), 347-352, 2014 | 83 | 2014 |
| Nanostructural features of a spider dragline silk as revealed by electron and X-ray diffraction studies JE Trancik, JT Czernuszka, FI Bell, C Viney Polymer 47 (15), 5633-5642, 2006 | 80 | 2006 |
| Technology improvement and emissions reductions as mutually reinforcing efforts: Observations from the global development of solar and wind energy JE Trancik, J Jean, G Kavlak, MM Klemun, MR Edwards, J McNerney, ... MIT, 2015 | 79 | 2015 |
| Superexponential long-term trends in information technology B Nagy, JD Farmer, JE Trancik, JP Gonzales Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78 (8), 1356-1364, 2011 | 79 | 2011 |