2026 Catherine Stampfl: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	71	4226	4093	139	138	346	19059
Chemistry	71	5516	5010	138	134	322	18784

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Catherine Stampfl is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and specializes in materials science and engineering. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics within materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental studies.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Their subfields of focus are:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Catalysis
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Key research topics covered in their publications include:

2D Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Their frequently published venues consist of:

Scientific Reports
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
SSRN Electronic Journal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Catherine Stampfl has collaborated extensively with a number of coauthors, including:

Md. Sherajul Islam
Jeongwon Park
A. Bafekry
Jun Huang
Oliver J. Conquest

Notable recent publications by Stampfl include:

First-principles investigation of nonmetal doped single-layer BiOBr as a potential photocatalyst with a low recombination rate, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
A Dirac-semimetal two-dimensional BeN4: Thickness-dependent electronic and optical properties, 2021, Applied Physics Letters
Puckered Penta-like PdPX (X = O, S, Te) Semiconducting Nanosheets: First-Principles Study of the Mechanical, Electro-Optical, and Photocatalytic Properties, 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Toward stabilization of formamidinium lead iodide perovskites by defect control and composition engineering, 2024, Nature Communications
Semiconducting Chalcogenide Alloys Based on the (Ge, Sn, Pb) (S, Se, Te) Formula with Outstanding Properties: A First-Principles Calculation Study, 2021, ACS Omega

In 2019, Catherine Stampfl was named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Best Publications

Density-functional calculations for III-V nitrides using the local-density approximation and the generalized gradient approximation

C. Stampfl;C. G. Van de Walle

955
Citations
Electronic structure and physical properties of early transition metal mononitrides: Density-functional theory LDA, GGA, and screened-exchange LDA FLAPW calculations

C. Stampfl;W. Mannstadt;W. Mannstadt;R. Asahi;R. Asahi;Arthur J Freeman

614
Citations
Phonon- Versus Electron-Mediated Desorption and Oxidation of CO on Ru(0001)

Mischa Bonn;Stephan Funk;Christian Hess;Daniel N. Denzler

589
Citations
ENERGETICS AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF STACKING FAULTS IN ALN, GAN, AND INN

C. Stampfl;Chris G. Van de Walle

433
Citations
Thermodynamic stability and structure of copper oxide surfaces: A first-principles investigation

Aloysius Soon;Mira Todorova;Bernard Delley;Catherine Stampfl

382
Citations
Oxygen adsorption on Ag(111): A density-functional theory investigation

Weixue Li;Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler

371
Citations
Theoretical investigation of native defects, impurities, and complexes in aluminum nitride

C. Stampfl;C. G. Van de Walle

355
Citations
Converged properties of clean metal surfaces by all-electron first-principles calculations

Juarez L. F. Da Silva;Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler

329
Citations
Native defects and impurities in InN: First-principles studies using the local-density approximation and self-interaction and relaxation-corrected pseudopotentials

C. Stampfl;C. G. Van de Walle;D. Vogel;P. Krüger

314
Citations
Role of embedded clustering in dilute magnetic semiconductors: Cr doped GaN.

X. Y. Cui;J. E. Medvedeva;B. Delley;A. J. Freeman

293
Citations
Water adsorption on the stoichiometric and reduced CeO2(111) surface: a first-principles investigation

Marco Fronzi;Marco Fronzi;Simone Piccinin;Bernard Delley;Enrico Traversa

288
Citations
Structure and Stability of a High-Coverage \(1×1\) Oxygen Phase on Ru(0001)

Catherine Stampfl;S. Schwegmann;Herbert Over;Matthias Scheffler

278
Citations
First-principles investigation of quantum emission from hBN defects

Sherif Abdulkader Tawfik;Sajid Ali;Sajid Ali;Marco Fronzi;Marco Fronzi;Mehran Kianinia

274
Citations
Oxygen adsorption and stability of surface oxides on Cu ( 111 ) : A first-principles investigation

Aloysius Soon;Mira Todorova;Bernard Delley;Catherine Stampfl

272
Citations
Theory of doping and defects in III–V nitrides

Chris G. Van de Walle;Catherine Stampfl;Jörg Neugebauer

270
Citations
Why is a noble metal catalytically active? The role of the O-Ag interaction in the function of silver as an oxidation catalyst.

Wei-Xue Li;Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler

269
Citations
Catalysis and corrosion: the theoretical surface-science context

Catherine Stampfl;M. Veronica Ganduglia-Pirovano;Karsten Reuter;Matthias Scheffler

266
Citations
Insights into the function of silver as an oxidation catalyst by ab initio atomistic thermodynamics

Wei-Xue Li;Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler

238
Citations
First-Principles Theory of Surface Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Catherine Stampfl;H. J. Kreuzer;S. H. Payne;H. Pfnür

238
Citations
Surface core-level shifts of clean and oxygen-covered Ru(0001)

S. Lizzit;A. Baraldi;A. Groso;Karsten Reuter

231
Citations