2026 Cristiana Di Valentin: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	68	4776	4623	63	60	190	20549
Chemistry	70	5772	5240	120	106	198	20941

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Materials Science

4776

4623

190

20549

Chemistry

5772

5240

120

106

198

20941

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

20549

World Ranking

4776

National Ranking

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

20941

World Ranking

5772

National Ranking

120

Overview

Cristiana Di Valentin is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in materials science, engineering, and energy. Their work spans several specialized fields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics with notable focus areas including:

Graphene research and applications
Advanced photocatalysis techniques
Molecular junctions and nanostructures
Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
Catalytic processes in materials science
Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
Iron oxide chemistry and applications

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Cristiana Di Valentin are:

"Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal-graphene interfaces," 2021, published in Nature Catalysis
"Copper single-atoms embedded in 2D graphitic carbon nitride for the CO2 reduction," 2021, published in npj 2D Materials and Applications
"Single Atom Catalysts (SAC) trapped in defective and nitrogen-doped graphene supported on metal substrates," 2020, published in Carbon
"Improving the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Fe₃O₄(001) with Single-Atom Catalysts," 2023, published in ACS Catalysis
"'Inside out' growth method for high-quality nitrogen-doped graphene," 2020, published in Carbon

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

Nanoscale
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Applied Surface Science
Carbon
arXiv (Cornell University)

Cristiana Di Valentin has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, with a notable number of joint publications alongside:

Daniele Perilli
Paulo Siani
Edoardo Donadoni
Aldo Ugolotti
Giulia Frigerio

Best Publications

Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: Advances in theory and experiments

Vinodkumar Etacheri;Vinodkumar Etacheri;Cristiana Di Valentin;Jenny Schneider;Detlef Bahnemann;Detlef Bahnemann

1498
Citations
Characterization of paramagnetic species in N-doped TiO2 powders by EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni;Stefano Livraghi

1202
Citations
N-doped TiO2: Theory and experiment

Cristiana Di Valentin;Emanuele Finazzi;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

1174
Citations
Origin of photoactivity of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide under visible light.

Stefano Livraghi;Maria Cristina Paganini;Elio Giamello;Annabella Selloni

1060
Citations
Electronic Structure of Defect States in Hydroxylated and Reduced Rutile TiO 2 ( 110 ) Surfaces

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

852
Citations
Theory of Carbon Doping of Titanium Dioxide

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

829
Citations
Reduced and n-Type Doped TiO2: Nature of Ti3+ Species

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

789
Citations
Excess electron states in reduced bulk anatase TiO2: Comparison of standard GGA, GGA+U, and hybrid DFT calculations

Emanuele Finazzi;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

721
Citations
Origin of the different photoactivity of N -doped anatase and rutile TiO 2

Cristiana Di Valentin;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

604
Citations
Theoretical studies on anatase and less common TiO2 phases: bulk, surfaces, and nanomaterials.

Filippo De Angelis;Cristiana Di Valentin;Simona Fantacci;Andrea Vittadini

466
Citations
The Nature of Defects in Fluorine-Doped TiO2

Am Czoska;S Livraghi;M Chiesa;E Giamello

417
Citations
Trends in non-metal doping of anatase TiO2: B, C, N and F

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

357
Citations
Electronic and Structural Properties of WO3: A Systematic Hybrid DFT Study

Fenggong Wang;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

354
Citations
Bulk and Surface Polarons in Photoexcited Anatase TiO2

Cristiana Di Valentin;Annabella Selloni

313
Citations
Doping of WO3 for Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Hints from Density Functional Theory

Fenggong Wang;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

298
Citations
Paramagnetic Defects in Polycrystalline Zirconia: An EPR and DFT Study

Chiara Gionco;Maria Cristina Paganini;Elio Giamello;Robertson Burgess

243
Citations
Density Functional Theory and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study on the Effect of N−F Codoping of TiO2

C. Di Valentin;E. Finazzi;G. Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

231
Citations
Electronic structure and phase stability of oxide semiconductors: Performance of dielectric-dependent hybrid functional DFT, benchmarked against G W band structure calculations and experiments

Matteo Gerosa;Carlo Enrico Bottani;Lucia Caramella;Giovanni Onida

212
Citations
Boron-Doped Anatase TiO2: Pure and Hybrid DFT Calculations

Emanuele Finazzi;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

212
Citations
Single and Multiple Doping in Graphene Quantum Dots: Unraveling the Origin of Selectivity in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Marco Favaro;Lara Ferrighi;Gianluca Fazio;Luciano Colazzo

208
Citations