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Engineering and Technology
UK
2026

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Materials Science

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100
Citations
36662
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1054
National Ranking
41

Engineering and Technology

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100
Citations
36889
World Ranking
148
National Ranking
10

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Overview

Dan J. L. Brett is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a concentration in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's publication record includes a substantial number of papers focused on advancements in battery materials and technologies. Key topics of their work include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Tuning the interlayer spacing of graphene laminate films for efficient pore utilization towards compact capacitive energy storage" (2020, Nature Energy)
  • "Alleviation of Dendrite Formation on Zinc Anodes via Electrolyte Additives" (2021, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "3D microstructure design of lithium-ion battery electrodes assisted by X-ray nano-computed tomography and modelling" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Insights on Flexible Zinc-Ion Batteries from Lab Research to Commercialization" (2021, Advanced Materials)
  • "Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for All-Solid-State Batteries: Theory, Methods and Future Outlook" (2021, ChemElectroChem)

Dan J. L. Brett frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including Paul R. Shearing, Rhodri Jervis, Guanjie He, Ivan P. Parkin, and Thomas M. M. Heenan, indicating a network of co-authors engaged in related research areas.

The scientist's work appears regularly in prominent publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Power Sources
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Best Publications

  • Intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells

    Daniel J. L. Brett;Alan Atkinson;Nigel P. Brandon;Stephen J. Skinner

  • In-operando high-speed tomography of lithium-ion batteries during thermal runaway

    Donal P. Finegan;Mario Scheel;James B. Robinson;Bernhard Tjaden

  • Tuning the interlayer spacing of graphene laminate films for efficient pore utilization towards compact capacitive energy storage

    Zhuangnan Li;Zhuangnan Li;Srinivas Gadipelli;Srinivas Gadipelli;Hucheng Li;Hucheng Li;Christopher A. Howard

  • Alleviation of Dendrite Formation on Zinc Anodes via Electrolyte Additives

    Xiaoxia Guo;Zhenyu Zhang;Jianwei Li;Ningjing Luo

  • On the origin and application of the Bruggeman correlation for analysing transport phenomena in electrochemical systems

    Bernhard Tjaden;Samuel J. Cooper;Daniel J.L. Brett;Denis Kramer

  • 3D microstructure design of lithium-ion battery electrodes assisted by X-ray nano-computed tomography and modelling.

    Xuekun Lu;Xuekun Lu;Antonio Bertei;Donal P. Finegan;Chun Tan

  • A review of domestic heat pumps

    Iain Staffell;Dan Brett;Nigel Brandon;Adam Hawkes

  • Review of gas diffusion cathodes for alkaline fuel cells

    F. Bidault;D.J.L. Brett;P.H. Middleton;N.P. Brandon

  • Fe–N-Doped Carbon Capsules with Outstanding Electrochemical Performance and Stability for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Both Acid and Alkaline Conditions

    Guillermo A. Ferrero;Kathrin Preuss;Adam Marinovic;Ana Belen Jorge

  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for All-Solid-State Batteries: Theory, Methods and Future Outlook

    Pooja Vadhva;Ji Hu;Michael J. Johnson;Richard Stocker

  • Insights on Flexible Zinc-Ion Batteries from Lab Research to Commercialization

    Haobo Dong;Jianwei Li;Jian Guo;Feili Lai

  • Rechargeable aqueous Zn-based energy storage devices

    Yiyang Liu;Xu Lu;Feili Lai;Tianxi Liu

  • Ex-situ characterisation of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

    Ahmad El-kharouf;Thomas J. Mason;Dan J.L. Brett;Bruno G. Pollet

  • Characterization of the adsorption site energies and heterogeneous surfaces of porous materials

    K. Vasanth Kumar;K. Vasanth Kumar;Srinivas Gadipelli;Barbara Wood;Kiran A. Ramisetty

  • Characterising thermal runaway within lithium-ion cells by inducing and monitoring internal short circuits.

    Donal P. Finegan;Eric Darcy;Matthew Keyser;Bernhard Tjaden

  • Reversible Zn metal anodes enabled by trace amounts of underpotential deposition initiators.

    Unknown

  • Palladium alloys used as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Tianlei Wang;Arunabhiram Chutia;Dan J. L. Brett;Paul R. Shearing

  • Inhibition of Vanadium Cathodes Dissolution in Aqueous Zn-ion Batteries.

    Unknown

  • Tortuosity in electrochemical devices: a review of calculation approaches

    Bernhard Tjaden;Dan J. L. Brett;Paul R. Shearing

  • Multi‐Scale Investigations of δ‐Ni0.25V2O5·nH2O Cathode Materials in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

    Jianwei Li;Kit McColl;Xuekun Lu;Sanjayan Sathasivam

  • Fuel cells for micro-combined heat and power generation

    Adam Hawkes;Iain Staffell;Dan Brett;Nigel Brandon

  • Image based modelling of microstructural heterogeneity in LiFePO4 electrodes for Li-ion batteries

    S.J. Cooper;D.S. Eastwood;D.S. Eastwood;J. Gelb;G. Damblanc

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Shearing
Paul R. Shearing University College London
Nigel P. Brandon
Nigel P. Brandon Imperial College London
Guanjie He
Guanjie He University College London
Donal P. Finegan
Donal P. Finegan National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Gareth Hinds
Gareth Hinds National Physical Laboratory
Ivan P. Parkin
Ivan P. Parkin University College London
Shan Ji
Shan Ji Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Jawwad A. Darr
Jawwad A. Darr University College London
Rongfang Wang
Rongfang Wang Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Peter D. Lee
Peter D. Lee University College London

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