2026 David O. Scanlon: 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	91	1631	1568	69	64	439	27596

Overview

David O. Scanlon is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily materials science and engineering, with a particular focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their scientific contributions include work in the fields of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, condensed matter physics, and inorganic chemistry.

Main topics of their research encompass:

Chalcogenide semiconductor thin films
Perovskite materials and applications
Advancements in battery materials
Electronic and structural properties of oxides
Advanced battery materials and technologies
Quantum dots synthesis and properties
Machine learning in materials science

Their most frequently published venues are:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Chemistry of Materials
The Cambridge Structural Database
arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors include:

Seán R. Kavanagh
Aron Walsh
Christopher N. Savory
Bonan Zhu
Alexander G. Squires

Examples of recent publications authored or co-authored by David O. Scanlon include:

2021 roadmap for sodium-ion batteries, 2021, Journal of Physics Energy
Cation disorder engineering yields AgBiS2 nanocrystals with enhanced optical absorption for efficient ultrathin solar cells, 2022, Nature Photonics
Perovskite-inspired materials for photovoltaics and beyond-from design to devices, 2020, Nanotechnology
Enhanced Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Ability of Cu-Doped Anatase TiO₂ Thin Films: Theory and Experiment, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Colloidal Synthesis and Optical Properties of Perovskite-Inspired Cesium Zirconium Halide Nanocrystals, 2020, ACS Materials Letters

Best Publications

Band alignment of rutile and anatase TiO2

David O. Scanlon;Charles W. Dunnill;John Buckeridge;Stephen A. Shevlin

2533
Citations
On the application of the tolerance factor to inorganic and hybrid halide perovskites: a revised system

Will Travis;Emily Nicola Kate Glover;Hugo Bronstein;David O. Scanlon

1102
Citations
Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Electronic Structures of MoO3 and MoO2

David O. Scanlon;Graeme W. Watson;D. J. Payne;G. R. Atkinson

732
Citations
Self‐Regulation Mechanism for Charged Point Defects in Hybrid Halide Perovskites

Aron Walsh;David O. Scanlon;Shiyou Chen;Xingao Gong

710
Citations
Defect Tolerance to Intolerance in the Vacancy-Ordered Double Perovskite Semiconductors Cs2SnI6 and Cs2TeI6

Annalise E. Maughan;Alex M. Ganose;Mitchell M. Bordelon;Elisa M. Miller

586
Citations
Can Pb-Free Halide Double Perovskites Support High-Efficiency Solar Cells?

Christopher N. Savory;Aron Walsh;David O. Scanlon

544
Citations
sumo: Command-line tools for plotting and analysis of periodic *ab initio* calculations

Alex M. Ganose;Adam J. Jackson;David O. Scanlon

483
Citations
Beyond methylammonium lead iodide: prospects for the emergent field of ns2 containing solar absorbers

Alex M. Ganose;Christopher N. Savory;David O. Scanlon

443
Citations
n-Type doped transparent conducting binary oxides: an overview

Sebastian C. Dixon;David O. Scanlon;Claire J. Carmalt;Ivan P. Parkin

407
Citations
Interplay of orbital and relativistic effects in bismuth oxyhalides: BiOF, BiOCl, BiOBr, and BiOI

Alex M. Ganose;Madeleine Cuff;Keith T. Butler;Aron Walsh

396
Citations
Controlling Bulk Conductivity in Topological Insulators: Key Role of Anti‐Site Defects

David O. Scanlon;P. D. C. King;R. P. Singh;A. de la Torre

338
Citations
Acceptor Levels in p-Type Cu2O: Rationalizing Theory and Experiment

David O. Scanlon;Benjamin J. Morgan;Graeme W. Watson;Aron Walsh

333
Citations
Bismuth oxyhalides: synthesis, structure and photoelectrochemical activity

Davinder S. Bhachu;Savio J. A. Moniz;Sanjayan Sathasivam;David O. Scanlon

318
Citations
Cation disorder engineering yields AgBiS2 nanocrystals with enhanced optical absorption for efficient ultrathin solar cells

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293
Citations
An ab initio Study of Reduction of V2O5 through the Formation of Oxygen Vacancies and Li Intercalation

David O. Scanlon;Aron Walsh;Benjamin J. Morgan;Graeme W. Watson

285
Citations
Band gap and work function tailoring of SnO2 for improved transparent conducting ability in photovoltaics

Alex M. Ganose;David O. Scanlon

264
Citations
Understanding the p-type defect chemistry of CuCrO2

David O. Scanlon;Graeme W. Watson

261
Citations
Perspectives and Design Principles of Vacancy-Ordered Double Perovskite Halide Semiconductors

Annalise E. Maughan;Alex M. Ganose;David O. Scanlon;James R. Neilson

261
Citations
2021 roadmap for sodium-ion batteries

Nuria Tapia-Ruiz;A. Robert Armstrong;Hande Alptekin;Marco A. Amores

254
Citations
Role of Lattice Distortions in the Oxygen Storage Capacity of Divalently Doped CeO2

Aoife B. Kehoe;David O. Scanlon;Graeme W. Watson

228
Citations
Defect engineering of BaSnO 3 for high-performance transparent conducting oxide applications

David O. Scanlon

218
Citations
Sources of conductivity and doping limits in CdO from hybrid density functional theory.

Mario Burbano;David O. Scanlon;Graeme W. Watson

213
Citations
On the possibility of p-type SnO2

David O. Scanlon;Graeme W. Watson

211
Citations