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Gianluigi A. Botton

Gianluigi A. Botton

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
85
Citations
41621
World Ranking
2119
National Ranking
35

Gianluigi A. Botton publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluigi A. Botton sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 597 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Gianluigi A. Botton D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluigi A. Botton sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For establishing a center of excellence in research and for achievements in TEM-EELS which have earned him an international reputation second to none.

Overview

Gianluigi A. Botton is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research encompasses diverse subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Botton reflect a focus on catalysis, energy materials, and electrochemical processes. Selected publications include:

  • "Engineering the Low Coordinated Pt Single Atom to Achieve the Superior Electrocatalytic Performance toward Oxygen Reduction," 2020, published in Small
  • "Highly efficient binary copper−iron catalyst for photoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction toward methane," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Selective Electrooxidation of Glycerol to Formic Acid over Carbon Supported Ni1-xMx(M = Bi, Pd, and Au) Nanocatalysts and Coelectrolysis of CO2," 2020, published in ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "Mechanism of Action of the Tungsten Dopant in LiNiO2 Positive Electrode Materials," 2021, published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Ternary Sn-Ti-O Electrocatalyst Boosts the Stability and Energy Efficiency of CO2 Reduction," 2020, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Botton frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Alexandre Pofelski, Hui Yuan, Isobel C. Bicket, Nafiseh Zaker, and S. Shayan Mousavi Masouleh.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, demonstrating consistent research output in these areas. These venues include:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Ultramicroscopy
  • ACS Nano
  • Nano Letters
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Throughout their career, Botton has received distinctions such as Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada (2018) under the Academy of Science and Fellowship of the Mineralogical Society of America (2014), recognized for establishing a center of excellence in research and advances in transmission electron microscopy and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (TEM-EELS).

Best Publications

  • Electron-energy-loss spectra and the structural stability of nickel oxide: An LSDA+U study

    S. L. Dudarev;G. A. Botton;S. Y. Savrasov;C. J. Humphreys

  • Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Niancai Cheng;Samantha Stambula;Da Wang;Mohammad Norouzi Banis

  • Single-atom Catalysis Using Pt/Graphene Achieved through Atomic Layer Deposition

    Shuhui Sun;Shuhui Sun;Gaixia Zhang;Gaixia Zhang;Nicolas Gauquelin;Ning Chen

  • Size-selected synthesis of PtRu nano-catalysts: reaction and size control mechanism.

    Christina Bock;Chantal Paquet;Martin Couillard;Gianluigi A Botton

  • Atomic layer deposited Pt-Ru dual-metal dimers and identifying their active sites for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Lei Zhang;Rutong Si;Hanshuo Liu;Ning Chen

  • Nanocrystalline intermetallics on mesoporous carbon for direct formic acid fuel cell anodes

    Xiulei Ji;Kyu Tae Lee;Reanne Holden;Lei Zhang

  • Polymerization from the Surface of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes − Preparation and Characterization of Nanocomposites

    Zhaoling Yao;Nadi Braidy;Gianluigi A. Botton;Alex Adronov

  • Topochemical Synthesis of Sodium Metal Phosphate Olivines for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Kyu Tae Lee;T. N. Ramesh;F. Nan;G. Botton

  • Comparison of Single Crystal and Polycrystalline LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 Positive Electrode Materials for High Voltage Li-Ion Cells

    Jing Li;Andrew R. Cameron;Hongyang Li;Stephen Glazier

  • p-Type modulation doped InGaN/GaN dot-in-a-wire white-light-emitting diodes monolithically grown on Si(111).

    H. P. T. Nguyen;S. Zhang;K. Cui;X. Han

  • Multipolar plasmonic resonances in silver nanowire antennas imaged with a subnanometer electron probe.

    D. Rossouw;M. Couillard;J. Vickery;E. Kumacheva

  • Electronic Structure and Elastic Properties of Strongly Correlated Metal Oxides from First Principles: LSDA + U, SIC‐LSDA and EELS Study of UO2 and NiO

    S. L. Dudarev;G. A. Botton;S. Y. Savrasov;Z. Szotek

  • Atomic structure of T1 precipitates in Al–Li–Cu alloys revisited with HAADF-STEM imaging and small-angle X-ray scattering

    P. Donnadieu;Y. Shao;F. De Geuser;G.A. Botton

  • A model for the ultrastructure of bone based on electron microscopy of ion-milled sections.

    Elizabeth A. McNally;Henry P. Schwarcz;Gianluigi A. Botton;A. Larry Arsenault

  • Controlling electron overflow in phosphor-free InGaN/GaN nanowire white light-emitting diodes.

    Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen;Kai Cui;Shaofei Zhang;Mehrdad Djavid

  • Segregation and clustering of solutes at grain boundaries in Mg–rare earth solid solutions

    M. Bugnet;A. Kula;A. Kula;M. Niewczas;G.A. Botton

  • Full-Color Single Nanowire Pixels for Projection Displays.

    Yong Ho Ra;Renjie Wang;Steffi Y. Woo;Mehrdad Djavid

  • Copper adparticle enabled selective electrosynthesis of n-propanol

    Jun Li;Fanglin Che;Yuanjie Pang;Chengqin Zou;Chengqin Zou

  • Materials science applications of HREELS in near edge structure analysis and low-energy loss spectroscopy.

    S. Lazar;G.A. Botton;M.-Y. Wu;F.D. Tichelaar

  • Mixed-quantum-dot solar cells.

    Zhenyu Yang;James Z. Fan;Andrew H. Proppe;F. Pelayo García de Arquer

  • Controlled orientation of liquid-crystalline polythiophene semiconductors for high-performance organic thin-film transistors

    Yiliang Wu;Ping Liu;Beng S. Ong;Tharan Srikumar

  • The role of vacancies and defects in Na0.44MnO2 nanowire catalysts for lithium–oxygen batteries

    Jin-Hyon Lee;Robert Black;Guerman Popov;Ekaterina Pomerantseva

Frequent Co-Authors

Zetian Mi
Zetian Mi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Colin J. Humphreys
Colin J. Humphreys Queen Mary University of London
Håkan Engqvist
Håkan Engqvist Uppsala University
Catalin Harnagea
Catalin Harnagea Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Tsun-Kong Sham
Tsun-Kong Sham University of Western Ontario
Roger C. Newman
Roger C. Newman University of Toronto
Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Daniel Guay
Daniel Guay Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Adam P. Hitchcock
Adam P. Hitchcock McMaster University
Jeff Dahn
Jeff Dahn Dalhousie University

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