2026 Niall McEvoy: 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	64	5784	5597	15	15	176	20809

Overview

Niall McEvoy is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering, with a notable subfield presence also in biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

2D materials and applications
Graphene research and applications
MXene and MAX phase materials
Quantum dots synthesis and properties
Chalcogenide semiconductor thin films
Advanced memory and neural computing
Molecular junctions and nanostructures

Among their recent publications are:

"Demonstrating the source of inherent instability in NiFe LDH-based OER electrocatalysts," published in 2023 in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A
"Two-Photon Absorption in Monolayer MXenes," published in 2020 in Advanced Optical Materials
"Coexistence of Negative and Positive Photoconductivity in Few-Layer PtSe ₂ Field-Effect Transistors," published in 2021 in Advanced Functional Materials
"Insights into Multilevel Resistive Switching in Monolayer MoS₂," published in 2020 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Layered PtSe₂ for Sensing, Photonic, and (Opto-)Electronic Applications," published in 2020 in Advanced Materials

Frequent co-authors working alongside McEvoy include:

Georg S. Duesberg
Cormac Ó Coileáin
Conor P. Cullen
Lisanne Peters
Oliver Hartwig

The scientist has published in various venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Advanced Functional Materials
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
npj 2D Materials and Applications

Best Publications

Scalable production of large quantities of defect-free few-layer graphene by shear exfoliation in liquids

Keith R. Paton;Eswaraiah Varrla;Claudia Backes;Ronan J. Smith

2657
Citations
Oxidation Stability of Colloidal Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbides (MXenes)

Chuanfang John Zhang;Sergio Pinilla;Sergio Pinilla;Niall McEvoy;Conor P. Cullen

1568
Citations
Transparent, Flexible, and Conductive 2D Titanium Carbide (MXene) Films with High Volumetric Capacitance.

Chuanfang John Zhang;Babak Anasori;Andrés Seral-Ascaso;Sang-Hoon Park

1190
Citations
Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics

Damien Hanlon;Claudia Backes;Evie Doherty;Clotilde S Cucinotta

1139
Citations
Additive-free MXene inks and direct printing of micro-supercapacitors

Chuanfang John Zhang;Lorcan McKeon;Matthias P Kremer;Sang-Hoon Park

958
Citations
Stamping of Flexible, Coplanar Micro‐Supercapacitors Using MXene Inks

Chuanfang John Zhang;Matthias P. Kremer;Andrés Seral-Ascaso;Sang-Hoon Park

631
Citations
Edge and confinement effects allow in situ measurement of size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets

Claudia Backes;Ronan J. Smith;Niall McEvoy;Nina C. Berner

583
Citations
High‐Performance Sensors Based on Molybdenum Disulfide Thin Films

Kangho Lee;Riley Gatensby;Niall McEvoy;Toby Hallam

532
Citations
A Commercial Conducting Polymer as Both Binder and Conductive Additive for Silicon Nanoparticle-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrodes.

Thomas M Higgins;Sang-Hoon Park;Paul J King;Paul J King;Chuanfang John Zhang

492
Citations
High areal capacity battery electrodes enabled by segregated nanotube networks

Sang-Hoon Park;Paul J. King;Paul J. King;Ruiyuan Tian;Conor S. Boland

442
Citations
Direct Observation of Degenerate Two-Photon Absorption and Its Saturation in WS2 and MoS2 Monolayer and Few-Layer Films.

Saifeng Zhang;Ningning Dong;Niall McEvoy;Maria O’Brien

423
Citations
High-Performance Hybrid Electronic Devices from Layered PtSe2 Films Grown at Low Temperature.

Chanyoung Yim;Kangho Lee;Niall McEvoy;Maria O’Brien

387
Citations
Basal-Plane Functionalization of Chemically Exfoliated Molybdenum Disulfide by Diazonium Salts

Kathrin C. Knirsch;Nina C. Berner;Hannah C. Nerl;Clotilde S. Cucinotta

377
Citations
Investigation of the optical properties of MoS2 thin films using spectroscopic ellipsometry

Chanyoung Yim;Maria O'Brien;Niall McEvoy;Sinéad Winters

347
Citations
High capacity silicon anodes enabled by MXene viscous aqueous ink

Chuanfang John Zhang;Sang-Hoon Park;Andrés Seral-Ascaso;Sebastian Barwich

339
Citations
Production of Molybdenum Trioxide Nanosheets by Liquid Exfoliation and Their Application in High-Performance Supercapacitors

Damien Hanlon;Claudia Backes;Thomas M. Higgins;Marguerite Hughes

325
Citations
A Robust, Freestanding MXene‐Sulfur Conductive Paper for Long‐Lifetime Li–S Batteries

Huan Tang;Wenlong Li;Limei Pan;Kejun Tu

258
Citations
In Situ Formed Protective Barrier Enabled by Sulfur@Titanium Carbide (MXene) Ink for Achieving High-Capacity, Long Lifetime Li-S Batteries.

Huan Tang;Wenlong Li;Limei Pan;Conor P Cullen

255
Citations
Electrochemical ascorbic acid sensor based on DMF-exfoliated graphene

Gareth P. Keeley;Arlene O'Neill;Niall McEvoy;Nikos Peltekis

253
Citations
Preparation of Gallium Sulfide Nanosheets by Liquid Exfoliation and Their Application As Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts

Andrew Harvey;Claudia Backes;Zahra Gholamvand;Damien Hanlon

249
Citations
Plasma-assisted simultaneous reduction and nitrogen doping of graphene oxide nanosheets

Nanjundan Ashok Kumar;Hugo Nolan;Niall McEvoy;Ehsan Rezvani

234
Citations