2026 Nigel P. Brandon: 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	96	1269	1217	52	48	477	33686
Chemistry	95	1627	1448	89	78	428	32577

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Nigel P. Brandon is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the field of engineering, with significant work in electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, automotive engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research covers several specialized topics including:

Advanced battery technologies research
Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
Fuel cells and related materials
Advancements in solid oxide fuel cells
Advanced battery materials and technologies
Supercapacitor materials and fabrication

Key recent papers authored include:

Designing the next generation of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, 2021, Nature
Development of efficient aqueous organic redox flow batteries using ion-sieving sulfonated polymer membranes, 2022, Nature Communications
Pores for thought: generative adversarial networks for stochastic reconstruction of 3D multi-phase electrode microstructures with periodic boundaries, 2020, npj Computational Materials
How can LNG-fuelled ships meet decarbonisation targets? An environmental and economic analysis, 2021, Energy
Fuel cell stack redesign and component integration radically increase power density, 2023, Joule

The scientist has frequently collaborated with a number of coauthors, including:

Anthony Kucernak
Huizhi Wang
Mengzheng Ouyang
Billy Wu
Xinhua Liu

Publication venues where this researcher has appeared most often include:

ECS Meeting Abstracts
SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Power Sources
Progress in Energy
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

In recognition of contributions to the field, Nigel P. Brandon was named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2008.

Best Publications

Designing the next generation of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells.

Kui Jiao;Jin Xuan;Qing Du;Zhiming Bao

2586
Citations
Intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells

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

1660
Citations
Hydrogen and fuel cells: Towards a sustainable energy future

P.P. Edwards;V.L. Kuznetsov;W.I.F. David;N.P. Brandon

1417
Citations
Anode-supported intermediate temperature direct internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell. I: model-based steady-state performance

P. Aguiar;C.S. Adjiman;N.P. Brandon

971
Citations
Recent Advances in Materials for Fuel Cells

N.P. Brandon;S. Skinner;B.C.H. Steele

905
Citations
Comparative analysis of battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and hybrid vehicles in a future sustainable road transport system

G.J. Offer;D.A. Howey;M. Contestabile;R. Clague

727
Citations
Electrochemical Characterization of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8 O 3 Cathodes for Intermediate-Temperature SOFCs

A. Esquirol;N. P. Brandon;J. A. Kilner;M. Mogensen

572
Citations
Laboratory study of electro-coagulation-flotation for water treatment.

Jia-Qian Jiang;Jia-Qian Jiang;Nigel Graham;Cecile André;Geoff H. Kelsall

496
Citations
A review of domestic heat pumps

Iain Staffell;Dan Brett;Nigel Brandon;Adam Hawkes

459
Citations
Review of gas diffusion cathodes for alkaline fuel cells

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

459
Citations
Hydrophilic microporous membranes for selective ion separation and flow-battery energy storage

Rui Tan;Anqi Wang;Richard Malpass-Evans;Rhodri Williams

452
Citations
Clean energy and the hydrogen economy.

Nigel Brandon;Zeynep Kurban

433
Citations
Operando Visualization and Multi-scale Tomography Studies of Dendrite Formation and Dissolution in Zinc Batteries

Vladimir Yufit;Farid Tariq;David S. Eastwood;Moshiel Biton

428
Citations
TauFactor: An open-source application for calculating tortuosity factors from tomographic data

Samuel J. Cooper;Antonio Bertei;Paul R. Shearing;J. A. Kilner

417
Citations
Anode-supported intermediate-temperature direct internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell. II. Model-based dynamic performance and control

P. Aguiar;C.S. Adjiman;N.P. Brandon

370
Citations
Characterization of the 3-dimensional microstructure of a graphite negative electrode from a Li-ion battery

P.R. Shearing;L.E. Howard;Peter Stanley Jørgensen;N.P. Brandon

363
Citations
Application of carbon materials in redox flow batteries

M.H. Chakrabarti;M.H. Chakrabarti;N.P. Brandon;S.A. Hajimolana;F. Tariq

359
Citations
Progress and outlook for solid oxide fuel cells for transportation applications

Paul Boldrin;Nigel P. Brandon

346
Citations
Hydrogen production through steam electrolysis: Model-based steady state performance of a cathode-supported intermediate temperature solid oxide electrolysis cell

J. Udagawa;P. Aguiar;N.P. Brandon

326
Citations
Strategies for carbon and sulfur tolerant solid oxide fuel cell materials, incorporating lessons from heterogeneous catalysis

Paul Boldrin;Enrique Ruiz-Trejo;Joshua Mermelstein;José Miguel Bermúdez Menéndez

308
Citations
Solid oxide fuel cell stack

Frederick James Gardner;Michael John Day;Nigel Peter Brandon;John Barry Brownell

295
Citations
Local Tortuosity Inhomogeneities in a Lithium Battery Composite Electrode

Dirk Kehrwald;Paul R. Shearing;Nigel P. Brandon;Puneet K. Sinha

281
Citations