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D-Index
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Citations
33686
World Ranking
1268
National Ranking
52

Chemistry

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1627
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Nigel P. Brandon 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 Nigel P. Brandon sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 477 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nigel P. Brandon 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 Nigel P. Brandon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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

  • 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

  • Intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells

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

  • Hydrogen and fuel cells: Towards a sustainable energy future

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

  • 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

  • Recent Advances in Materials for Fuel Cells

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Laboratory study of electro-coagulation-flotation for water treatment.

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Clean energy and the hydrogen economy.

    Nigel Brandon;Zeynep Kurban

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Application of carbon materials in redox flow batteries

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

  • Progress and outlook for solid oxide fuel cells for transportation applications

    Paul Boldrin;Nigel P. Brandon

  • 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

  • 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

  • Solid oxide fuel cell stack

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

  • Local Tortuosity Inhomogeneities in a Lithium Battery Composite Electrode

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Yufit
Vladimir Yufit Imperial College London
Dan J. L. Brett
Dan J. L. Brett University College London
Paul R. Shearing
Paul R. Shearing University College London
Gregory J. Offer
Gregory J. Offer Imperial College London
Adam Hawkes
Adam Hawkes Imperial College London
Claire S. Adjiman
Claire S. Adjiman Imperial College London
Anthony Kucernak
Anthony Kucernak Imperial College London
John A. Kilner
John A. Kilner Imperial College London
Lesley F. Cohen
Lesley F. Cohen Imperial College London
Philip J. Withers
Philip J. Withers University of Manchester

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