2026 Peter Kelly: 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	47	11014	10642	450	431	206	11115

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Overview

Peter Kelly is affiliated with Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom and has a research profile spanning engineering, materials science, and energy. Their work focuses primarily on advanced materials and photocatalytic technologies with applications ranging from energy to environmental treatment.

The main fields of study covered by Peter Kelly include:

Engineering
Materials Science
Energy

Subfields in which they have published extensively include:

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Biomedical Engineering

Their research addresses multiple topics, notable among these are:

Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Peter Kelly has contributed to a significant body of research published in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

Surface and Coatings Technology
Corrosion Science
Thin Solid Films
Applied Surface Science
Antibiotics

Their recent papers highlight a variety of materials and applications:

"A conformable high temperature nitride coating for Ti alloys", 2020, Acta Materialia
"Magnetron co-sputtered Bi12TiO20/Bi4Ti3O12 composite - An efficient photocatalytic material with photoinduced oxygen vacancies for water treatment application", 2021, Applied Surface Science
"TiO2 supported natural zeolites as biogas enhancers through photocatalytic pre-treatment of Miscanthus x giganteous crops", 2020, Energy
"Burst and oxidation behavior of Cr-coated Zirlo during simulated LOCA testing", 2022, Journal of Nuclear Materials
"Design and optimisation of a low-cost titanium dioxide-coated stainless steel mesh photocatalytic water treatment reactor", 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Justyna Kulczyk-Malecka
Marina Ratova
Zhaohe Gao
James Redfern
Ping Xiao

Best Publications

Magnetron sputtering: a review of recent developments and applications

P.J Kelly;R.D Arnell

2595
Citations
3D Printed Graphene Based Energy Storage Devices

Christopher W. Foster;Michael P. Down;Yan Zhang;Xiaobo Ji

463
Citations
Determination of the Electrochemical Area of Screen-Printed Electrochemical Sensing Platforms.

Alejandro García-Miranda Ferrari;Christopher W Foster;Peter J Kelly;Dale A C Brownson

429
Citations
Electrical and Optical Properties of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering

Ziad Y. Banyamin;Peter J. Kelly;Glen West;Jeffery Boardman

320
Citations
The effect of crystalline phase (anatase, brookite and rutile) and size on the photocatalytic activity of calcined polymorphic titanium dioxide (TiO2)

Norman S. Allen;Noredine Mahdjoub;Vladimir Vishnyakov;Peter J. Kelly

248
Citations
Recent advances in magnetron sputtering

R.D Arnell;P.J Kelly

216
Citations
Comparison of the tribological and antimicrobial properties of CrN/Ag, ZrN/Ag, TiN/Ag, and TiN/Cu nanocomposite coatings

P.J. Kelly;H. Li;P.S. Benson;K.A. Whitehead

199
Citations
Development of a novel structure zone model relating to the closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering system

P. J. Kelly;R. D. Arnell

195
Citations
Control of the structure and properties of aluminum oxide coatings deposited by pulsed magnetron sputtering

P. J. Kelly;R. D. Arnell

195
Citations
Time-resolved Langmuir probe measurements at the substrate position in a pulsed mid-frequency DC magnetron plasma

J.W Bradley;H Bäcker;P.J Kelly;R.D Arnell

187
Citations
The distribution of ion energies at the substrate in an asymmetric bi-polar pulsed DC magnetron discharge

J W Bradley;H Bäcker;Y Aranda-Gonzalvo;P J Kelly

176
Citations
The evolution of the plasma potential in a HiPIMS discharge and its relationship to deposition rate

Anurag Mishra;P J Kelly;J W Bradley

164
Citations
The structure and properties of copper oxide and copper aluminium oxide coatings prepared by pulsed magnetron sputtering of powder targets

E.M. Alkoy;E.M. Alkoy;P.J. Kelly

163
Citations
Reactive pulsed magnetron sputtering process for alumina films

P. J. Kelly;P. S. Henderson;R. D. Arnell;G. A. Roche

162
Citations
A study of the antimicrobial and tribological properties of TiN/Ag nanocomposite coatings

Peter Kelly;Heqing Li;Kathryn A. Whitehead;Joanna Verran

161
Citations
Recent developments in pulsed magnetron sputtering

Robert Derek Arnell;PJ Kelly;JW Bradley

142
Citations
Space and time resolved Langmuir probe measurements in a 100 kHz pulsed rectangular magnetron system

J.W. Bradley;H. Bäcker;P.J. Kelly;R.D. Arnell

132
Citations
A comparison of the properties of titanium-based films produced by pulsed and continuous DC magnetron sputtering

P.J. Kelly;C.F. Beevers;P.S. Henderson;R.D. Arnell

125
Citations
The characteristics of aluminium-doped zinc oxide films prepared by pulsed magnetron sputtering from powder targets

Y. Zhou;P.J. Kelly;A. Postill;O. Abu-Zeid

124
Citations
2D nanosheet molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) modified electrodes explored towards the hydrogen evolution reaction

Samuel J. Rowley-Neale;Dale A. C. Brownson;Graham C. Smith;David A. G. Sawtell

123
Citations