2026 Steve Dunn: 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	44	11962	11566	485	466	139	8924

Overview

Steve Dunn is affiliated with London South Bank University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily concentrates on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions spanning several specialized subfields.

The main fields of study for Steve Dunn include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these broad disciplines, their work is focused on subfields such as:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Biomedical Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Steve Dunn's research covers a range of topics, reflecting interests in both fundamental and applied aspects of material science. Key topics include:

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
Multiferroics and Related Materials
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Their publication record includes prominent venues such as:

Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Nano Energy
Advanced Functional Materials
Progress in Materials Science
iScience

Representative papers authored or co-authored by Steve Dunn include:

"Fundamentals, advances and perspectives of piezocatalysis: A marriage of solid-state physics and catalytic chemistry," 2023, Progress in Materials Science
"Demonstration of Enhanced Piezo-Catalysis for Hydrogen Generation and Water Treatment at the Ferroelectric Curie Temperature," 2020, iScience
"Efficient Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots from a Targeted Biomass Precursor for On-Off Metal Ions Nanosensing," 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
"Continuous hydrothermal flow synthesis of blue-luminescent, excitation-independent nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots as nanosensors," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
"Ammonia Gas Sensor Response of a Vertical Zinc Oxide Nanorod-Gold Junction Diode at Room Temperature," 2020, ACS Sensors

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Suela Kellici
Haixue Yan
Thuy-Phuong T. Pham
Chris Bowen
Ioan-Alexandru Bărăgău

Best Publications

Piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials and structures for energy harvesting applications

C. R. Bowen;H. A. Kim;P. M. Weaver;S. Dunn

1218
Citations
Effect of Ferroelectricity on Solar-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of BaTiO3—Influence on the Carrier Separation and Stern Layer Formation

Yongfei Cui;Joe Briscoe;Steve Dunn

668
Citations
Piezoelectric nanogenerators – a review of nanostructured piezoelectric energy harvesters

Joe Briscoe;Steve Dunn

617
Citations
A self-powered ZnO-nanorod/CuSCN UV photodetector exhibiting rapid response.

Sabina M Hatch;Joe Briscoe;Steve Dunn

457
Citations
Light‐Emitting Diodes with Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Andrey L. Rogach;Nikolai Gaponik;John M. Lupton;Cristina Bertoni

422
Citations
Biomass‐Derived Carbon Quantum Dot Sensitizers for Solid‐State Nanostructured Solar Cells

Joe Briscoe;Adam Marinovic;Marta Sevilla;Steve Dunn

383
Citations
Atomic Polarization and Local Reactivity on Ferroelectric Surfaces: A New Route toward Complex Nanostructures

S. V. Kalinin;D. A. Bonnell;T. Alvarez;X. Lei

297
Citations
Measurement techniques for piezoelectric nanogenerators

Joe Briscoe;Nimra Jalali;Peter Woolliams;Mark Stewart

211
Citations
Lithium-induced phase transitions in lead-free Bi0. 5Na0. 5TiO3 based ceramics

G Viola;R McKinnon;Koval;A Adomkevicius

189
Citations
Effect of Internal Electric Fields on Charge Carrier Dynamics in a Ferroelectric Material for Solar Energy Conversion.

Madeleine R. Morris;Stephanie R. Pendlebury;Jongin Hong;Steve Dunn

180
Citations
Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Heterostructured Ferroelectric BaTiO3/α-Fe2O3 and the Significance of Interface Morphology Control.

Yongfei Cui;Yongfei Cui;Joe Briscoe;Yaqiong Wang;Nadezda V. Tarakina

170
Citations
Thermal Energy Harvesting Using Pyroelectric-Electrochemical Coupling in Ferroelectric Materials

Yan Zhang;Pham Thi Thuy Phuong;Eleanor Roake;Hamideh Khanbareh

147
Citations
Photochemistry on a polarisable semi-conductor: what do we understand today?

Divya Tiwari;Steve Dunn

138
Citations
Photochemical growth of silver nanoparticles on c(-) and c(+) domains on lead zirconate titanate thin films.

Steve Dunn;Paul M. Jones;Diego E. Gallardo

137
Citations
Non-volatile electrically-driven repeatable magnetization reversal with no applied magnetic field

M. Ghidini;M. Ghidini;R. Pellicelli;J.L. Prieto;X. Moya

135
Citations
Nanostructured p-n junctions for kinetic-to-electrical energy conversion.

Joe Briscoe;Mark Stewart;Melvin Vopson;Markys Cain

126
Citations
Influence of the Ferroelectric Nature of Lithium Niobate to Drive Photocatalytic Dye Decolorization under Artificial Solar Light

Matt Stock;Steve Dunn

123
Citations
Demonstration of Enhanced Piezo-Catalysis for Hydrogen Generation and Water Treatment at the Ferroelectric Curie Temperature

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119
Citations
The Future of Using Earth-Abundant Elements in Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Joe Briscoe;Steve Dunn

117
Citations
Fabrication and characterization of red-emitting electroluminescent devices based on thiol-stabilized semiconductor nanocrystals

Cristina Bertoni;Diego E. Gallardo;Steve Dunn;Nikolai Gaponik

102
Citations
The use of contact angle measurements to estimate the adhesion propensity of calcium carbonate to solid substrates in water

Sameer Bargir;Steve Dunn;Bruce Jefferson;Jitka Macadam

94
Citations