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Tsun-Kong Sham 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 Tsun-Kong Sham sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 556 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tsun-Kong Sham 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 Tsun-Kong Sham sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Tsun-Kong Sham is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has a research focus mainly in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Among frequent publication venues, Tsun-Kong Sham has contributed notably to:

  • Nature Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Their recent papers include:

  • "Boosting CO2 Electroreduction to CH4 via Tuning Neighboring Single-Copper Sites" (2020, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2+ Alcohols at Defect-Site-Rich Cu Surface" (2021, Joule)
  • "Double sulfur vacancies by lithium tuning enhance CO2 electroreduction to n-propanol" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Selective CO-to-acetate electroreduction via intermediate adsorption tuning on ordered Cu-Pd sites" (2022, Nature Catalysis)
  • "Tuning OH binding energy enables selective electrochemical oxidation of ethylene to ethylene glycol" (2020, Nature Catalysis)

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Xueliang Sun
  • Zhiqiang Wang
  • Ruying Li
  • Jiatang Chen
  • Jianwen Liang

Tsun-Kong Sham was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012 for contributions acknowledged by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Niancai Cheng;Samantha Stambula;Da Wang;Mohammad Norouzi Banis

  • An Electrochemical Avenue to Blue Luminescent Nanocrystals from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)

    Jigang Zhou;Christina Booker;Ruying Li;Xingtai Zhou

  • Dopant-induced electron localization drives CO 2 reduction to C 2 hydrocarbons

    Yansong Zhou;Yansong Zhou;Fanglin Che;Min Liu;Min Liu;Chengqin Zou

  • Single-atom Catalysis Using Pt/Graphene Achieved through Atomic Layer Deposition

    Shuhui Sun;Shuhui Sun;Gaixia Zhang;Gaixia Zhang;Nicolas Gauquelin;Ning Chen

  • Air-stable Li3InCl6 electrolyte with high voltage compatibility for all-solid-state batteries

    Xiaona Li;Jianwen Liang;Jing Luo;Mohammad Norouzi Banis;Mohammad Norouzi Banis

  • Observation of lithiation-induced structural variations in TiO2 nanotube arrays by X-ray absorption fine structure

    Dongniu Wang;Lijia Liu;Xueliang Sun;Tsun-Kong Sham

  • Nitrogen doping effects on the structure of graphene

    Dongsheng Geng;Songlan Yang;Yong Zhang;Jinli Yang

  • Atomic layer deposited Pt-Ru dual-metal dimers and identifying their active sites for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Lei Zhang;Rutong Si;Hanshuo Liu;Ning Chen

  • Chainlike silicon nanowires: Morphology, electronic structure and luminescence studies

    X. H. Sun;N. B. Wong;C. P. Li;S. T. Lee

  • X-ray studies of the structure and electronic behavior of alkanethiolate-capped gold nanoparticles: the interplay of size and surface effects

    Peng Zhang;T. K. Sham

  • Boosting CO2 Electroreduction to CH4 via Tuning Neighboring Single-Copper Sites

    Anxiang Guan;Zheng Chen;Yueli Quan;Chen Peng

  • Zeolite-Confined Nano-RuO2: A Green, Selective, and Efficient Catalyst for Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation

    Bi-Zeng Zhan;Mary Anne White;Tsun-Kong Sham;James A Pincock

  • Water-Mediated Synthesis of a Superionic Halide Solid Electrolyte

    Xiaona Li;Jianwen Liang;Ning Chen;Jing Luo

  • Proto-calcite and proto-vaterite in amorphous calcium carbonates.

    Denis Gebauer;Philips N. Gunawidjaja;J. Y. Peter Ko;Zoltan Bacsik

  • Promoting the Transformation of Li2S2 to Li2S: Significantly Increasing Utilization of Active Materials for High‐Sulfur‐Loading Li–S Batteries

    Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xuejie Gao;Qian Sun;Sara Panahian Jand

  • Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of a Core–Shell MWCNT/GONR Heterostructure for the Electrochemical Detection of Ascorbic Acid, Dopamine, and Uric Acid

    Chia-Liang Sun;Ching-Tang Chang;Hsin-Hsien Lee;Jigang Zhou

  • Layer by layer assembly of sandwiched graphene/SnO2 nanorod/carbon nanostructures with ultrahigh lithium ion storage properties

    Dongniu Wang;Jinli Yang;Xifei Li;Dongsheng Geng

  • Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2+ Alcohols at Defect-Site-Rich Cu Surface

    Zhengxiang Gu;Hao Shen;Zheng Chen;Yaoyue Yang

  • Site-Specific Fragmentation of Small Molecules Following Soft-X-Ray Excitation.

    W. Eberhardt;T. K. Sham;R. Carr;S. Krummacher

  • Double sulfur vacancies by lithium tuning enhance CO2 electroreduction to n-propanol.

    Chen Peng;Gan Luo;Junbo Zhang;Menghuan Chen

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies of clean and hydrated TiO2 (rutile) surfaces

    T.K. Sham;M.S. Lazarus

  • LiFePO4–graphene as a superior cathode material for rechargeable lithium batteries: impact of stacked graphene and unfolded graphene

    Jinli Yang;Jiajun Wang;Yongji Tang;Dongniu Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Ruying Li
Ruying Li University of Western Ontario
Mohammad Norouzi Banis
Mohammad Norouzi Banis General Motors (United States)
Yongfeng Hu
Yongfeng Hu Canadian Light Source (Canada)
Qian Sun
Qian Sun University of Western Ontario
Jigang Zhou
Jigang Zhou Canadian Light Source (Canada)
Xuhui Sun
Xuhui Sun Soochow University
Jun Li
Jun Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yang Zhao
Yang Zhao University of Western Ontario
Keegan R. Adair
Keegan R. Adair University of Western Ontario

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