Brian Steele

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Brian Steele is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Steele has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Materials Chemistry, 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Brian Steele's work include Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (11 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (4 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (4 papers). Brian Steele is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (11 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (4 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (4 papers). Brian Steele collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Greece and Germany. Brian Steele's co-authors include Angelika Heinzel, Geoffrey J. Dudley, John McAleese, John C. Plakatouras, M. Nauer, A. Atkinson, Nigel P. Brandon, Robert Rudkin, Arthur T. Howe and Klaus Hellgardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Power Sources and Journal of Materials Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brian Steele

18 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Materials for fuel-cell technologies

2001 6.8k citations Brian Steele, Angelika Heinzel Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Steele United Kingdom	14	4.9k	4.0k	3.2k	1.5k	935	18	7.5k
Ke Yu China	50	4.7k 0.9×	4.1k 1.0×	3.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	723 0.8×	188	7.9k
B.C.H. Steele United Kingdom	39	7.3k 1.5×	3.1k 0.8×	902 0.3×	2.8k 1.8×	1.5k 1.6×	112	9.1k
Chao Zhang China	48	4.2k 0.9×	4.4k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.7×	538 0.6×	138	7.8k
Li‐Yong Gan China	47	4.8k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	4.4k 1.4×	775 0.5×	657 0.7×	195	8.0k
Zhanglian Hong China	43	3.7k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	4.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	270 0.3×	132	7.0k
Shintaro Ida Japan	40	4.5k 0.9×	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	400 0.4×	228	6.5k
Hiroshi Nishiyama Japan	37	5.1k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	5.8k 1.8×	657 0.4×	403 0.4×	105	7.1k
Azzam N. Mansour United States	42	2.5k 0.5×	4.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	444 0.5×	137	6.4k
Yasumichi Matsumoto Japan	43	5.1k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	175 0.2×	180	7.4k
Gonglan Ye China	33	6.2k 1.3×	4.7k 1.2×	4.3k 1.4×	926 0.6×	349 0.4×	51	9.1k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Brandon, Nigel P., et al.. (2003). The impact of wood-derived gasification gases on Ni-CGO anodes in intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 126(1-2). 58–66. 68 indexed citations

Steele, Brian & Angelika Heinzel. (2001). Materials for fuel-cell technologies. Nature. 414(6861). 345–352. 6751 indexed citations breakdown →

Sahibzada, M., et al.. (2000). Intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells operated with methanol fuels. Chemical Engineering Science. 55(16). 3077–3083. 40 indexed citations

Steele, Brian. (1999). Running on natural gas. Nature. 400(6745). 619–621. 295 indexed citations

McAleese, John & Brian Steele. (1998). Corrosion of ferritic stainless steel during metal-organic chemical vapour deposition growth using a fluorinated precursor. Corrosion Science. 40(1). 113–123. 7 indexed citations

Steele, Brian. (1998). Ceramic ion conducting membranes and their technological applications. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIC - Chemistry. 1(9). 533–543. 13 indexed citations

Steele, Brian, Robert E. Newnham, & A.G. Evans. (1997). Ceramics, composites and intergrowths. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 2(5). 563–565. 1 indexed citations

Steele, Brian. (1996). Ceramic ion conducting membranes. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 1(5). 684–691. 111 indexed citations

McAleese, John, Jawwad A. Darr, & Brian Steele. (1996). The synthesis and thermal evaluation of a novel cerium precursor to grow thick ceria films by metal‐organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Chemical Vapor Deposition. 2(6). 244–247. 14 indexed citations

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McAleese, John, John C. Plakatouras, & Brian Steele. (1996). Thin film growth of gadolinia by metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD). Thin Solid Films. 286(1-2). 64–71. 26 indexed citations

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McAleese, John, John C. Plakatouras, & Brian Steele. (1996). The use of Ce(fod)4 as a precursor for the growth of ceria films by metal-organic chemical vapour deposition. Thin Solid Films. 280(1-2). 152–159. 40 indexed citations

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Nauer, M., et al.. (1994). An evaluation of Ce-Pr oxides and Ce-Pr-Nb oxides mixed conductors for cathodes of solid oxide fuel cells: Structure, thermal expansion and electrical conductivity. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 14(6). 493–499. 61 indexed citations

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Turrillas, X., et al.. (1992). Phase relationships and electrical properties of Ti₃O₅, CrTi₂O₅and the pseudobrookite-type systems Mg_xTi_{3 –x}O₅and Li_xTi_{3 –x}O₅. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 2(12). 1249–1256. 16 indexed citations

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Steele, Brian, et al.. (1991). ZrO2CeO2Y2O3: electrical and mechanical property relationships with the microstructure. Materials Science and Engineering B. 8(4). 265–271. 9 indexed citations

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Norton, M. Grant, et al.. (1990). Brazing of aluminum nitride substrates. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 5(10). 2172–2176. 14 indexed citations

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Norton, M. Grant, et al.. (1989). A Technique for Brazing Aluminum Nitride Substrates. MRS Proceedings. 167. 2 indexed citations

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Dudley, Geoffrey J. & Brian Steele. (1977). Studies of potassium ferrite K1+xFe11O17. III. Ionic conductivity and chemical diffusion. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 21(1). 1–12. 37 indexed citations

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Dudley, Geoffrey J., Brian Steele, & Arthur T. Howe. (1976). Studies of potassium ferrite K1+xFe11O17. I. Electronic conductivity and defect structure. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 18(2). 141–147. 40 indexed citations

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