Standout Papers

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 2010 2026 2015 2020 7.8k
  1. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2010)
    Anders Hagfeldt, Gerrit Boschloo et al. Chemical Reviews
  2. A molecular ruthenium catalyst with water-oxidation activity comparable to that of photosystem II (2012)
    Lele Duan, Fernando Bozoglián et al. Nature Chemistry
  3. Design of Organic Dyes and Cobalt Polypyridine Redox Mediators for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2010)
    Sandra M. Feldt, Elizabeth A. Gibson et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  4. Nickel–vanadium monolayer double hydroxide for efficient electrochemical water oxidation (2016)
    Ke Fan, Hong Chen et al. Nature Communications
  5. Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts (2019)
    Biaobiao Zhang, Licheng Sun Chemical Society Reviews
  6. A novel organic chromophore for dye-sensitized nanostructured solar cells (2006)
    Daniel P. Hagberg, Tomas Edvinsson et al. Chemical Communications
  7. Molecular Engineering of Organic Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications (2008)
    Daniel P. Hagberg, Jun‐Ho Yum et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  8. Engineering single-atomic ruthenium catalytic sites on defective nickel-iron layered double hydroxide for overall water splitting (2021)
    Panlong Zhai, Mingyue Xia et al. Nature Communications
  9. Tuning the HOMO and LUMO Energy Levels of Organic Chromophores for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (2007)
    Daniel P. Hagberg, Tannia Marinado et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  10. Engineering active sites on hierarchical transition bimetal oxides/sulfides heterostructure array enabling robust overall water splitting (2020)
    Panlong Zhai, Yanxue Zhang et al. Nature Communications
  11. Metal–organic frameworks and their derivatives as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (2021)
    Jian Du, Fei Li et al. Chemical Society Reviews
  12. Direct Observation of Structural Evolution of Metal Chalcogenide in Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation (2018)
    Ke Fan, Haiyuan Zou et al. ACS Nano
  13. Rational Design of Nanoarray Architectures for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting (2019)
    Jungang Hou, Yunzhen Wu et al. Advanced Functional Materials
  14. Recent Progress on Hole‐Transporting Materials for Emerging Organometal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells (2015)
    Ze Yu, Licheng Sun Advanced Energy Materials
  15. Engineering Single-Atom Active Sites on Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting CO2 Photoreduction (2022)
    Lei Ran, Zhuwei Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  16. Regulating electronic states of nitride/hydroxide to accelerate kinetics for oxygen evolution at large current density (2023)
    Panlong Zhai, Chen Wang et al. Nature Communications
  17. Identification of the Origin for Reconstructed Active Sites on Oxyhydroxide for Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2022)
    Chen Wang, Panlong Zhai et al. Advanced Materials
  18. Triggering Lattice Oxygen Activation of Single‐Atomic Mo Sites Anchored on Ni–Fe Oxyhydroxides Nanoarrays for Electrochemical Water Oxidation (2022)
    Yunzhen Wu, Yuanyuan Zhao et al. Advanced Materials
  19. Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites (2022)
    Hao Yang, Fusheng Li et al. Nature Catalysis
  20. Efficient urea electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide and nitrate via alternating Cu–W bimetallic C–N coupling sites (2023)
    Yilong Zhao, Yunxuan Ding et al. Nature Communications
  21. Highly Efficient Biomass Upgrading by a Ni−Cu Electrocatalyst Featuring Passivation of Water Oxidation Activity (2023)
    Dexin Chen, Yunxuan Ding et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  22. Seed-assisted formation of NiFe anode catalysts for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis at industrial-scale current density (2024)
    Gaoxin Lin, Linqin Wang et al. Nature Catalysis
  23. Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Bearing Quinuclidinium for High‐performance Water Electrolysis (2024)
    Rong Ren, Lanlan He et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  24. Aqueous-based recycling of perovskite photovoltaics (2025)
    Xun Xiao, Niansheng Xu et al. Nature

Immediate Impact

8 by Nobel laureates 27 from Science/Nature 256 standout
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Citing Papers

Polyoxometalated metal-organic framework superstructure for stable water oxidation
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19 intermediate papers

Works of Licheng Sun being referenced

Temperature dependence of electrocatalytic water oxidation: a triple device model with a photothermal collector and photovoltaic cell coupled to an electrolyzer
2016
A molecular ruthenium catalyst with water-oxidation activity comparable to that of photosystem II
2012 Standout
and 15 more

Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Licheng Sun 46669 32084 26185 906 66.8k
Héctor D. Abruña 14896 15203 31129 569 46.2k
Thomas J. Meyer 27304 28100 17176 835 67.9k
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin 41441 56142 49835 521 89.8k
Nathan S. Lewis 38072 27058 32494 584 63.4k
Xin Wang 41636 31067 38211 1.0k 71.5k
Can Li 48325 59165 25945 1.4k 88.6k
Michael Gräetzel 21929 28865 24111 328 48.7k
Qiang Xü 23752 43568 22768 637 75.8k
Yi Xie 59193 54853 49822 966 98.9k
James R. Durrant 30494 30478 38605 581 67.8k

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