Chen Sun

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Chen Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Sun has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chen Sun's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (26 papers), Optical Network Technologies (18 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (16 papers). Chen Sun is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (26 papers), Optical Network Technologies (18 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (16 papers). Chen Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. Chen Sun's co-authors include Vladimir Stojanović, Yongjie Zhao, George Thomas Kurian, Jason Miller, Anant Agarwal, Lan Wei, Chia-Hsin Owen Chen, Li-Shiuan Peh, Mark T. Wade and Miloš A. Popović and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chen Sun

38 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Integrating photonics with silicon nanoelectronics for the next generation of systems on a chip

2018 668 citations Amir H. Atabaki, Sajjad Moazeni et al. Nature profile →
DSENT - A Tool Connecting Emerging Photonics with Electronics for Opto-Electronic Networks-on-Chip Modeling

2012 460 citations Chen Sun, Chia-Hsin Owen Chen et al. profile →
High entropy spinel-structure oxide for electrochemical application

2021 187 citations Zheng Sun, Yongjie Zhao et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chen Sun	1.9k	416	398	363	362	44	2.6k
Savaş Kaya	1.7k 0.9×	327 0.8×	202 0.5×	119 0.3×	225 0.6×	123	2.4k
Minsu Kim	1.1k 0.6×	96 0.2×	278 0.7×	206 0.6×	55 0.2×	132	1.6k
An Chen	1.4k 0.7×	73 0.2×	234 0.6×	121 0.3×	98 0.3×	80	2.4k
Tao Wei	518 0.3×	126 0.3×	102 0.3×	236 0.7×	85 0.2×	87	1.7k
Jiren Yuan	1.5k 0.8×	143 0.3×	121 0.3×	120 0.3×	215 0.6×	126	1.9k
Max M. Shulaker	2.8k 1.5×	103 0.2×	373 0.9×	143 0.4×	172 0.5×	68	4.0k
Gage Hills	2.2k 1.1×	115 0.3×	334 0.8×	114 0.3×	144 0.4×	53	3.3k
Zhiyi Yu	1.6k 0.9×	111 0.3×	314 0.8×	439 1.2×	121 0.3×	121	2.3k
Roy Paily	1.2k 0.6×	163 0.4×	114 0.3×	44 0.1×	49 0.1×	165	1.6k
Tae Young Lee	690 0.4×	329 0.8×	362 0.9×	199 0.5×	18 0.0×	60	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Chen Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chen Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chen Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chen Sun. The network helps show where Chen Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chen Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chen Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chen Sun. Chen Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Zhikang, Guoping Zhao, Hao Li, et al.. (2025). Synergistically optimized boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond anodes for enhanced durability in electrochemical wastewater oxidation. Separation and Purification Technology. 379. 134846–134846.

Gao, Fei, Chen Sun, Ruyi Zhong, & Qiang Sun. (2025). Lignin-derived hard carbon with tailored microstructure as anode for high-performance sodium-ion battery. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 1000. 119644–119644.

Zhang, Chong, Alex J. Hsieh, Haiwei Lu, et al.. (2025). Connectorized Optical I/O Chiplet with V-groove for AI and High Performance Computing. Th3H.2–Th3H.2.

Bhargava, Pavan, Derek Van Orden, Derek Kita, et al.. (2024). A 256Gbps Microring-Based WDM Transceiver with Error-Free Wide Temperature Operation for Co-Packaged Optical I/O Chiplets. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

Xue, Qiannan, et al.. (2024). Transmembrane Potential Monitoring Using a Field‐Effect Transistor‐Based Flexible Device System. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(16). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Menglun, Pengfei Niu, Chen Sun, et al.. (2024). Knee function assessment of anterior cruciate ligament injury with a Kirigami buckling‐resistant stretchable sensor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(5). 2 indexed citations

Sun, Chen, Meng Li, Yang Li, et al.. (2024). Na_2.5VTi_0.5Al_0.5(PO₄)₃ as Long Lifespan Cathode for Fast Charging Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(23). 37 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Chen Sun, Yang Li, Haibo Jin, & Yongjie Zhao. (2023). Recent progress of Mn-based NASICON-type sodium ion cathodes. Energy storage materials. 57. 69–80. 72 indexed citations

Sun, Zheng, Yongjie Zhao, Chen Sun, et al.. (2021). High entropy spinel-structure oxide for electrochemical application. Chemical Engineering Journal. 431. 133448–133448. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atabaki, Amir H., Sajjad Moazeni, Fabio Pavanello, et al.. (2018). Integrating photonics with silicon nanoelectronics for the next generation of systems on a chip. Nature. 556(7701). 349–354. 668 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Chen, Mark T. Wade, Michael Georgas, et al.. (2016). A 45 nm CMOS-SOI Monolithic Photonics Platform With Bit-Statistics-Based Resonant Microring Thermal Tuning. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 51(4). 893–907. 115 indexed citations

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Lee, Yunsup, Andrew Waterman, Rimas Avižienis, et al.. (2014). A 45nm 1.3GHz 16.7 double-precision GFLOPS/W RISC-V processor with vector accelerators. 199–202. 99 indexed citations

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Shainline, Jeffrey M., Jason S. Orcutt, Mark T. Wade, et al.. (2013). Depletion-mode carrier-plasma optical modulator in zero-change advanced CMOS. Optics Letters. 38(15). 2657–2657. 47 indexed citations

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Sun, Danping, Quan Zou, Guoqiang Qian, et al.. (2013). Controlled synthesis of porous Fe3O4-decorated graphene with extraordinary electromagnetic wave absorption properties. Acta Materialia. 61(15). 5829–5834. 168 indexed citations

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Sun, Chen, Yu‐Hsin Chen, & Vladimir Stojanović. (2013). Designing processor-memory interfaces with monolithically integrated silicon-photonics. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Chen, Erman Timurdogan, Michael R. Watts, & Vladimir Stojanović. (2013). Integrated microring tuning in deep-trench bulk CMOS. 54–55. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Chen, Chia-Hsin Owen Chen, George Thomas Kurian, et al.. (2012). DSENT - A Tool Connecting Emerging Photonics with Electronics for Opto-Electronic Networks-on-Chip Modeling. 201–210. 460 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kurian, George Thomas, Chen Sun, Chia-Hsin Owen Chen, et al.. (2012). Cross-layer Energy and Performance Evaluation of a Nanophotonic Manycore Processor System Using Real Application Workloads. 1117–1130. 32 indexed citations

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Orcutt, Jason S., Benjamin Moss, Chen Sun, et al.. (2012). Low loss waveguide integration within a thin-SOI CMOS foundry. 25–26. 2 indexed citations

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Beamer, Scott, Chen Sun, Yong-Jin Kwon, et al.. (2010). Re-architecting DRAM memory systems with monolithically integrated silicon photonics. ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News. 38(3). 129–140. 26 indexed citations

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