Chenkai Sun

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
86 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Chenkai Sun is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chenkai Sun has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chenkai Sun's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (59 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (59 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (40 papers). Chenkai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (59 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (59 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (40 papers). Chenkai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Chenkai Sun's co-authors include Yongfang Li, Zhiguo Zhang, Beibei Qiu, Ling‐Wei Xue, Lei Meng, Chunfeng Zhang, Haijun Bin, Changduk Yang, Shanshan Chen and Min Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chenkai Sun

77 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

A low cost and high performance polymer donor material fo... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 2020 2019 200 400 600
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.

  1. A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells
    2018 737 citations Chenkai Sun, Fei Pan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells
    2020 666 citations Jia Yao, Beibei Qiu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with Efficient Hole Transfer at Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offset between Methylated Polymer Donor and Brominated Acceptor
    2020 392 citations Chenkai Sun, Shucheng Qin et al. profile →
  4. Highly Efficient Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cells Operate at Near Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offsets
    2019 385 citations Chenkai Sun, Yongfang Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chenkai Sun China 34 5.5k 4.8k 651 308 303 86 6.0k
Xiaopeng Xu China 47 7.8k 1.4× 7.1k 1.5× 704 1.1× 356 1.2× 486 1.6× 160 8.3k
Dan Liu China 36 4.0k 0.7× 3.0k 0.6× 988 1.5× 322 1.0× 267 0.9× 116 4.5k
Changyeon Lee South Korea 32 4.8k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 521 0.8× 550 1.8× 230 0.8× 66 5.2k
Zhengxing Peng United States 36 5.0k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 384 0.6× 338 1.1× 213 0.7× 56 5.3k
Xichang Bao China 44 5.5k 1.0× 4.5k 0.9× 949 1.5× 438 1.4× 250 0.8× 234 6.0k
Kai Zhang China 53 9.0k 1.6× 7.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.7× 763 2.5× 396 1.3× 169 9.6k
Jegadesan Subbiah Australia 37 5.6k 1.0× 4.1k 0.9× 1.7k 2.6× 537 1.7× 395 1.3× 97 6.3k
Christos L. Chochos Greece 33 2.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.4× 999 1.5× 298 1.0× 411 1.4× 91 3.2k
Sarah Holliday United Kingdom 18 5.1k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 679 1.0× 274 0.9× 526 1.7× 25 5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chenkai Sun

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All Works

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Wu, Xin, J.B. Zhang, Xiaolei Kong, et al.. (2025). Suppressing Voltage Loss and Improving Charge Generation via Fluorinated Molecular Backbone of Low-Cost Polymers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(7). 4527–4536.
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Li, Zhenyu, Xinjia Zhang, Xiaolei Kong, et al.. (2025). Ultrafast charge transfer and suppressed non-radiative energy loss enabled by trifluoromethyl-substituted low-cost polymer donors for efficient organic solar cells. Science China Chemistry. 68(8). 3797–3806. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Qian, et al.. (2025). Combinative dual-nanoparticle assembly improves oxygen-autarky PDT efficacy in hypoxic tumors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163836–163836. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiaolei, Xinjia Zhang, Zhenyu Li, et al.. (2025). High-performance binary organic solar cells by simultaneously enhancing exciton diffusion and charge transport in small molecule acceptors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160740–160740. 5 indexed citations
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Han, Mengqi, Ruimin Zhou, Chen Ge, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the Potential of Two‐Terminal Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells: Mechanisms, Status, and Challenges. Advanced Materials. 36(26). e2402143–e2402143. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Xin, J.B. Zhang, Yilei Wu, et al.. (2024). 19.36% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Based on Low‐Cost Terpolymer Donors with Simple Molecular Structures. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(44). 20 indexed citations
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Cheng, Hao, Xin Chen, Mingjie Song, et al.. (2023). Perovskite-derived pro-photosensitizer enables sustainable photodynamic therapy in hypoxia tumors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 468. 143457–143457. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenkai, Tie Xu, ChengXiang Zhai, & Heng Ji. (2023). Incorporating Task-Specific Concept Knowledge into Script Learning. 3026–3040. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenqing, Chenkai Sun, Shucheng Qin, et al.. (2021). A Cost-Effective Alpha-Fluorinated Bithienyl Benzodithiophene Unit for High-Performance Polymer Donor Material. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(46). 55403–55411. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jianfeng, Chenkai Sun, Ailing Tang, et al.. (2020). Utilizing an electron-deficient thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) unit as a π-bridge to improve the photovoltaic performance of A–π–D–π–A type acceptors. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(45). 15981–15984. 27 indexed citations
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Xu, Yongjing, Bo Liu, Liming Zou, Chenkai Sun, & Wengang Li. (2020). Preparation and characterization of PLLA/chitosan-graft-poly (ε-caprolactone) (CS-g-PCL) composite fibrous mats: The microstructure, performance and proliferation assessment. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 162. 320–332. 16 indexed citations
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Yao, Jia, Beibei Qiu, Zhiguo Zhang, et al.. (2020). Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2726–2726. 666 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pan, Fei, Chenkai Sun, Yingfen Li, et al.. (2019). Solution-processable n-doped graphene-containing cathode interfacial materials for high-performance organic solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(11). 3400–3411. 147 indexed citations
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Luo, Zhenghui, Chenkai Sun, Shanshan Chen, et al.. (2018). Side‐Chain Impact on Molecular Orientation of Organic Semiconductor Acceptors: High Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Thick Active Layer over 400 nm. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(23). 126 indexed citations
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Qiu, Beibei, Shanshan Chen, Ling‐Wei Xue, et al.. (2018). Effects of Alkoxy and Fluorine Atom Substitution of Donor Molecules on the Morphology and Photovoltaic Performance of All Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells. Frontiers in Chemistry. 6. 413–413. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenkai, Fei Pan, Haijun Bin, et al.. (2018). A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 743–743. 737 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bin, Haijun, Zhong Lian, Yankang Yang, et al.. (2017). Medium Bandgap Polymer Donor Based on Bi(trialkylsilylthienyl‐benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]‐difuran) for High Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 7(20). 76 indexed citations

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