Cunfa Sun

1.4k total citations
26 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Cunfa Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cunfa Sun has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 6 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cunfa Sun's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (18 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (10 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Cunfa Sun is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (18 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (10 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Cunfa Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Cunfa Sun's co-authors include Boon K. Teo, Geng‐Geng Luo, Di Sun, Nanfeng Zheng, Jinqing Lin, Carlo Nervi, Roberto Gobetto, Chenglong Deng, Lan‐Sun Zheng and Juanzhu Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Cunfa Sun

24 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cunfa Sun China 16 1.0k 467 285 209 169 26 1.2k
Xiang‐Sha Du United States 19 2.1k 2.1× 995 2.1× 348 1.2× 254 1.2× 239 1.4× 27 2.3k
Rajendra S. Dhayal India 21 1.3k 1.3× 612 1.3× 574 2.0× 168 0.8× 462 2.7× 37 1.8k
Yu‐Chiao Liu Taiwan 24 1.4k 1.4× 864 1.9× 394 1.4× 258 1.2× 312 1.8× 56 1.9k
Guocheng Deng China 25 1.7k 1.7× 792 1.7× 224 0.8× 259 1.2× 367 2.2× 46 2.1k
Hanbao Chong China 16 1.1k 1.0× 435 0.9× 178 0.6× 151 0.7× 307 1.8× 36 1.3k
Lun Luo China 11 396 0.4× 252 0.5× 177 0.6× 117 0.6× 253 1.5× 31 714
William T. Eckenhoff United States 17 1.8k 1.8× 1.0k 2.2× 290 1.0× 720 3.4× 680 4.0× 26 2.9k
Lars Gell Finland 12 1.3k 1.3× 864 1.9× 76 0.3× 48 0.2× 68 0.4× 16 1.4k
Shengli Zhuang China 24 1.7k 1.6× 949 2.0× 106 0.4× 145 0.7× 106 0.6× 49 1.7k
Ying‐Zi Han China 17 897 0.9× 447 1.0× 209 0.7× 69 0.3× 166 1.0× 28 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cunfa Sun

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ge, Xin, Rui Chen, Fang Lei, et al.. (2025). Surface defects in atom-precise copper nanoclusters and their different catalytic efficiencies. Nanoscale. 17(44). 25490–25494.
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Ge, Xin, et al.. (2024). Atom-precise copper nanoclusters based on FCC, BCC, and HCP structures. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 503. 215667–215667. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Simin, Huijun Chen, Xueli Sun, et al.. (2023). DppfCuBH4: new reducing agents for the synthesis of ferrocene-functionalized metal nanoclusters. Dalton Transactions. 52(30). 10332–10337. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Geng‐Geng, Zhong‐Hua Pan, Bao‐Liang Han, et al.. (2023). Total Structure, Electronic Structure and Catalytic Hydrogenation Activity of Metal‐Deficient Chiral Polyhydride Cu57 Nanoclusters. Angewandte Chemie. 135(37).
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Luo, Geng‐Geng, Zhong‐Hua Pan, Bao‐Liang Han, et al.. (2023). Total Structure, Electronic Structure and Catalytic Hydrogenation Activity of Metal‐Deficient Chiral Polyhydride Cu57 Nanoclusters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(37). e202306849–e202306849. 55 indexed citations
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Pan, Zhong‐Hua, Bao‐Liang Han, Peng Tao, et al.. (2023). Multi‐layer 3D Chirality and Double‐Helical Assembly in a Copper Nanocluster with a Triple‐Helical Cu 15 Core. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(24). e202302595–e202302595. 64 indexed citations
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Pan, Zhong‐Hua, Bao‐Liang Han, Peng Tao, et al.. (2023). Multi‐layer 3D Chirality and Double‐Helical Assembly in a Copper Nanocluster with a Triple‐Helical Cu 15 Core. Angewandte Chemie. 135(24). 1 indexed citations
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He, Jiao, Chenglong Deng, Cunfa Sun, et al.. (2021). Controllable spontaneous resolution in ultrasmall Cu–Ag bimetallic cluster ion pairs from achiral components. Chemical Communications. 58(10). 1577–1580. 7 indexed citations
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Han, Bao‐Liang, Cunfa Sun, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2021). Observation of a bcc-like framework in polyhydrido copper nanoclusters. Nanoscale. 13(46). 19642–19649. 16 indexed citations
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Deng, Chenglong, Cunfa Sun, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2020). A Sodalite‐Type Silver Orthophosphate Cluster in a Globular Silver Nanocluster. Angewandte Chemie. 132(31). 12759–12763. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Cunfa, Boon K. Teo, Chenglong Deng, et al.. (2020). Hydrido-coinage-metal clusters: Rational design, synthetic protocols and structural characteristics. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 427. 213576–213576. 143 indexed citations
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Deng, Chenglong, Cunfa Sun, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2020). A Sodalite‐Type Silver Orthophosphate Cluster in a Globular Silver Nanocluster. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(31). 12659–12663. 48 indexed citations
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Sun, Cunfa, Xihua Li, Sami Malola, et al.. (2019). Combinatorial Identification of Hydrides in a Ligated Ag40 Nanocluster with Noncompact Metal Core. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(30). 11905–11911. 75 indexed citations
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Yuan, Peng, Ruihao Chen, Xiaomin Zhang, et al.. (2018). Ether‐Soluble Cu53 Nanoclusters as an Effective Precursor of High‐Quality CuI Films for Optoelectronic Applications. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(3). 835–839. 140 indexed citations
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Sun, Cunfa, Claudio Garino, Luca Nencini, et al.. (2017). Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at Glassy Carbon Electrodes Functionalized by MnI and ReI Organometallic Complexes. ChemPhysChem. 18(22). 3219–3229. 53 indexed citations
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Sun, Cunfa, Roberto Gobetto, & Carlo Nervi. (2016). Recent advances in catalytic CO2 reduction by organometal complexes anchored on modified electrodes. New Journal of Chemistry. 40(7). 5656–5661. 55 indexed citations
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Sun, Cunfa, Pierluigi Quagliotto, Guido Viscardi, et al.. (2016). Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2by thiophene-substituted rhenium(i) complexes and by their polymerized films. Dalton Transactions. 45(37). 14678–14688. 45 indexed citations
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Franco, Federico, Cunfa Sun, Claudio Cometto, Roberto Gobetto, & Carlo Nervi. (2013). Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies of Rhenium(I) and Molybdenum(0) Complexes as Electrocatalysts for Reduction of Carbon Dioxide. Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin). 63–63. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Ruiqing, Liyuan Wang, Ping Wang, et al.. (2012). Syntheses, structures and luminescent properties of zero-/two-dimensional Cd(II) and Eu(III) complexes. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 196. 332–340. 13 indexed citations

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