Di Sun

20.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
504 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Di Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Di Sun has authored 504 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 305 papers in Materials Chemistry, 231 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 211 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Di Sun's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (215 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (190 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (136 papers). Di Sun is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (215 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (190 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (136 papers). Di Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Di Sun's co-authors include Chen‐Ho Tung, Zhi Wang, Lan‐Sun Zheng, Rong‐Bin Huang, Xing‐Po Wang, Hai‐Feng Su, Mohamedally Kurmoo, Daofeng Sun, Shuai Yuan and Na Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Di Sun

478 papers receiving 17.7k 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.

Embedding MnO@Mn₃O₄ Nanoparticles in an N‐Doped‐Carbon Framework Derived from Mn‐Organic Clusters for Efficient Lithium Storage

2017 418 citations Di Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Di Sun China	73	11.6k	8.9k	7.4k	2.3k	2.0k	504	17.9k
Bin Zhao China	79	12.0k 1.0×	12.4k 1.4×	7.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	360	18.4k
Filipe A. Almeida Paz Portugal	51	9.3k 0.8×	8.5k 1.0×	3.9k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	444	13.6k
Norberto Masciocchi Italy	56	8.0k 0.7×	7.1k 0.8×	4.0k 0.5×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	357	14.0k
Amy A. Sarjeant United States	59	8.1k 0.7×	9.0k 1.0×	2.5k 0.3×	3.5k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	171	14.2k
Mei Pan China	56	6.9k 0.6×	5.7k 0.6×	2.6k 0.3×	2.4k 1.1×	676 0.3×	267	10.8k
Jian Lü China	54	6.4k 0.5×	5.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	703 0.4×	207	10.8k
Xingqiang Lü China	52	4.2k 0.4×	3.8k 0.4×	3.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	328	8.9k
Shuhei Furukawa Japan	58	10.1k 0.9×	10.4k 1.2×	3.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	361 0.2×	171	16.6k
Stuart L. James United Kingdom	54	7.2k 0.6×	7.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.3×	4.2k 1.8×	981 0.5×	155	15.2k
Lei Zhang China	59	8.2k 0.7×	6.1k 0.7×	2.7k 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	745 0.4×	530	14.2k

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Gao, Bo, et al.. (2025). Multi-strategy for constructing S-scheme yolk-shell Ov-MnFe2O4@CuS bifunctional photoelectrocatalyst: detection and degradation of antibiotics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166552–166552. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Yujing, et al.. (2025). Decoding the corneal immune microenvironment in healthy and diabetic mice during corneal wound healing. The Ocular Surface. 37. 68–79. 1 indexed citations

Han, Bao‐Liang, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2025). Understanding Excited States in Magic Series Au _{8 n +4} (SR) _{4 n +8} Nanoclusters: Role of Size, Ligands, and Theory Level. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(46). 11924–11932.

Zhou, Jie, Wenwen Zhan, Yan Liu, et al.. (2025). Hydride‐Richest Molecular Complex: Ligand‐Length Facilitated Cu ₄₀ H ₃₈ Nanoclusters Exhibiting High Catalytic Performance for Selective Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(25). e202504671–e202504671. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Yun, Alice Le Friec, Menglin Chen, & Di Sun. (2025). Designed Biomaterial‐Enhanced Cell Transplantation for Neural Tissue Engineering. Aggregate. 6(5). 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zhi, Qi Liu, Hai‐Feng Su, et al.. (2025). Antioxidants as coenzymes modulating the peroxidase-like activity of Ag6 clusters for the specific recognition of themselves. Chemical Engineering Journal. 510. 161760–161760. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Jin, et al.. (2024). Sensitive detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus via a dual-recognition colorimetric biosensor comprising Cefe-PEG-MNPs and apt-Fe@PDA. Food Control. 168. 110955–110955. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yuanyuan, Xiaojun Yan, Yu Liu, et al.. (2024). Extraction, identification, and molecular mechanisms of α-glucosidase inhibitory peptides from defatted Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) powder hydrolysates. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 266(Pt 2). 131126–131126. 15 indexed citations

Riaz, Muhammad, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Di Sun, Mohammad Azam, & Ping Cui. (2024). Selective adsorption of organic dyes and iodine by a two-dimensional cobalt(II) metal-organic framework. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 43(12). 100427–100427. 7 indexed citations

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Bilyachenko, Аlexey N., Victor N. Khrustalev, Lidia S. Shul’pina, et al.. (2024). Rational (supra)molecular design and catalytic activity of cage-like Cu₄-based phenylsilsesquioxanes. Nanoscale. 16(39). 18389–18398. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiaxin, et al.. (2024). Alcohol culture and employee treatment. International Review of Financial Analysis. 96. 103701–103701. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Lijun, Chenyu Wang, Di Sun, et al.. (2024). Flexibility, dissolvability, heat-sealability, and applicability improvement of pullulan-based composite edible films by blending with soluble soybean polysaccharide. Industrial Crops and Products. 215. 118693–118693. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Yani, Zhiqing Wang, Di Sun, et al.. (2024). NEAT1 Deficiency Promotes Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing by Activating cAMP Signaling Pathway. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(3). 10–10. 2 indexed citations

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Cui, Yanan, Yalin Zhang, Fei Yu, et al.. (2023). In-situ self-assembly of two ultrastable bifunctional Keggin-type polyoxometalates-based zeolite-like frameworks for efficient cascade biomass chemicals conversion. Journal of Catalysis. 429. 115268–115268. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhi, Yanjie Zhu, Konstantinos Konstantinou, et al.. (2023). Three in One: Three Different Molybdates Trapped in a Thiacalix[4]arene Protected Ag₇₂ Nanocluster for Structural Transformation and Photothermal Conversion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(3). e202314515–e202314515. 22 indexed citations

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Hu, Qingsong, Chengkai Zhang, Xian Wu, et al.. (2023). Highly Effective Hybrid Copper(I) Iodide Cluster Emitter with Negative Thermal Quenched Phosphorescence for X‐Ray Imaging. Angewandte Chemie. 135(11). 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenmiao, Zhi Wang, Qi Wang, et al.. (2023). Monitoring the Activation of Open Metal Sites in [Fe_xM_3–x(μ₃-O)] Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks by Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(8). 4736–4745. 40 indexed citations

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Huang, Xianqiang, Sen Liu, Zhen Zhou, et al.. (2023). The tail of imidazole regulated the assembly of two robust sandwich-type polyoxotungstate-based open frameworks with efficient visible-white-light-driven catalytic oxidation of sulfides. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(5). 1465–1474. 25 indexed citations

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Yu, Fei, Marko Jagodič, Shan‐Shan Zhang, et al.. (2020). Copper(II)-Assisted Ligand Fragmentation Leading to Three Families of Metallamacrocycle. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(18). 13524–13532. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Xing‐Po, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, structure and photoluminescence of three 2D Cd(II) coordination polymers based on varied dicarboxylate ligand. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 69(2). 286–294. 5 indexed citations

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