Hanjun Sun

7.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
78 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Hanjun Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hanjun Sun has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Materials Chemistry, 32 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hanjun Sun's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (22 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (17 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (16 papers). Hanjun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (22 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (17 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (16 papers). Hanjun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Hanjun Sun's co-authors include Xiaogang Qu, Jinsong Ren, Nan Gao, Li Wu, Weili Wei, Kai Dong, Ya Zhou, Xinliang Feng, Haiwei Ji and Guangbo Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hanjun Sun

73 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Accelerated Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics on NiFe‐Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts by Tailoring Water Dissociation Active Sites

2018 872 citations Guangbo Chen, Hanjun Sun et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Graphene Quantum Dots-Band-Aids Used for Wound Disinfection

2014 661 citations Hanjun Sun, Nan Gao et al. profile →
Recent advances in graphene quantum dots for sensing

2013 659 citations Hanjun Sun, Li Wu et al. profile →
Carbon Nanozymes: Enzymatic Properties, Catalytic Mechanism, and Applications

2018 554 citations Hanjun Sun, Jinsong Ren et al. profile →
Antibacterial applications of graphene-based nanomaterials: Recent achievements and challenges

2016 443 citations Hanjun Sun, Xiaogang Qu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Hanjun Sun	4.2k	2.0k	1.9k	1.9k	1.3k	78	6.5k
Youxing Fang	4.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	3.1k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	77	7.6k
Fengna Xi	3.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	2.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	131	6.9k
Shengyan Yin	2.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	603 0.5×	112	4.8k
Konggang Qu	5.9k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	4.4k 2.3×	5.3k 2.8×	2.7k 2.1×	168	10.7k
C. Viswanathan	2.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	574 0.4×	193	5.5k
Jianhua Sun	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	3.1k 1.6×	607 0.5×	108	6.0k
Xiaoyun Qin	4.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	878 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	102	6.4k
Ge Chen	2.1k 0.5×	758 0.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	458 0.4×	144	4.6k
Cheng‐Feng Du	3.2k 0.8×	864 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.8×	605 0.5×	158	7.1k

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Zhang, Jiachen, et al.. (2026). Alleviating OH Blockage: Asymmetric Adsorption Configuration of Co–OH–M (d ¹⁰ ) for Seawater Electrolysis. ACS Catalysis. 16(4). 3851–3863.

Wu, Yizhou, Lei Cheng, Yawen Tang, Hanjun Sun, & Quanjun Xiang. (2025). Unified Perspectives on Spin Polarization in Heterogeneous Photo/Electrocatalysis. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(6). 1 indexed citations

Sun, Hanjun, et al.. (2025). Dynamic regulation of interfacial adhesion in biomedical hydrogels. Chemical Society Reviews. 55(1). 469–503.

Qu, Xinyu, Qian Wang, Hanjun Sun, et al.. (2025). Molecular competition induced Janus hydrogel bioelectronic interface for electroceutical modulation. Nature Communications. 17(1). 455–455.

Qu, Xinyu, et al.. (2025). Tissue-Adaptable Hydrogel for Mechanically Compliant Bioelectronic Interfaces. Nano Letters. 25(12). 4759–4766. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiachen, Guangbo Chen, Dongmei Sun, et al.. (2024). Regulating Co–O covalency to manipulate mechanistic transformation for enhancing activity/durability in acidic water oxidation. Chemical Science. 15(43). 17900–17911. 9 indexed citations

Cheng, Lei, et al.. (2024). Toward Functionality and Deactivation of Metal‐Single‐Atom in Heterogeneous Photocatalysts. Advanced Materials. 36(35). e2406807–e2406807. 23 indexed citations

Lu, Yang, et al.. (2024). Copper‐Surface‐Mediated Synthesis of sp² Carbon‐Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(70). e202402930–e202402930. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yazi, et al.. (2024). Polyoxometalate-based plasmonic electron sponge membrane for nanofluidic osmotic energy conversion. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4213–4213. 44 indexed citations

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An, Yun, Christine Joy Querebillo, Ahiud Morag, et al.. (2023). Donor‐Acceptor Conjugated Acetylenic Polymers for High‐Performance Bifunctional Photoelectrodes. ChemSusChem. 17(7). e202301170–e202301170. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Siying, Xuan Huang, Hanjun Sun, et al.. (2023). Self-healing transparent ionogel polymerized by liquid metal for strain sensor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 478. 147321–147321. 18 indexed citations

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Jia, Shuyu, et al.. (2023). Competitive adsorption of oxygen-containing intermediates on ruthenium–tin solid-solution oxides for alkaline oxygen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(43). 23489–23497. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tao, Shunqi Xu, Yang Hou, et al.. (2021). Solvent-mediated engineering of copper-metalated acetylenic polymer scaffolds with enhanced photoelectrochemical performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(15). 9729–9734. 10 indexed citations

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Guan, Yijia, Dongqin Yu, Hanjun Sun, Jinsong Ren, & Xiaogang Qu. (2021). Aβ aggregation behavior at interfaces with switchable wettability: a bioinspired perspective to understand amyloid formation. Chemical Communications. 57(21). 2641–2644. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Hanjun, Dongqin Yu, Yijia Guan, et al.. (2019). Wireless near-infrared electrical stimulation of neurite outgrowth. Chemical Communications. 55(66). 9833–9836. 9 indexed citations

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Bing, Wei, Hanjun Sun, Faming Wang, Yanqiu Song, & Jinsong Ren. (2018). Hydrogen-producing hyperthermophilic bacteria synthesized size-controllable fine gold nanoparticles with excellence for eradicating biofilm and antibacterial applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(28). 4602–4609. 41 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenzhen, Kai Dong, Zhen Liu, et al.. (2016). Activation of biologically relevant levels of reactive oxygen species by Au/g-C3N4 hybrid nanozyme for bacteria killing and wound disinfection. Biomaterials. 113. 145–157. 336 indexed citations

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Gao, Nan, Hanjun Sun, Kai Dong, et al.. (2014). Transition-metal-substituted polyoxometalate derivatives as functional anti-amyloid agents for Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3422–3422. 226 indexed citations

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Gao, Nan, Hanjun Sun, Kai Dong, Jinsong Ren, & Xiaogang Qu. (2014). Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Based Multifunctional Amyloid‐β Inhibitor against Alzheimer’s Disease. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(2). 829–835. 142 indexed citations

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Sun, Hanjun, Nan Gao, Li Wu, et al.. (2013). Highly Photoluminescent Amino‐Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots Used for Sensing Copper Ions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(40). 13362–13368. 213 indexed citations

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