Hongwei Sun

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Hongwei Sun is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongwei Sun has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Pollution, 32 papers in Water Science and Technology and 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Hongwei Sun's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (21 papers). Hongwei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (21 papers). Hongwei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Hong Kong. Hongwei Sun's co-authors include Taicheng An, Wonyong Choi, Guiying Li, Po Keung Wong, Huijun Zhao, Yongzhen Peng, Fei He, Lizhi Zhang, Lizhi Zhang and Huixian Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Hongwei Sun

111 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Heteroatom Dopants Promote Two‐Electron O₂ Reduction for Photocatalytic Production of H₂O₂ on Polymeric Carbon Nitride

2020 422 citations Hongwei Sun et al. profile →
Robust Fe-N4-C6O2 single atom sites for efficient PMS activation and enhanced FeIV = O reactivity

2025 47 citations Hongwei Sun, Lizhi Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongwei Sun China	36	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	736	115	3.9k
Yongze Liu China	34	1.6k 1.1×	830 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	791 0.8×	626 0.9×	98	3.8k
Yongjun Zhang China	31	934 0.6×	850 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	634 0.9×	114	4.2k
Peipei Song China	30	885 0.6×	730 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	674 0.6×	741 1.0×	57	3.3k
Yuan Yang China	38	896 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 2.0×	132	5.5k
Yu Gao China	31	997 0.7×	741 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	568 0.5×	641 0.9×	99	2.8k
Si Li China	40	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.4×	143	5.6k
Muhammad Bilal Asif China	32	719 0.5×	734 0.6×	1.8k 1.7×	657 0.6×	871 1.2×	80	3.4k
Yan Lin China	32	2.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	432 0.4×	610 0.8×	67	3.9k
Ye Du China	39	1.3k 0.9×	689 0.6×	2.5k 2.3×	764 0.7×	925 1.3×	116	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongwei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongwei Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongwei Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Congcong, et al.. (2025). Differing envelope composition of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria controls the adhesion and bactericidal performance of nanoscale zero-valent iron. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 489. 137663–137663. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Nuanqin, et al.. (2025). Green Glyphosate Treatment with Ferrihydrite and CaO₂ via Forming Surface Ternary Complex. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(5). 2791–2801. 10 indexed citations

Ma, Sicong, Cancan Ling, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Direct iron-electron driven autotrophic denitrification for low-carbon nitrate wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 163. 76–84. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Hongwei, et al.. (2024). Removal behavior, inhibition kinetics, microbial community and metabolic pathways in simultaneous anammox and denitrification under indole exposure. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(2). 112296–112296. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Shengxi, Hao Li, Jie Dai, et al.. (2024). Selective electrosynthesis of chlorine disinfectants from seawater. Nature Sustainability. 7(2). 148–157. 57 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanxiang, Hongwei Sun, Xiaoyong Yang, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of soil resistome and bacterial composition following multi-year application of different antibiotic fermentation residues. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 37. 104010–104010. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yucan, Hao Lin, Xinyi Xu, et al.. (2023). Efficiency and mechanism of adsorption for imidacloprid removal from water by Fe-Mg co-modified water hyacinth-based biochar: Batch adsorption, fixed-bed adsorption, and DFT calculation. Separation and Purification Technology. 330. 125235–125235. 64 indexed citations

Sun, Hongwei, et al.. (2023). Insight into response characteristics and inhibition mechanisms of anammox granular sludge to polyethylene terephthalate microplastics exposure. Bioresource Technology. 385. 129355–129355. 23 indexed citations

Ling, Cancan, Meiqi Li, Hao Li, et al.. (2023). Symmetry dependent activation and reactivity of peroxysulfates on FeS2(0 0 1) surface. Science Bulletin. 69(2). 154–158. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Yucan, Ying Wang, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2023). A Stable Fe-Zn Modified Sludge-Derived Biochar for Diuron Removal: Kinetics, Isotherms, Mechanism, and Practical Research. Molecules. 28(6). 2868–2868. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Yajun, et al.. (2023). Decontamination and Ecological Restoration Performance of a Bioretention Cell-Microbial Fuel Cell under Multiple-Antibiotics Stress. Applied Sciences. 13(4). 2320–2320. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Gang, et al.. (2023). Enhanced disintegration mechanism of surplus activated sludge to improve dewatering by thermally activated persulfate oxidation under mild temperature. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(48). 106687–106697. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Yucan, Zhaoyang Wang, Yajun Wang, et al.. (2023). Effect of free nitrous acid on nitritation process: Microbial community, inhibitory kinetics, and functional biomarker. Bioresource Technology. 371. 128595–128595. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qiping, et al.. (2023). Accelerated degradation and toxicity reduction of ribavirin by organic free radicals in the ferrate-acetylacetonate system. Separation and Purification Technology. 330. 125636–125636. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Yangyang, et al.. (2023). Oxalated zero-valent iron catalyzed ozonation for effective removal of antibiotic resistance genes from municipal sewage sludge. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(3). 109717–109717. 16 indexed citations

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Liang, Chuan, Hongwei Sun, Cancan Ling, et al.. (2022). Pyrolysis temperature-switchable Fe-N sites in pharmaceutical sludge biochar toward peroxymonosulfate activation for efficient pollutants degradation. Water Research. 228(Pt A). 119328–119328. 74 indexed citations

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Sun, Hongwei, Hui Zhang, Jing Ding, et al.. (2022). Deciphering the antibiotic resistome and microbial community in municipal wastewater treatment plants at different elevations in eastern and western China. Water Research. 229. 119461–119461. 35 indexed citations

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Yang, Jingjie, Hongwei Sun, Yucan Liu, Xiaohan Wang, & Kamran Valizadeh. (2021). The sorption of Tebuconazole and Linuron from an Aqueous Environment with a Modified Sludge-Based Biochar: Effect, Mechanisms, and Its Persistent Free Radicals Study. Journal of Chemistry. 2021. 1–15. 11 indexed citations

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Hu, Ying, Jian Wang, Hongwei Sun, et al.. (2019). Roles of extracellular polymeric substances in the bactericidal effect of nanoscale zero-valent iron: trade-offs between physical disruption and oxidative damage. Environmental Science Nano. 6(7). 2061–2073. 38 indexed citations

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Sun, Hongwei, et al.. (2009). Nitrite Accumulation during the Denitrification Process in SBR for the Treatment of Pre-treated Landfill Leachate. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 17(6). 1027–1031. 58 indexed citations

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