Kai Sun

1.4k total citations
88 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Sun is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Sun has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Computational Mechanics, 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 19 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Kai Sun's work include Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (24 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (19 papers) and Combustion and flame dynamics (16 papers). Kai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (24 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (19 papers) and Combustion and flame dynamics (16 papers). Kai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Kai Sun's co-authors include Tianyou Wang, Ming Jia, Zhizhao Che, Peng Zhang, Wei Yang, Shiquan Shen, Shuhang Shen, Chung K. Law, Zhen Lu and Rui Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Power Sources, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Kai Sun

81 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Sun China 21 617 459 235 192 177 88 1.1k
Shamit Bakshi India 15 534 0.9× 231 0.5× 175 0.7× 129 0.7× 70 0.4× 45 797
Ruey‐Hung Chen United States 17 847 1.4× 280 0.6× 437 1.9× 194 1.0× 182 1.0× 38 1.5k
J. M. Nouri United Kingdom 21 804 1.3× 291 0.6× 467 2.0× 486 2.5× 263 1.5× 60 1.6k
Chang Cai China 20 388 0.6× 335 0.7× 144 0.6× 39 0.2× 108 0.6× 55 924
Hyun Sun Park South Korea 26 1.1k 1.9× 277 0.6× 386 1.6× 54 0.3× 270 1.5× 84 2.0k
Le Zhao China 15 256 0.4× 140 0.3× 90 0.4× 214 1.1× 79 0.4× 64 712
Bo Xu China 19 409 0.7× 272 0.6× 130 0.6× 26 0.1× 184 1.0× 85 1.2k
Ali Moosavi Iran 21 384 0.6× 381 0.8× 349 1.5× 19 0.1× 212 1.2× 76 1.3k
Kyoungdoug Min South Korea 22 682 1.1× 457 1.0× 353 1.5× 1.0k 5.4× 344 1.9× 127 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kai Sun. Kai Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2025). Thermal enhancement of proton exchange membrane fuel cell with non-uniform dot matrix cooling flow field. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 253. 127592–127592. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Chao‐Gan, et al.. (2025). Optimization of convergent-divergent flow field for large-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cells based on the numerical model, artificial neural network and genetic algorithm. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 158. 150570–150570. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Jinou, et al.. (2025). Effects of detailed kinetics and thermodynamics of DEE+NH2 reactions on the ignition of ammonia blended with DEE. Combustion and Flame. 274. 113966–113966. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2024). Effect of startup modes on cold start performance of PEM fuel cells with different cathode flow fields. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 225. 125418–125418. 13 indexed citations
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Gao, Wei, et al.. (2024). Effects of gas diffusion layer thickness on PEM fuel cells with composite foam-rib flow fields. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 153. 107394–107394. 6 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhen, et al.. (2024). PEM fuel cell with non-uniform porous metal foam as cathode flow field. Applied Energy. 380. 124938–124938. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Tianyou, et al.. (2024). Enhanced coalescence-induced droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces with stepped structures. Physics of Fluids. 36(3). 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2024). Effect of defective cells on the temperature distribution of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 85. 270–280. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell with foam/channel composite flow fields. Journal of Power Sources. 620. 235244–235244. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2023). Leaner lifted-flame combustion with ducted fuel injection: The key role of forced two-stage mixing. Fuel. 347. 128431–128431. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Tianyou, et al.. (2023). Development of a reduced chemical kinetic mechanism for ammonia combustion using species-based global sensitivity analysis. Fuel. 344. 128036–128036. 10 indexed citations
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Peng, Xiaoyun, et al.. (2023). Marangoni-driven spreading of a droplet on a miscible thin liquid layer. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 658. 617–626. 4 indexed citations
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Shen, Yutian, Jiyu Xu, Mingcheng Yang, et al.. (2022). Durably Self-Sustained Droplet on a Fully Miscible Liquid Film. Langmuir. 38(13). 3993–4000. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2022). Vibration-induced detachment of droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces. Physics of Fluids. 34(5). 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2021). Marangoni Effect in Bipropellant Droplet Mixing during Hypergolic Ignition. Physical Review Applied. 15(3). 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, et al.. (2020). Marangoni effect on the impact of droplets onto a liquid-gas interface. Physical Review Fluids. 5(7). 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Tianyou, et al.. (2019). Critical and Optimal Wall Conditions for Coalescence-Induced Droplet Jumping on Textured Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Langmuir. 35(49). 16201–16209. 21 indexed citations

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