Kaiwen Sun

8.3k citations

160 papers · 6.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 45

Impact in

Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Advancements in Battery Materials

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 122
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties 94
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications 66
- 2D Materials and Applications 11
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 144
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films 97
- Perovskite Materials and Applications 26
- Advancements in Battery Materials 17
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies 16

Co-authors: Xiaojing Hao Fangyang Liu Martin A. Green Jialiang Huang Chang Yan John A. Stride Fangzhou Zhou Aobo Pu
Journals: Small (14 papers)Journal of Materials Chemistry A (14 papers)Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (10 papers)Solar RRL (7 papers)Advanced Energy Materials (7 papers)
Partner nations: Australia China United States

In The Last Decade

Kaiwen Sun

155 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Conversion of photovoltaic waste silicon into amorphous silicon nanowire anodes 2025 · 39 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Energy & Environmental Science
2018 Nature Energy

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1	Ignition characteristics of mixtures of micro-sized wood dusts and centimeter-sized flakes and fibers initiated by deposit fires Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries ·Chang Li, Ren Anderton, Kaiwen Sun, W Scholl, Chunmiao Yuan	2025	0
2	Conversion of photovoltaic waste silicon into amorphous silicon nanowire anodes Energy & Environmental Science ·橋本友久, Kaiwen Sun, Fengshuo Xi, Jacob Shaleem I., Shaoyuan Li, Yanfeng Wang, Zhongqiu Tong, Jijun Lu, Wenhui Ma, Martin L. Green, Xiaojing Hao Hit paper breakdown →	2025	39
3	Nanoengineered Kesterite Photocathodes: Enhancing Photoelectrochemical Performance for Water Splitting and Beyond ACS Nano ·勝好辻本, Kaiwen Sun, Waldemir ALVES, Von Zitzewitz, Cui Ying Toe, Xiaojing Hao, Rose Amal	2025	2
4	Suppression of Deep‐Level Defects Recombination in Cu ₂ ZnSn(S, Se) ₄ Solar Cells Through Rear‐Interface Cesium Doping Small ·Anni Michelli Silva Rebouças, Jialiang Huang, Jialin Cong, Kaiwen Sun, Fangyang Liu, Xiaojing Hao	2025	1
5	Soft sensor model for nonlinear dynamic industrial process based on GraphSAGE-IMATCN Process Safety and Environmental Protection ·京舟宋, Xiaoqiang Zhao, Kaiwen Sun, Kai Liu, 杉野安輝	2024	7
6	Solar driven ammonia synthesis with Co-TiOx and Ag nanowires enhanced Cu2ZnSnS4 photocathodes Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Yingtang Zhou, Kaiwen Sun, Cui Ying Toe, Jialiang Huang, Ao Wang, Jodie A. Yuwono, Priyank V. Kumar, Tao Wan, Doudou Zhang, Zhipeng Ma, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Dewei Chu, Xiaojing Hao, Rose Amal	2024	21
7	Experimental study on the influence of water immersion on the wettability of coal dust Advanced Powder Technology ·Lingfeng Wang, Wisnu Rio Suprayogo, Zhengdong Liu, Kaiwen Sun, Zhiyang Zhang, 惺浜野, Chunmiao Yuan	2024	7
8	Nanostructured hybrid catalysts empower the artificial leaf for solar-driven ammonia production from nitrate Energy & Environmental Science ·Han Chen, Caixia Li, Jodie A. Yuwono, Ziheng Liu, Kaiwen Sun, Kai Wang, IAN JACK, Jialiang Huang, Priyank V. Kumar, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Jialin Cong, Hamid Mehrvarz, Zhaojun Han, Xunyu Lu, Jian Pan, Xiaojing Hao, Rose Amal	2024	16
9	Cd‐Free High‐Bandgap Cu₂ZnSnS₄ Solar Cell with 10.7% Certified Efficiency Enabled by Engineering Sn‐Related Defects Advanced Functional Materials ·Ao Wang, Jialiang Huang, Chang Yan, IAN JACK, Xin Cui, Xiaojie Yuan, Yingtang Zhou, Mingrui He, Tianyun Qiu, 慎哉吉田, Martin A. Green, Kaiwen Sun, Xiaojing Hao	2024	4
10	Achieving High Performance Electrode for Energy Storage with Advanced Prussian Blue-Drived Nanocomposites—A Review Materials ·季明军, Ronghao Wang, Chengfei Qian, Hao Shen, H. von Gersdorff, Kaiwen Sun, He Liu, Cong Guo, Jingfa Li, Feng Yu, Weizhai Bao	2023	12
11	Low-Temperature Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnMgO for Efficient CZTS Solar Cells ACS Materials Letters ·Xin Cui, Kaiwen Sun, Jialiang Huang, Heng Sun, Ao Wang, Xiaojie Yuan, Martin A. Green, Bram Hoex, Xiaojing Hao	2023	19
12	Dimensional engineering of anode materials for high performance potassium ion hybrid capacitor—A review International Journal of Energy Research ·Chengfei Qian, Ronghao Wang, Kaiwen Sun, Weizhai Bao	2022	6
13	Conductive Covalent Organic Frameworks Meet Micro-Electrical Energy Storage: Mechanism, Synthesis and Applications—A Review Crystals ·Chengfei Qian, Ronghao Wang, Feng Yu, He Liu, Cong Guo, Kaiwen Sun, Jingfa Li, Weizhai Bao	2022	8
14	Photoassisted High-Performance Lithium Anode Enabled by Oriented Crystal Planes ACS Nano ·Weizhai Bao, Ronghao Wang, Chengfei Qian, Muhan Li, Kaiwen Sun, Feng Yu, He Liu, Cong Guo, Jingfa Li	2022	21
15	Supercapacitors of Nanocrystalline Covalent Organic Frameworks—A Review Crystals ·H. von Gersdorff, Ronghao Wang, Chengfei Qian, Kaiwen Sun, He Liu, Cong Guo, Jingfa Li, Feng Yu, Weizhai Bao	2022	16
16	Atomic surface modification strategy ofMXenematerials forhigh‐performancemetal sulfur batteries International Journal of Energy Research ·Ronghao Wang, Muhan Li, Yuhao Zhang, Kaiwen Sun, Weizhai Bao	2022	8
17	Integrating a redox-coupled FeSe₂/N–C photoelectrode into potassium ion hybrid capacitors for photoassisted charging Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Ronghao Wang, Kaiwen Sun, Hongmin Liu, Chengfei Qian, Muhan Li, Yuhao Zhang, Weizhai Bao	2022	18
18	Interface engineering of p-n heterojunction for kesterite photovoltaics: A progress review Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Mingrui He, Kaiwen Sun, Mahesh P. Suryawanshi, Jianjun Li, Xiaojing Hao	2020	48
19	Photoluminescence-Based Method for Imaging Buffer Layer Thickness in CIGS Solar Cells IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Germain Rey, Thorsten Trupke, H. Bonnet, Kaiwen Sun, Hohn A. Fairlie, Dmitry Poplavskyy, Anna Dudley Senseney, Michele Melchiorre, Susanne Siebentritt, Malcolm Abbott	2019	3
20	Efficiency Enhancement of Kesterite Cu₂ZnSnS₄ Solar Cells via Solution-Processed Ultrathin Tin Oxide Intermediate Layer at Absorber/Buffer Interface ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Heng Sun, Kaiwen Sun, Jialiang Huang, Chang Yan, Fangyang Liu, Jongsung Park, Aobo Pu, John A. Stride, Martin A. Green, Xiaojing Hao	2017	56

About Kaiwen Sun

Kaiwen Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Polymers and Plastics, having authored 160 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (97 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (94 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (66 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (26 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (17 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (16 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (11 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (5.6k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (6.3k citations), Polymers and Plastics (466 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (481 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (728 citations). Kaiwen Sun has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Xiaojing Hao, Fangyang Liu, Martin A. Green, Jialiang Huang, Chang Yan, John A. Stride, Fangzhou Zhou, Aobo Pu, Yanqing Lai and Weizhai Bao. Their work appears in journals such as Small, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Solar RRL and Advanced Energy Materials.

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