Kangning Sun

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Kangning Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kangning Sun has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Materials Chemistry, 28 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kangning Sun's work include Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (35 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (21 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (19 papers). Kangning Sun is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (35 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (21 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (19 papers). Kangning Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Kangning Sun's co-authors include Yanjie Liang, Pengfei Chui, Chang Sun, Yafei Chen, Zhengwei Pan, Yongling Ding, Feng Liu, Xiaojun Wang, Futian Liu and Huadong Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Power Sources, Small and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Kangning Sun

108 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Blue LED-pumped intense short-wave infrared luminescence based on Cr3+-Yb3+-co-doped phosphors

2022 229 citations Yan Zhang, Shihai Miao et al. Light Science & Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kangning Sun China	30	2.0k	790	577	475	439	113	2.9k
Yue Han China	26	1.5k 0.8×	885 1.1×	671 1.2×	610 1.3×	342 0.8×	85	3.1k
S.A. Hassanzadeh-Tabrizi Iran	38	2.3k 1.2×	761 1.0×	1.0k 1.8×	368 0.8×	358 0.8×	140	4.0k
Rong Yang China	25	830 0.4×	404 0.5×	522 0.9×	606 1.3×	329 0.7×	104	2.3k
C. A. Paskocimas Brazil	33	2.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	316 0.5×	255 0.5×	560 1.3×	183	3.8k
Youwei Yan China	24	1.5k 0.7×	728 0.9×	183 0.3×	580 1.2×	319 0.7×	138	2.3k
Xin Xu China	39	3.3k 1.7×	1.9k 2.4×	721 1.2×	608 1.3×	295 0.7×	192	4.9k
Yung‐Chin Yang Taiwan	32	1.1k 0.5×	747 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	547 1.2×	349 0.8×	105	2.9k
Hye Young Koo South Korea	28	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	592 1.0×	186 0.4×	366 0.8×	145	2.9k
Hongqi Ye China	30	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.9×	525 0.9×	287 0.6×	410 0.9×	83	3.1k
Stevan Stojadinović Serbia	36	3.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	415 0.7×	440 0.9×	158 0.4×	185	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kangning Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kangning Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cui, Jing, et al.. (2025). Floatable Liquid Metal Porous Hydrogel With Hydrogen Production for Flexible Sensor and Energy Harvesting. Small. 21(35). e2505981–e2505981.

Liu, Meijia, Tengyu Zhang, Jiaguang Zheng, et al.. (2024). Fluorinated carbon tubes as carriers for MgH2 with enhanced hydrogen storage performances. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 83. 641–649. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Tingting, Kangning Sun, Meng Li, et al.. (2024). Oxidation of lean methane by dielectric barrier discharge plasma and Mn–Ce catalyst. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. 204. 109925–109925.

Li, Yang, et al.. (2023). Molecular dynamics simulation of homogeneous nucleation of melting in superheated sodium crystal. Journal of Crystal Growth. 626. 127460–127460. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yan, Shihai Miao, Yanjie Liang, et al.. (2022). Blue LED-pumped intense short-wave infrared luminescence based on Cr3+-Yb3+-co-doped phosphors. Light Science & Applications. 11(1). 136–136. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

Ding, Yongling, Xiaofeng Tian, Mingchen Zhang, et al.. (2021). Facile synthesis of aminophenylboronic decorated electrospun CoFe2O4 spinel nanofibers with enhanced electrocatalytic performance for glucose electrochemical sensor application. Ceramics International. 47(13). 19052–19062. 26 indexed citations

Ding, Yongling, Hong Yin, Mustafa Musameh, et al.. (2018). Novel composite films of polysaccharides and glutathione capped zinc selenide (GSH@ZnSe) quantum dots for detection of Cd²⁺ and Cu²⁺. New Journal of Chemistry. 42(7). 4871–4880. 12 indexed citations

Cheng, Yuan, et al.. (2018). Up-conversion luminescence in Yb3+/Er3+ co-doped ZnGa2O4 and ZnAl2O4 powder phosphors. Optik. 170. 1–9. 14 indexed citations

Cheng, Yuan & Kangning Sun. (2018). Enhanced Up-Conversion Emission in Al3+ Co-Doped ZnGa2O4:Yb3+,Tm3+ Powder Phosphors. Journal of Fluorescence. 28(3). 801–808. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanjie, Feng Liu, Yafei Chen, et al.. (2017). Red/near-infrared/short-wave infrared multi-band persistent luminescence in Pr³⁺-doped persistent phosphors. Dalton Transactions. 46(34). 11149–11153. 52 indexed citations

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Ding, Yongling, Hong Yin, Shirley Shen, Kangning Sun, & Futian Liu. (2017). Chitosan-based magnetic/fluorescent nanocomposites for cell labelling and controlled drug release. New Journal of Chemistry. 41(4). 1736–1743. 35 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanjie, Feng Liu, Yafei Chen, et al.. (2017). Extending the applications for lanthanide ions: efficient emitters in short-wave infrared persistent luminescence. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(26). 6488–6492. 55 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yuan & Kangning Sun. (2017). Sol–gel Synthesis and Upconversion Luminescent Properties of Yb3+,Er3+,Eu3+ Triply-Doped in YVO4 Phosphors. Journal of Fluorescence. 28(1). 285–291. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoning, Kangning Sun, & Yanjie Liang. (2015). Hydrothermal synthesis of magnetite: investigation of influence of aging time and mechanism. Micro & Nano Letters. 10(2). 99–104. 21 indexed citations

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Ding, Yongling, Shirley Shen, Huadong Sun, et al.. (2014). Design and construction of polymerized-chitosan coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and its application for hydrophobic drug delivery. Materials Science and Engineering C. 48. 487–498. 172 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaolin, et al.. (2013). Influence of pores distribution on fracture toughness of FeSi/Si3N4 composite. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 43. 64–68. 8 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanjie, et al.. (2012). Hydrothermal synthesis and upconversion luminescent properties of YVO4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanoparticles. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 552. 289–293. 47 indexed citations

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Bi, Jianqiang, Kangning Sun, Rui Liu, Runhua Fan, & Sumei Wang. (2008). Effect of ECAP pass number on mechanical properties of 2A12 Al alloy. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater Sci Ed. 23(1). 71–73. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Kangning, et al.. (2007). Microstructure, Hardness, and Bending Strength of Carbon Nanotube—Iron Aluminide Composites. Journal of Composite Materials. 41(16). 2025–2031. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Aimin, et al.. (2006). Mechanical properties, microstructure and histocompatibility of MWCNTs/HAp biocomposites. Materials Letters. 61(8-9). 1839–1844. 40 indexed citations

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