Ke Sun

8.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
83 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Ke Sun is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Sun has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 35 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ke Sun's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (13 papers). Ke Sun is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (13 papers). Ke Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Ke Sun's co-authors include Nathan S. Lewis, Shen J. Dillon, Jung Yoon Seo, Bok Yeop Ahn, Jennifer A. Lewis, K. Saláma, V. Selvamanickam, Li Gao, Deli Wang and Pinxian Xi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ke Sun

79 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

3D Printing of Interdigitated Li‐Ion Microbattery Architectures

2013 1.1k citations Ke Sun, Bok Yeop Ahn et al. Advanced Materials profile →
High current density in bulk YBa2Cu3Ox superconductor

1989 622 citations Ke Sun et al. profile →
Oxygen Vacancies Dominated NiS₂/CoS₂ Interface Porous Nanowires for Portable Zn–Air Batteries Driven Water Splitting Devices

2017 602 citations Ke Sun et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Status and perspectives of key materials for PEM electrolyzer

2022 373 citations Xiao Liang, Ke Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ke Sun China	39	4.3k	3.8k	2.7k	1.3k	1.2k	83	7.5k
Xun Xu China	58	3.4k 0.8×	5.9k 1.6×	4.4k 1.6×	2.4k 1.9×	929 0.8×	246	10.7k
Angelika Heinzel Germany	26	4.4k 1.0×	5.9k 1.6×	5.2k 1.9×	1.5k 1.2×	996 0.8×	87	9.5k
Ungyu Paik South Korea	36	2.5k 0.6×	4.1k 1.1×	3.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	151	7.3k
Jianguo Lü China	58	2.1k 0.5×	7.4k 2.0×	6.2k 2.3×	3.7k 2.9×	1.1k 0.9×	287	11.1k
Taeseup Song South Korea	55	3.8k 0.9×	8.5k 2.2×	3.4k 1.3×	3.2k 2.5×	668 0.6×	231	11.2k
Chee Lip Gan Singapore	34	1.5k 0.3×	3.0k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	891 0.8×	221	5.9k
Ke Yu China	50	3.7k 0.9×	4.1k 1.1×	4.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	843 0.7×	188	7.9k
Kuibo Yin China	45	1.6k 0.4×	4.8k 1.3×	3.8k 1.4×	2.7k 2.1×	1.8k 1.6×	181	9.0k
In‐Hwan Oh South Korea	49	3.1k 0.7×	4.8k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	692 0.5×	790 0.7×	208	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ke Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Sun

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Sun, Ke, Xiao Liang, Xiyang Wang, et al.. (2025). Highly Efficient and Durable Anode Catalyst Layer Constructed with Deformable Hollow IrO_x Nanospheres in Low‐Iridium PEM Water Electrolyzer. Angewandte Chemie. 137(21). 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Ke, Xiao Liang, Xiyang Wang, et al.. (2025). Highly Efficient and Durable Anode Catalyst Layer Constructed with Deformable Hollow IrO_x Nanospheres in Low‐Iridium PEM Water Electrolyzer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(21). e202504531–e202504531. 7 indexed citations

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Jiao, Anxin, et al.. (2025). Non-Destructive Evaluation of Damage and Electricity Characteristics in 4H-SiC Induced by Ion Irradiation via Raman Spectroscopy. Materials. 18(21). 5057–5057.

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Wu, Qiannan, Kexin Zhang, Zhoubing Xie, et al.. (2023). Advances and status of anode catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis technology. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 7(6). 1025–1045. 81 indexed citations

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Wang, Erkang, et al.. (2022). Unlocking the Low-Temperature Potential of Propylene Carbonate to −30 °C via N-Methylpyrrolidone. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(40). 45484–45493. 19 indexed citations

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Sun, Ke & Zhangquan Peng. (2021). Intermetallic interphases in lithium metal and lithium ion batteries. InfoMat. 3(10). 1083–1109. 42 indexed citations

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Li, Qian, Yaru Cui, Juan Wang, et al.. (2021). Study on the Optimization of Cu-Zn-Sn-O to Prepare Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Film via a Nano Ink Coating Method. Frontiers in Chemistry. 9. 675642–675642. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, F., et al.. (2020). Evaluation of sputtered nickel oxide, cobalt oxide and nickel–cobalt oxide on n-type silicon photoanodes for solar-driven O₂(g) evolution from water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(28). 13955–13963. 13 indexed citations

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Sun, Ke, Nicole L. Ritzert, Jimmy John, et al.. (2018). Performance and failure modes of Si anodes patterned with thin-film Ni catalyst islands for water oxidation. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2(5). 983–998. 25 indexed citations

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Francis, Sonja A., Jesús M. Velázquez, Ivonne M. Ferrer, et al.. (2018). Reduction of Aqueous CO₂ to 1-Propanol at MoS₂ Electrodes. Chemistry of Materials. 30(15). 4902–4908. 86 indexed citations

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He, Lingyun, et al.. (2017). Pulsed laser-deposited n-Si/NiO_xphotoanodes for stable and efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(12). 2632–2638. 26 indexed citations

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Sun, Ke, Ivan A. Moreno‐Hernandez, William C. Schmidt, et al.. (2017). A comparison of the chemical, optical and electrocatalytic properties of water-oxidation catalysts for use in integrated solar-fuel generators. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(4). 987–1002. 53 indexed citations

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Sun, Ke, Jinbo Xue, Kaiping Tai, & Shen J. Dillon. (2017). The Oxygen Reduction Reaction Rate of Metallic Nanoparticles during Catalyzed Oxidation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7017–7017. 14 indexed citations

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Tai, Kaiping, Ke Sun, Bo Huang, & Shen J. Dillon. (2014). Catalyzed oxidation for nanowire growth. Nanotechnology. 25(14). 145603–145603. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Ke, et al.. (2013). 3D Printing of Interdigitated Li‐Ion Microbattery Architectures. Advanced Materials. 25(33). 4539–4543. 1121 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kargar, Alireza, Ke Sun, Yi Jing, et al.. (2013). 3D Branched Nanowire Photoelectrochemical Electrodes for Efficient Solar Water Splitting. ACS Nano. 7(10). 9407–9415. 127 indexed citations

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Kargar, Alireza, Ke Sun, Yi Jing, et al.. (2013). Tailoring n-ZnO/p-Si Branched Nanowire Heterostructures for Selective Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation or Reduction. Nano Letters. 13(7). 3017–3022. 137 indexed citations

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Sun, Ke, Yi Jing, Chun Li, et al.. (2012). 3D branched nanowire heterojunction photoelectrodes for high-efficiency solar water splitting and H2 generation. Nanoscale. 4(5). 1515–1515. 155 indexed citations

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Qin, G. G., G. Z. Ran, Ke Sun, & Haijun Xu. (2010). Light Emission from Nanoscale Si/Si Oxide Materials. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 10(3). 1584–1595. 24 indexed citations

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Mai, Zhenhong, et al.. (1988). Microstructure and microregion composition distribution of Y1Ba2Cu3O9−x highT c superconductor. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 7(2). 157–159.

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