Keyan Sun

2.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Keyan Sun is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Keyan Sun has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 7 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Keyan Sun's work include Phase Change Materials Research (21 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (8 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (7 papers). Keyan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (21 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (8 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (7 papers). Keyan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Russia. Keyan Sun's co-authors include Quan Shi, Yan Kou, Hongsheng Dong, Jipeng Luo, Hanqing Liu, Zhong‐Shuai Wu, Zhi‐Cheng Tan, Feng Zhou, Haibo Huang and Huning Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Food Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Keyan Sun

27 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

An intrinsically flexible phase change film for wearable thermal managements

2020 245 citations Yan Kou, Keyan Sun et al. Energy storage materials profile →
A Thermoregulatory Flexible Phase Change Nonwoven for All-Season High-Efficiency Wearable Thermal Management

2023 92 citations Hanqing Liu, Feng Zhou et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →
Flexible insulating phase change composite film with improved thermal conductivity for wearable thermal management

2024 79 citations Xinyu Zhang, Keyan Sun et al. Nano Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keyan Sun China	18	1.2k	571	410	287	277	28	1.6k
Piao Cheng China	14	1.2k 1.1×	649 1.1×	472 1.2×	256 0.9×	399 1.4×	17	1.7k
Guo-Qiang Qi China	12	1.0k 0.9×	602 1.1×	520 1.3×	286 1.0×	252 0.9×	16	1.5k
Yao-wen Shao China	12	857 0.7×	452 0.8×	371 0.9×	359 1.3×	224 0.8×	12	1.4k
Zhaodi Tang China	18	1.7k 1.5×	938 1.6×	657 1.6×	312 1.1×	457 1.6×	22	2.4k
Yangai Liu China	23	1.3k 1.1×	741 1.3×	423 1.0×	232 0.8×	380 1.4×	55	1.8k
Xinpeng Hu China	21	756 0.7×	410 0.7×	440 1.1×	197 0.7×	266 1.0×	43	1.4k
Jinghui Fan China	23	1.2k 1.0×	604 1.1×	427 1.0×	356 1.2×	248 0.9×	40	1.5k
Ruilong Wen China	22	1.8k 1.6×	1.0k 1.8×	360 0.9×	239 0.8×	344 1.2×	41	2.1k
Zhuoni Jiang China	18	831 0.7×	397 0.7×	256 0.6×	303 1.1×	178 0.6×	45	1.1k
Xin-zheng Jin China	15	426 0.4×	275 0.5×	306 0.7×	183 0.6×	169 0.6×	17	918

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keyan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Keyan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Keyan 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 Keyan Sun. Keyan Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Keyan, et al.. (2025). Multi-responsive phase change aerogel for solar/electro-thermal energy conversion and management. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 297. 114135–114135.

Sun, Keyan, et al.. (2025). Highly elastic phase change fibers for wearable solar-thermal regulation textiles. Journal of Energy Storage. 124. 116885–116885. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Keyan, et al.. (2025). Flexible MXene-functionalized composite phase change film with dual-mode of solar-thermal conversion and infrared stealth. Chemical Engineering Journal. 509. 161279–161279. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinyu, Hanqing Liu, Yan Kou, et al.. (2024). Thermally enhanced flexible phase change materials for thermal energy conversion and management of wearable electronics. Materials Today Sustainability. 28. 100960–100960. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinyu, Keyan Sun, Hanqing Liu, et al.. (2024). Flexible insulating phase change composite film with improved thermal conductivity for wearable thermal management. Nano Energy. 121. 109256–109256. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

Kou, Yan, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal phase change materials for thermal energy long-term storage and controllable release. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 80. 228–236. 30 indexed citations

Dong, Hongsheng, et al.. (2023). Flexible self-healing phase change film with high transition enthalpy for thermal management. Journal of Energy Storage. 62. 106873–106873. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Hanqing, Feng Zhou, Xiaoyu Shi, et al.. (2023). A Thermoregulatory Flexible Phase Change Nonwoven for All-Season High-Efficiency Wearable Thermal Management. Nano-Micro Letters. 15(1). 29–29. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

Gao, Ying, Tong Liu, Jin‐Gang Liu, et al.. (2023). ZYY-B-2, a novel ALK inhibitor, overcomes resistance to ceritinib by inhibiting P-gp function and induces apoptosis through mitochondrial pathway in ceritinib-resistant H2228 cells. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 379. 110516–110516. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xianjie, Hanqing Liu, Keyan Sun, et al.. (2023). Porous Carbon-Based Phase Change Material Host Matrix from Semicoking Wastewater. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 1(10). 2533–2542. 2 indexed citations

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Kou, Yan, et al.. (2023). Melamine Foam/CNT/Graphene Hybrid Aerogel-Based Phase Change Composites with High Latent Heat Capacity for Solar/Electrothermal Conversion. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(14). 7457–7467. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Kexin, Songyi Lin, Yao Liu, et al.. (2022). Mechanism of the reduced allergenicity of shrimp (Macrobrachium nipponense) by combined thermal/pressure processing: Insight into variations in protein structure, gastrointestinal digestion and immunodominant linear epitopes. Food Chemistry. 405(Pt A). 134829–134829. 26 indexed citations

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Dong, Hongsheng, et al.. (2022). Flexible and Biocompatible Silk Fiber-Based Composite Phase Change Material for Personal Thermal Management. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(49). 16368–16376. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Hanqing, Keyan Sun, Xiaoyu Shi, et al.. (2021). Two-dimensional materials and their derivatives for high performance phase change materials: emerging trends and challenges. Energy storage materials. 42. 845–870. 73 indexed citations

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Sun, Keyan, et al.. (2020). A facile strategy of constructing composite form-stable phase change materials with superior high thermal conductivity using silicagel industrial wastes. Solar Energy. 207. 51–58. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Keyan, Yan Kou, Hongsheng Dong, et al.. (2020). The design of phase change materials with carbon aerogel composites for multi-responsive thermal energy capture and storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(2). 1213–1220. 121 indexed citations

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Kou, Yan, Keyan Sun, Jipeng Luo, et al.. (2020). An intrinsically flexible phase change film for wearable thermal managements. Energy storage materials. 34. 508–514. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kou, Yan, Siyu Wang, Jipeng Luo, et al.. (2018). Thermal analysis and heat capacity study of polyethylene glycol (PEG) phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications. The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. 128. 259–274. 214 indexed citations

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Sun, Keyan, Yan Kou, Hui Zheng, et al.. (2018). Using silicagel industrial wastes to synthesize polyethylene glycol/silica-hydroxyl form-stable phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 178. 139–145. 63 indexed citations

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Li, Rongchun, et al.. (2017). Low temperature calorimetry of 3-fluoro-5-(3-pyridinyloxy) benzenamine and N-[3-fluoro-5-(3-pyridinyloxy)phenyl]-N’-3-pyridinyl urea. International Journal of Thermodynamics. 20(3). 153–157. 2 indexed citations

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