Kun Cao

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
180 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Kun Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Cao has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 119 papers in Materials Chemistry and 48 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Kun Cao's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (69 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (44 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (35 papers). Kun Cao is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (69 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (44 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (35 papers). Kun Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Kun Cao's co-authors include Rong Chen, Mingkui Wang, Bin Shan, Yan Shen, Jin Cui, Shufen Chen, Jiaming Cai, Lihui Liu, Xiao Liu and Wei Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kun Cao

174 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Lead-Free Perovskite Materials for Solar Cells

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Cao China	42	4.0k	3.7k	1.6k	1.3k	467	180	5.7k
Ahmad R. Kirmani United States	34	4.3k 1.1×	3.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	726 1.6×	65	5.7k
Fangyan Xie China	47	5.7k 1.4×	3.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	202 0.4×	166	7.2k
Alexander H. Ip Canada	26	4.7k 1.2×	4.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	917 2.0×	30	6.2k
Hyungtak Seo South Korea	41	3.6k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	151 0.3×	260	5.6k
Jixian Xu Canada	26	5.8k 1.5×	4.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	777 1.7×	48	7.3k
Qi Feng China	41	6.9k 1.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	3.6k 2.8×	307 0.7×	133	8.0k
Xiaoming Wang United States	37	4.7k 1.2×	3.5k 1.0×	624 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	134 0.3×	86	5.7k
Fengxia Wei Singapore	35	4.2k 1.1×	4.1k 1.1×	856 0.5×	927 0.7×	340 0.7×	107	6.3k
Zhiwen Zhou China	27	1.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	564 0.4×	560 1.2×	61	3.2k
Di Yang China	37	4.6k 1.2×	4.4k 1.2×	880 0.5×	468 0.4×	172 0.4×	100	5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Cao

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Guo, Bing, et al.. (2025). Effects of mass-transfer area on molecular stacking in mesophase pitch during thin-layer evaporation. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 338. 130682–130682. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Rong, et al.. (2024). Area selective deposition for bottom-up atomic-scale manufacturing. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture. 199. 104173–104173. 8 indexed citations

He, Jiale, et al.. (2024). Molecular secondary recombination for pitch-derived carbon microsphere toward ultra-high sodium storage. Carbon. 226. 119200–119200. 11 indexed citations

Duan, Xianbao, Yuzheng Li, Liuqing Chen, et al.. (2024). Exploring the impact of separation wall characteristics on Pt particle sintering inhibition: A theoretical study. Journal of Catalysis. 437. 115638–115638. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Lihui, Chenxi Liu, Mengze Li, et al.. (2024). UV-curable polymer-treated polydimethylsiloxane substrate for ultrahigh-efficient flexible organic light-emitting diodes. Applied Materials Today. 41. 102507–102507. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Wei, Hao Cui, Zhan Su, et al.. (2024). Ca²⁺-doping for stable pure red CsPbI₃ quantum dot light-emitting diodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(29). 11133–11138. 4 indexed citations

Guan, Yijia, Hui Guo, Xiaofeng Jia, et al.. (2024). Regulation of Glass Transition Temperature in Thermo‐Responsive Epoxy Shape Memory Polymers: The Roles of Chemical Crosslinking Density and Chain Flexibility. Journal of Polymer Science. 63(2). 406–416. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Rong, Kun Cao, Yanwei Wen, et al.. (2023). Atomic layer deposition in advanced display technologies: from photoluminescence to encapsulation. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. 6(2). 22003–22003. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Yulong, Pin Lv, Xinjie Liu, et al.. (2023). Grain Boundary Elimination via Recrystallization‐Assisted Vapor Deposition for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Advanced Materials. 35(44). e2304625–e2304625. 47 indexed citations

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Cao, Kun, Jiajun Zhu, Yuxuan Zhu, et al.. (2023). Managing Excess Lead Iodide with Ordered Distribution and Reduced Photoactivity via Chelating Ligands for Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(38). 8604–8611. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Lihui, Hao Yang, Yun Wang, et al.. (2023). Photopatternable and Highly Conductive PEDOT:PSS Electrodes for Flexible Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(17). 21344–21353. 36 indexed citations

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Liu, Lihui, Yun Wang, Chenxi Liu, et al.. (2023). Trifunctional Trichloroacetic Acid Incorporated Mixed-Halide Perovskites for Spectrally Stable Blue Light-Emitting Diodes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(20). 4734–4741. 7 indexed citations

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Cao, Kun, Jiajun Zhu, Yuxuan Zhu, et al.. (2023). Suppressing Excess Lead Iodide Aggregation and Reducing N‐Type Doping at Perovskite/HTL Interface for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. Small. 19(43). e2301822–e2301822. 16 indexed citations

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Cao, Kun, Bo Cai, Jiajun Zhu, et al.. (2023). Ionic compensation for defect reduction and enhanced performance of tin-based perovskite solar cells. Journal of Power Sources. 558. 232595–232595. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Lihui, Yun Wang, Shuling Li, et al.. (2022). Basic Amino Acids Modulated Neutral-pH PEDOT:PSS for Stable Blue Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(24). 28133–28144. 42 indexed citations

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Cao, Kun, Yue Huang, Fei Huang, et al.. (2021). Durable Defect Passivation of the Grain Surface in Perovskite Solar Cells with π-Conjugated Sulfamic Acid Additives. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(22). 26013–26022. 48 indexed citations

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Lan, Tao, Lihui Liu, Haoran Shen, et al.. (2021). Efficiency enhancement of organic light-emitting diodes via a self-assembled moth-eye nanopatterned hole-transporting layer. Optics Express. 29(5). 7210–7210. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Lihui, Shuling Li, Kun Cao, et al.. (2020). Work Function-Tunable Graphene-Polymer Composite Electrodes for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(4). 4068–4077. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qing, Hongtao Yu, Ziwei Liu, et al.. (2019). Organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes using a graphene electrode and modified PEDOT:PSS. RSC Advances. 9(36). 20931–20940. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Chengxin, Hao Hao, Shufen Chen, et al.. (2017). Inverse-architecture perovskite solar cells with 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene as a hole conductor. RSC Advances. 7(48). 29944–29952. 16 indexed citations

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