Kun Jiang

21.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
311 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Kun Jiang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Jiang has authored 311 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 86 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 66 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kun Jiang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (83 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (58 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (43 papers). Kun Jiang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (83 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (58 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (43 papers). Kun Jiang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Kun Jiang's co-authors include Haotian Wang, Wen–Bin Cai, Ying‐Chun Chen, Tingting Zheng, Yongfeng Hu, Samira Siahrostami, Congyan Wang, Jens K. Nørskov, Shouzhong Zou and Austin J. Akey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kun Jiang

295 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Reduced Mesoporous Co₃O₄ Nanowires as Efficient Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts and Supercapacitor Electrodes

2014 962 citations Yongcheng Wang, Kun Jiang et al. profile →
Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO₂ reduction

2018 925 citations Kun Jiang, Samira Siahrostami et al. profile →
Large-Scale and Highly Selective CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction on Nickel Single-Atom Catalyst

2018 793 citations Kun Jiang, Yongfeng Hu et al. profile →
Metal ion cycling of Cu foil for selective C–C coupling in electrochemical CO2 reduction

2018 720 citations Kun Jiang, Austin J. Akey et al. profile →
Highly selective oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide on transition metal single atom coordination

2019 710 citations Kun Jiang, Seoin Back et al. Nature Communications profile →
Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide

2020 394 citations Chuan Xia, Seoin Back et al. profile →
The Critical Role of Additive Sulfate for Stable Alkaline Seawater Oxidation on Nickel‐Based Electrodes

2021 281 citations Shusheng Wan, Kun Jiang et al. profile →
Nanoscale high-entropy surface engineering promotes selective glycerol electro-oxidation to glycerate at high current density

2025 30 citations Yichao Lin, Ziqi Tian et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Jiang China	68	11.4k	6.1k	5.4k	4.0k	3.4k	311	18.5k
Xinyong Li China	78	9.6k 0.8×	5.2k 0.8×	11.5k 2.1×	2.4k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	388	18.3k
Feng Jiao United States	73	15.1k 1.3×	7.0k 1.1×	7.5k 1.4×	942 0.2×	7.2k 2.1×	187	21.1k
Jinli Qiao China	74	11.7k 1.0×	12.7k 2.1×	5.6k 1.0×	848 0.2×	3.2k 1.0×	424	23.3k
Chong Liu United States	46	6.7k 0.6×	3.9k 0.6×	6.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	153	12.5k
Jingyuan Ma China	62	9.1k 0.8×	8.8k 1.5×	6.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	163	15.4k
Fei Gao China	70	6.0k 0.5×	3.5k 0.6×	11.0k 2.0×	2.4k 0.6×	5.5k 1.6×	294	14.7k
Plamen Atanassov United States	85	17.4k 1.5×	21.1k 3.5×	6.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	477	28.6k
Xuxu Wang China	80	15.9k 1.4×	7.5k 1.2×	15.1k 2.8×	1.2k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	357	20.9k
Xiaodong Wang China	74	4.9k 0.4×	1.6k 0.3×	11.7k 2.2×	3.5k 0.9×	6.4k 1.9×	376	19.1k
Xiao Liu China	52	3.8k 0.3×	1.8k 0.3×	4.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	337	10.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Jiang

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Zeng, Hao, et al.. (2025). An I₂/amine synergistic catalysis enables 2,2′-bipyridine synthesis from oxime esters and enals. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(13). 3081–3092.

Lin, Yichao, Ziqi Tian, Yu Wang, et al.. (2025). Nanoscale high-entropy surface engineering promotes selective glycerol electro-oxidation to glycerate at high current density. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(5). 646–655. 30 indexed citations breakdown →

Hu, Yuxing, et al.. (2024). Amoeba community dynamics and assembly mechanisms in full-scale drinking water distribution networks under various disinfectant regimens. Water Research. 271. 122861–122861. 4 indexed citations

Song, Ping, Xue Gong, Mingbo Ruan, et al.. (2024). Molecule aging induced by electron attacking. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 93. 519–525.

Jiang, Kun, et al.. (2024). Dynamic constitutive modeling and numerical validation of composite toughened oil well cement for well cementing applications. Construction and Building Materials. 456. 139193–139193. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yujie, Jungho Kim, Hyun Dong Jung, et al.. (2024). Understanding the first activation step of electrochemical CO2 reduction over Ag and Ni-N-C active sites. Nano Energy. 127. 109728–109728. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Yuqiang, et al.. (2024). 1,5-Hydrogen atom transfer of α-iminyl radical cations: a new platform for relay annulation for pyridine derivatives and axially chiral heterobiaryls. Chemical Science. 15(20). 7502–7514. 14 indexed citations

Sun, Zhe-Tao, et al.. (2024). Stacking pressure homogenizes the electrochemical lithiation reaction of silicon anode in solid-state batteries. Energy storage materials. 67. 103246–103246. 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Guiru, Dong Hyeon Mok, Baoxin Ni, et al.. (2024). Electrifying HCOOH synthesis from CO ₂ building blocks over Cu–Bi nanorod arrays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(29). e2400898121–e2400898121. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guiru, Baoxin Ni, Peng Shen, et al.. (2024). Artificial synthesis of polyesters at ambient condition via consecutive CO2 electrolysis and fermentation. Nano Research. 17(7). 6016–6025. 6 indexed citations

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Fang, Wenjian, Zhidong Wei, Mingxia Chen, et al.. (2023). Realization of multilocal gradient-doping PCN by alkali metal ion sustained release capsules for enhanced photocatalytic water splitting. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 339. 123155–123155. 12 indexed citations

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Wan, Shusheng, Huanlei Zhang, Ke Ye, et al.. (2023). Improving the Efficiencies of Water Splitting and CO₂ Electrolysis by Anodic O₂ Bubble Management. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(49). 11217–11223. 12 indexed citations

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Jiang, Kun, et al.. (2023). One-step fabrication of novel BiVO4 hollow nanotubes with improved photocatalytic activity. Materials Letters. 349. 134792–134792. 6 indexed citations

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Jiang, Kun, et al.. (2022). Implementing Continuous Authentication in Network Connection Based on Improved SPA. 12. 1318–1322. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Kun, Qian Li, Mengde Zhai, et al.. (2022). Nb-doped NiFe LDH nanosheet with superhydrophilicity and superaerophobicity surface for solar cell-driven electrocatalytic water splitting. Electrochimica Acta. 429. 140947–140947. 14 indexed citations

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Jiang, Kun, et al.. (2021). Characteristics of nutrients removal under partial denitrification initiated by different initial nitrate concentration. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 44(10). 2051–2059. 7 indexed citations

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Hu, Yiming, Wenjun Liu, Kun Jiang, et al.. (2020). Constructing a CeO_2−x@CoFe-layered double hydroxide heterostructure as an improved electrocatalyst for highly efficient water oxidation. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(22). 4461–4468. 59 indexed citations

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Zhu, Peng, Chuan Xia, Chun-Yen Liu, et al.. (2020). Direct and continuous generation of pure acetic acid solutions via electrocatalytic carbon monoxide reduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 157 indexed citations

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Jiang, Kun, Seoin Back, Austin J. Akey, et al.. (2019). Highly selective oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide on transition metal single atom coordination. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3997–3997. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lv, Qing, Qinglei Meng, Na Sun, et al.. (2017). Pd–PdO Interface as Active Site for HCOOH Selective Dehydrogenation at Ambient Condition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(4). 2081–2088. 95 indexed citations

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