Kun Ni

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kun Ni is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Ni has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Kun Ni's work include Graphene research and applications (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (12 papers). Kun Ni is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (12 papers). Kun Ni collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Kun Ni's co-authors include Yanwu Zhu, Xiaojun Wu, Zhuchen Tao, Xiong Liu, Ruiting Guo, Jiashen Meng, Liqiang Mai, Yanwu Zhu, Peijie Wu and Hengxing Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kun Ni

61 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

A Hierarchical Carbon Derived from Sponge‐Templated Activation of Graphene Oxide for High‐Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes

2016 392 citations Kun Ni, Yanwu Zhu et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Ni China	27	1.6k	1.3k	990	957	406	64	3.1k
Haijie Cao China	29	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 2.1×	1.6k 1.7×	304 0.7×	106	4.6k
Xiaoxia Wang China	31	974 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	462 1.1×	90	3.9k
Xiaohui Zhu China	36	2.7k 1.7×	654 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	316 0.8×	122	4.4k
Min Ma China	29	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	543 0.5×	739 0.8×	148 0.4×	69	2.6k
Qing Zhu China	28	2.0k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	542 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	466 1.1×	67	3.8k
Bahareh Khezri Singapore	33	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	384 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	1.0k 2.6×	69	3.5k
Jiali Peng China	33	1.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	427 0.4×	1.8k 1.9×	936 2.3×	81	4.3k
Cong Wei China	32	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	265 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	492 1.2×	105	3.1k
Jingling Yang China	30	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	625 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	352 0.9×	77	3.3k
D. Villagrán United States	31	569 0.4×	971 0.7×	534 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	734 1.8×	83	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Ni

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Ni

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ni, Kun, et al.. (2025). Nanoporous Hydrogels with Tunable Pore Size for Efficient Hydrovoltaic Electricity Generation. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2508391–e2508391. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2025). Microenvironment regulation of copper sites by chelating hydrophobic polymer for electrosynthesis of ethylene. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(6). 110836–110836.

Wang, Xiaolan, Wei Guo, Kun Ni, et al.. (2025). Oxygen Functionalization Reshapes the Electrochemical Interface of Single-Layer Graphene via Defect Evolution and Ion Structuring. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(33). 14993–15002.

Zhang, Yanbo, Fei Pan, Kun Ni, & Yanwu Zhu. (2025). 3D carbon crystals: theoretical prediction and experimental preparation. National Science Review. 12(5). nwaf125–nwaf125. 2 indexed citations

Ni, Kun, et al.. (2025). A Trilayer Nanofluidic Ionic Diode for High‐Performance Moisture‐Enabled Energy Harvesting and Ionic Logic Operations. Advanced Materials. 38(1). e13405–e13405. 1 indexed citations

Lü, Rui, Wenchang Zhang, Yuanxin Du, et al.. (2024). Precisely Regulating Asymmetric Charge Distribution by Single‐Atom Central Doped Ag‐Based Series Clusters for Enhanced Photoreduction of CO₂ to Alcohol Fuels. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(46). e202412964–e202412964. 24 indexed citations

Wei, Xiao, et al.. (2024). Strong interaction-induced in situ-reconstructed Ag3 triangle as a real active unit for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Chem Catalysis. 4(6). 101011–101011. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yanan, Kun Ni, Yuhang Song, et al.. (2024). 3D dendritic hierarchically gradient nanoflowers in situ grown on conductive substrates for efficient hydrovoltaic power generation. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(13). 4780–4793. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Yiying, Hao Wu, Haotian Gao, et al.. (2024). Hybrid Thin Film Encapsulation for Improving the Stability of PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Small. 20(45). e2404984–e2404984. 2 indexed citations

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Yuan, Hong, et al.. (2024). Structural Repair of Reduced Graphene Oxide Promoted by Single‐Layer Graphene. Advanced Science. 12(7). e2410088–e2410088. 6 indexed citations

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Shen, Honglei, Kun Ni, Xiao Wei, et al.. (2023). Stepwise construction of Ag₂₉ nanocluster-based hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts. Nanoscale. 15(36). 14941–14948. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, Wenchang Zhang, Weidong Wen, et al.. (2023). Atomically Dispersed Unsaturated Cu‐N₃ Sites on High‐Curvature Hierarchically Porous Carbon Nanotube for Synergetic Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(46). 56 indexed citations

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Pan, Fei, Kun Ni, Tao Xu, et al.. (2023). Long-range ordered porous carbons produced from C60. Nature. 614(7946). 95–101. 109 indexed citations

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Jiang, Ming, Yulin Huang, Lijun Hu, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β in spinal microglia contributes to pre-operative stress-induced prolongation of postsurgical pain. Molecular Pain. 18. 804300640–804300640. 2 indexed citations

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Ni, Kun, Jin Yang, Shujuan Xu, et al.. (2021). Stronger Interlayer Interactions Contribute to Faster Hot Carrier Cooling of Bilayer Graphene under Pressure. Physical Review Letters. 126(2). 27402–27402. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Lin, Yonglong Lü, Guizhen He, et al.. (2014). Factors influencing polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) emissions and control in major industrial sectors: Case evidence from Shandong Province, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 26(7). 1513–1522. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Li, Tieyu Wang, Wei Luo, et al.. (2013). Factors influencing the contents of metals and As in soils around the watershed of Guanting Reservoir, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 25(3). 561–568. 42 indexed citations

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Ni, Kun, Yonglong Lü, Tieyu Wang, et al.. (2013). A review of human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in China. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 216(6). 607–623. 128 indexed citations

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Xu, Li, Tieyu Wang, Kun Ni, et al.. (2013). Metals contamination along the watershed and estuarine areas of southern Bohai Sea, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 74(1). 453–463. 55 indexed citations

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Ni, Kun, Yonglong Lü, Tieyu Wang, et al.. (2012). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in China: Policies and recommendations for sound management of plastics from electronic wastes. Journal of Environmental Management. 115. 114–123. 98 indexed citations

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