Li Sun

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Li Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Sun has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 38 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Li Sun's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (35 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (32 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (12 papers). Li Sun is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (35 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (32 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (12 papers). Li Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Li Sun's co-authors include Honggang Fu, Chungui Tian, Lei Wang, Meitong Li, Taixing Tan, Keying Shi, Jie Yin, Ruihong Wang, Xianghong Liu and Jun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Energy & Environmental Science and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Li Sun

76 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

From coconut shell to porous graphene-like nanosheets for high-power supercapacitors

2013 808 citations Li Sun, Chungui Tian et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →
Nitrogen-doped graphene with high nitrogen level via a one-step hydrothermal reaction of graphene oxide with urea for superior capacitive energy storage

2012 705 citations Li Sun, Lei Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Sun China	36	3.7k	3.0k	1.9k	1.2k	1.0k	79	5.4k
Fengyu Qu China	37	2.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	588 0.6×	89	4.4k
Jiabiao Lian China	46	4.3k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	2.5k 2.1×	565 0.6×	149	6.6k
Haihui Zhou China	45	3.8k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	801 0.8×	130	5.8k
P. Suresh Kumar Singapore	40	3.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	770 0.6×	812 0.8×	67	4.9k
Mohammad Omaish Ansari Saudi Arabia	40	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.6×	929 0.9×	96	4.9k
Wangwang Xu United States	41	4.7k 1.3×	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	434 0.4×	74	5.5k
Jian Yin China	43	4.9k 1.3×	3.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	802 0.7×	709 0.7×	110	6.4k
Zhenyuan Ji China	52	5.4k 1.4×	3.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.7×	3.6k 3.0×	961 0.9×	189	8.4k
Rutao Wang China	41	5.4k 1.4×	4.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	653 0.6×	112	6.8k
Ashwani Kumar India	36	2.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	430 0.4×	714 0.7×	108	3.2k

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Zhuang, Linlin, Jiansen Gong, Wang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in metallic and metal oxide nanoparticle-assisted molecular methods for the detection of Escherichia coli. The Analyst. 150(7). 1206–1228. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Li, et al.. (2025). Improved piezo-photocatalytic performance of ultra-thin BaTiO3 nanosheets with exposed {001} facets. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 467. 116445–116445.

Sun, Yang, Fan Yang, Kexin Wei, et al.. (2025). Construction of a built-in electric field in Mo-doped Ni/WO ₃ to enhance asymmetric charge distribution for efficient overall water splitting. Chemical Science. 17(4). 2210–2221.

Sun, Li, Xiao‐Lin Wu, Pan Wang, et al.. (2025). Electrohydrodynamic Liquid Bridge Printing of Complex 3D Architectures Using Biopolymeric Inks. Small Methods. 10(2). e2500700–e2500700. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Li, et al.. (2024). Direct synthesis of highly crumpled nitrogen-rich porous carbon nanosheets with a mesopore-dominant for high performance supercapacitors. Diamond and Related Materials. 142. 110772–110772. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Jiazhen, Xiaobo Wen, Li Sun, et al.. (2024). The future of bone regeneration: Artificial intelligence in biomaterials discovery. Materials Today Communications. 40. 109982–109982. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Xiuwen, Miao Yu, Chunmei Lv, et al.. (2024). Mo-doped NiCoP nanoplates with amorphous/crystalline heterostructure for efficient alkaline overall water splitting. FlatChem. 45. 100660–100660. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhen, Bo Jin, Shengchun Wang, et al.. (2024). Para-selective nitrobenzene amination lead by C(sp2)-H/N-H oxidative cross-coupling through aminyl radical. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4186–4186. 5 indexed citations

Li, Hangyu, Qigao Cao, Yi Wang, Rong Wan, & Li Sun. (2024). Enhanced anti-welding and arc erosion performance of Ag-8 wt%SnO2 contact material with different addition of graphene nanoplatelets. Materials Today Communications. 39. 108909–108909. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Chong, Wenjian Jiang, Keying Zhang, et al.. (2023). Extrusion plant microtube synthesis of micron-sized nitrogen-doped hollow porous carbon nanosheets for high rate and high energy density supercapacitors. Diamond and Related Materials. 133. 109715–109715. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Jiayue Xie, Guanglu Lei, et al.. (2021). Design of double-shell TiO₂@SnO₂ nanotubes via atomic layer deposition for improved lithium storage. CrystEngComm. 23(16). 2992–3001. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhuanfang, Li Sun, Zhaojun Wu, Yongzhi Liu, & Shaobin Li. (2020). Facile hydrothermal synthesis of CuO–Cu₂O/GO nanocomposites for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dye and tetracycline pollutants. New Journal of Chemistry. 44(16). 6420–6427. 60 indexed citations

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Liu, Xianghong, Tiantian Ma, Li Sun, et al.. (2018). Enhancing the Lithium Storage Performance of Graphene/SnO₂ Nanorods by a Carbon‐Riveting Strategy. ChemSusChem. 11(8). 1321–1327. 52 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaomeng, Yanqing Jiao, Li Sun, et al.. (2015). GO-induced assembly of gelatin toward stacked layer-like porous carbon for advanced supercapacitors. Nanoscale. 8(4). 2418–2427. 69 indexed citations

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Yang, Ying, Chungui Tian, Jingchao Wang, et al.. (2014). Facile synthesis of novel 3D nanoflower-like CuxO/multilayer graphene composites for room temperature NOx gas sensor application. Nanoscale. 6(13). 7369–7369. 131 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Yu Fu, Chungui Tian, et al.. (2014). Isolated Boron and Nitrogen Sites on Porous Graphitic Carbon Synthesized from Nitrogen‐Containing Chitosan for Supercapacitors. ChemSusChem. 7(6). 1637–1646. 127 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Guang Mu, Chungui Tian, et al.. (2013). Porous Graphitic Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Cornstalk Biomass for Advanced Supercapacitors. ChemSusChem. 6(5). 880–889. 266 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Chungui Tian, Yu Fu, et al.. (2013). Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Graphitic Carbon as an Excellent Electrode Material for Advanced Supercapacitors. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(2). 564–574. 415 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Chungui Tian, Meitong Li, et al.. (2013). From coconut shell to porous graphene-like nanosheets for high-power supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1(21). 6462–6462. 808 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Lei, Guang Mu, Chungui Tian, et al.. (2012). In Situ Intercalating Expandable Graphite for Mesoporous Carbon/Graphite Nanosheet Composites as High‐Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes. ChemSusChem. 5(12). 2442–2450. 31 indexed citations

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