Liqun Sun

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Liqun Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Liqun Sun has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 27 papers in Automotive Engineering and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Liqun Sun's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (53 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (51 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (27 papers). Liqun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (53 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (51 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (27 papers). Liqun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Liqun Sun's co-authors include Haiming Xie, Lina Cong, Wei Lü, Jia Liu, Zhi Quan Zhou, Yulong Liu, Rongshun Wang, A. Mauger, C. Julien and Jun Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Functional Materials and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Liqun Sun

88 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 200 400 600
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.

  1. Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots
    2015 633 citations Haiming Xie, Liqun Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liqun Sun China 35 3.2k 1.5k 1.1k 794 559 93 4.5k
Jang‐Soo Lee South Korea 28 5.8k 1.8× 842 0.6× 454 0.4× 3.9k 4.9× 2.0k 3.7× 89 7.1k
Xinli Yang China 26 964 0.3× 804 0.5× 229 0.2× 302 0.4× 291 0.5× 80 2.4k
Zhao Li China 32 2.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 864 0.8× 655 0.8× 1.1k 2.0× 117 4.1k
Yajing Zhao China 29 1.1k 0.3× 536 0.4× 170 0.2× 597 0.8× 299 0.5× 91 3.1k
Elena Sherman United States 13 2.5k 0.8× 365 0.2× 2.2k 2.0× 98 0.1× 346 0.6× 41 3.3k
Jie Yang China 30 2.4k 0.8× 958 0.7× 690 0.6× 609 0.8× 978 1.7× 136 3.6k
Xiaolei Ren China 24 1.3k 0.4× 524 0.4× 301 0.3× 213 0.3× 456 0.8× 72 1.9k
Rong Li China 21 1.0k 0.3× 588 0.4× 154 0.1× 273 0.3× 202 0.4× 115 1.7k
Chaonan Wang China 30 787 0.2× 378 0.3× 197 0.2× 341 0.4× 387 0.7× 130 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Liqun Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liqun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Liqun Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Liqun Sun. The network helps show where Liqun Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liqun Sun

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

All Works

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Chen, Silin, Shunchao Ma, Yufan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Contriving molecular configuration to realize a bidirectionally stable quasi-solid polymer electrolyte for high-voltage Li metal batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 516. 163968–163968. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Fang, Shi‐Yuan Zhang, Ying Liu, et al.. (2025). Molecular-level polymer design and interface engineering enable 4.5 V high-voltage Li metal batteries. Energy storage materials. 79. 104327–104327.
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Sun, Chen, et al.. (2024). Multilayer polyethylene separator with enhanced thermal properties for safe lithium-ion batteries. Particuology. 91. 29–37. 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Lingmin, Ye Zhang, Yanbin Tong, et al.. (2023). Efficient purification of graphite industry wastewater by a combined neutralization-coagulation-flocculation process strategy: Performance of flocculant combinations and defluoridation mechanism. Separation and Purification Technology. 326. 124771–124771. 15 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huili, Hailin Yu, Lingmin Wu, et al.. (2022). Preparation of polyaluminium silicate sulphate by gravity supercritical method and its coagulation in oily sewage. Chemosphere. 313. 137504–137504. 5 indexed citations
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Ran, Jingyu, Xiangdong Su, Jiangang Zhang, et al.. (2021). Continuous, Large-Scale, and High Proportion of Bioinspired Phosphogypsum Composites via Reactive Extrusion. Materials. 14(19). 5601–5601. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Bin, Liqun Sun, Ji Bian, et al.. (2020). Controlled synthesis of novel Z-scheme iron phthalocyanine/porous WO3 nanocomposites as efficient photocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 270. 118849–118849. 112 indexed citations
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Wu, Tong, Lina Cong, Liqun Sun, & Haiming Xie. (2020). Application of Porous Black Titanium Dioxide with Oxygen Vacancy/Polyethylene as a Composite Separator for Lithium Sulfur Batteries†. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 41(7). 1661. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Liqun, Bin Li, Xiaoyu Chu, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of Si–O-Bridged g-C3N4/WO3 2D-Heterojunctional Nanocomposites as Efficient Photocatalysts for Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation and Mechanism Insight. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(11). 9916–9927. 48 indexed citations
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Tong, Yanbin, Jing Kang, Jimin Shen, et al.. (2019). Effective degradation of doxycycline by photocatalytic BiVO4–H2O2 under visible light. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 38(6). 13 indexed citations
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Lu, Hongwei, Yang Qu, Liqun Sun, et al.. (2018). Improved Visible-Light Activities of Rutile Nanorod by Comodifying Highly Dispersed Surface Plasmon Resonance Au Nanoparticles and HF Groups for Aerobic Selective Alcohol Oxidation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(11). 14652–14659. 17 indexed citations
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Raziq, Fazal, Liqun Sun, Yuying Wang, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of Large Surface‐Area g‐C3N4 Comodified with MnOx and Au‐TiO2 as Efficient Visible‐Light Photocatalysts for Fuel Production. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(3). 177 indexed citations
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Sun, Liqun, Yuying Wang, Fazal Raziq, et al.. (2017). Enhanced photoelectrochemical activities for water oxidation and phenol degradation on WO3 nanoplates by transferring electrons and trapping holes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 30 indexed citations
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Li, Chengming, Fazal Raziq, Chong Liu, et al.. (2015). Enhanced photocatalytic activity for degrading pollutants of g-C3N4 by promoting oxygen adsorption after H3BO3 modification. Applied Surface Science. 358. 240–245. 22 indexed citations
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Zeng, Yanping, Xing‐Long Wu, Peng Mei, et al.. (2014). Effect of cationic and anionic substitutions on the electrochemical properties of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinel cathode materials. Electrochimica Acta. 138. 493–500. 30 indexed citations
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Sui, Weiwei, Haibing Ding, Gui‐Peng Yang, et al.. (2013). [Simulated study of algal fatty acid degradation in hypoxia seawater-sediment interface along China coastal area].. PubMed. 34(11). 4231–9. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Liqun, et al.. (2010). Discharge dynamics of pin-to-plate dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure. Physics of Plasmas. 17(11). 18 indexed citations

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