Nannan Sun

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Nannan Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Nannan Sun has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Materials Chemistry, 48 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 43 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Nannan Sun's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (42 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (29 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (25 papers). Nannan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (42 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (29 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (25 papers). Nannan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Nannan Sun's co-authors include Wei Wei, Yuhan Sun, Ning Zhao, Fukui Xiao, Wei Wei, Qun Shen, Baozhong Sun, Jun Ma, Xuelan Zhang and Changzhen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Nannan Sun

144 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nannan Sun China	37	2.1k	1.6k	1.1k	775	686	161	4.2k
Song Wang China	34	2.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	821 0.7×	804 1.0×	840 1.2×	220	4.5k
Guojie Zhang China	40	2.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.8×	335 0.4×	457 0.7×	189	4.9k
Zhen Huang China	42	3.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	739 1.0×	816 1.2×	218	5.9k
Jianli Hu United States	34	3.0k 1.4×	3.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.2×	922 1.2×	1.4k 2.0×	138	6.0k
Joseph Wood United Kingdom	41	1.6k 0.8×	789 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	191 0.2×	530 0.8×	141	5.1k
Wen Liu Singapore	38	1.8k 0.8×	913 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	349 0.5×	710 1.0×	150	3.8k
Zhao Sun China	35	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	270 0.3×	537 0.8×	115	3.3k
Chaohe Yang China	35	1.8k 0.8×	903 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	532 0.7×	942 1.4×	243	4.2k
Dmitri Bessarabov South Africa	43	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	932 0.8×	3.0k 3.9×	2.0k 3.0×	190	7.4k
Yibin Liu China	34	1.8k 0.8×	772 0.5×	973 0.9×	245 0.3×	624 0.9×	212	3.6k

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Chen, Kaifei, et al.. (2025). Combined kinetical and thermodynamical enhancement of CO2 oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane by controlling Zn speciation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 115410–115410.

Sun, Nannan, Kai Huang, Mengtao Sun, et al.. (2025). A SiC MOSFET low switching loss strategy based on a reverse conduction. IEICE Electronics Express. 22(7). 20250050–20250050.

Li, Yunfei, Nannan Sun, Xingxing Jiang, et al.. (2025). Surface Halide Inversion Mitigates Voltage Losses in Wide‐Bandgap Perovskite for Efficient Tandem. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(2). e12989–e12989.

Zhang, Lina, et al.. (2025). Effect of Ga doping on the catalytic performance of Zn-ZSM-5 for CO2-assisted oxidative dehydrogenation of C2H6. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 95. 103066–103066. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Sheng, Nannan Sun, Shuaifeng Hu, et al.. (2025). In situ molecular compensation in wide-bandgap perovskites for efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(11). 5503–5510. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Xinqing, et al.. (2024). ZIF-8 derived Ag/ZnO photocatalyst with enriched Ag-ZnO interface for effective oxidation of methane to liquid oxygenates with simultaneous mmol-scale productivity and ∼100 % selectivity. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 359. 124505–124505. 13 indexed citations

Sun, Nannan, Fuqiang Xi, Xuesong Shen, et al.. (2024). Strategic Energy Management in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles: A Prognostic Perspective on Dual Energy Source Degradation. Fuel Cells. 25(2). 1 indexed citations

Xu, Wei, Liying Zhang, Xiaoliang Qian, et al.. (2024). A deep learning framework for hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis using MS1 data. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26705–26705. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Yangge, Nannan Sun, Xiaojing Cheng, et al.. (2024). Potential-dependent insights into the origin of high ammonia yield rate on copper surface via nitrate reduction: A computational and experimental study. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 96. 272–281. 18 indexed citations

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Song, Enzhe, et al.. (2024). Generalized composite multiscale improved diversity entropy and its application to diesel injector fault feature extraction and diagnosis. Structural Health Monitoring. 25(1). 432–455. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Guoxing, et al.. (2024). Vibration-induced cavitation in cylinder liners caused by piston slaps. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 267. 109025–109025. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Nannan, Yangge Guo, Liuxuan Luo, et al.. (2023). Facile synthesis of CuCo-CoO composite electrocatalyst for nitrate reduction to ammonia with high activity, selectivity and stability. Applied Surface Science. 624. 157118–157118. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lingyun, Qun Shen, Cheng Heng Pang, et al.. (2023). Life cycle assessment of bio-fermentation ethanol production and its influence in China's steeling industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 397. 136492–136492. 13 indexed citations

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Sun, Nannan, et al.. (2022). Effect of different Cu ₆ Sn ₅ morphology on the tribological properties of Babbitt alloy. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. 74(5). 580–587. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhongshu, et al.. (2021). Impacts of the horizontal swirl and axial tumble on the turbulent kinetic energy and combustion process of a natural gas engine. Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects. 47(1). 10349–10366. 2 indexed citations

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Tang, Hongwei, et al.. (2020). Effect of angular speed of cam on oil film variation in the line contact thermal EHL of a cam-tappet pair. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. 72(6). 713–722. 6 indexed citations

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Duan, Yanwen Y., et al.. (2020). 2020 7th International Forum on Electrical Engineering and Automation (IFEEA). 1–23. 4 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yun, Fanping Meng, Nannan Sun, et al.. (2019). Suppressing Sponge-Like Li Deposition via AlN-Modified Substrate for Stable Li Metal Anode. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(45). 42261–42270. 11 indexed citations

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Shi, Jialin, Hongyu Zhao, Nannan Sun, et al.. (2018). Porosity at the interface of organic matter and mineral components contribute significantly to gas adsorption on shales. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 28. 73–82. 14 indexed citations

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Shi, Zhan, Nannan Sun, Cong Li, et al.. (2018). A modified CALPHAD model for thermal expansion coefficient in Invar Ni-Fe(FCC) alloys. Computational Materials Science. 152. 178–182. 4 indexed citations

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