Ning Sun

8.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
139 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Ning Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Sun has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 46 papers in Materials Chemistry and 36 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Ning Sun's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (53 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (41 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (36 papers). Ning Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (53 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (41 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (36 papers). Ning Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Ning Sun's co-authors include Bin Xu, Peng Zhang, Huan Liu, Razium Ali Soomro, Qizhen Zhu, Babak Anasori, Yury Gogotsi, Qizhen Zhu, Zhaoruxin Guan and Jieshan Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ning Sun

131 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Self‐Assembly of Transition Metal Oxide Nanostructures on... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 2017 2022 2020 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. Self‐Assembly of Transition Metal Oxide Nanostructures on MXene Nanosheets for Fast and Stable Lithium Storage
    2018 669 citations Yitao Liu, Peng Zhang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Extended “Adsorption–Insertion” Model: A New Insight into the Sodium Storage Mechanism of Hard Carbons
    2019 582 citations Ning Sun, Qizhen Zhu et al. profile →
  3. Recent advance in MXenes: A promising 2D material for catalysis, sensor and chemical adsorption
    2017 548 citations Ning Sun et al. profile →
  4. Understanding of Sodium Storage Mechanism in Hard Carbons: Ongoing Development under Debate
    2022 318 citations Ning Sun, Bin Xu et al. profile →
  5. In Situ Ice Template Approach to Fabricate 3D Flexible MXene Film‐Based Electrode for High Performance Supercapacitors
    2020 311 citations Peng Zhang, Qizhen Zhu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  6. Microcrystalline Hybridization Enhanced Coal‐Based Carbon Anode for Advanced Sodium‐Ion Batteries
    2022 204 citations He Chen, Ning Sun et al. profile →
  7. One stone two birds: Pitch assisted microcrystalline regulation and defect engineering in coal-based carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries
    2023 200 citations He Chen, Ning Sun et al. Energy storage materials profile →
  8. Closed pore engineering of activated carbon enabled by waste mask for superior sodium storage
    2024 96 citations Shaohong Zhang, Ning Sun et al. Energy storage materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ning Sun China 41 5.8k 3.2k 2.7k 749 661 139 7.4k
Shaozhuan Huang China 53 7.0k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 599 0.8× 935 1.4× 133 8.9k
Yu Liu China 55 7.9k 1.4× 2.7k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 576 0.8× 2.0k 3.0× 308 9.8k
Denis Y. W. Yu Hong Kong 50 6.9k 1.2× 1.9k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 925 1.2× 1.4k 2.1× 144 8.0k
Chao Yang China 44 5.5k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 437 0.6× 842 1.3× 124 7.3k
Yang Xu China 49 6.9k 1.2× 2.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 596 0.8× 923 1.4× 156 9.2k
Sagar Mitra India 46 6.6k 1.1× 2.5k 0.8× 2.9k 1.1× 719 1.0× 1.2k 1.7× 165 7.7k
Hong‐En Wang China 59 6.8k 1.2× 3.0k 0.9× 3.6k 1.3× 542 0.7× 613 0.9× 170 8.4k
Dezhi Kong China 46 5.6k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 3.0k 1.1× 369 0.5× 586 0.9× 163 7.2k
Jian Gao China 49 6.7k 1.2× 3.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 773 1.0× 2.1k 3.2× 176 9.2k

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All Works

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Yu, Zhaoxin, Xue Li, Ning Sun, et al.. (2025). Synergistic regulation of closed pore architecture and interface engineering in hard carbon for high energy density sodium-ion batteries. Energy storage materials. 82. 104612–104612. 2 indexed citations
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Chang, Xiaqing, He Chen, Shanshan Luo, et al.. (2025). Starch-assisted microcrystalline regulation of coal-derived carbon for high-performance potassium ion batteries. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 250. 53–61.
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Zhang, Shaohong, Ning Sun, Xue Li, Razium Ali Soomro, & Bin Xu. (2024). Closed pore engineering of activated carbon enabled by waste mask for superior sodium storage. Energy storage materials. 66. 103183–103183. 96 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Hongji, Zhong Wang, Bing Mao, et al.. (2024). Star-shaped multifunctional organic emitters based on N-(2-cyanophenyl) carbazole frameworks: Effects of steric hindrance fluorene and heavy-atom bromine. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 325. 125147–125147.
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Li, Xue, Ning Sun, Shaohong Zhang, Razium Ali Soomro, & Bin Xu. (2024). Closed pore structure engineering from ultra-micropores with the assistance of polypropylene for boosted sodium ion storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(20). 12015–12025. 42 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoliang, et al.. (2024). Distribution Network Restoration Strategy Considering Mobile Energy Storage Systems. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2774(1). 12074–12074.
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Sun, Ning, Yamin Han, Wenxin Huang, et al.. (2024). A Holistic Review of C = C Crosslinkable Conjugated Molecules in Solution‐Processed Organic Electronics: Insights into Stability, Processibility, and Mechanical Properties. Advanced Materials. 36(18). e2309779–e2309779. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaohong, Ning Sun, Mingchi Jiang, Razium Ali Soomro, & Bin Xu. (2023). Trash to treasure: Sulfonation-assisted transformation of waste masks into high-performance carbon anode for sodium-ion batteries. Carbon. 209. 118034–118034. 65 indexed citations
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Yu, Chunyu, et al.. (2023). Research on wear rate of train brake pads driven by small sample data. Wear. 536-537. 205169–205169. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Lulin, Ning Su, Ning Sun, et al.. (2023). D-O-A based organic phosphors for both aggregation-induced electrophosphorescence and host-free sensitization. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1678–1678. 29 indexed citations
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Xin, Yue, Zhaoxin Yu, Razium Ali Soomro, & Ning Sun. (2023). Facile Synthesis of Polyacrylic Acid/Graphene Oxide Composite Hydrogel Electrolyte for High-Performance Flexible Supercapacitors. Coatings. 13(2). 382–382. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Xue, Jiancheng Rao, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2022). Frontier molecular orbital engineering in spiro-based molecules: achieving aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence for non-doped OLEDs. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(12). 4845–4850. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Xiao, Ning Sun, Xiaodong Tian, et al.. (2020). Electrospun Coal Liquefaction Residues/Polyacrylonitrile Composite Carbon Nanofiber Nonwoven Fabrics as High-Performance Electrodes for Lithium/Potassium Batteries. Energy & Fuels. 34(2). 2445–2451. 47 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning, Yuqin Liu, Lili Sun, et al.. (2020). Isolated asymmetric bilateral steric conjugated polymers with thickness-independent emission for efficient and stable light-emitting optoelectronic devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(15). 5064–5070. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning, Qizhen Zhu, Babak Anasori, et al.. (2019). MXene‐Bonded Flexible Hard Carbon Film as Anode for Stable Na/K‐Ion Storage. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(51). 290 indexed citations
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Liu, Yitao, Peng Zhang, Ning Sun, et al.. (2018). Self‐Assembly of Transition Metal Oxide Nanostructures on MXene Nanosheets for Fast and Stable Lithium Storage. Advanced Materials. 30(23). e1707334–e1707334. 669 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Changsheng, Ning Sun, Zhongbin Wu, Jiangshan Chen, & Dongge Ma. (2017). High performance hybrid tandem white organic light-emitting diodes by using a novel intermediate connector. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(4). 767–772. 23 indexed citations

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