Ning Sun

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
136 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Ning Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Sun has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 45 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ning Sun's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (34 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (28 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (19 papers). Ning Sun is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (34 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (28 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (19 papers). Ning Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Ning Sun's co-authors include Robin D. Rogers, Xingmei Lü, Héctor Rodríguez, Mustafizur Rahman, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang, Xuezhong He, Ying Qin, Mirela L. Maxim and Liqiang Jing and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ning Sun

133 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Physical Properties of Ionic Liquids: Database and Evaluation

2006 1.0k citations Ning Sun et al. profile →
Complete dissolution and partial delignification of wood in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate

2009 808 citations Ning Sun et al. Green Chemistry profile →
Design of low-cost ionic liquids for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment

2014 368 citations Ning Sun, Seema Singh et al. Green Chemistry profile →
Study of the microscopic mechanism of lauryl glucoside wetting coal dust: Environmental pollution prevention and control

2021 235 citations Chengyi Liu, Ning Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Sun China	39	3.0k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	136	6.9k
Jyri‐Pekka Mikkola Finland	42	3.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	641 0.5×	684 0.6×	198	6.3k
Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim Malaysia	38	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.7×	338 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	158	6.0k
Na Ji China	58	3.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	3.4k 2.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	242	10.6k
Mohamad Azmi Bustam Malaysia	53	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	647 0.5×	497 0.4×	304	8.0k
Fangming Jin China	49	4.3k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	375 0.3×	2.2k 1.9×	388	9.4k
Paul J. Dauenhauer United States	47	4.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	571 0.4×	685 0.6×	153	7.0k
Xingmei Lü China	56	3.5k 1.2×	4.0k 2.4×	2.0k 1.4×	2.4k 1.9×	630 0.6×	220	10.6k
Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan Malaysia	44	1.3k 0.4×	821 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	440 0.3×	2.0k 1.8×	237	6.1k
Jorg Thöming Germany	37	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	913 0.7×	372 0.3×	178	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ning Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ning Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Sun

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All Works

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Liu, Xin-Yi, Junan Pan, Hao Huang, et al.. (2024). Floating Solar Materials and their Devices for Energy Conversion and Environment Remediation. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 8(8). 2 indexed citations

Tong, Lige, et al.. (2024). Fine quantitative characterization of high-H2S gas reservoirs under the influence of liquid sulfur deposition and adsorption. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 51(2). 416–429. 5 indexed citations

Nie, Wen, Ning Sun, Lidian Guo, et al.. (2023). Analysis of multi-factor ventilation parameters for reducing energy air pollution in coal mines. Energy. 278. 127732–127732. 32 indexed citations

Li, Xuelian, et al.. (2023). Preparation of lightweight ceramsite by stone coal leaching slag, feldspar, and pore-forming reagents. Construction and Building Materials. 370. 130642–130642. 28 indexed citations

Zou, Chenwei, Caili Dai, Yifei Liu, et al.. (2023). A novel self-degradable gel (SDG) as liquid temporary plugging agent for high-temperature reservoirs. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 386. 122463–122463. 20 indexed citations

Baral, Nawa Raj, et al.. (2023). Torrefaction of almond shell as a renewable reinforcing agent for plastics: techno-economic analyses and comparison to bioethanol process. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 15004–15004. 7 indexed citations

Pan, Junan, Ning Sun, Qiyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in photothermal effects for hydrogen evolution. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(1). 108513–108513. 17 indexed citations

Dou, Chang, Hemant Choudhary, Nawa Raj Baral, et al.. (2023). A hybrid chemical-biological approach can upcycle mixed plastic waste with reduced cost and carbon footprint. One Earth. 6(11). 1576–1590. 23 indexed citations

Saboe, Patrick O., Stefan J. Haugen, Renee M. Happs, et al.. (2022). Recovery of low molecular weight compounds from alkaline pretreatment liquor via membrane separations. Green Chemistry. 24(8). 3152–3166. 21 indexed citations

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Yang, Jianlong, Ning Sun, Ziqing Zhang, et al.. (2020). Ultrafine SnO₂/010 Facet-Exposed BiVO₄ Nanocomposites as Efficient Photoanodes for Controllable Conversion of 2,4-Dichlorophenol via a Preferential Dechlorination Path. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(25). 28264–28272. 26 indexed citations

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Yan, Jipeng, Oluwafemi Oyedeji, Juan H. Leal, et al.. (2020). Characterizing Variability in Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Review. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(22). 8059–8085. 82 indexed citations

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Chen, Shuangying, Rui Yan, Xuliang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Improved photoactivities for CO2 conversion and phenol degradation of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles by co-coupling nano-sized BiPO4 and CuO to modulate electrons. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 800. 231–239. 19 indexed citations

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Khan, Iltaf, Ning Sun, Ziqing Zhang, et al.. (2019). Improved visible-light photoactivities of porous LaFeO₃ by coupling with nanosized alkaline earth metal oxides and mechanism insight. Catalysis Science & Technology. 9(12). 3149–3157. 45 indexed citations

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Yang, Chunhua, Zhao‐Di Yang, Hong Dong, et al.. (2019). Theory-Driven Design and Targeting Synthesis of a Highly-Conjugated Basal-Plane 2D Covalent Organic Framework for Metal-Free Electrocatalytic OER. ACS Energy Letters. 4(9). 2251–2258. 164 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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Sun, Ning, Yang Qu, Chunhua Yang, et al.. (2019). Efficiently photocatalytic degradation of monochlorophenol on in-situ fabricated BiPO4/β-Bi2O3 heterojunction microspheres and O2-free hole-induced selective dechloridation conversion with H2 evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 263. 118313–118313. 53 indexed citations

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Bian, Ji, Yang Qu, Xuliang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Dimension-matched plasmonic Au/TiO₂/BiVO₄ nanocomposites as efficient wide-visible-light photocatalysts to convert CO₂ and mechanistic insights. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(25). 11838–11845. 74 indexed citations

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Qu, Yang, Ning Sun, Muhammad Humayun, et al.. (2018). Improved visible-light activities of nanocrystalline CdS by coupling with ultrafine NbN with lattice matching for hydrogen evolution. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2(3). 549–552. 38 indexed citations

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Liang, Ling, Chenlin Li, Feng Xu, et al.. (2017). Conversion of cellulose rich municipal solid waste blends using ionic liquids: feedstock convertibility and process scale-up. RSC Advances. 7(58). 36585–36593. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Ning, Yang Qu, Shuangying Chen, et al.. (2017). Efficient photodecomposition of 2,4-dichlorophenol on recyclable phase-mixed hierarchically structured Bi₂O₃ coupled with phosphate-bridged nano-SnO₂. Environmental Science Nano. 4(5). 1147–1154. 38 indexed citations

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