Qi Sun

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Qi Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Qi Sun has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Qi Sun's work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (43 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (30 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Qi Sun is often cited by papers focused on Covalent Organic Framework Applications (43 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (30 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Qi Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Qi Sun's co-authors include Shengqian Ma, Briana Aguila, Yanpei Song, Carter W. Abney, Jason A. Perman, Lyndsey D. Earl, Feng‐Shou Xiao, Xiangju Meng, Łukasz Wojtas and Praveen K. Thallapally and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Qi Sun

80 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Covalent Organic Frameworks as a Decorating Platform for Utilization and Affinity Enhancement of Chelating Sites for Radionuclide Sequestration

2018 579 citations Qi Sun, Briana Aguila et al. profile →
Opportunities of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Advanced Applications

2018 517 citations Yanpei Song, Qi Sun et al. Advanced Science profile →
Bio-inspired nano-traps for uranium extraction from seawater and recovery from nuclear waste

2018 428 citations Qi Sun, Briana Aguila et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qi Sun China	30	3.8k	3.4k	1.2k	825	784	88	5.5k
Briana Aguila United States	42	6.5k 1.7×	6.3k 1.8×	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	65	8.8k
Baiyan Li China	38	4.0k 1.1×	4.7k 1.4×	633 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	412 0.5×	91	5.9k
Qi Sun China	49	6.0k 1.6×	4.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	559 0.7×	145	8.9k
J. Hafizovic Norway	18	4.8k 1.3×	6.3k 1.9×	845 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	308 0.4×	22	7.6k
Bart Bueken Belgium	34	4.3k 1.1×	5.2k 1.5×	772 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	225 0.3×	49	6.5k
Moisés A. Carreón United States	45	3.5k 0.9×	3.9k 1.1×	811 0.7×	2.8k 3.4×	360 0.5×	115	7.1k
Julien Dutour France	8	3.9k 1.0×	5.3k 1.5×	453 0.4×	890 1.1×	309 0.4×	11	6.0k
Enrique V. Ramos–Fernández Spain	36	3.7k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	988 1.2×	134 0.2×	101	5.8k
Manuel Sánchez‐Sánchez Spain	36	3.2k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	835 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	256 0.3×	103	5.2k
Mathieu Bosch United States	23	4.6k 1.2×	5.6k 1.6×	723 0.6×	755 0.9×	153 0.2×	28	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Qi Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qi Sun

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Meng, You, Qi Sun, Bingbing Yuan, Chao Xia, & Jianqiang Meng. (2025). Resorcin[4]arene-derived hierarchical porous organic polymer modulated polyamide TFC membrane for effective ion separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 362. 131599–131599. 3 indexed citations

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Qiao, Chunming, Weipeng Xian, Zongyi Huang, et al.. (2025). Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Asymmetric Wettability for Efficient Photocatalytic H ₂ O ₂ Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(52). e202519513–e202519513.

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Qiao, Chunming, Weipeng Xian, Zongyi Huang, et al.. (2025). Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Asymmetric Wettability for Efficient Photocatalytic H ₂ O ₂ Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 137(52).

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Su, Haitao, Weipeng Xian, Qing Guo, et al.. (2025). Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Spatially Aligned Ionic Sites Achieve Record Thermo‐Osmotic Output Power Density. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(22). 1 indexed citations

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Lv, Huixia, et al.. (2025). Progress in covalent organic framework membranes for water desalination: Mechanistic insights, synthesis strategies, applications, and future prospects. Desalination. 614. 119146–119146. 1 indexed citations

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Meng, You, et al.. (2025). Ionic interlayer-engineered polyamide nanofiltration membranes for highly efficient ion separation. Desalination. 623. 119642–119642.

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Lin, Feng, Xin Li, Qi Sun, et al.. (2025). Carbon Utilization and Denitrification Intermediates Adjustment Strategies: Improved Biopolymer Polyhydroxybutyrate Production and Reuse by Electrode Potential Regulation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 509. 161214–161214. 2 indexed citations

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Tian, Jiayu, et al.. (2024). MOF-derived 1D CGO Cathode for Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 40(4). 737–746.

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Bai, Shanshan, et al.. (2024). Opportunity and Challenge of Advanced Porous Sorbents for PFAS Removal. ChemSusChem. 18(1). e202401229–e202401229. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Yaqiong, Zihao Wei, Ziheng Zhan, et al.. (2023). Scale-up biomass strategy to macro-microporous nitrogen-doped carbon aerogels for ionic liquid supercapacitors with high efficiency. Journal of Energy Storage. 76. 109778–109778. 14 indexed citations

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Ma, Shu, et al.. (2023). Response to multiplicative noise: The cross-spectrum of membrane voltage fluctuation and voltage-independent conductance noise. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 622. 128888–128888. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Zihao, Shaojia Song, Hongfei Gu, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the Photocatalytic Activity of Zirconium‐Based Metal–Organic Frameworks Through the Formation of Mixed‐Valence Centers. Advanced Science. 10(29). e2303206–e2303206. 34 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiaoming, Ziyi Zhou, Qian Wang, et al.. (2022). MXene Enhanced the Electromechanical Performance of a Nafion-Based Actuator. Materials. 15(8). 2833–2833. 5 indexed citations

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Bing, Shaosuo, Weipeng Xian, Sifan Chen, et al.. (2021). Bio-inspired construction of ion conductive pathway in covalent organic framework membranes for efficient lithium extraction. Matter. 4(6). 2027–2038. 118 indexed citations

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Sun, Qi & Feng‐Shou Xiao. (2020). Exploration of Porous Organic Polymers as a Platform for Biomimetic Catalysis. Acta Chimica Sinica. 78(9). 827–827. 3 indexed citations

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Jie, Kecheng, Yujuan Zhou, Qi Sun, et al.. (2020). Mechanochemical synthesis of pillar[5]quinone derived multi-microporous organic polymers for radioactive organic iodide capture and storage. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1086–1086. 123 indexed citations

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Sun, Qi, Briana Aguila, Jason A. Perman, et al.. (2018). Bio-inspired nano-traps for uranium extraction from seawater and recovery from nuclear waste. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1644–1644. 428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Jun, Xiaying Li, Long‐Jing Yin, et al.. (2017). Mapping electronic states of triple anti-parallel and symmetric zigzag grain boundaries of graphene on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. Chemical Physics Letters. 692. 134–139. 1 indexed citations

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Mu, Xing, et al.. (2015). Effects of methanol and glutaraldehyde on properties of silk fibroin/gelatin porous scaffolds. Lanzhou University Institutional Repository. 1 indexed citations

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Salhi, Fouad, Kevin Ka Leung Cheuk, Qi Sun, et al.. (2001). Rapid Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Porous Films with Biomimetic Patterns by Natural Evaporation of Amphiphilic Polyacetylene Solutions under Ambient Conditions. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 1(2). 137–141. 14 indexed citations

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