Qiang Sun

25.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
529 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

Qiang Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Sun has authored 529 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 313 papers in Materials Chemistry, 143 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 98 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Qiang Sun's work include Graphene research and applications (92 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (59 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (51 papers). Qiang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (92 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (59 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (51 papers). Qiang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Qiang Sun's co-authors include Puru Jena, Qian Wang, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Jian Zhou, Yawei Li, Siew Hwa Chan, Shuo Wang, Min Kan, Xiaohong Chen and Junyi Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Qiang Sun

505 papers receiving 20.7k 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.

Ferromagnetism in Semihydrogenated Graphene Sheet

2009 739 citations Qiang Sun, Puru Jena et al. profile →
Clustering of Ti on a C₆₀ Surface and Its Effect on Hydrogen Storage

2005 662 citations Qiang Sun, Puru Jena et al. profile →
First-Principles Study of Hydrogen Storage on Li₁₂C₆₀

2006 524 citations Qiang Sun, Puru Jena et al. profile →
Epitaxial Monolayer MoS₂ on Mica with Novel Photoluminescence

2013 514 citations Qiang Sun et al. profile →
Super Atomic Clusters: Design Rules and Potential for Building Blocks of Materials

2018 493 citations Puru Jena, Qiang Sun profile →
Lithium Chlorides and Bromides as Promising Solid‐State Chemistries for Fast Ion Conductors with Good Electrochemical Stability

2019 493 citations Shuo Wang, Sheng Gong et al. profile →
Freestanding film made by necklace-like N-doped hollow carbon with hierarchical pores for high-performance potassium-ion storage

2019 376 citations Shuo Wang, Qiang 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
Qiang Sun China	69	15.0k	7.0k	3.4k	3.1k	2.8k	529	21.1k
Stephen C. Parker United Kingdom	73	11.7k 0.8×	3.5k 0.5×	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	372	18.8k
Sara Bals Belgium	79	14.8k 1.0×	8.2k 1.2×	4.6k 1.4×	5.6k 1.8×	2.3k 0.8×	568	24.9k
Zhenyu Li China	61	9.8k 0.6×	6.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	541	15.8k
Lijun Zhang China	74	14.5k 1.0×	15.1k 2.1×	2.1k 0.6×	4.3k 1.4×	2.2k 0.8×	556	24.9k
Anatoly I. Frenkel United States	85	17.6k 1.2×	7.4k 1.1×	9.8k 2.9×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	454	27.4k
Simon J. L. Billinge United States	75	16.9k 1.1×	6.1k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	6.0k 1.9×	1.4k 0.5×	342	23.4k
Peng Wang China	87	13.9k 0.9×	14.6k 2.1×	6.3k 1.9×	4.3k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	845	29.9k
Qian Wang China	81	23.3k 1.6×	13.1k 1.9×	2.2k 0.7×	4.7k 1.5×	5.3k 1.9×	706	33.3k
Annabella Selloni United States	91	21.7k 1.4×	8.0k 1.1×	18.0k 5.3×	1.8k 0.6×	4.2k 1.5×	330	31.1k
Jun Xu China	63	11.0k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	624	17.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weng, Dingwei, Qiang Sun, Hongbo Liang, et al.. (2025). Flexible sidetracking stimulation technology of horizontal wells in low-permeability mature oilfields. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 52(1). 219–229.

Liu, Jiahui, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of Enhanced Electrochemical Performance by Chemical Short-Range Disorder in Lithium Oxide Cathodes. ACS Nano. 19(6). 6554–6562.

Liu, Jiahui, et al.. (2025). Ductile Na₃La₅Br₁₈ as a Promising Solid-State Electrolyte with Fast Na⁺ Conduction and High Electrochemical and Interfacial Stability. ACS Materials Letters. 7(3). 761–769. 2 indexed citations

Mei, Kaiyuan, Liwei Zhang, Ting Xiao, et al.. (2024). Investigation of chemical processes in cement exposed to wet ScCO2 and CO2-saturated brine in geological CO2 storage conditions. International journal of greenhouse gas control. 135. 104143–104143. 2 indexed citations

Zhi, Maoyong, et al.. (2024). Recent developments in solid-solid phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications. Journal of Energy Storage. 89. 111570–111570. 48 indexed citations

Zhang, Xueting, Huanhuan Sun, Yan Wang, et al.. (2024). High-frequency neural activity dysregulation is associated with sleep and psychiatric disorders in BMAL1-deficient animal models. iScience. 27(4). 109381–109381.

Zhang, Yangyi, et al.. (2024). TRIB3 inhibition by palbociclib sensitizes prostate cancer to ferroptosis via downregulating SOX2/SLC7A11 expression. Cell Death Discovery. 10(1). 425–425. 5 indexed citations

Li, Pin, et al.. (2024). Differences in nutrient release and decay rate of poplar leaf litter and fine roots and their relationship with substrate quality and decomposition environment under ozone pollution. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 226. 105898–105898. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jiahui, et al.. (2024). Screening Na-Excess Cation-Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes with High Performance. ACS Nano. 18(44). 30584–30592. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Qiang, Tao Wang, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Interfacial modification to improve all-inorganic perovskite solar cells by a multifunctional 4-aminodiphenylamine layer. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 960. 170629–170629. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Lukai, Junzong Feng, Qiang Sun, et al.. (2023). Dual-channel coextrusion printing strategy towards mechanically enhanced, flame retardant, and thermally stable polyimide-silica aerogels for thermal insulation. Additive manufacturing. 71. 103583–103583. 24 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jiewei, et al.. (2023). High-throughput screening of MXenes for hydrogen storage via graph neural network. Applied Surface Science. 641. 158560–158560. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Qi, et al.. (2023). The effect of cerebral blood perfusion on the correlation between cerebral stroke onset time and synthetic T2 mapping: a pilot study. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 13(6). 3477–3488. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cunzhi, et al.. (2023). Low lattice thermal conductivity with two-channel thermal transport in the superatomic crystal PH4AlBr4. Physical review. B.. 107(15). 18 indexed citations

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Li, Tingwei, et al.. (2022). Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of a Superatomic Crystal Re6Se8I2 Monolayer. Physical Review Applied. 18(6). 7 indexed citations

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Li, Ruoming, et al.. (2019). Dual-band LFM-CW Radar Scheme Based on Photonic Stretch Processing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Qiang, et al.. (2018). Trajectory Tracking Control of 3-PRP Parallel Robot Based on Fuzzy PI. 15(1). 1–6. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cunzhi, Fancy Qian Wang, Jiabing Yu, et al.. (2018). 2D carbon sheets with negative Gaussian curvature assembled from pentagonal carbon nanoflakes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(14). 9123–9129. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuo, Junyi Liu, Yu Qie, et al.. (2018). Discovery of a high-pressure phase of rutile-like CoO₂ and its potential as a cathode material. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(38). 18449–18457. 7 indexed citations

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Zhu, Wei, et al.. (2013). Solubilisation of mucilage induces changes in Microcystis colonial morphology. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 48(1). 38–47. 31 indexed citations

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