Rui Sun

12.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
202 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Rui Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Sun has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 111 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 41 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rui Sun's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (122 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (115 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (111 papers). Rui Sun is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (122 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (115 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (111 papers). Rui Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Rui Sun's co-authors include Jie Min, Yao Wu, Tao Wang, Qiang Wu, Jing Guo, Yongfang Li, Chuluo Yang, Mumin Shi, Jie Guo and Zhenghui Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rui Sun

197 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells with 19.17% Efficienc... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2022 2020 2020 2021 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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. Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells with 19.17% Efficiency Enabled by Introducing One Asymmetric Guest Acceptor
    2022 552 citations Rui Sun, Xinrong Yang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Fine-Tuning Energy Levels via Asymmetric End Groups Enables Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 17%
    2020 385 citations Rui Sun, Jie Min et al. profile →
  3. A Layer-by-Layer Architecture for Printable Organic Solar Cells Overcoming the Scaling Lag of Module Efficiency
    2020 339 citations Rui Sun, Qiang Wu et al. profile →
  4. Achieving over 17% efficiency of ternary all-polymer solar cells with two well-compatible polymer acceptors
    2021 335 citations Rui Sun, Xinxin Xia et al. profile →
  5. Desired open-circuit voltage increase enables efficiencies approaching 19% in symmetric-asymmetric molecule ternary organic photovoltaics
    2022 298 citations Shuixing Li, Rui Sun et al. profile →
  6. Controlling Molecular Mass of Low-Band-Gap Polymer Acceptors for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells
    2020 289 citations Qiang Wu, Rui Sun et al. profile →
  7. Simultaneous enhanced efficiency and thermal stability in organic solar cells from a polymer acceptor additive
    2020 260 citations Rui Sun, Jie Guo et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Balancing the efficiency, stability, and cost potential for organic solar cells via a new figure of merit
    2021 206 citations Rui Sun, Jie Guo et al. profile →
  9. Manipulating Charge Transfer and Transport via Intermediary Electron Acceptor Channels Enables 19.3% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics
    2022 193 citations Shuixing Li, Rui Sun et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  10. High-speed sequential deposition of photoactive layers for organic solar cell manufacturing
    2022 160 citations Rui Sun, Tao Wang et al. profile →
  11. 18.2%-efficient ternary all-polymer organic solar cells with improved stability enabled by a chlorinated guest polymer acceptor
    2023 142 citations Rui Sun, Tao Wang et al. profile →
  12. 19.46%-Efficiency all-polymer organic solar cells with excellent outdoor operating stability enabled by active layer reconstruction
    2025 32 citations Xiaohei Wu, Rui Sun et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rui Sun China 57 9.7k 7.1k 2.0k 701 583 202 10.4k
Tayebeh Ameri Germany 51 8.3k 0.9× 6.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 797 1.1× 458 0.8× 135 8.9k
Chao Li China 41 7.5k 0.8× 5.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 811 1.2× 554 1.0× 165 8.6k
Moritz Riede Germany 54 10.0k 1.0× 6.0k 0.8× 2.9k 1.5× 971 1.4× 901 1.5× 195 11.0k
Harald Hoppe Germany 44 8.8k 0.9× 6.2k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 1.1k 1.9× 180 10.3k
Wenchao Zhao China 51 13.1k 1.3× 10.9k 1.5× 1.5k 0.8× 990 1.4× 865 1.5× 150 14.1k
Zheng Tang China 60 10.9k 1.1× 8.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 1.5× 509 0.9× 270 11.8k
Jun Yuan China 47 14.0k 1.4× 11.6k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.7× 779 1.3× 164 15.1k
T. Moriarty United States 24 10.8k 1.1× 7.2k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.7× 1.3k 2.2× 67 11.5k
Jacek Ulański Poland 32 6.8k 0.7× 5.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 759 1.1× 374 0.6× 210 8.3k
Hanlin Hu China 39 5.4k 0.6× 2.4k 0.3× 3.1k 1.6× 254 0.4× 268 0.5× 203 6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rui Sun

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Rui Sun's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Rui Sun with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Rui Sun more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Sun

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rui Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rui Sun. The network helps show where Rui Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rui Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rui Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rui Sun. Rui Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Wu, Xin, J.B. Zhang, Xiaolei Kong, et al.. (2025). Suppressing Voltage Loss and Improving Charge Generation via Fluorinated Molecular Backbone of Low-Cost Polymers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(7). 4527–4536.
2.
Wang, Jixuan, Lei Wang, Rui Sun, et al.. (2024). All chlorination strategy on end-group of guest acceptor enables 18.39 % efficiency and high VOC for ternary organic solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 492. 152364–152364. 5 indexed citations
3.
Tao, Yongsheng, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Paired Electrolysis: Enantioselective Alkylation of Sulfonylimines via C(sp3)−H Functionalization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(38). e202409222–e202409222. 7 indexed citations
4.
Wang, Yue, Nan Ding, Donglei Zhou, et al.. (2024). ZnS-coated Yb3+-doped perovskite quantum dots: A stable and efficient quantum cutting photon energy converter for silicon-based electronics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150347–150347. 20 indexed citations
5.
6.
Yang, Xinrong, Yuan Gao, Xiaohei Wu, et al.. (2024). Efficient and stable all-small-molecule solar cells enabled by incorporating a designed giant molecule acceptor. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(16). 5962–5971. 24 indexed citations
7.
Zhang, Zilong, Rui Sun, Jun Hong, et al.. (2023). Lightweight, flexible rCEF@PPy/MXene for ultra-efficient EMI shielding felt with Joule heating performance. Materials Letters. 341. 134297–134297. 6 indexed citations
8.
Sun, Rui, et al.. (2023). An efficient local search algorithm for minimum positive influence dominating set problem. Computers & Operations Research. 154. 106197–106197. 3 indexed citations
9.
Sun, Rui, et al.. (2023). Selective C(sp3)–H arylation/alkylation of alkanes enabled by paired electrocatalysis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7992–7992. 45 indexed citations
10.
Li, Shuixing, Chengliang He, Tianyi Chen, et al.. (2023). Refined molecular microstructure and optimized carrier management of multicomponent organic photovoltaics toward 19.3% certified efficiency. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(5). 2262–2273. 82 indexed citations
11.
Zhuang, Xinmeng, Donglei Zhou, Shuainan Liu, et al.. (2023). Trivalent Europium‐Doped CsCl Quantum Dots for MA‐Free Perovskite Solar Cells with Inherent Bandgap through Lattice Strain Compensation. Advanced Materials. 35(40). e2302393–e2302393. 21 indexed citations
12.
Wang, Yilin, Zhenlong Zhao, Rui Sun, et al.. (2022). TiO2-Modulated tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin/perylene diimide organic Z-scheme nano-heterojunctions for efficient visible-light catalytic CO2 reduction. Nanoscale. 14(22). 8041–8049. 15 indexed citations
13.
Sun, Rui, et al.. (2021). Crystallization Behavior and Luminescence of Inkjet Printing CH3NH3PbBr3. Crystal Research and Technology. 56(8). 3 indexed citations
14.
Sun, Rui, et al.. (2021). Graphene-Modulated PDI/g-C3N4 All-Organic S-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Efficient CO2 Reduction under Full-Spectrum Irradiation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(43). 23830–23839. 43 indexed citations
15.
Wang, Hui, Pang Wang, Rui Sun, et al.. (2020). Chlorinated Fullerene Dimers for Interfacial Engineering Toward Stable Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with 22.3% Efficiency. Advanced Energy Materials. 10(21). 90 indexed citations
16.
Sun, Rui, Donglei Zhou, Yue Wang, et al.. (2020). Highly efficient ligand-modified manganese ion doped CsPbCl3 perovskite quantum dots for photon energy conversion in silicon solar cells. Nanoscale. 12(36). 18621–18628. 18 indexed citations
17.
Zhou, Donglei, Rui Sun, Wen Xu, et al.. (2019). Impact of Host Composition, Codoping, or Tridoping on Quantum-Cutting Emission of Ytterbium in Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots and Solar Cell Applications. Nano Letters. 19(10). 6904–6913. 120 indexed citations
18.
Sun, Rui, Ziqing Zhang, Zhijun Li, & Liqiang Jing. (2019). Review on Photogenerated Hole Modulation Strategies in Photoelectrocatalysis for Solar Fuel Production. ChemCatChem. 11(24). 5875–5884. 20 indexed citations
19.
Sun, Rui, Dan Deng, Jing Guo, et al.. (2019). Spontaneous open-circuit voltage gain of fully fabricated organic solar cells caused by elimination of interfacial energy disorder. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(8). 2518–2528. 69 indexed citations
20.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tayebeh Ameri Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chao Li Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Moritz Riede Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Harald Hoppe Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Wenchao Zhao Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Zheng Tang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jun Yuan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T. Moriarty Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jacek Ulański Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hanlin Hu
Rankless by CCL
2026