Sainan Ma

1.5k total citations
52 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sainan Ma is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sainan Ma has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sainan Ma's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (8 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (6 papers). Sainan Ma is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (8 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (6 papers). Sainan Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Sainan Ma's co-authors include Yuen Hong Tsang, Wayesh Qarony, Mohammad Ismail Hossain, Yang Chai, Chun Yin Tang, Longhui Zeng, Lejuan Cai, Bocheng Qiu, Yang Wang and Dietmar Knipp and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sainan Ma

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sainan Ma China 19 777 603 383 208 117 52 1.3k
Yajuan Li China 18 521 0.7× 755 1.3× 562 1.5× 58 0.3× 99 0.8× 33 1.2k
Enze Wang China 18 265 0.3× 574 1.0× 507 1.3× 118 0.6× 130 1.1× 32 1.2k
Fenghua Liu China 17 356 0.5× 273 0.5× 227 0.6× 166 0.8× 58 0.5× 49 890
Akanksha K. Menon United States 22 492 0.6× 526 0.9× 616 1.6× 324 1.6× 191 1.6× 51 1.5k
Xinyan Zhuang China 12 261 0.3× 471 0.8× 461 1.2× 99 0.5× 101 0.9× 18 959
Yanxiao Li China 17 485 0.6× 299 0.5× 531 1.4× 161 0.8× 109 0.9× 61 1.1k
An‐Quan Xie China 14 329 0.4× 97 0.2× 398 1.0× 145 0.7× 56 0.5× 18 898
Dongjie Liu China 18 337 0.4× 225 0.4× 439 1.1× 46 0.2× 172 1.5× 59 891

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sainan Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sainan Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sainan Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sainan Ma 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 Sainan Ma. Sainan Ma 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
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Ma, Sainan, et al.. (2025). High-performance PMMA based solvent-free solid transparent polymer electrolyte modified by succinonitrile for electrochromic devices. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 285. 113538–113538. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jianchao, Cheng Liu, Likun Wang, et al.. (2025). Effect of Ultra-Rapid Heating/Cooling on the Microstructure and Properties of TC4-B-Si Titanium Matrix Composites. Materials. 18(18). 4223–4223.
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Liu, Yong, Gaorong Han, Gaoling Zhao, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical core–shell structural based on WO3@ITO nanorods with boosted electrochromic performance in NIR region. Chemical Engineering Journal. 514. 163291–163291.
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Wang, Likun, et al.. (2025). Optical modeling of SiOx thin films for physicochemical property measurement by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Optical Materials. 164. 117044–117044.
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Liu, Jun, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional dual-layered conductive binder enables stable and high performance of SiO /C anodes. Journal of Energy Storage. 80. 110379–110379. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Sainan, et al.. (2024). Peridynamic study on thermomechanical damage of the rail during wheel idling. Engineering Failure Analysis. 165. 108791–108791. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lian Ying, Sainan Ma, Wei Wang, et al.. (2023). Self-assembled TiO2 Nanopore-Confined Growth of Pd NPs on Pristine Graphene for Superior Electrocatalytic Performance toward Formic Acid Oxidation. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(18). 9318–9327. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Sainan, Qinghua Zhang, Yang Hou, et al.. (2023). Stretchable high-capacity SiOx/carbon anode with good cycle stability enabled by a triblock copolymer elastomer. European Polymer Journal. 190. 111989–111989. 4 indexed citations
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Saleque, Ahmed Mortuza, Sainan Ma, Amrit Kumar Thakur, et al.. (2023). MXene/MnO2 nanocomposite coated superior salt-rejecting biodegradable luffa sponge for efficient solar steam generation. Desalination. 554. 116488–116488. 73 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiang, et al.. (2023). Adaptive neural network projection analytical fault-tolerant control of underwater salvage robot with event trigger. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 16. 1082251–1082251. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Yingwu, et al.. (2022). Improving the Performance of the SiO/C Anode by Employing the Triblock Copolymer Binder and Copper Nanowires. Energy & Fuels. 36(8). 4557–4563. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Sainan, et al.. (2022). Mechanically robust biomass-derived carbonaceous foam for efficient solar water evaporation. New Journal of Chemistry. 46(45). 21771–21779. 18 indexed citations
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Ma, Sainan, Yang Hou, Qinghua Zhang, et al.. (2022). Machine Learning-Assisted Identification of Copolymer Microstructures Based on Microscopic Images. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(41). 47157–47166. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaojun, et al.. (2022). A mutation operator self-adaptive differential evolution particle swarm optimization algorithm for USV navigation. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 16. 1076455–1076455. 6 indexed citations
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Ma, Yun, Zhi Ma, Sainan Ma, et al.. (2020). Efficient Imaging of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Based on B- and N-Doped Carbon Dots. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68(37). 10223–10231. 25 indexed citations
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Long, Hui, Shunxiang Liu, Qiao Wen, et al.. (2019). In 2 Se 3 nanosheets with broadband saturable absorption used for near-infrared femtosecond laser mode locking. Nanotechnology. 30(46). 465704–465704. 18 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ping Kwong, Chun Yin Tang, Xinyu Wang, et al.. (2019). Passively Q-switched Ytterbium-doped fiber laser based on broadband multilayer Platinum Ditelluride (PtTe2) saturable absorber. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10106–10106. 37 indexed citations
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Hossain, Mohammad Ismail, Wayesh Qarony, Sainan Ma, et al.. (2019). Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: From Detailed Balance Limit Calculations to Photon Management. Nano-Micro Letters. 11(1). 58–58. 124 indexed citations
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Ma, Sainan, Longhui Zeng, Lili Tao, et al.. (2017). Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of WS2 Film by Laser Drilling to Produce Porous WS2/WO3 Heterostructure. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3125–3125. 37 indexed citations

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