Sanwan Liu

2.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sanwan Liu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanwan Liu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 22 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sanwan Liu's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (22 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (16 papers). Sanwan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (22 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (16 papers). Sanwan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Sanwan Liu's co-authors include Wei Chen, Zonghao Liu, Yabing Qi, Fumeng Ren, Rui Chen, Jianan Wang, Jing Zhou, Xin Meng, Shasha Zhang and Haixin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sanwan Liu

33 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Recent progress in the development of high-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells
    2023 226 citations Sanwan Liu, Yabing Qi et al. NPG Asia Materials profile →
  2. Reduction of bulk and surface defects in inverted methylammonium- and bromide-free formamidinium perovskite solar cells
    2023 204 citations Rui Chen, Jianan Wang et al. Nature Energy profile →
  3. Elimination of unstable residual lead iodide near the buried interface for the stability improvement of perovskite solar cells
    2023 146 citations You Gao, Fumeng Ren et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  4. Modulating competitive adsorption of hybrid self-assembled molecules for efficient wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells and tandems
    2025 32 citations Chenyang Shi, Jianan Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sanwan Liu China 19 1.3k 757 667 39 29 34 1.4k
Hongsen Cui China 17 1.1k 0.9× 609 0.8× 587 0.9× 57 1.5× 22 0.8× 25 1.2k
Guocong Chen China 8 2.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 853 1.3× 42 1.1× 39 1.3× 13 2.0k
Peiquan Song China 16 1.0k 0.8× 570 0.8× 572 0.9× 36 0.9× 31 1.1× 23 1.1k
Rongshan Zhuang China 23 1.5k 1.1× 745 1.0× 802 1.2× 31 0.8× 62 2.1× 39 1.5k
Shudi Qiu China 18 1.2k 0.9× 581 0.8× 724 1.1× 80 2.1× 51 1.8× 35 1.3k
Fumeng Ren China 15 1.0k 0.8× 604 0.8× 507 0.8× 27 0.7× 35 1.2× 31 1.0k
Congbo Shi China 9 1.3k 1.0× 751 1.0× 723 1.1× 35 0.9× 53 1.8× 12 1.3k
Long Luo China 12 1.2k 0.9× 664 0.9× 807 1.2× 15 0.4× 42 1.4× 21 1.3k
Luigi Angelo Castriotta Italy 20 983 0.7× 486 0.6× 516 0.8× 21 0.5× 42 1.4× 48 1.0k
Philippe Holzhey Germany 15 1.1k 0.8× 496 0.7× 652 1.0× 33 0.8× 28 1.0× 26 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanwan Liu

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All Works

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Liu, Wenguang, Rui Chen, Sanwan Liu, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Interfacial Contact for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(19). 10 indexed citations
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Shi, Chenyang, Jianan Wang, X. Lei, et al.. (2025). Modulating competitive adsorption of hybrid self-assembled molecules for efficient wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells and tandems. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3029–3029. 32 indexed citations breakdown →
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Choi, Yeon‐Woo, Sanwan Liu, Jaeki Jeong, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Stability and Bendability of Perovskite Solar Cells by Dual Interlayer Passivation. Advanced Functional Materials.
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Ren, Fumeng, Qian Lu, Xin Meng, et al.. (2024). Accelerating the evaluation of operational lifetimes of perovskite solar cells and modules. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 94. 1–9. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianan, Yongyan Pan, Zheng Zhou, et al.. (2024). Bimolecular Crystallization Modulation Boosts the Efficiency and Stability of Methylammonium‐Free Tin–Lead Perovskite and All‐Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(36). 29 indexed citations
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Sun, Huande, Sanwan Liu, You Gao, et al.. (2024). Suppressed Phase Segregation with Small A‐Site and Large X‐Site Incorporation for Photostable Wide‐Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells. Small Methods. 8(12). e2400067–e2400067. 16 indexed citations
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Ren, Fumeng, Rui Chen, Zhaoyi Jiang, et al.. (2024). Crosslinker-stabilized quasi-two-dimensional perovskite for solar modules with certified stability. Joule. 9(2). 101793–101793. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jing, Rui Chen, Weitao Chen, et al.. (2023). An ultra-thin chemical vapor deposited polymer interlayer to achieve highly improved stability of perovskite solar cell. Chemical Engineering Journal. 461. 141914–141914. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Sanwan, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in the development of high-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells. NPG Asia Materials. 15(1). 226 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Jing, Zonghao Liu, Yu Peng, et al.. (2023). Modulation of perovskite degradation with multiple-barrier for light-heat stable perovskite solar cells. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6120–6120. 74 indexed citations
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Chen, Rui, Jianan Wang, Zonghao Liu, et al.. (2023). Reduction of bulk and surface defects in inverted methylammonium- and bromide-free formamidinium perovskite solar cells. Nature Energy. 8(8). 839–849. 204 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Wenguang, Hasan Raza, Xiao Hu, et al.. (2023). Key bottlenecks and distinct contradictions in fast commercialization of perovskite solar cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 12103–12103. 30 indexed citations
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Raza, Hasan, Rui Chen, Sanwan Liu, et al.. (2023). High Performance Inverted RbCsFAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Interface Engineering and Defects Passivation. Small. 19(25). e2207950–e2207950. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Rui, Sanwan Liu, Xiaojia Xu, et al.. (2022). Robust hole transport material with interface anchors enhances the efficiency and stability of inverted formamidinium–cesium perovskite solar cells with a certified efficiency of 22.3%. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(6). 2567–2580. 84 indexed citations
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Liu, Sanwan, Xinyu Guan, Wenshan Xiao, et al.. (2022). Effective Passivation with Size‐Matched Alkyldiammonium Iodide for High‐Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(38). 86 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiao, Cheng Zhu, Wenjun Zhang, et al.. (2022). Strain Release of Formamidinium-Cesium Perovskite with Imprint-Assisted Organic Ammonium Halide Compensation for Efficient and Stable Solar Cells. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Weitao, Shasha Zhang, Zhenghao Liu, et al.. (2019). A Tailored Nickel Oxide Hole‐Transporting Layer to Improve the Long‐Term Thermal Stability of Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 3(11). 31 indexed citations
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Li, Kunpeng, Junyan Xiao, Xinxin Yu, et al.. (2018). Influence of Hot Spot Heating on Stability of Large Size Perovskite Solar Module with a Power Conversion Efficiency of ∼14%. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 1(8). 3565–3570. 15 indexed citations

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