Wenming Sun

5.5k citations

67 papers · 4.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.5%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Catalysis top 1%
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 44
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 33
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 20
Catalysis 12
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction 10

Co-authors: Dingsheng Wang Yadong Li Wenxing Chen Lirong Zheng Juncai DongJian ZhangZedong Zhang Yu Wang
Journals: Nano Research (6 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (4 papers)Advanced Materials (4 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (3 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Italy

In The Last Decade

Wenming Sun

66 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Construction of Co₄ Atomic Clusters to Enable Fe−N₄ Motifs with Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction Performance 2023 · 228 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2021 Nano Research
2019 Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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1	Bi-Bi2Ti2O7 ohmic junction: Dual electron channels driving efficient photocatalytic nitrogen fixation Chinese Chemical Letters ·Pengkun Li, Runjie Wu, Shuai Gao, P. Cvetković, Mingming Sun, Changzheng Wang, Wenming Sun, Qiang Wang	2025	2
2	Single atom Cu-O ₂N bridge between BiVO ₄ and COFs toward photoelectrochemical seawater splitting Nano Research ·Игорь Анатольевич Меньков, Fredrik Sævik, Wenming Sun, Anna Borukhova, Yang Tian	2025	4
3	Constructing a robust water-resistant PtW/TiO2 catalyst for synergistic photothermocatalytic VOCs elimination Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Xiaoyang Wang, Esthika Ariany Maisa, Zi Yan, Zhiquan Hou, Wenming Sun, Jiguang Deng, (unknown), Yu-xi Liu	2025	0
4	Neighboring V atom as a catalytic switch: Reversing the active site for exceptional water splitting Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·J. Jack Lee, Zhiqiang Zhao, Kai Li, Youwen Liu, Wenming Sun, Tianyou Zhai, Yuqing Lin	2024	5
5	Preventing Nitrite Desorption via Switching Hydrogenation Position: A Dual‐Site Approach for Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia Small ·J. Jack Lee, Kui Wang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Kai Li, Wenming Sun, Yuqing Lin	2024	4
6	Performance evaluation of homogeneous dual-atom site M ₂-N ₆-graphene catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction Nano Research ·Jingxin Meng, Li Feng, Zhaoyang Zhang, Liang Zhang, Xiangwen Liu, 谷口和成, Wenming Sun	2024	2
7	Spatial configuration of Fe–Co dual-sites boosting catalytic intermediates coupling toward oxygen evolution reaction Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Gislaine Cristina dos Santos, Jingjing Jiang, Wenming Sun, Shuyan Gong, Xiangwen Liu, Yang Tian, Dingsheng Wang	2024	81
8	Heavy-Atom Effect Regulating Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Organic–Inorganic Zn-Based Halides for White-Light Emission The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Anna Borukhova, DimsonElroy, 李東一, Pengkun Li, Gislaine Cristina dos Santos, Zijian Deng, Wenming Sun, Yang Tian, Hongbing Fu	2024	10
9	Bi₂Ti₂O₇ Quantum Dots for Efficient Photocatalytic Fixation of Nitrogen to Ammonia: Impacts of Shallow Energy Levels Advanced Science ·Pengkun Li, Runjie Wu, Peishen Li, Shuai Gao, P. Cvetković, Rizka Putri Nareswari, Wenming Sun, Anna Borukhova, Qiang Wang, Shaowei Chen	2024	19
10	Phosphorus Coordination in Second Shell of Single-Atom Cu Catalyst toward Acetate Production in CO Electroreduction Nano Letters ·Kanghua Miao, 匠一岡部, Mi Luo, Dong Xiang, Yawen Jiang, Delong Duan, Zheng Jiang, Wenming Sun, Bingbao Mei, Yujie Xiong, Xiongwu Kang	2024	11
11	Unraveling the active site in poly(heptazine imide) for photocatalytic H2O2 production and its stabilization strategy Materials Letters ·Pan Zhang, minsoo park, Wenming Sun, Chao Zhou, Xiangfu Meng	2024	1
12	Integrating configuration, doping and heterojunction into the g-C3N4-based photocatalyst for water splitting Carbon ·Servin Gocer, Yanan Ma, Dan S. Felsentha, Yuxuan Liang, Dingyu Zhang, 김동일, Qian Wang, Wenming Sun, Lirong Zheng, Wei Li	2023	13
13	Ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence of indium-based organic inorganic metal halides for naked-eye-visible afterglow Science China Chemistry ·DimsonElroy, 李東一, Anna Borukhova, Yang Zhang, Wenming Sun, Shuyan Gong, Ganglong Cui, Yang Tian, Hongbing Fu	2023	19
14	Revealing the Origin of Low‐Temperature Activity of Ni–Rh Nanostructures during CO Oxidation Reaction with Operando TEM Advanced Science ·Tanmay Ghosh, Xiangwen Liu, Wenming Sun, Meiqi Chen, Yuxi Liu, Yadong Li, Utkur Mirsaidov	2022	10
15	Construction of Pd-Zn dual sites to enhance the performance for ethanol electro-oxidation reaction Nature Communications ·Yajun Qiu, Jian Zhang, Jing Jin, Jiaqiang Sun, Haolin Tang, Qingqing Chen, Zedong Zhang, Wenming Sun, Ge Meng, Qi Xu, Youqi Zhu, Aijuan Han, Lin Gu, Dingsheng Wang, Yadong Li	2021	145
16	Atomic-level insights into the steric hindrance effect of single-atom Pd catalyst to boost the synthesis of dimethyl carbonate Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Shufang Ji, Yuanjun Chen, Guofeng Zhao, Yu Wang, Wenming Sun, Zedong Zhang, Yong Lu, Dingsheng Wang	2021	49
17	Engineering Isolated Mn–N₂C₂ Atomic Interface Sites for Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reaction Nano Letters ·Huishan Shang, Wenming Sun, Rui Sui, Jiajing Pei, Lirong Zheng, Juncai Dong, Zhuoli Jiang, Danni Zhou, Zhongbin Zhuang, Wenxing Chen, Jiatao Zhang, Dingsheng Wang, Yadong Li	2020	286
18	Cu(II) Ions Induced Structural Transformation of Cobalt Selenides for Remarkable Enhancement in Oxygen/Hydrogen Electrocatalysis ACS Catalysis ·Jiale Dai, Dengke Zhao, Wenming Sun, Xiaojing Zhu, Lijun Ma, Zexing Wu, Chenghao Yang, Zhiming Cui, Ligui Li, Shaowei Chen	2019	138
19	A cocoon silk chemistry strategy to ultrathin N-doped carbon nanosheet with metal single-site catalysts Nature Communications ·Youqi Zhu, Wenming Sun, Jun Luo, Wenxing Chen, Tai Cao, Lirong Zheng, Juncai Dong, Jian Zhang, Maolin Zhang, Yunhu Han, Chen Chen, Qing Peng, Dingsheng Wang, Yadong Li	2018	239
20	Simple direct extraction of unknown phase shift and wavefront reconstruction in generalized phase-shifting interferometry: algorithm and experiments Optics Letters ·Xiaoqing Xu, Lutong Cai, И.Н. Попова, Xiangfeng Meng, Wenming Sun, H Zhang, Xiaohe Cheng, Guoyan Dong, X. X. Shen	2008	75

About Wenming Sun

Wenming Sun is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology and Electrochemistry, having authored 67 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (33 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (24 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (20 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (10 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (7 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (6 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (3.5k citations), Catalysis (740 citations), Materials Chemistry (2.6k citations), Electrochemistry (272 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.7k citations). Wenming Sun has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Dingsheng Wang, Yadong Li, Wenxing Chen, Lirong Zheng, Juncai Dong, Jian Zhang, Zedong Zhang, Yu Wang, Yu Xiong and Yunhu Han. Their work appears in journals such as Nano Research, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

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