Xiangnan Sun

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Xiangnan Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiangnan Sun has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 54 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 28 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiangnan Sun's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (59 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (54 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (45 papers). Xiangnan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (59 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (54 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (45 papers). Xiangnan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Spain and United Kingdom. Xiangnan Sun's co-authors include Yunqi Liu, Xiangwei Zhu, Chong‐an Di, Gui Yu, Yunlong Guo, Yugeng Wen, Erjun Zhou, Lidan Guo, Wenping Hu and Luis E. Hueso and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xiangnan Sun

134 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Ternary NiCo2Px Nanowires as pH‐Universal Electrocatalyst... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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. Ternary NiCo2Px Nanowires as pH‐Universal Electrocatalysts for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
    2016 628 citations Xiangwei Zhu, Fangxu Yang et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers

Xiangnan Sun
Yue Qu China
Donald Lupo Finland
Ye Yang China
Carrie L. Donley United States
Min Yuan China
Zhongwei An China
J. Chandrasekaran India
Jun Hu China
Masato Sone Japan
Yue Qu China
Xiangnan Sun
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Countries citing papers authored by Xiangnan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiangnan Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiangnan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiangnan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiangnan 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 Xiangnan Sun. Xiangnan Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sun, Xiangnan, P. Zhang, Tianjun Liu, et al.. (2025). Surface Halide Manipulation for Stable Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(31). e202501164–e202501164. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Fei, et al.. (2025). Tribological behavior and electrical insulation properties of micro-and nanoscale graphene/β-Si3N4 whisker-reinforced Si3N4 ceramics at low temperature. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 36. 1813–1821. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiangnan, Tianjun Liu, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Surface Reaction Induced Compressive Strain for Stable Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(49). e202410721–e202410721. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Tianjun, Weicun Chu, Xiangnan Sun, et al.. (2024). Engineering Spacer Conjugation for Efficient and Stable 2D/3D Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Angewandte Chemie. 137(1). 3 indexed citations
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Tang, Jun, Yang Li, Lixuan Kan, et al.. (2024). Chiral Ionic Liquids Enable High‐Performance Room Temperature Single Junction Spin‐Light Emitting Diodes. Laser & Photonics Review. 19(2). 10 indexed citations
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Cong, Peiqing, Mengzhen Du, Ailing Tang, et al.. (2024). Substituting Benzodithiophene with Benzodifuran in Carboxylate-Containing Polymer for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells. Macromolecules. 58(1). 704–715. 14 indexed citations
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Guo, Ankang, Jie Yang, Jinyang Chen, et al.. (2024). Halogenated-edge polymeric semiconductor for efficient spin transport. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8368–8368. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Wei, Lidan Guo, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Continuous Room‐Temperature Spin‐Injection Modulation Achieved by Spin‐Filtering Competition in Molecular Spin Valves. Advanced Materials. 35(31). e2300055–e2300055. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Zongtao, Helin Wang, Xue Lai, et al.. (2023). Naphthodithiophene Diimide (NDTI)‐Based Cathode Interlayer Material Enables 19% Efficiency Binary Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(12). 39 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jialing, Qing Guo, Bao Zhang, et al.. (2022). Improving the Photovoltaic Performance of Dithienobenzodithiophene-Based Polymers via Addition of an Additional Eluent in the Soxhlet Extraction Process. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(46). 52244–52252. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Xueli, Ankang Guo, Lidan Guo, et al.. (2022). Organic Semiconductors for Room-Temperature Spin Valves. ACS Materials Letters. 4(5). 805–814. 17 indexed citations
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Guo, Qing, Qiang Guo, Yanfang Geng, et al.. (2021). Recent advances in PM6:Y6-based organic solar cells. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 5(8). 3257–3280. 184 indexed citations
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Lv, Xinding, Xitao Li, Yang Chen, et al.. (2020). Large‐Size, Porous, Ultrathin NiCoP Nanosheets for Efficient Electro/Photocatalytic Water Splitting. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(16). 169 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui, Guodong Wang, Zhenhua Wei, et al.. (2020). A Fe–Ni5P4/Fe–Ni2P heterojunction electrocatalyst for highly efficient solar-to-hydrogen generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(2). 1221–1229. 44 indexed citations
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Xiao, Bo, Mengzhen Du, Xiaochen Wang, et al.. (2019). Effects of Oxygen Atoms Introduced at Different Positions of Non-Fullerene Acceptors in the Performance of Organic Solar Cells with Poly(3-hexylthiophene). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(1). 1094–1102. 43 indexed citations
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Xiao, Bo, Ailing Tang, Jing Yang, et al.. (2018). Quinoxaline-Containing Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors with a Linear A2-A1-D-A1-A2 Skeleton for Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-Based Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(12). 10254–10261. 63 indexed citations
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Nagura, Kazuhiko, Tomohisa Takaya, Koichi Iwata, et al.. (2017). The effect of regioisomerism on the photophysical properties of alkylated-naphthalene liquids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(5). 2970–2975. 31 indexed citations

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