Xiaofu Sun

10.4k citations

169 papers · 8.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 52

Catalysis top 0.05%
- Ionic liquids properties and applications 98
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction 39
Process Chemistry and Technology top 0.1%
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis 48
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.1%
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts 115
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 36
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 17
Electrochemistry top 1%
Materials Chemistry top 2%
Computer Networks and Communications
- Caching and Content Delivery 12
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Advanced battery technologies research 12

Co-authors: Buxing Han Qinggong Zhu Xinchen Kang Chunjun Chen Jun Ma Dexin Yang Tiancheng Mu Huizhen Liu
Cited by: Catalysis Process Chemistry and Technology Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Journals: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (30 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (15 papers)Green Chemistry (14 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Poland

In The Last Decade

Xiaofu Sun

157 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

2024 Nature Communications
2023 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2023 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2023 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2023 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2023 Advanced Materials

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1	Intermittent electrolysis enabling enhanced efficiency and stability for nitrate reduction Chem ·Kamel Farah,Li‐Bing Zhang,Jiaqi Feng,Shunhan Jia,Ruhan Wang,Xinning Song,Xiaodong Ma,Qinggong Zhu,Xinchen Kang,Qingli Qian,Xiaofu Sun,Buxing Han	2025	8
2	Proton-Regulated C–N Coupling for Efficient Amino Acid Electrosynthesis Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yong Wang,Xiang‐Da Zhang,Zhuo Chao,Congyang Wang,Xianglong Liang,Ran Duan,Jun Ma,Guoqiang Zhang,Xihua Wang,Huizhen Liu,Yichao Zhang,Lihong Jing,Qingli Qian,Xiaofu Sun,Xinchen Kang,Qinggong Zhu,Buxing Han	2025	1
3	Self-Adaptive Catalysts for CO₂ Electroreduction Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Libing Zhang,Chaofeng Zheng,Xiaofu Sun,Buxing Han	2025	2
4	Imidazolium radical-mediated electron transfer enhances electrochemical C–N coupling for glycine synthesis Nature Synthesis ·Mikayla Wallace,Yingying Cheng,Yiyong Wang,Ran Duan,Meng Zhou,Shiqiang Liu,Wenling Zhao,A. Daulatzai,永真高橋,Yaguang Peng,Lihong Jing,Yi Xu,Qinggong Zhu,Xiaofu Sun,Qingli Qian,Jianling Zhang,Xinchen Kang,Buxing Han	2025	3
5	Electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2+ products with ampere-level current on carbon-modified copper catalysts Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica ·Kun Xu,Xiaofu Sun,Shuaiqiang Jia,Shitao Han,Edward F. Gilday,Ting Yao,Min Wang,Antonio Valderrama de Curiplaya,Hao Suo,Buxing Han	2024	3
6	A Universal Synthesis of Single‐Atom Catalysts via Operando Bond Formation Driven by Electricity Advanced Science ·М. В. Лапа,Libing Zhang,George J. Tennent,Xinyi Tan,Song Hong,Tai‐Sing Wu,Pei Xiong,Y. L. Soo,Leiduan Hao,Molly Meng‐Jung Li,Liang Xu,Alex W. Robertson,Yousung Jung,Xiaofu Sun,Zhenyu Sun	2024	11
7	Defective PrOx for Efficient Electrochemical NO2−-to-NH3 in a Wide Potential Range Chemistry ·Shunhan Jia,Xingxing Tan,Limin Wu,Jiaqi Feng,Li‐Bing Zhang,Liang Xu,Ruhan Wang,Xiaofu Sun,Buxing Han	2023	2
8	Sm and S Co‐doping to Construct Homo‐hetero Cu Catalysts for Synergistic Enhancing CO₂ Electroreduction^† Chinese Journal of Chemistry ·Jiyuan Liu,Pengsong Li,Jiahui Bi,Yong Wang,Qinggong Zhu,Xiaofu Sun,Jianling Zhang,Zhimin Liu,Buxing Han	2023	24
9	High‐Rate CO₂ Electrolysis to Formic Acid over a Wide Potential Window: An Electrocatalyst Comprised of Indium Nanoparticles on Chitosan‐Derived Graphene Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jiahui Bi,Pengsong Li,Jiyuan Liu,Yong Wang,Xinning Song,Xinchen Kang,Xiaofu Sun,Qinggong Zhu,Buxing Han	2023	51
10	Zn-induced electron-rich Sn catalysts enable highly efficient CO ₂ electroreduction to formate Chemical Science ·Xingxing Tan,Shunhan Jia,Xinning Song,Xiaodong Ma,Jiaqi Feng,Libing Zhang,Limin Wu,Juan Du,Aibing Chen,Qinggong Zhu,Xiaofu Sun,Buxing Han	2023	9
11	In situ formation of Cu–Sn bimetallic catalysts for CO₂ electroreduction to formate with high efficiency Catalysis Science & Technology ·Xue Dong,Xiaofu Sun,Shuaiqiang Jia,Shitao Han,Ting Yao,Dawei Zhou,Yijun Xie,Wei Xia,Haihong Wu,Buxing Han	2023	10
12	Boosting CO₂Electroreduction over a Cadmium Single‐Atom Catalyst by Tuning of the Axial Coordination Structure Angewandte Chemie ·Yahui Wu,Chunjun Chen,Xupeng Yan,Xiaofu Sun,Qinggong Zhu,Pengsong Li,Yiming Li,Shoujie Liu,Jingyuan Ma,Yuying Huang,Buxing Han	2021	21
13	The in situ study of surface species and structures of oxide-derived copper catalysts for electrochemical CO ₂ reduction Chemical Science ·Chunjun Chen,Xupeng Yan,Yahui Wu,Shoujie Liu,Xiaofu Sun,Qinggong Zhu,Rongjuan Feng,Tianbin Wu,Qingli Qian,Huizhen Liu,Lirong Zheng,Jing Zhang,Buxing Han	2021	72
14	A strategy to control the grain boundary density and Cu⁺/Cu⁰ ratio of Cu-based catalysts for efficient electroreduction of CO₂ to C2 products Green Chemistry ·Chunjun Chen,Xiaofu Sun,Xupeng Yan,Yahui Wu,Mingyang Liu,Shuaishuai Liu,Zhijuan Zhao,Buxing Han	2020	68
15	Boosting CO₂ Electroreduction on N,P‐Co‐doped Carbon Aerogels Angewandte Chemie ·Chunjun Chen,Xiaofu Sun,Xupeng Yan,Yahui Wu,Huizhen Liu,Qinggong Zhu,Bernard Baffour Asare Bediako,Buxing Han	2020	48
16	Boosting CO₂ Electroreduction on N,P‐Co‐doped Carbon Aerogels Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Chunjun Chen,Xiaofu Sun,Xupeng Yan,Yahui Wu,Huizhen Liu,Qinggong Zhu,Bernard Baffour Asare Bediako,Buxing Han	2020	184
17	Electrosynthesis of a Defective Indium Selenide with 3D Structure on a Substrate for Tunable CO₂ Electroreduction to Syngas Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Dexin Yang,Qinggong Zhu,Xiaofu Sun,Chunjun Chen,Weiwei Guo,Guanying Yang,Buxing Han	2019	108
18	Electrosynthesis of a Defective Indium Selenide with 3D Structure on a Substrate for Tunable CO₂ Electroreduction to Syngas Angewandte Chemie ·Dexin Yang,Qinggong Zhu,Xiaofu Sun,Chunjun Chen,Weiwei Guo,Guanying Yang,Buxing Han	2019	34
19	Highly Efficient Electroreduction of CO₂ to Methanol on Palladium–Copper Bimetallic Aerogels Angewandte Chemie ·Lu Lu,Xiaofu Sun,Jun Ma,Dexin Yang,Haihong Wu,Bingxing Zhang,Jianling Zhang,Buxing Han	2018	72
20	Nanoporous Cu/Ni oxide composites: efficient catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO₂in aqueous electrolytes Green Chemistry ·Dexin Yang,Qinggong Zhu,Xiaofu Sun,Chunjun Chen,Lu Lu,Weiwei Guo,Zhimin Liu,Buxing Han	2018	39

About Xiaofu Sun

Xiaofu Sun is a scholar working on Catalysis, Process Chemistry and Technology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 169 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (115 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (98 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (48 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (39 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (36 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (17 papers), Caching and Content Delivery (12 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Catalysis (5.1k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (1.4k citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (6.8k citations). Xiaofu Sun has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Buxing Han, Qinggong Zhu, Xinchen Kang, Chunjun Chen, Jun Ma, Dexin Yang, Tiancheng Mu, Huizhen Liu, Shoujie Liu and Xingxing Tan. Their work appears in journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Green Chemistry, Chemical Science and Nature Communications.

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