Xiaohui Sun

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Xiaohui Sun is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohui Sun has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 22 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Xiaohui Sun's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (15 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Xiaohui Sun is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (15 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Xiaohui Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia. Xiaohui Sun's co-authors include Jorge Gascón, Freek Kapteijn, Dingsheng Wang, Yadong Li, Dmitrii Osadchii, Tim A. Wezendonk, Lide Oar‐Arteta, Alma I. Olivos Suarez, Chenliang Ye and Shenghua Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohui Sun

40 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Phosphorus Induced Electron Localization of Single Iron Sites for Boosted CO₂ Electroreduction Reaction

2021 280 citations Xiaohui Sun, Yongxiao Tuo et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaohui Sun China	22	1.7k	1.4k	876	574	553	45	2.7k
Baowen Zhou China	30	2.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	466 0.5×	592 1.0×	425 0.8×	85	3.6k
Hua Sheng China	27	2.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	367 0.4×	617 1.1×	248 0.4×	71	2.9k
Jun Ma China	36	3.5k 2.1×	2.4k 1.7×	927 1.1×	1.4k 2.5×	295 0.5×	112	4.6k
Zeyu Jiang China	25	947 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	518 0.9×	213 0.4×	60	2.5k
Shaolong Zhang China	24	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	301 0.3×	1.1k 2.0×	394 0.7×	43	2.6k
Haomin Xu China	16	2.7k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	662 0.8×	1.5k 2.7×	157 0.3×	24	3.5k
Ruirui Zhang China	23	1.2k 0.7×	983 0.7×	422 0.5×	836 1.5×	168 0.3×	78	2.3k
Mo Li China	24	1.2k 0.7×	965 0.7×	686 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	121 0.2×	59	2.4k
Junyu Lang China	26	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	275 0.3×	633 1.1×	135 0.2×	71	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaohui Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Chenyu, et al.. (2025). Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge-derived hydrochar: Balancing phosphorus recovery, heavy metal concomitant leaching and residual hydrochar utilization. Journal of Cleaner Production. 491. 144756–144756. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaohui, et al.. (2025). Syngas evolution through CO2 electroreduction over sulfur-bridged electron deficient cobalt and nickel dual atom catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165199–165199. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaohui, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of High‐Loading Single Atom Catalysts for Energy‐related Catalysis. Small. 21(32). e2504632–e2504632. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Peng, Tao Gan, Yang Song, et al.. (2025). Tailoring short- and long-range electron transfer of single iron sites for boosted CO2 electroreduction reaction at low overpotentials. Chemical Engineering Science. 320. 122448–122448.

Li, Yuting, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the Kinetics and Mechanism of Ethane Chlorination in the Gas Phase. Molecules. 30(8). 1756–1756.

Song, Yang, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of Fully Exposed Iron Single-Atom Catalyst for Efficient CO₂ Electroreduction Reaction. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 64(37). 18114–18123.

Sun, Xiaohui, et al.. (2024). Electronic Structure Regulated Carbon‐Based Single‐Atom Catalysts for Highly Efficient and Stable Electrocatalysis. Small. 20(49). e2405624–e2405624. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinke, Yutong Li, Xiaohui Sun, et al.. (2024). Sulfonated Covalent Organic Frameworks Anchoring Cobalt as High‐Efficient and Stable Catalysts for Peroxymonosulfate Activation. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 45(24). e2400533–e2400533.

Li, Longjian, Qinhua Zhang, Congcong Han, et al.. (2023). Pyrene as a Triplet Acceptor Enhancing Triplet Energy Transfer of g-C₃N₄ in Heterogeneous Photooxidation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(26). 12586–12592. 2 indexed citations

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Tuo, Yongxiao, Wanli Liu, Qing Lü, et al.. (2023). SO42− mediated CO2 activation on metal electrode for efficient CO2 electroreduction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 464. 142510–142510. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Mengwei, et al.. (2023). Design strategies of Pt-based electrocatalysts and tolerance strategies in fuel cells: a review. RSC Advances. 13(7). 4803–4822. 19 indexed citations

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Lü, Qing, Chen Chen, Qian Di, et al.. (2022). Dual Role of Pyridinic-N Doping in Carbon-Coated Ni Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction to CO over a Wide Potential Range. ACS Catalysis. 12(2). 1364–1374. 127 indexed citations

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Chen, Shenghua, Wenhao Li, Wenjun Jiang, et al.. (2021). MOF Encapsulating N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Ligated Copper Single‐Atom Site Catalyst towards Efficient Methane Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(4). e202114450–e202114450. 272 indexed citations

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Du, Hong, et al.. (2020). Sonochemical synthesis of palladium nanoparticles and its electrocatalytic activity for oxidation of formic acid. 58(3). 330–334. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingwei, Xiaohui Sun, & Hong Du. (2020). Oxygen Defect Sn-Doped ZnO Nanorods for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Light Irradiation. Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 65(7). 1111–1118. 19 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaohui, et al.. (2020). Remediation of Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil by Microbial Immobilization with Carbon Microspheres. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 43–47,. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaohui & Hong Du. (2019). Acid-Exfoliated Metallic Co_0.85Se Nanosheets as Cocatalyst on Cd_0.5Zn_0.5S for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution under Visible-Light Irradiation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(19). 16320–16328. 34 indexed citations

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Cao, Qiwen, et al.. (2019). Multi-scenario simulation of landscape ecological risk probability to facilitate different decision-making preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production. 227. 325–335. 93 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaohui, Alma I. Olivos Suarez, Mark J. Meijerink, et al.. (2017). Manufacture of highly loaded silica-supported cobalt Fischer–Tropsch catalysts from a metal organic framework. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1680–1680. 155 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaohui, et al.. (2017). Ruthenium particle size and cesium promotion effects in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis over high-surface-area graphite supported catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(5). 1235–1244. 38 indexed citations

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