Xiaokang Sun

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Xiaokang Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaokang Sun has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 31 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaokang Sun's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (30 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (24 papers). Xiaokang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (30 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (24 papers). Xiaokang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and France. Xiaokang Sun's co-authors include Yinlong Lu, Lianguo Wang, Hanlin Hu, Ming Deng, Chunming Yang, Jun Wang, Decai Li, Meng Han, Jie Lv and Gang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xiaokang Sun

52 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. From 20% single-junction organic photovoltaics to 26% perovskite/organic tandem solar cells: self-assembled hole transport molecules matter
    2025 26 citations Xiaokang Sun, Fei Wang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaokang Sun China 18 828 497 164 120 108 56 1.1k
Wenkai Wu China 8 383 0.5× 74 0.1× 113 0.7× 93 0.8× 42 0.4× 17 647
Zhenjiang Liu China 14 351 0.4× 55 0.1× 95 0.6× 129 1.1× 48 0.4× 42 527
Yuanjie Xu China 12 110 0.1× 168 0.3× 65 0.4× 174 1.4× 48 0.4× 23 365
Wenjie Ma China 13 196 0.2× 56 0.1× 54 0.3× 108 0.9× 217 2.0× 40 540
N Iftimie Romania 14 419 0.5× 125 0.3× 33 0.2× 354 3.0× 28 0.3× 44 593
Panpan Gao China 13 149 0.2× 37 0.1× 64 0.4× 231 1.9× 14 0.1× 41 526
Jia Fu China 12 130 0.2× 57 0.1× 74 0.5× 386 3.2× 204 1.9× 53 642
Haibo Su China 9 183 0.2× 122 0.2× 66 0.4× 83 0.7× 16 0.1× 27 454
Xuefu Zhang China 7 320 0.4× 12 0.0× 86 0.5× 607 5.1× 59 0.5× 14 843
Zhongfei Liu China 12 208 0.3× 60 0.1× 17 0.1× 217 1.8× 32 0.3× 31 455

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaokang Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaokang Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Xiaokang, Fei Wang, Guo Yang, et al.. (2025). From 20% single-junction organic photovoltaics to 26% perovskite/organic tandem solar cells: self-assembled hole transport molecules matter. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(5). 2536–2545. 26 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Yufei, Chuanlin Gao, Wen Lei, et al.. (2025). Achieving 20% Toluene-Processed Binary Organic Solar Cells via Secondary Regulation of Donor Aggregation in Sequential Processing. Nano-Micro Letters. 17(1). 206–206. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wanqing, Jie Lv, Xiaokang Sun, et al.. (2025). Advancing Organic Photovoltaics: the Role of Dipole Distance and Acidity in Perylene‐Diimide Electron Transport Layers. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(26). 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Fei, Yonggui Sun, Xiaokang Sun, et al.. (2024). Ionic liquid engineering enables 1D/3D perovskite photovoltaics with > 25 % efficiency: A real-time study exploring formation mechanism of 1D perovskites. Nano Energy. 129. 110063–110063. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yufei, Chao Li, Chaoyue Zhao, et al.. (2024). A Novel Upside‐Down Thermal Annealing Method Toward High‐Quality Active Layers Enables Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 20%. Advanced Materials. 36(47). e2411957–e2411957. 47 indexed citations
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Guo, Jiaxin, Lei Wang, Shuai Sun, et al.. (2024). Linker engineering of benzothiadiazole and its derivative-based covalent organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic oxidative amine coupling and hydrogen peroxide generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(39). 16059–16066. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Fei, Dawei Duan, Yonggui Sun, et al.. (2024). Uncovering chemical structure-dependency of ionic liquids as additives for efficient and durable perovskite photovoltaics. Nano Energy. 125. 109549–109549. 24 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaokang, Jie Lv, Yaxiong Ji, et al.. (2024). Designing a Novel Wide Bandgap Small Molecule Guest for Enhanced Stability and Morphology Mediation in Ternary Organic Solar Cells with over 19.3% Efficiency. Advanced Science. 11(23). e2401313–e2401313. 43 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaokang, Jie Lv, Fei Wang, et al.. (2024). Efficiency Boost in All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells: Insights from the Re‐Ordering Kinetics (Adv. Energy Mater. 3/2024). Advanced Energy Materials. 14(3). 1 indexed citations
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Lv, Jie, Zezhou Liang, Xiaokang Sun, et al.. (2024). Optimizing of Cathode Interface Layers in Organic Solar Cells Using Polyphenols: An Effective Approach. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(36). 22 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiangyue, Lingling Zhan, Zhongjie Li, et al.. (2024). Impact of alloy‐like phase on energy loss mitigation in multi‐component organic photovoltaics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Fei, Yonggui Sun, Jing Ma, et al.. (2024). Ionic Liquid Top Surface Engineering: In Situ GIWAXS Insights Into 1D/3D Heterojunction Perovskite Formation. Small Methods. 9(8). e2401852–e2401852. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuhao, Lingling Zhan, Zhongjie Li, et al.. (2024). The Multi‐Functional Third Acceptor Realizes the Synergistic Improvement in Photovoltaic Parameters and the High‐Ratio Tolerance of Ternary Organic Photovoltaics. Advanced Science. 11(39). e2405303–e2405303. 6 indexed citations
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Peng, Zhongxiang, Yaowen Zhang, Xiaokang Sun, et al.. (2023). Real‐Time Probing and Unraveling the Morphology Formation of Blade‐Coated Ternary Nonfullerene Organic Photovoltaics with In Situ X‐Ray Scattering. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(14). 45 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaokang, Wenchao Huang, Chunming Yang, et al.. (2023). A Designed Template Removal Method for Obtaining Mesoporous Films with Highly Ordered Structure by Rapid Thermal Processing Technique. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(12). 6826–6833.
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Peng, Zhongxiang, Kaihu Xian, Junwei Liu, et al.. (2022). Unraveling the Stretch‐Induced Microstructural Evolution and Morphology–Stretchability Relationships of High‐Performance Ternary Organic Photovoltaic Blends. Advanced Materials. 35(3). e2207884–e2207884. 76 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianxiao, Chenyu Han, Jianhua Han, et al.. (2022). Synergetic Strategy for Highly Efficient and Super Flexible Thick‐film Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(31). 69 indexed citations

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