Xu Sun

11.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
155 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Xu Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Sun has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 61 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 57 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xu Sun's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (37 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (37 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers). Xu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (37 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (37 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers). Xu Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and United States. Xu Sun's co-authors include Yi Xie, Qin Wei, Junfeng Xie, Min Zhou, Xiong Wen Lou, Ruoxing Wang, Shuang Li, Han Zhang, Jingfang Zhou and Changzheng Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xu Sun

151 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Defect‐Rich MoS₂ Ultrathin Nanosheets with Additional Active Edge Sites for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

2013 2.8k citations Xu Sun et al. profile →
Metallic Few-Layered VS₂ Ultrathin Nanosheets: High Two-Dimensional Conductivity for In-Plane Supercapacitors

2011 1.0k citations Xu Sun et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Sun

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	One-pot synthesis of xanthones from 2-nitrobenzyl alcohol and phenol catalyzed by Cu(OTf) ₂ -1,10-phenanthroline 2025 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Zheng Zhang, (unknown), Wei Long, Xiaoning Feng, Yan Zhou, (unknown), Lingfeng Gao, Xu Sun, Gengxiu Zheng	0
2	Cobalt-Zinc carbonaceous yolk-shell reactor enhances electron transfer in non-radical pathways: Electric potential concentration effect via bimetallic synergy 2025 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Xu Sun, Ping Xi, Xingxiang Ji, José Alemán, Jinquan Wan, Yiping Zhang, Shiyu Zuo, Yongwen Ma	2
3	Regulation of electron density in Pt nanoparticles via bimetallic metal-organic frameworks for enhancing photothermal catalysis of toluene decomposition 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Jie Yuan, Jianyu Xiao, Xu Sun, Liang Wang, Yongfan Zhang, Zizhong Zhang, Xianzhi Fu, Wenxin Dai	4
4	Surface constructing FeOOH-decorated hollow cubic NixSy electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen evolution reaction 2024 ·Journal of Solid State Chemistry ·(unknown), Hua Yang, (unknown), Xu Sun, Lingfeng Gao, Yun‐Wu Li, Jianmin Dou	2
5	1,1,2,2-Tetra(4-carboxylphenyl)ethylene-Based Metal–Organic Gel as Aggregation-Induced Electrochemiluminescence Emitter for the Detection of Aflatoxin B1 Based on Nanosurface Energy Transfer 2024 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Yue Jia, Xiaoyue Zhang, Xuan Kuang, (unknown), Xu Sun, Xiang Ren, Hongmin Ma, Dan Wu, Qin Wei	51
6	Electrochemical impedance preprocessing with distribution of relaxation time transform 2023 ·Journal of Power Sources ·Bowen Yang, Dafang Wang, (unknown), Xu Sun, (unknown)	13
7	Offline order recognition for state estimation of Lithium-ion battery using fractional order model 2023 ·Applied Energy ·Bowen Yang, Dafang Wang, Xu Sun, (unknown), Xingcheng Wang	21
8	Facile Encapsulation of Iridium(III) Complexes in Apoferritin Nanocages as Promising Electrochemiluminescence Nanodots for Immunoassays 2021 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Lei Yang, Yu Du, Dawei Fan, Yong Zhang, Xuan Kuang, Xu Sun, Qin Wei	24
9	Rational design of bimetallic Rh_0.6Ru_0.4 nanoalloys for enhanced nitrogen reduction electrocatalysis under mild conditions 2020 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Lei Zhao, Xuejing Liu, Shen Zhang, Jie Zhao, Xiaolong Xu, Yu Du, Xu Sun, Nuo Zhang, Yong Zhang, Xiang Ren, Qin Wei	28
10	A procalcitonin photoelectrochemical immunosensor: NCQDs and Sb₂S₃ co-sensitized hydrangea-shaped WO₃ as a matrix through a layer-by-layer assembly 2020 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·Xin Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Yong Zhang, Nuo Zhang, Xu Sun, Dawei Fan, Qin Wei, Huangxian Ju	11
11	Anchoring Au(111) on a Bismuth Sulfide Nanorod: Boosting the Artificial Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction Reaction under Ambient Conditions 2020 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Lei Zhao, Jinzhi Zhou, (unknown), Xu Sun, Xiaojun Sun, Tao Yan, Xiang Ren, Qin Wei	43
12	Label-free electrochemical immunosensor with palladium nanoparticles functionalized MoS2/NiCo heterostructures for sensitive procalcitonin detection 2020 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·Hui Ding, Lei Yang, Hongying Jia, Dawei Fan, Yong Zhang, Xu Sun, Qin Wei, Huangxian Ju	47
13	A MoS₂ nanosheet–reduced graphene oxide hybrid: an efficient electrocatalyst for electrocatalytic N₂ reduction to NH₃ under ambient conditions 2019 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Xianghong Li, Xiang Ren, Xuejing Liu, Jinxiu Zhao, Xu Sun, Yong Zhang, Xuan Kuang, Tao Yan, Qin Wei, Dan Wu	152
14	Amorphous Co-doped MoO_x nanospheres with a core–shell structure toward an effective oxygen evolution reaction 2018 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Chengying Guo, Xu Sun, Xuan Kuang, Lingfeng Gao, Mingzhu Zhao, Qu Liu, Yong Zhang, Dan Wu, Xiang Ren, Qin Wei	66
15	Label-free photoelectrochemical immunosensor for amyloid β-protein detection based on SnO2/CdCO3/CdS synthesized by one-pot method 2018 ·Biosensors and Bioelectronics ·Yifeng Zhang, Mengdi Wang, Yaoguang Wang, Jinhui Feng, Yong Zhang, Xu Sun, Bin Du, Qin Wei	41
16	Enhanced planar perovskite solar cell efficiency and stability using a perovskite/PCBM heterojunction formed in one step 2018 ·Nanoscale ·Long Zhou, Jingjing Chang, Ziye Liu, Xu Sun, Zhenhua Lin, Dazheng Chen, Chunfu Zhang, Jincheng Zhang, Yue Hao	88
17	CoC₂O₄·2H₂O derived Co₃O₄nanorods array: a high-efficiency 1D electrocatalyst for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction 2018 ·Chemical Communications ·Yicheng Wei, Xiang Ren, Hongmin Ma, Xu Sun, Yong Zhang, Xuan Kuang, Tao Yan, Huangxian Ju, Dan Wu, Qin Wei	96
18	Enabling Electrocatalytic N₂ Reduction to NH₃ by Y₂O₃ Nanosheet under Ambient Conditions 2018 ·Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ·Xianghong Li, Lei Li, Xiang Ren, Dan Wu, Yong Zhang, Hongmin Ma, Xu Sun, Bin Du, Qin Wei, Baihai Li	41
19	Cobalt–borate nanowire array as a high-performance catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction in near-neutral media 2017 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Xiang Ren, Ruixiang Ge, Yong Zhang, Danni Liu, Dan Wu, Xu Sun, Bin Du, Qin Wei	126
20	Synthesis of Self-Supported Amorphous CoMoO₄ Nanowire Array for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction 2017 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Jinxiu Zhao, Xiang Ren, Hongmin Ma, Xu Sun, Yong Zhang, Tao Yan, Qin Wei, Dan Wu	101

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