Yafei Sun

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yafei Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yafei Sun has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yafei Sun's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (8 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (6 papers). Yafei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (8 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (6 papers). Yafei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Norway. Yafei Sun's co-authors include Ying Wan, Wuxing Hua, Jingyi Xia, Wei Lv, Quan‐Hong Yang, Chunxu Pan, Chen Zhang, Huan Li, Qiang Fu and Gongsheng Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yafei Sun

32 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Selective Catalysis Remedies Polysulfide Shuttling in Lit... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2023 100 200 300
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. Selective Catalysis Remedies Polysulfide Shuttling in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries
    2021 374 citations Wuxing Hua, Huan Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis
    2023 222 citations Wuxing Hua, Tongxin Shang et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

Peers

Yafei Sun
Enze Xu China
Yidan Cao China
Hongrun Jin China
Hele Guo China
Fengyun Wang China
Mengyao Li Australia
Guangwen Xie China
Hehe Wei China
Enze Xu China
Yafei Sun
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Fields of papers citing papers by Yafei Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yafei Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yafei Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yafei 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 Yafei Sun. Yafei 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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Duan, Linlin, Lili Wang, Guohua Yao, et al.. (2025). A d‐Electron Deficient Pd Trimer for Exceptional Pyridine Hydrogenation Activity and Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(21). e202503926–e202503926. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Yafei, Yongli Yang, Dahu Yao, et al.. (2024). Biomimetic multilayer flexible sensors for multifunctional underwater sensing. Chemical Engineering Journal. 492. 152273–152273. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Yafei, Jingyi Wang, Tongxin Shang, et al.. (2023). Counting d ‐Orbital Vacancies of Transition‐Metal Catalysts for the Sulfur Reduction Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 135(46). 2 indexed citations
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Hua, Wuxing, Tongxin Shang, Huan Li, et al.. (2023). Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis. Nature Catalysis. 6(2). 174–184. 222 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Yafei, Jingyi Wang, Tongxin Shang, et al.. (2023). Counting d ‐Orbital Vacancies of Transition‐Metal Catalysts for the Sulfur Reduction Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(46). e202306791–e202306791. 33 indexed citations
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Wang, Xianwei, Jingyi Wang, Yafei Sun, et al.. (2022). Recent advances and perspectives of CeO2-based catalysts: Electronic properties and applications for energy storage and conversion. Frontiers in Chemistry. 10. 1089708–1089708. 37 indexed citations
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Hua, Wuxing, Huan Li, Chun Pei, et al.. (2021). Selective Catalysis Remedies Polysulfide Shuttling in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Materials. 33(38). e2101006–e2101006. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yao, Dahu, Lanlan Wu, Dongxue Li, et al.. (2021). Stretchable vertical graphene arrays for electronic skin with multifunctional sensing capabilities. Chemical Engineering Journal. 431. 134038–134038. 24 indexed citations
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Xia, Jingyi, Wuxing Hua, Li Wang, et al.. (2021). Boosting Catalytic Activity by Seeding Nanocatalysts onto Interlayers to Inhibit Polysulfide Shuttling in Li–S Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(26). 166 indexed citations
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Sun, Li, Gongsheng Song, Yafei Sun, Qiang Fu, & Chunxu Pan. (2020). MXene/N-Doped Carbon Foam with Three-Dimensional Hollow Neuron-like Architecture for Freestanding, Highly Compressible All Solid-State Supercapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(40). 44777–44788. 110 indexed citations
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Sun, Yafei, Yueqiang Cao, Lili Wang, et al.. (2020). Gold catalysts containing interstitial carbon atoms boost hydrogenation activity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4600–4600. 66 indexed citations
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Song, Gongsheng, Li Sun, Sishi Li, et al.. (2020). Synergistic effect of Gr and CNTs on preparing ultrathin Cu-(CNTs+Gr) composite foil via electrodeposition. Composites Part B Engineering. 187. 107841–107841. 46 indexed citations
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Li, Shun‐Lin, Lili Wang, Mengmeng Wu, et al.. (2020). Measurable surface d charge of Pd as a descriptor for the selective hydrogenation activity of quinoline. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 41(9). 1337–1347. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Yidong, Chunyan Xu, Hongyu Ma, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of flower-liked twin crystal ternary Ni/NiS/Zn0.2Cd0.8S catalyst for highly efficient hydrogen production. Chemical Engineering Journal. 406. 126878–126878. 83 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaojuan, Yafei Sun, Shangjun Chen, et al.. (2019). Optimising surface d charge of AuPd nanoalloy catalysts for enhanced catalytic activity. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1428–1428. 217 indexed citations
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Sun, Li, Gongsheng Song, Yafei Sun, Qiang Fu, & Chunxu Pan. (2019). One-step construction of 3D N/P-codoped hierarchically porous carbon framework in-situ armored Mn3O4 nanoparticles for high-performance flexible supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta. 333. 135496–135496. 26 indexed citations
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Sun, Yafei, Jingyi Wang, Weidong Qu, et al.. (2017). Promoting effects of Fe 2 O 3 to Pt electrocatalysts toward methanol oxidation reaction in alkaline electrolyte. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 38(3). 554–562. 35 indexed citations
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Sun, Jing, et al.. (2010). Analysis of Sensor Field in Electromagnetic Tomography. 22. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Yafei, et al.. (2009). Effect of temperature and composition on thermal properties of carbon steel. 3756–3760. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Yafei, Jing Sun, & Dongjie Niu. (2009). Numerical simulation of induction heating of steel bar with nonlinear material properties. 28. 450–454. 4 indexed citations

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