Yan Sun

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
199 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Yan Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Sun has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 69 papers in Materials Chemistry and 55 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yan Sun's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (53 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (39 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (38 papers). Yan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (53 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (39 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (38 papers). Yan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Yan Sun's co-authors include Li Zhou, Yaping Zhou, Zhenguo Wu, Wei Su, Kangping Yan, Guixin Wang, Benhe Zhong, Xiaodong Guo, Xiuwu Liu and Yuxia Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yan Sun

191 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Revisiting the Preparation Progress of Nano‐Structured Si Anodes toward Industrial Application from the Perspective of Cost and Scalability

2022 183 citations Yan Sun, Benhe Zhong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Sun China	40	2.1k	1.9k	1.4k	1.1k	891	199	5.2k
Mkhulu Mathe South Africa	36	2.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	693 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.8×	115	5.0k
Chul Wee Lee South Korea	36	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	967 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	707 0.8×	120	4.3k
Jianwei Ren South Africa	39	2.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	1.9k 2.1×	196	6.2k
Jin Qu China	44	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	647 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	420 0.5×	129	6.0k
R. Vasant Kumar United Kingdom	47	4.3k 2.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	285 0.3×	145	6.7k
Li Zhao China	37	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	746 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	421 0.5×	165	5.3k
Jie Fu China	41	3.3k 1.6×	3.6k 1.9×	778 0.5×	3.5k 3.1×	412 0.5×	166	8.0k
Kai Yu China	40	1.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.9×	929 0.7×	2.2k 1.9×	909 1.0×	129	6.4k
Qilei Song United Kingdom	38	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	2.9k 2.0×	654 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	80	5.9k
Qian Lin China	38	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	985 0.7×	2.5k 2.2×	365 0.4×	152	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Sun

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

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Wang, Dongying, et al.. (2025). Facile synthesis of g-C3N4 nanosheets homojunction for enhanced photocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices. 10(4). 100991–100991.

Zhang, Jihui, Weiliang Liu, Mei Li, et al.. (2025). CoSe2 modified sea-cucumber-like nitrogen-doped carbon tubes composed of nanosheets as a superior electrocatalyst for polysulfide conversion in advanced Li S batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 110. 115293–115293.

Wang, Dongying, et al.. (2025). Synergistic modification of g-C3N4 with chlorine doping and homojunction structure for boosting H2O2 production. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1021. 179679–179679. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Lingli, Ni Huang, Liu De, et al.. (2025). Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant in Online Shopping: A Randomized Field Experiment on a Livestream Selling Platform. Information Systems Research. 36(4). 2358–2374. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Aixue, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Effects of Traditional and Cyberbullying Victimization on Chinese Adolescents’ Mental Health: Emotion Regulation as a Mediator and Family Support as a Moderator. SAGE Open. 15(4).

Wang, Didi, Pengchao Liu, Chunsheng Li, et al.. (2024). Li3VO4 mesocubes with exposed (200) facet as dendrite-free anode materials for high-safety Li-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 502. 157805–157805. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Yan, Dongying Wang, Yong Yang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced solar-light driven H2O2 production with g-C3N4 nanosheets by defect engineering. Surfaces and Interfaces. 51. 104825–104825. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Yongmin, Dongying Wang, Yongchao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Facile synthesis of AgBr@ZIF-8 hybrid photocatalysts for degradation of Rhodamine B. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 321. 123857–123857. 21 indexed citations

Hu, Changyan, Ying Li, Dong Wang, et al.. (2023). Improving Low‐temperature Performance and Stability of Na ₂ Ti ₆ O ₁₃ Anodes by the Ti−O Spring Effect through Nb‐doping. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(46). e202312310–e202312310. 21 indexed citations

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Ge, Tao, Xiaowei Zhou, Liang Xu, et al.. (2023). Efficient extraction of platinum(IV) using tertiary-amine groups functionalized thiacalix[4]arene as extractant. Minerals Engineering. 206. 108504–108504. 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhi‐Hua, Kai Chen, Zeng Zeng, et al.. (2023). Partial Modification Strategies of NASICON-Type Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃ Materials for Cathodes of Sodium-Ion Batteries: Progress and Perspectives. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(5). 2657–2679. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Shaohua, et al.. (2023). Influence of calcination temperature of TiO2 nanowires via hydrothermal method for photocatalytic degradation. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. 18(1). 47–54. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Yan, Sheng Xu, Shaohua Yang, et al.. (2021). FABRICATION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF TiO2 NANOTUBES BY HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. 16(1). 239–246. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Wen, Wei Xiang, Yang Song, et al.. (2021). Dual-Modified Compact Layer and Superficial Ti Doping for Reinforced Structural Integrity and Thermal Stability of Ni-Rich Cathodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(46). 54997–55006. 52 indexed citations

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Wang, Tao, Yan Sun, Liangliang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Space‐Confined Polymerization: Controlled Fabrication of Nitrogen‐Doped Polymer and Carbon Microspheres with Refined Hierarchical Architectures. Advanced Materials. 31(16). e1807876–e1807876. 167 indexed citations

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Kong, Qingquan, Wei Feng, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Hybrid Amorphous/Crystalline FeNi (Oxy) Hydroxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution. ChemCatChem. 11(13). 3004–3009. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Tao, Yan Sun, Yali Ma, et al.. (2018). Controlled Synthesis of Noble Metal@Mesoporous Carbon Colloids as Highly Active Nanocatalysts. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(4). 1563–1568. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Yan, Tao Wang, Ang Li, et al.. (2017). Knitting N‐doped Hierarchical Porous Polymers to Stabilize Ultra‐small Pd Nanoparticles for Solvent‐Free Catalysis. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 12(23). 3039–3045. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Tao, Pengfei Zhang, Yan Sun, et al.. (2017). New Polymer Colloidal and Carbon Nanospheres: Stabilizing Ultrasmall Metal Nanoparticles for Solvent-Free Catalysis. Chemistry of Materials. 29(9). 4044–4051. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Tao, Yan Sun, Ang Li, et al.. (2017). A general synthesis of abundant metal nanoparticles functionalized mesoporous graphitized carbon. RSC Advances. 7(80). 50966–50972. 7 indexed citations

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