Yu Sun

5.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
151 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Yu Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Sun has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 65 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 48 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yu Sun's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers). Yu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers). Yu Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Yu Sun's co-authors include Zhuo Kang, Jing Wu, Zheng Zhang, Qingliang Liao, Xin Wang, Keke Huang, Yue Zhang, Yong Xie, Kaikai Ma and Haonan Si 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

Yu Sun

141 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Single-Atom Vacancy Defect to Trigger High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution of MoS₂

2020 817 citations Yu Sun, Qingliang Liao et al. profile →
Synergistic effect of multiple vacancies to induce lattice oxygen redox in NiFe-layered double hydroxide OER catalysts

2022 314 citations Yiyue Zhai, Xiangrong Ren et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →
A‐Site Management Prompts the Dynamic Reconstructed Active Phase of Perovskite Oxide OER Catalysts

2021 282 citations Yu Sun, Kaikai Ma et al. profile →
Updating the sub-nanometric cognition of reconstructed oxyhydroxide active phase for water oxidation

2025 29 citations Yu Sun, Zhuo Kang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Sun China	34	3.0k	2.4k	2.0k	495	403	151	4.8k
Hanwen Liu China	43	3.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	577 1.2×	414 1.0×	135	6.1k
Ming Chen China	33	2.2k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	328 0.7×	159 0.4×	138	4.5k
Qianqian Jiang China	25	3.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	625 1.3×	459 1.1×	90	4.6k
Junyu Zhang China	30	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	251 0.5×	207 0.5×	118	3.4k
Yinshi Li China	43	3.3k 1.1×	3.5k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	607 1.2×	416 1.0×	133	5.2k
Min Tian China	33	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	250 0.5×	648 1.6×	122	3.8k
Fuqiang Chu China	47	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	819 0.4×	404 0.8×	181 0.4×	168	5.5k
Chen Zhao China	43	1.3k 0.4×	3.6k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	869 1.8×	121 0.3×	139	5.9k
Zhi Chen China	38	3.0k 1.0×	3.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.6×	1.3k 2.6×	110 0.3×	211	7.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Shiyong, Yu Sun, Mingyi Zhang, et al.. (2025). A high-performance self-powered UV imaging photodetector based on litchi-like WO₃ hollow spheres. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(17). 8710–8715.

Sun, Yu, et al.. (2024). The enhanced toughness and growth kinetics in Hf Ta2O25 through modulated structure. Ceramics International. 50(17). 30381–30392. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zheng, Lingxing Zan, Yu Sun, et al.. (2024). In Situ Anodic Transition and Cathodic Contamination Affect the Overall Voltage of Alkaline Water Electrolysis. Molecules. 29(22). 5298–5298. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Qiuxiang, Yu Sun, Weizhen Chen, et al.. (2024). Urchin-like Au/Pd Nanobranches for the Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(5). 5534–5542. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Yu, Yuxin Luo, Somnath Mukherjee, et al.. (2024). Surficial Engineering of Cathodic Protection Strategy via P‐Doped NiCuV Monolithic Electrode for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 9(11).

Sun, Yu, et al.. (2023). The enhanced thermal shock resistance performance induced by interface effect in blade-level La2Ce2O7/YSZ thermal barrier coating. Applied Surface Science. 619. 156723–156723. 21 indexed citations

Sun, Yu & Yong Zhang. (2023). Wafer-scale floating-gate field effect transistor sensor built on carbon nanotubes film for Ppb-level NO2 detection. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145480–145480. 33 indexed citations

Zhai, Yiyue, Xiangrong Ren, Yu Sun, et al.. (2022). Synergistic effect of multiple vacancies to induce lattice oxygen redox in NiFe-layered double hydroxide OER catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 323. 122091–122091. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Zhongyuan, Xiaofeng Wu, Beining Zheng, et al.. (2022). Cobalt-plasma treatment enables structural reconstruction of a CoO_x/BiVO₄ composite for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Chemical Communications. 58(71). 9890–9893. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Kaikai, Qingliang Liao, Zhaozhao Xiong, et al.. (2021). Chemical etching manipulated local electronic structure upheaval of graphdiyne for efficient hydrogen evolution. 2D Materials. 9(2). 24001–24001. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yanhua, Xuedan Song, Yongkang Guo, et al.. (2020). Syntheses, structures, and photocatalytic properties of open-framework Ag–Sn–S compounds. Dalton Transactions. 49(33). 11708–11714. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Shuang, Zhibin Geng, Xiyang Wang, et al.. (2020). Optimizing the surface state of cobalt-iron bimetallic phosphide via regulating phosphorus vacancies. Chemical Communications. 56(17). 2602–2605. 38 indexed citations

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Li, Mingyue, Zexiang Shen, Xiaoli Cui, et al.. (2020). [Effects of curcumin on protein expression of glucose regulated protein 78 and caspase-12 of myocardial endoplasmic reticulum stress related factors in type 2 diabetes rats].. PubMed. 49(1). 98–131. 2 indexed citations

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Yuan, Menglei, Sobia Dipazir, Meng Wang, et al.. (2019). Polyoxometalate-assisted formation of CoSe/MoSe ₂ heterostructures with enhanced oxygen evolution activity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(7). 3317–3326. 113 indexed citations

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Li, Yanhua, Yan Liu, Yongkang Guo, et al.. (2019). Cotemplating Assembly and Structural Variation of Three-Dimensional Open-Framework Sulfides. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(21). 14289–14293. 14 indexed citations

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Gao, Xia, Jinghai Liu, Yu Sun, et al.. (2019). Optimized Co²⁺_(Td)–O–Fe³⁺_(Oh)electronic states in a spinel electrocatalyst for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction performance. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(11). 3295–3301. 34 indexed citations

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Huang, Keke, Yu Sun, Yuan Zhang, et al.. (2018). Hollow‐Structured Metal Oxides as Oxygen‐Related Catalysts. Advanced Materials. 31(38). e1801430–e1801430. 133 indexed citations

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Sun, Yu, Zhongyuan Liu, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Unfolding BOB Bonds for an Enhanced ORR Performance in ABO₃‐Type Perovskites. Small. 15(29). e1803513–e1803513. 71 indexed citations

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Sun, Yu, et al.. (2008). Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on ecological functional traits of ephemerals in the Gurbantonggut desert. Symbiosis. 46(3). 121–127. 14 indexed citations

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Kim, Byung‐Soo, et al.. (1999). Gray Leaf Spot of Tomato Caused by Stemphylium solani. Plant Pathology Journal. 15(6). 348–350. 6 indexed citations

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