Yuankui Sun

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Yuankui Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuankui Sun has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 21 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 20 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Yuankui Sun's work include Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (44 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (21 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers). Yuankui Sun is often cited by papers focused on Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (44 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (21 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers). Yuankui Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yuankui Sun's co-authors include Xiaohong Guan, Jinxiang Li, Jinli Qiao, Hejie Qin, Tinglin Huang, Irene M.C. Lo, Haoran Dong, Di He, Bo Sun and Xiaoguang Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yuankui Sun

59 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

The limitations of applying zero-valent iron technology in contaminants sequestration and the corresponding countermeasures: The development in zero-valent iron technology in the last two decades (1994–2014)

2015 815 citations Xiaohong Guan, Yuankui Sun et al. Water Research profile →
The influences of iron characteristics, operating conditions and solution chemistry on contaminants removal by zero-valent iron: A review

2016 422 citations Yuankui Sun, Jinxiang Li et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuankui Sun China	34	2.8k	1.9k	1.1k	827	823	59	4.1k
Zimo Lou China	32	2.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	630 0.6×	574 0.7×	970 1.2×	67	4.1k
Arup K. SenGupta United States	37	1.4k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	855 1.0×	452 0.5×	102	4.8k
Jinxiang Li China	22	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	598 0.5×	484 0.6×	774 0.9×	49	3.0k
Jingchun Yan China	33	2.5k 0.9×	3.3k 1.7×	682 0.6×	435 0.5×	631 0.8×	79	5.3k
Yeqing Lan China	40	1.7k 0.6×	2.8k 1.5×	676 0.6×	881 1.1×	489 0.6×	105	4.3k
Yao-Hui Huang Taiwan	36	1.4k 0.5×	3.3k 1.7×	432 0.4×	681 0.8×	532 0.6×	97	5.0k
Chaomeng Dai China	31	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	473 0.4×	356 0.4×	487 0.6×	72	3.1k
Hanjin Luo China	32	1.0k 0.4×	1.9k 1.0×	605 0.5×	387 0.5×	779 0.9×	56	3.6k
Weile Yan United States	21	2.1k 0.8×	847 0.4×	612 0.5×	372 0.4×	684 0.8×	30	2.5k
Sungjun Bae South Korea	36	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	356 0.3×	349 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	110	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuankui Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Yuankui, et al.. (2024). Insights into the contrasting effects of sulfidation on dechlorination of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons by zero-valent iron. Water Research. 255. 121494–121494. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaowen, et al.. (2024). A comparative study of different modification methods on zero-valent iron performance toward nitrate selective reduction to nitrogen. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156543–156543. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Tiansheng, et al.. (2023). Neutral Phenolic Contaminants Are Not Necessarily More Resistant to Permanganate Oxidation Than Their Dissociated Counterparts: Importance of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(45). 17620–17628. 20 indexed citations

Qin, Hejie, et al.. (2023). Efficient full dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes on single enzyme-like Co−N4 sites in nitrogen-doped carbons. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 328. 122459–122459. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Tiansheng, Yuankui Sun, Hongyu Dong, et al.. (2022). Understanding the Importance of Periodate Species in the pH-Dependent Degradation of Organic Contaminants in the H₂O₂/Periodate Process. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(14). 10372–10380. 81 indexed citations

Rao, Dandan, Hongyu Dong, Xiaohan Wang, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic Insights into the Markedly Decreased Oxidation Capacity of the Fe(II)/S₂O₈^2– Process with Increasing pH. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(18). 13131–13141. 43 indexed citations

Rao, Dandan, Guoyang Zhang, Bo Sun, et al.. (2022). Inhibitory Effect of Sulfite on the SO₄·^–-Induced Transformation of Selected Organic Contaminants in Sulfite-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes. ACS ES&T Water. 2(12). 2538–2547. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Shuchang, Jie Chen, Yuankui Sun, et al.. (2022). Roles of MnO₂ Colloids and Mn(III) during the Oxidation of Organic Contaminants by Permanganate. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(2). 997–1005. 42 indexed citations

Guan, Xiaohong, et al.. (2022). A novel design of in‐line static mixer for permanganate/bisulfite process: Numerical simulations and pilot‐scale testing. Water Environment Research. 94(5). e10725–e10725. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Jinli Qiao, Yuankui Sun, & Xiaohong Guan. (2022). Simultaneous Sequestration of Humic Acid-Complexed Pb(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), and As(V) by Sulfidated Zero-Valent Iron: Performance and Stability of Sequestration Products. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(5). 3127–3137. 81 indexed citations

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Fan, Peng, et al.. (2022). Mechanochemically ball-milled zerovalent iron and ferrous composite for effective removal of various metal(loid)s from water. Chemical Engineering Journal. 452. 139380–139380. 26 indexed citations

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Rao, Dandan, Hongyu Dong, Lushi Lian, et al.. (2021). New Mechanistic Insights into the Transformation of Reactive Oxidizing Species in an Ultraviolet/Sulfite System under Aerobic Conditions: Modeling and the Impact of Mn(II). ACS ES&T Water. 1(8). 1785–1795. 47 indexed citations

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Guan, Xiaohong, et al.. (2020). Enhanced trichloroethylene dechlorination by carbon-modified zero-valent iron: Revisiting the role of carbon additives. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 394. 122564–122564. 64 indexed citations

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Liu, Weifan, Daqiang Yin, Xiaohong Guan, et al.. (2019). Role of pyrophosphate on the degradation of sulfamethoxazole by permanganate combined with different reductants: Positive or negative. Water Environment Research. 92(4). 604–611. 10 indexed citations

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Fan, Peng, Yuankui Sun, B. Zhou, & Xiaohong Guan. (2019). Coupled Effect of Sulfidation and Ferrous Dosing on Selenate Removal by Zerovalent Iron Under Aerobic Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(24). 14577–14585. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuchang, et al.. (2019). Performance and Mechanism of Contaminants Removal by Carbon Materials-Modified Zerovalent Iron. Huaxue jinzhan. 31. 422. 2 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ya, et al.. (2018). Structural characteristic and ammonium and manganese catalytic activity of two types of filter media in groundwater treatment. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 72. 89–97. 35 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuankui, et al.. (2017). Combined Effect of Weak Magnetic Fields and Anions on Arsenite Sequestration by Zerovalent Iron: Kinetics and Mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(7). 3742–3750. 69 indexed citations

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Li, Jinxiang, Xueying Zhang, Yuankui Sun, et al.. (2017). Advances in Sulfidation of Zerovalent Iron for Water Decontamination. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(23). 13533–13544. 297 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuankui, Gongming Zhou, Xinmei Xiong, et al.. (2013). Enhanced arsenite removal from water by Ti(SO4)2 coagulation. Water Research. 47(13). 4340–4348. 77 indexed citations

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