Zhefei Sun

4.7k total citations · 13 hit papers
82 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Zhefei Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhefei Sun has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 22 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 16 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhefei Sun's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (65 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (56 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (21 papers). Zhefei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (65 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (56 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (21 papers). Zhefei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Zhefei Sun's co-authors include Qiaobao Zhang, Haodong Liu, Haichen Lin, Xianwen Wu, Ling Wang, Zhangxing He, Lei Dai, Ming‐Sheng Wang, Jiajia Han and Jianhai Pan 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

Zhefei Sun

73 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Electrolyte additive engineering for aqueous Zn ion batteries

2022 398 citations Zhefei Sun, Ling Wang et al. Energy storage materials profile →
A Review on 3D Zinc Anodes for Zinc Ion Batteries

2022 243 citations Zhefei Sun, Xianwen Wu et al. profile →
Manipulating charge-transfer kinetics and a flow-domain LiF-rich interphase to enable high-performance microsized silicon–silver–carbon composite anodes for solid-state batteries

2023 149 citations Xiang Han, Zhefei Sun et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
High-entropy doping promising ultrahigh-Ni Co-free single-crystalline cathode toward commercializable high-energy lithium-ion batteries

2024 139 citations Zhefei Sun, Qiaobao Zhang et al. Science Advances profile →
Engineering Covalent Organic Frameworks Toward Advanced Zinc‐Based Batteries

2024 111 citations Zhefei Sun, Lei Dai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Hard carbon with an opened pore structure for enhanced sodium storage performance

2024 78 citations Shunzhang You, Qiaobao Zhang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Resolving the Origins of Superior Cycling Performance of Antimony Anode in Sodium‐ion Batteries: A Comparison with Lithium‐ion Batteries

2024 78 citations Zhefei Sun, Yinggan Zhang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Enhanced Fast‐Charging and Longevity in Sodium‐Ion Batteries through Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Frameworks Encasing Flower‐Like Bismuth Microspheres

2024 77 citations Zhefei Sun, Jiajia Han et al. profile →
Self-assembled hydrated copper coordination compounds as ionic conductors for room temperature solid-state batteries

2024 70 citations Xiao Zhan, Sha Li et al. profile →
Mechanically Robust Bismuth-Embedded Carbon Microspheres for Ultrafast Charging and Ultrastable Sodium-Ion Batteries

2025 65 citations Zhefei Sun, Tongchao Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Regulating Interfacial Chemistry to Boost Ionic Transport and Interface Stability of Composite Solid‐State Electrolytes for High‐Performance Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries

2025 34 citations Sifan Wen, Zhefei Sun et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
High‐Performance Silicon Anodes Enabled by Multifunctional Ultrafine Silica Nanoparticle‐Embedded Carbon Coatings for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

2025 32 citations Zhefei Sun, Shenghui Zhou et al. profile →
Comprehensive crystallographic engineering for high-efficiency and durable zinc metal anodes

2025 25 citations Xiran Shen, Zhangxing He et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	MOF Glass Confined Black Phosphorus via Co─P Anchoring for Advanced Lithium‐Ion Battery Anodes 2025 ·Advanced Science ·Yijie Wei, Zhengjie Chen, Xin Guo, Huixian Xie, Zhefei Sun, (unknown), Jun Xiao, Tianyu Chen, Kwan San Hui, Hui–Ming Cheng, Kwun Nam Hui	0
2	Molten salts assisted synthesis of single crystalline NCM811 with surface modification for high energy density lithium‐ion batteries 2025 ·Rare Metals ·(unknown), Junjie Lu, Zhefei Sun, Minfeng Chen, (unknown), Hongying Zhao, Qing-Qing Zhou, (unknown), Bin Wang, Qiaobao Zhang, Jizhang Chen, Xiang Han	3
3	Galvanostatic cycling of a micron-sized solid-state battery: Visually linking void evolution to electrochemistry 2025 ·Science Advances ·Haowen Gao, Lin Chen, Yuanpeng Liu, Jiashun Shi, Bowen Zhang, Zhefei Sun, Li Zhao, Yu Wang, Menghao Yang, Yong Cheng, Ming‐Sheng Wang	15
4	Air‐Sintering of Dual‐Ligand Capped Copper Nanoparticles for High‐Temperature Interconnect Applications 2025 ·Yonggang Zheng, Junjie Yuan, Qinghua Li, Zhefei Sun, Huatao Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Ziyu Zhou, Shiyu Xia, Jintang Li, Huatang Cao, (unknown), Jonghwan Suhr, Zhihao Zhang	1
5	Comprehensive crystallographic engineering for high-efficiency and durable zinc metal anodes breakdown → 2025 ·Progress in Materials Science ·(unknown), Xiran Shen, (unknown), (unknown), Zhangxing He, Zhefei Sun, (unknown), Zekun Zhang, Zilong Zhuang, Xianwen Wu, Lei Dai, Ling Wang, Guanjie He, Qiaobao Zhang	25
6	Biomimetic Sandwich-Structured Tubular Ion Pump Arrays for Lithium Metal Batteries 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Zhenzhen Wang, Xiaoyang Zheng, Maolin Guo, Jianing Yang, Yongping Li, Zhefei Sun, Xueyan Wu, Chaofei Guo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yaowen Zhang, (unknown), Jiaxi Xu, Qiaobao Zhang, Kai‐Xue Wang, Jie‐Sheng Chen	5
7	Energizing Robust Sulfur/Lithium Electrochemistry via Nanoscale-Asymmetric-Size Synergism 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Youzhang Huang, Jiantao Li, Yinggan Zhang, Liang Lin, Zhefei Sun, Guiyang Gao, Baisheng Sa, Laisen Wang, Lu Ma, Sungsik Lee, Ming‐Sheng Wang, Dong‐Liang Peng, Khalil Amine, Qingshui Xie	15
8	Single-Crystallization of O3-Type Layered Oxide Cathode for Na-Ion Battery 2025 ·Chemistry of Materials ·Qirui Liu, Wenhua Zuo, Zhefei Sun, Guifan Zeng, Yonglin Tang, Kai Fang, (unknown), Kang Zhang, Jiarui Li, Yuhao Hong, Tian Qiu, Niu Liu, Chuying Ouyang, Xianghui Xiao, Khalil Amine, Ziyang Ning, Qiaobao Zhang, Gui‐Liang Xu, Yu Qiao, Shi‐Gang Sun	0
9	Single‐Atom Engineering for Synergistic Nucleation and Interfacial Regulation Enabling Durable Anode‐Free Sodium Metal Batteries 2025 ·Advanced Materials ·Shenghui Zhou, Zhefei Sun, (unknown), Huiping Yang, (unknown), Qing Zhang, Sifan Wen, Haoyu Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Jiajia Han, Lin Zeng, Wenxing Chen, Jie Li, Li Zhang, Dong‐Liang Peng, Qiaobao Zhang	0
10	Sandwich-Structured Lithiophilic Layer with Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductivity for Lithium Metal Batteries 2025 ·ACS Energy Letters ·(unknown), Zhenzhen Wang, Zhefei Sun, Xiaoyang Zheng, Fei‐Hu Du, Jianing Yang, Yaowen Zhang, Yi Sun, (unknown), Maolin Guo, Xueyan Wu, Yi Xu, Guanyao Wang, Chao Wu, Qiaobao Zhang, Kai‐Xue Wang	0
11	PEO-Li₂₁Si₅ as a pre-lithiation and structural protection layer for lithium-ion batteries 2024 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·(unknown), Zhefei Sun, (unknown), Yan Liu, Linshan Luo, Shengshi Guo, Xiang Han, Ziqi Zhang, Fu‐Ming Wang, Songyan Chen	2
12	Unveiling the thermal decomposition mechanism of high-nickel cathode with loaded nano-Al2O3 on conductive carbon for safe lithium-ion batteries 2024 ·Energy storage materials ·Mingzeng Luo, Yu Su, Zhefei Sun, (unknown), (unknown), Jun Zhou, Ruiting Yan, Ming‐Sheng Wang, Yixiao Li, Yong Yang	5
13	Zwitterionic Cellulose‐Based Polymer Electrolyte Enabled by Aqueous Solution Casting for High‐Performance Solid‐State Batteries 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yong Cheng, (unknown), Jinglei Xu, Zhefei Sun, Xiaoyu Wu, Jiajia Han, (unknown), Ming‐Sheng Wang	12
14	Hard carbon with an opened pore structure for enhanced sodium storage performance breakdown → 2024 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Shunzhang You, Qiaobao Zhang, Junxiang Liu, Qiang Deng, Zhefei Sun, (unknown), Tongchao Liu, Khalil Amine, Chenghao Yang	78
15	Zwitterionic Cellulose‐Based Polymer Electrolyte Enabled by Aqueous Solution Casting for High‐Performance Solid‐State Batteries 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yong Cheng, (unknown), Jinglei Xu, Zhefei Sun, Xiaoyu Wu, Jiajia Han, (unknown), Ming‐Sheng Wang	67
16	Challenges and opportunities towards silicon-based all-solid-state batteries 2023 ·Energy storage materials ·Xiao Zhan, Miao Li, Sha Li, (unknown), (unknown), Huiqun Wang, Zhefei Sun, Xiang Han, Bing Jiang, Yan‐Bing He, Meicheng Li, Qiaobao Zhang, Li Zhang	79
17	Unraveling the Origin of Enhanced K⁺ Storage of Carbonaceous Anodes Enabled by Nitrogen/Sulfur Co‐Doping 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Hehe Zhang, Zhilin Chen, Zhefei Sun, Meng‐Ting Cai, Weicheng Liu, Weibin Ye, Haowen Gao, Jiajia Han, Yong Cheng, Qiaobao Zhang, Ming‐Sheng Wang	31
18	Enabling highly-efficient and stable potassium-ion storage by exposing atomic-dispersed super-coordinated antimony O₂Sb₁N₄ sites on N-doped carbon nanosheets 2023 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Bensheng Xiao, Zhefei Sun, Hehe Zhang, Ying Wu, Ji Li, Jiang Cui, Jiajia Han, Miao Li, Hongfei Zheng, Jiamin Chen, Meng‐Ting Cai, Chengzhi Ke, Xuefeng Wang, Haodong Liu, Zheng Jiang, Shilin Zhang, Dong‐Liang Peng, Zhanhu Guo, Qiaobao Zhang	68
19	Unlocking the Origins of Highly Reversible Lithium Storage and Stable Cycling in a Spinel High‐Entropy Oxide Anode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Shisheng Hou, Lin Su, Shuai Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Huihua Min, Jingze Bao, Yanbin Shen, Qichong Zhang, Zhefei Sun, Chongyang Zhu, Jing Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Feng Xu	61
20	Enhanced Cyclability of Lithium Metal Anodes Enabled by Anti-aggregation of Lithiophilic Seeds 2022 ·Nano Letters ·Jingjie Sun, Yong Cheng, Hehe Zhang, Xiaolin Yan, Zhefei Sun, Weibin Ye, (unknown), Mingyue Zhang, Haowen Gao, Jiajia Han, Dong‐Liang Peng, Yong Yang, Ming‐Sheng Wang	36

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