Zhengnan Sun

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Zhengnan Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhengnan Sun has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhengnan Sun's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (2 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (2 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (1 paper). Zhengnan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (2 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (2 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (1 paper). Zhengnan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Zhengnan Sun's co-authors include Xu Deng, Wenluan Zhang, Jia-Ning Song, Dehui Wang, Junchang Guo, Chenglin Zhang, Xiaobing Zhou, Yao Tan, Feng Tian and Xiuhong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhengnan Sun

7 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Robust superhydrophobicity: mechanisms and strategies

2021 535 citations Wenluan Zhang, Dehui Wang et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Durable radiative cooling against environmental aging

2022 258 citations Jia-Ning Song, Wenluan Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhengnan Sun China	5	488	362	273	262	196	8	1.1k
Wenluan Zhang China	14	547 1.1×	452 1.2×	323 1.2×	297 1.1×	326 1.7×	22	1.3k
Muhammad Jahidul Hoque United States	19	591 1.2×	212 0.6×	94 0.3×	94 0.4×	257 1.3×	44	1.0k
Raza Gulfam China	14	151 0.3×	89 0.2×	218 0.8×	286 1.1×	189 1.0×	27	851
Zhangbin Yang China	16	146 0.3×	107 0.3×	312 1.1×	65 0.2×	68 0.3×	43	684
Yong-Gang Wu China	12	134 0.3×	83 0.2×	284 1.0×	108 0.4×	103 0.5×	25	601
Zhiheng Zheng China	23	91 0.2×	209 0.6×	511 1.9×	883 3.4×	195 1.0×	56	1.8k
Xiaojie Liu United States	23	123 0.3×	154 0.4×	786 2.9×	649 2.5×	244 1.2×	66	1.7k
Changquan Li China	19	592 1.2×	320 0.9×	68 0.2×	112 0.4×	237 1.2×	49	1.2k
Yanfei Xu United States	13	62 0.1×	325 0.9×	448 1.6×	393 1.5×	154 0.8×	15	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhengnan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhengnan Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhengnan Sun

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Sun, Zhengnan, et al.. (2026). 3D-printed barbed microneedle electrodes for biosensing and drug delivery in wound management. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 12(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhengnan, et al.. (2025). 1D-(GaN/AlN)/2D-Gr/3D-(SiO₂/Si) Combined High-Performance Flash Memory Device. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(9). 14291–14300.

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Wu, Zhicheng, et al.. (2024). Ultra-thin DLC diaphragm-based optical fiber sensor achieving a highly sensitive and broadband acoustic response. Optics Letters. 49(17). 4950–4950. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhengnan, Xu Zeng, Xu Deng, Xiaosheng Zhang, & Yi Zhang. (2023). Droplet interface in additive manufacturing: From process to application. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 15 indexed citations

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Song, Jia-Ning, Wenluan Zhang, Zhengnan Sun, et al.. (2022). Durable radiative cooling against environmental aging. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4805–4805. 258 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Zhengnan, Wenluan Zhang, Junchang Guo, Jia-Ning Song, & Xu Deng. (2021). Is Heat Really Beneficial to Water Evaporation-Driven Electricity?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(51). 12370–12375. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenluan, Dehui Wang, Zhengnan Sun, Jia-Ning Song, & Xu Deng. (2021). Robust superhydrophobicity: mechanisms and strategies. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(6). 4031–4061. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Xiaobing, Wenluan Zhang, Chenglin Zhang, et al.. (2020). Harvesting Electricity from Water Evaporation through Microchannels of Natural Wood. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(9). 11232–11239. 239 indexed citations

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