Zhiyi Sun

2.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
67 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Zhiyi Sun is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiyi Sun has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Zhiyi Sun's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (27 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (19 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (17 papers). Zhiyi Sun is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (27 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (19 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (17 papers). Zhiyi Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Russia and Australia. Zhiyi Sun's co-authors include Wenxing Chen, Shuo Wang, Liang Zhang, Dingsheng Wang, Mengru Sun, Zihao Wei, Danni Zhou, Fang Zhang, Huishan Shang and Zedong Zhang 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

Zhiyi Sun

60 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Cascade Dual Sites Modulate Local CO Coverage and Hydrogen-Binding Strength to Boost CO₂ Electroreduction to Ethylene

2024 111 citations Junjun Li, Yu Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
p-d Orbital Hybridization Induced by Asymmetrical FeSn Dual Atom Sites Promotes the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2024 101 citations Xiaochen Wang, Ning Zhang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
An asymmetrically coordinated ZnCoFe hetero-trimetallic atom catalyst enhances the electrocatalytic oxygen reaction

2024 92 citations Changli Chen, Mengru Sun et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Precisely designing asymmetrical selenium-based dual-atom sites for efficient oxygen reduction

2025 46 citations Ning Zhang, Huishan Shang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Tailoring asymmetric RuCu dual-atom electrocatalyst toward ammonia synthesis from nitrate

2025 41 citations Zhiyi Sun, Zhengbo Chen 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
Zhiyi Sun China	25	1.2k	820	600	497	184	67	1.8k
Botao Hu China	15	1.3k 1.1×	691 0.8×	723 1.2×	384 0.8×	193 1.0×	25	1.7k
Lei Dai China	18	1.7k 1.4×	797 1.0×	899 1.5×	485 1.0×	283 1.5×	44	2.1k
Zhouhong Ren China	20	1.4k 1.2×	938 1.1×	765 1.3×	720 1.4×	205 1.1×	46	2.2k
Bo‐Hang Zhao China	20	1.3k 1.1×	813 1.0×	442 0.7×	561 1.1×	243 1.3×	43	1.8k
Hongling Huang China	18	1.4k 1.2×	605 0.7×	777 1.3×	615 1.2×	144 0.8×	24	1.8k
Wenfu Xie China	27	1.9k 1.6×	812 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	998 2.0×	213 1.2×	52	2.7k
Xian‐Yin Ma China	17	1.2k 1.0×	647 0.8×	534 0.9×	343 0.7×	98 0.5×	33	1.5k
Nick Daems Belgium	20	1.3k 1.1×	386 0.5×	867 1.4×	339 0.7×	162 0.9×	46	1.7k
Seongbeen Kim South Korea	19	1.8k 1.6×	864 1.1×	1.4k 2.3×	322 0.6×	112 0.6×	37	2.3k
Menglei Yuan China	25	1.7k 1.5×	807 1.0×	691 1.2×	1.3k 2.6×	235 1.3×	58	2.4k

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Chen, Wenxing, Zhiyi Sun, Shiyu Zhen, et al.. (2025). Tuning Asymmetric S‐Bridged Cu─Co Dual Sites at Atomic‐Level for Efficient Ammonia Electrosynthesis. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(6). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Liping, Wenxing Chen, Zhiyi Sun, et al.. (2025). The roadmap of carbon‐based single‐atom catalysts: rational design and electrochemical applications. Rare Metals. 44(11). 7987–8132. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Kun, Shuping Zhang, Zhiyi Sun, et al.. (2025). WS2-modified schwertmannite for highly efficient dye wastewater degradation via enhanced Fe cycle in heterogeneous Fenton-like catalysis. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 163. 126–135.

Zhang, Shuping, Zhao Li, Wenjing Yuan, et al.. (2025). Electrostatic interaction tuned proton migration behavior by electron-rich Pt sites enhancing alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 114. 791–798.

Sun, Zhiyi, Zhiwei Zhao, Xinxin Lu, et al.. (2025). Advances in the Structure–Activity Relationship of Electrocatalytic C–N Coupling: From Nanocatalysis to Single Metal Site Catalysis. ACS Nano. 19(20). 18947–18975. 6 indexed citations

Wei, Jian, Chen Li, Zhiyi Sun, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen‐Rich MOF‐Material‐Derived Metal Dual‐Atom Platforms for Efficient Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(49). e202517259–e202517259. 2 indexed citations

Lei, Yuanting, Huishan Shang, Guosheng Li, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of noble metal-free monodisperse high-entropy oxides hollow nanocubes libraries via a coordination etching strategy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9817–9817.

Zhang, Ning, Huishan Shang, Zhiyi Sun, et al.. (2025). Precisely designing asymmetrical selenium-based dual-atom sites for efficient oxygen reduction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 470–470. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Hanzhang, et al.. (2024). pH-modulated peroxidase-like PtNi nanowires-colorimetric “chemical nose” sensor array for detection and identification of thiophene compounds. Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152685–152685. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhiyi, et al.. (2024). Atomic Printing Strategy Achieves Precise Anchoring of Dual‐Copper Atoms on C ₂ N Structure for Efficient CO ₂ Reduction to Ethylene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(49). e202405778–e202405778. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lili, Ning Zhang, Huishan Shang, et al.. (2024). High-density asymmetric iron dual-atom sites for efficient and stable electrochemical water oxidation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9440–9440. 67 indexed citations

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Li, Junjun, Yu Chen, Bingqing Yao, et al.. (2024). Cascade Dual Sites Modulate Local CO Coverage and Hydrogen-Binding Strength to Boost CO₂ Electroreduction to Ethylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(8). 5693–5701. 111 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Yan, Jinlong Ge, Linlin Zhu, et al.. (2024). Porous alumina nanosheet-supported asymmetric platinum clusters for efficient diboration of alkynes. Chemical Communications. 60(74). 10188–10191. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhiyi, et al.. (2024). Ultra‐Fast Pulsed Discharge Preparation of Coordinatively Unsaturated Asymmetric Copper Single‐Atom Catalysts for CO₂ Reduction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(16). 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tengfei, Peng Zheng, Jiajian Gao, et al.. (2024). Simultaneously activating molecular oxygen and surface lattice oxygen on Pt/TiO2 for low-temperature CO oxidation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6827–6827. 59 indexed citations

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Wei, Zihao, et al.. (2024). Sulfur Modified Carbon‐Based Single‐Atom Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Reactions. Small. 20(38). e2401900–e2401900. 19 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, Xiang Li, Xing He, et al.. (2024). A high‐energy‐density long‐cycle lithium–sulfur battery enabled by 3D graphene architecture. Carbon Energy. 6(11). 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Changli, Mengru Sun, Tianqi Guo, et al.. (2024). An asymmetrically coordinated ZnCoFe hetero-trimetallic atom catalyst enhances the electrocatalytic oxygen reaction. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(6). 2298–2308. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Dan, et al.. (2023). Highly effective photoativation Pd catalyst for Suzuki coupling reaction. Molecular Catalysis. 551. 113659–113659. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhiyi, Yujuan Wei, Ting Cao, et al.. (2023). Natural keratin-based Fe-S1N3 single atom catalyst for insights into the coordination regulation effect of Fenton-like catalysis with high efficiency. Nano Research. 16(7). 9003–9011. 16 indexed citations

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