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Overview

Chenghua Sun is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields including Energy, Engineering, and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Hydrogen Storage and Materials, as well as MXene and MAX Phase Materials.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chenghua Sun include:

  • Aimin Yu
  • Siyao Qiu
  • Yongjun Xu
  • Xiaoli Zhang
  • Qinye Li

Their research findings have been published in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Journal of Material Science and Technology
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nanoscale

Notable recent papers by Chenghua Sun include:

  • "Efficient metal ion sieving in rectifying subnanochannels enabled by metal-organic frameworks" (2020, Nature Materials)
  • "Simultaneously Tuning Charge Separation and Oxygen Reduction Pathway on Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Polyethylenimine for Boosted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production" (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • "A corrosion-resistant RuMoNi catalyst for efficient and long-lasting seawater oxidation and anion exchange membrane electrolyzer" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Confined Fe-Cu Clusters as Sub-Nanometer Reactors for Efficiently Regulating the Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Graphene oxide: An emerging electromaterial for energy storage and conversion" (2020, Journal of Energy Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • Anatase TiO(2) single crystals with a large percentage of reactive facets

    Hua Gui Yang;Cheng Hua Sun;Shi Zhang Qiao;Jin Zou

  • Unique Electronic Structure Induced High Photoreactivity of Sulfur-Doped Graphitic C3N4

    Gang Liu;Ping Niu;Chenghua Sun;Sean Campbell Smith

  • Solvothermal synthesis and photoreactivity of anatase TiO(2) nanosheets with dominant {001} facets.

    Hua Gui Yang;Gang Liu;Shi Zhang Qiao;Cheng Hua Sun

  • Single-boron catalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction

    Chuangwei Liu;Qinye Li;Chengzhang Wu;Jie Zhang

  • Potassium Ion Assisted Regeneration of Active Cyano Groups in Carbon Nitride Nanoribbons: Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction

    Weikang Wang;Weikang Wang;Haimin Zhang;Shengbo Zhang;Shengbo Zhang;Yanyan Liu;Yanyan Liu

  • Synergistic Effects of B/N Doping on the Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Activity of Mesoporous TiO2

    Gang Liu;Yanning Zhao;Chenghua Sun;Feng Li

  • Electro-synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen at ambient temperature and pressure in ionic liquids

    Fengling Zhou;Luis Miguel Azofra;Muataz Ali;Mega Kar

  • Efficient metal ion sieving in rectifying subnanochannels enabled by metal-organic frameworks.

    Jun Lu;Huacheng Zhang;Jue Hou;Xingya Li

  • Stable Hierarchical Bimetal-Organic Nanostructures as HighPerformance Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Wei Zhou;Dan-Dan Huang;Ya-Pan Wu;Jun Zhao

  • Promising prospects for 2D d2–d4 M3C2 transition metal carbides (MXenes) in N2 capture and conversion into ammonia

    Luis Miguel Azofra;Neng Li;Douglas R. MacFarlane;Chenghua Sun

  • Nanosized anatase TiO2 single crystals for enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Gang Liu;Chenghua Sun;Hua Gui Yang;Sean C Smith

  • Understanding of Electrochemical Mechanisms for CO2 Capture and Conversion into Hydrocarbon Fuels in Transition-Metal Carbides (MXenes)

    Neng Li;Neng Li;Xingzhu Chen;Wee Jun Ong;Douglas R. Macfarlane

  • Simultaneously tuning charge separation and oxygen reduction pathway on graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for boosted photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production

    Xiangkang Zeng;Yue Liu;Yuan Kang;Qinye Li

  • Synthesis and Electromagnetic, Microwave Absorbing Properties of Core–Shell Fe3O4–Poly(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Microspheres

    Wencai Zhou;Xiujie Hu;Xiaoxia Bai;Shuyun Zhou

  • Surfactant-Assisted Phase-Selective Synthesis of New Cobalt MOFs and Their Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

    Ya-Pan Wu;Ya-Pan Wu;Wei Zhou;Jun Zhao;Wen-Wen Dong

  • Promoting Oxygen Evolution Reactions through Introduction of Oxygen Vacancies to Benchmark NiFe–OOH Catalysts

    Majid Asnavandi;Yichun Yin;Yibing Li;Chenghua Sun

  • Band-to-Band Visible-Light Photon Excitation and Photoactivity Induced by Homogeneous Nitrogen Doping in Layered Titanates

    Gang Liu;Lianzhou Wang;Chenghua Sun;Xiaoxia Yan

  • Titania-water interactions: a review of theoretical studies

    Chenghua Sun;Chenghua Sun;Li-Min Liu;Annabella Selloni;Gao Qing (Max) Lu

  • Carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction: a defect mechanism

    Huanyu Zhao;Huanyu Zhao;Chenghua Sun;Zhao Jin;Da-Wei Wang

  • Conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia on Ru atoms supported on boron sheets: a DFT study

    Chuangwei Liu;Chuangwei Liu;Qinye Li;Jie Zhang;Yonggang Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean C. Smith
Sean C. Smith Australian National University
Gao Qing Lu
Gao Qing Lu University of Surrey
Hui-Ming Cheng
Hui-Ming Cheng Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Lianzhou Wang
Lianzhou Wang University of Queensland
Gang Liu
Gang Liu University of Science and Technology of China
Ping Chen
Ping Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aijun Du
Aijun Du Queensland University of Technology
Zhigang Chen
Zhigang Chen Queensland University of Technology
Douglas R. MacFarlane
Douglas R. MacFarlane Monash University
Jin Zou
Jin Zou University of Queensland

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