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2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
129
Citations
61655
World Ranking
359
National Ranking
108

Chemistry

D-Index
129
Citations
61072
World Ranking
349
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For leading contributions to stateoftheart vertex detector and trigger systems at SLD, BaBar, and ATLAS, thus advancing knowledge of weak interaction physics within the Standard Model and providing a foundation for novel physics searches based on b and cquark tagging

Overview

Dong Su is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with specific emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as mechanical and automotive engineering.

The scientist's research portfolio includes various topics, notably:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research

Key recent publications by Dong Su include:

  • Electrolyte design for LiF-rich solid-electrolyte interfaces to enable high-performance microsized alloy anodes for batteries (2020, Nature Energy)
  • Surface regulation enables high stability of single-crystal lithium-ion cathodes at high voltage (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Single Cobalt Sites Dispersed in Hierarchically Porous Nanofiber Networks for Durable and High-Power PGM-Free Cathodes in Fuel Cells (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte (2023, Nature Sustainability)
  • Engineering Crystallinity and Oxygen Vacancies of Co(II) Oxide Nanosheets for High Performance and Robust Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Dong Su include:

  • Lin Gu (41 publications)
  • Xiaozhi Liu (39 publications)
  • Sooyeon Hwang (30 publications)
  • Xincheng Lei (24 publications)
  • Xuefeng Wang (24 publications)

Dong Su's work has been published frequently in prominent journals, such as:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (16 publications)
  • Nature Communications (15 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (9 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (9 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (9 publications)

Their research spans over 309 publications in engineering and 162 in materials science, reflecting a broad engagement with interdisciplinary domains.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Dong Su was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2019. The citation acknowledged their leading contributions to advanced vertex detector and trigger systems at major experiments, which have contributed to knowledge in weak interaction physics within the Standard Model and foundational work for novel physics searches.

Best Publications

  • Carbon-based Supercapacitors Produced by Activation of Graphene

    Yanwu Zhu;Shanthi Murali;Meryl D. Stoller;K. J. Ganesh

  • Biaxially strained PtPb/Pt core/shell nanoplate boosts oxygen reduction catalysis

    Lingzheng Bu;Nan Zhang;Shaojun Guo;Xu Zhang

  • Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation.

    Hanguang Zhang;Sooyeon Hwang;Maoyu Wang;Zhenxing Feng

  • Atomically dispersed manganese catalysts for oxygen reduction in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

    Jiazhan Li;Jiazhan Li;Mengjie Chen;David A. Cullen;Sooyeon Hwang

  • PdMo bimetallene for oxygen reduction catalysis

    Mingchuan Luo;Zhonglong Zhao;Yelong Zhang;Yingjun Sun

  • Unlocking the potential of cation-disordered oxides for rechargeable lithium batteries

    Jinhyuk Lee;Alexander Urban;Xin Li;Dong Su

  • Nitrogen-Coordinated Single Cobalt Atom Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.

    Xiao Xia Wang;Xiao Xia Wang;David A. Cullen;Yung‐Tin Pan;Sooyeon Hwang

  • Electrolyte design for LiF-rich solid–electrolyte interfaces to enable high-performance microsized alloy anodes for batteries

    Ji Chen;Xiulin Fan;Qin Li;Hongbin Yang

  • Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO2 reduction

    Kun Jiang;Samira Siahrostami;Tingting Zheng;Tingting Zheng;Yongfeng Hu

  • Highly active atomically dispersed CoN 4 fuel cell cathode catalysts derived from surfactant-assisted MOFs: carbon-shell confinement strategy

    Yanghua He;Sooyeon Hwang;David A. Cullen;M. Aman Uddin

  • Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis

    Lingzheng Bu;Shaojun Guo;Xu Zhang;Xuan Shen

  • Hierarchically Porous M-N-C (M = Co and Fe) Single-Atom Electrocatalysts with Robust MN x Active Moieties Enable Enhanced ORR Performance

    Chengzhou Zhu;Chengzhou Zhu;Qiurong Shi;Bo Z. Xu;Shaofang Fu

  • Conversion Reaction Mechanisms in Lithium Ion Batteries: Study of the Binary Metal Fluoride Electrodes

    Feng Wang;Rosa Robert;Natasha A. Chernova;Nathalie Pereira

  • Hard–Soft Composite Carbon as a Long-Cycling and High-Rate Anode for Potassium-Ion Batteries

    Zelang Jian;Sooyeon Hwang;Zhifei Li;Alexandre S. Hernandez

  • Resolution Limits of Electron-Beam Lithography toward the Atomic Scale

    Vitor R. Manfrinato;Lihua Zhang;Dong Su;Huigao Duan

  • Interaction of black phosphorus with oxygen and water

    Yuan Huang;Jingsi Qiao;Kai He;Stoyan Bliznakov

  • New approach to fully ordered fct-FePt nanoparticles for much enhanced electrocatalysis in acid.

    Qing Li;Liheng Wu;Gang Wu;Dong Su

  • Tuning Nanoparticle Structure and Surface Strain for Catalysis Optimization

    Sen Zhang;Xu Zhang;Guangming Jiang;Huiyuan Zhu

  • Fe Stabilization by Intermetallic L10-FePt and Pt Catalysis Enhancement in L10-FePt/Pt Nanoparticles for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Fuel Cells.

    Junrui Li;Zheng Xi;Yung-Tin Pan;Jacob S. Spendelow

  • Monodisperse AgPd Alloy Nanoparticles and Their Superior Catalysis for the Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid

    Sen Zhang;Önder Metin;Önder Metin;Dong Su;Shouheng Sun

  • Prolonged Hot Electron Dynamics in Plasmonic‐Metal/Semiconductor Heterostructures with Implications for Solar Photocatalysis

    Joseph S. DuChene;Brendan C. Sweeny;Aaron C. Johnston-Peck;Dong Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Sooyeon Hwang
Sooyeon Hwang Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yimei Zhu
Yimei Zhu Brookhaven National Laboratory
Eric A. Stach
Eric A. Stach University of Pennsylvania
Radoslav R. Adzic
Radoslav R. Adzic Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kotaro Sasaki
Kotaro Sasaki Brookhaven National Laboratory
Shouheng Sun
Shouheng Sun Brown University
Shaojun Guo
Shaojun Guo Peking University
Zhongwei Chen
Zhongwei Chen University of Waterloo
Jingguang G. Chen
Jingguang G. Chen Columbia University
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University

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