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Australia
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
121
Citations
47114
World Ranking
484
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Hongqi Sun is affiliated with the University of Western Australia and has a strong research presence in engineering, materials science, and energy disciplines. Their work spans multiple subfields including renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, water science and technology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research topics emphasize advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced oxidation water treatment, catalytic processes in materials science, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, copper-based nanomaterials and applications, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, and gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors.

Frequent publication venues where their research appears include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent publications by Hongqi Sun include:

  • Porous Carbons: Structure-Oriented Design and Versatile Applications (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Rational Catalyst Design for N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions: Strategies toward Enhanced Conversion Efficiency (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Nanocarbon-Based Catalytic Ozonation for Aqueous Oxidation: Engineering Defects for Active Sites and Tunable Reaction Pathways (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Understanding of the Oxidation Behavior of Benzyl Alcohol by Peroxymonosulfate via Carbon Nanotubes Activation (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Engineered Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalysts for Visible-Light-Driven Water Splitting: A Review (2021, Energy & Fuels)

Coauthors who have collaborated frequently with Hongqi Sun include:

  • Shaobin Wang
  • Xiaoguang Duan
  • Jinqiang Zhang
  • Shu Zhang
  • Huayang Zhang

Best Publications

  • Metal-free carbocatalysis in advanced oxidation reactions

    Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun;Shaobin Wang

  • N-Doping-Induced Nonradical Reaction on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Catalytic Phenol Oxidation

    Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun;Yuxian Wang;Jian Kang

  • Nonradical reactions in environmental remediation processes: Uncertainty and challenges

    Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun;Zongping Shao;Zongping Shao;Shaobin Wang

  • Adsorptive remediation of environmental pollutants using novel graphene-based nanomaterials

    Shaobin Wang;Hongqi Sun;Ha-Ming Ang;Moses Tade

  • Insights into Heterogeneous Catalysis of Persulfate Activation on Dimensional-Structured Nanocarbons

    Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun;Jian Kang;Yuxian Wang

  • Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Generation and Evolution of Reactive Radicals by Metal-Free Catalysis

    Xiaoguang Duan;Zhimin Ao;Hongqi Sun;Stacey Indrawirawan

  • Reduced graphene oxide for catalytic oxidation of aqueous organic pollutants.

    Hongqi Sun;Shizhen Liu;Guanliang Zhou;Ha Ming Ang

  • Occurrence of radical and nonradical pathways from carbocatalysts for aqueous and nonaqueous catalytic oxidation

    Xiaoguang Duan;Zhimin Ao;Li Zhou;Hongqi Sun

  • Sulfur and nitrogen co-doped graphene for metal-free catalytic oxidation reactions

    Xiaoguang Duan;Kane O'Donnell;Hongqi Sun;Yuxian Wang

  • Synthesis, characterization, and adsorption properties of magnetic Fe3O4@graphene nanocomposite

    Yunjin Yao;Yunjin Yao;Shiding Miao;Shizhen Liu;Li Ping Ma

  • Porous carbons: Structure-oriented design and versatile applications

    Wenjie Tian;Huayang Zhang;Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun

  • A review on photocatalysis for air treatment: from catalyst development to reactor design

    Yash Boyjoo;Hongqi Sun;Jian Liu;Vishnu K. Pareek

  • An insight into metal organic framework derived N-doped graphene for the oxidative degradation of persistent contaminants: formation mechanism and generation of singlet oxygen from peroxymonosulfate

    Ping Liang;Chi Zhang;Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun

  • Manganese oxides at different oxidation states for heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate for phenol degradation in aqueous solutions

    Edy Saputra;Edy Saputra;Syaifullah Muhammad;Syaifullah Muhammad;Hongqi Sun;Ha-Ming Ang

  • Different crystallographic one-dimensional MnO2 nanomaterials and their superior performance in catalytic phenol degradation.

    Edy Saputra;Syaifullah Muhammad;Syaifullah Muhammad;Hongqi Sun;H M Ang

  • Catalytic oxidation of organic pollutants on pristine and surface nitrogen-modified carbon nanotubes with sulfate radicals

    Hongqi Sun;ChungKeat Kwan;Alexandra Suvorova;Ha Ming Ang

  • Degradation of Cosmetic Microplastics via Functionalized Carbon Nanosprings

    Jian Kang;Li Zhou;Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun

  • Insights into perovskite-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation: Maneuverable cobalt sites for promoted evolution of sulfate radicals

    Xiaoguang Duan;Chao Su;Jie Miao;Yijun Zhong

  • Surface controlled generation of reactive radicals from persulfate by carbocatalysis on nanodiamonds

    Xiaoguang Duan;Chao Su;Li Zhou;Hongqi Sun;Hongqi Sun

  • Unveiling the active sites of graphene-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate activation

    Xiaoguang Duan;Hongqi Sun;Hongqi Sun;Zhimin Ao;Zhimin Ao;Li Zhou

  • Facile assembly of Bi2O3/Bi2S3/MoS2n-p heterojunction with layered n-Bi2O3 and p-MoS2 for enhanced photocatalytic water oxidation and pollutant degradation

    Jun Ke;Jun Ke;Jie Liu;Hongqi Sun;Huayang Zhang

  • Activated carbon supported cobalt catalysts for advanced oxidation of organic contaminants in aqueous solution

    Pradeep R. Shukla;Shaobin Wang;Hongqui Sun;H. Ming Ang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaobin Wang
Shaobin Wang University of Adelaide
Moses O. Tadé
Moses O. Tadé Curtin University
Xiaoguang Duan
Xiaoguang Duan University of Adelaide
Ha Ming Ang
Ha Ming Ang Curtin University
Wenjie Tian
Wenjie Tian University of Adelaide
Shaomin Liu
Shaomin Liu Tianjin Polytechnic University
Zhimin Ao
Zhimin Ao Guangdong University of Technology
Lai-Chang Zhang
Lai-Chang Zhang Edith Cowan University
Wanqin Jin
Wanqin Jin Nanjing Tech University
Martin Saunders
Martin Saunders Yale University

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