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D-Index
45
Citations
7178
World Ranking
5566
National Ranking
1555

Ke Sun publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ke Sun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 99 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Ke Sun D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ke Sun sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ke Sun is affiliated with the Henry Patent Law Firm in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and energy, with significant contributions to electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and automotive engineering.

Their work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Ke Sun has published research articles in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Nano Research Energy
  • Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • ACS Catalysis
  • InfoMat

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ke Sun cover topics related to energy materials and electrocatalysts. Selected publications are:

  • "Status and perspectives of key materials for PEM electrolyzer", 2022, Nano Research Energy
  • "Advances and status of anode catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis technology", 2023, Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • "Protonated Iridate Nanosheets with a Highly Active and Stable Layered Perovskite Framework for Acidic Oxygen Evolution", 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • "Intermetallic interphases in lithium metal and lithium ion batteries", 2021, InfoMat
  • "Crystal phase engineering of electrocatalysts for energy conversions", 2022, Nano Research

Ke Sun has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Hui Chen
  • Xiao Liang
  • Zhoubing Xie
  • Xiaoxin Zou

Best Publications

  • Enabling silicon for solar-fuel production

    Ke Sun;Shaohua Shen;Shaohua Shen;Yongqi Liang;Paul E. Burrows

  • A monolithically integrated, intrinsically safe, 10% efficient, solar-driven water-splitting system based on active, stable earth-abundant electrocatalysts in conjunction with tandem III–V light absorbers protected by amorphous TiO2 films

    Erik Verlage;Shu Hu;Rui Liu;Ryan J. R. Jones

  • Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with science run 5 LIGO data

    B.P. Abbott;R. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese;R. Adhikari

  • Solar-Driven Reduction of 1 atm of CO2 to Formate at 10% Energy-Conversion Efficiency by Use of a TiO2-Protected III–V Tandem Photoanode in Conjunction with a Bipolar Membrane and a Pd/C Cathode

    Xinghao Zhou;Rui Liu;Ke Sun;Yikai Chen

  • Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • Searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: Results from the second LIGO science run

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • Stable solar-driven oxidation of water by semiconducting photoanodes protected by transparent catalytic nickel oxide films

    Ke Sun;Fadl H. Saadi;Michael F. Lichterman;William G. Hale;William G. Hale

  • Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith

  • Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith

  • Searching for a stochastic background of gravitational waves with the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • Nickel oxide functionalized silicon for efficient photo-oxidation of water

    Ke Sun;Namseok Park;Zhelin Sun;Jigang Zhou

  • 3D branched nanowire heterojunction photoelectrodes for high-efficiency solar water splitting and H2 generation

    Ke Sun;Yi Jing;Chun Li;Chun Li;Xiaofeng Zhang

  • Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith

  • Stable Solar-Driven Water Oxidation to O2(g) by Ni-Oxide-Coated Silicon Photoanodes.

    Ke Sun;Matthew T. McDowell;Adam C. Nielander;Shu Hu

  • A Stabilized, Intrinsically Safe, 10% Efficient, Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Cell Incorporating Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts with Steady-State pH Gradients and Product Separation Enabled by a Bipolar Membrane

    Ke Sun;Rui Liu;Yikai Chen;Erik Verlage

  • Design and characterization of a passive wireless strain sensor

    Yi Jia;Ke Sun;Fredrick Just Agosto;Manuel Toledo Quiñones

  • High efficiency NiO/ZnO heterojunction UV photodiode by sol–gel processing

    Namseok Park;Ke Sun;Zhelin Sun;Yi Jing

  • Modeling, Simulation, and Implementation of Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Devices.

    Chengxiang Xiang;Adam Z. Weber;Shane Ardo;Alan Berger

  • Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith

  • Solar-Driven Reduction of 1 atm CO2 to Formate at 10% Energy-Conversion Efficiency by Use of a TiO2-Protected III-V Tandem Photoanode in Conjunction with a Bipolar Membrane and a Pd/C Cathode Electrocatalyst

    Xinghao Zhou;Rui Liu;Ke Sun;Yikai Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
Deli Wang
Deli Wang University of California, San Diego
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Stephen Fairhurst
Stephen Fairhurst Cardiff University
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

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