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Overview

Kuan Sun is a researcher affiliated with Chongqing University in China, whose work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research output includes a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's publication record demonstrates engagement with topics such as Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices.

Kuan Sun has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • 18% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells, 2020, Science Bulletin
  • Simultaneous Interfacial Modification and Crystallization Control by Biguanide Hydrochloride for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with PCE of 24.4%, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Progress of the Key Materials for Organic Solar Cells, 2020, Science China Chemistry
  • Multifunctional Organic Ammonium Salt-Modified SnO2 Nanoparticles Toward Efficient and Stable Planar Perovskite Solar Cells, 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Bioinspired Fractal Design of Waste Biomass-Derived Solar-Thermal Materials for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials

The scientist frequently publishes in specific academic venues with notable contributions to:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Nano Energy

Kuan Sun collaborates with a number of frequent coauthors, including:

  • Shanshan Chen
  • Zhu Ma
  • Yujie Zheng
  • Zhuowei Du
  • Meng Li

This profile reflects Kuan Sun's research focus and scholarly network grounded in the interdisciplinary study and development of advanced materials and renewable energy technologies.

Best Publications

  • 18% Efficiency organic solar cells

    Qishi Liu;Qishi Liu;Yufan Jiang;Yufan Jiang;Ke Jin;Jianqiang Qin

  • Solution‐Processed Metallic Conducting Polymer Films as Transparent Electrode of Optoelectronic Devices

    Yijie Xia;Kuan Sun;Jianyong Ouyang

  • Review on application of PEDOTs and PEDOT:PSS in energy conversion and storage devices

    Kuan Sun;Kuan Sun;Shupeng Zhang;Shupeng Zhang;Pengcheng Li;Yijie Xia

  • A molecular nematic liquid crystalline material for high-performance organic photovoltaics

    Kuan Sun;Zeyun Xiao;Shirong Lu;Wojciech Zajaczkowski

  • Highly compact CsPbBr3 perovskite thin films decorated by ZnO nanoparticles for enhanced random lasing

    Cunlong Li;Zhigang Zang;Ceng Han;Zhiping Hu

  • Ferroelectricity of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite

    Zhen Fan;Juanxiu Xiao;Kuan Sun;Lei Chen

  • Simultaneous Interfacial Modification and Crystallization Control by Biguanide Hydrochloride for Stable Perovskite Solar Cell with PCE of 24.4.

    Zhuang Xiong;Xiao Chen;Bo Zhang;George Omololu Odunmbaku

  • Defect passivation using ultrathin PTAA layers for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells with a high fill factor and eliminated hysteresis

    Ming Wang;Huaxin Wang;Wei Li;Xiaofei Hu

  • Machine learning-assisted molecular design and efficiency prediction for high-performance organic photovoltaic materials.

    Wenbo Sun;Yujie Zheng;Ke Yang;Qi Zhang

  • All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with an Ordered Liquid Crystalline Donor

    Haiyan Chen;Haiyan Chen;Dingqin Hu;Qianguang Yang;Jie Gao

  • Perovskites for photovoltaics: a combined review of organic–inorganic halide perovskites and ferroelectric oxide perovskites

    Zhen Fan;Zhen Fan;Kuan Sun;John Wang

  • Highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) films treated with an amphiphilic fluoro compound as the transparent electrode of polymer solar cells

    Yijie Xia;Kuan Sun;Jianyong Ouyang

  • Recent Development of Thermoelectric Polymers and Composites.

    Hongyan Yao;Zeng Fan;Hanlin Cheng;Xin Guan

  • 2D/3D perovskite hybrids as moisture-tolerant and efficient light absorbers for solar cells

    Chaoyan Ma;Chongqian Leng;Yixiong Ji;Xingzhan Wei

  • NH 4 Cl-Modified ZnO for High-Performance CsPbIBr 2 Perovskite Solar Cells via Low-Temperature Process

    Huaxin Wang;Siliang Cao;Bo Yang;Haiyun Li

  • Conducting polymer/carbon nanotube composite as counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells

    Benhu Fan;Xiaoguang Mei;Kuan Sun;Jianyong Ouyang

  • Transparent Conductive Oxide-Free Perovskite Solar Cells with PEDOT:PSS as Transparent Electrode

    Kuan Sun;Pengcheng Li;Yijie Xia;Jingjing Chang

  • Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells

    Yang Tong;Zuo Xiao;Xiaoyan Du;Chuantian Zuo

  • Stretchable and Conductive Polymer Films Prepared by Solution Blending

    Pengcheng Li;Kuan Sun;Jianyong Ouyang

  • Multifunctional organic ammonium salt-modified SnO2 nanoparticles toward efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells

    Huan Bi;Xin Zuo;Baibai Liu;Dongmei He

  • Ferroelectricity of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 Perovskite

    Zhen Fan;Juanxiu Xiao;Kuan Sun;Lei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianyong Ouyang
Jianyong Ouyang National University of Singapore
Zhigang Zang
Zhigang Zang Chongqing University
Xiaosheng Tang
Xiaosheng Tang Chongqing University
David J. Jones
David J. Jones University of Melbourne
Liming Ding
Liming Ding National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Changduk Yang
Changduk Yang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Andrew B. Holmes
Andrew B. Holmes University of Melbourne
Shangfeng Yang
Shangfeng Yang University of Science and Technology of China
Yongbo Yuan
Yongbo Yuan Central South University
Kaiyang Zeng
Kaiyang Zeng National University of Singapore

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