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Overview

Litao Sun is affiliated with Southeast University in China and has produced significant research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans over 300 publications in these broad areas, with a specialized focus that includes subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications

Litao Sun has published notably in a variety of well-known scientific venues, reflecting a broad dissemination of their research findings. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nanoscale
  • Nano Research
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Nano

Among recent papers authored by Litao Sun are:

  • "Coronavirus pushes education online," 2020, Nature Materials
  • "Approaching the quantum limit in two-dimensional semiconductor contacts," 2023, Nature (co-authored by others)
  • "Freestanding Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: An Emerging Platform for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion," 2022, Chemical Reviews (co-authored by others)
  • "Three-dimensional monolithic micro-LED display driven by atomically thin transistor matrix," 2021, Nature Nanotechnology (co-authored by others)
  • "Epitaxial nucleation and lateral growth of high-crystalline black phosphorus films on silicon," 2020, Nature Communications (co-authored by others)

The scientist collaborates regularly with peers, with a number of frequent co-authors contributing to their body of work. These include Kuibo Yin, Tao Xu, Yuwei Xiong, Longbing He, and Hengchang Bi.

Best Publications

  • Direct, Nonoxidative Conversion of Methane to Ethylene, Aromatics, and Hydrogen

    Xiaoguang Guo;Guangzong Fang;Gang Li;Gang Li;Hao Ma

  • Hopping transport through defect-induced localized states in molybdenum disulphide

    Hao Qiu;Tao Xu;Zilu Wang;Wei Ren

  • Spongy Graphene as a Highly Efficient and Recyclable Sorbent for Oils and Organic Solvents

    Hengchang Bi;Xiao Xie;Kuibo Yin;Yilong Zhou

  • Gram-scale synthesis of single-crystalline graphene quantum dots with superior optical properties

    Liang Wang;Yanli Wang;Tao Xu;Haobo Liao

  • A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature.

    Dehui Deng;Xiaoqi Chen;Liang Yu;Xing Wu

  • Ultrahigh humidity sensitivity of graphene oxide

    Hengchang Bi;Kuibo Yin;Xiao Xie;Jing Ji

  • Towards intrinsic charge transport in monolayer molybdenum disulfide by defect and interface engineering

    Zhihao Yu;Yiming Pan;Yuting Shen;Zilu Wang

  • Carbon Fiber Aerogel Made from Raw Cotton: A Novel, Efficient and Recyclable Sorbent for Oils and Organic Solvents

    Hengchang Bi;Hengchang Bi;Zongyou Yin;Xiehong Cao;Xiao Xie

  • Synthesis and Optical Properties of Large-Area Single-Crystalline 2D Semiconductor WS2 Monolayer from Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Chunxiao Cong;Jingzhi Shang;Xing Wu;Bingchen Cao

  • Real-time observation on dynamic growth/dissolution of conductive filaments in oxide-electrolyte-based ReRAM.

    Qi Liu;Jun Sun;Hangbing Lv;Shibing Long

  • Zn–Cu–In–Se Quantum Dot Solar Cells with a Certified Power Conversion Efficiency of 11.6%

    Jun Du;Zhonglin Du;Jin-Song Hu;Zhenxiao Pan

  • Approaching the quantum limit in two-dimensional semiconductor contacts

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  • Layer-by-layer thinning of MoS2 by plasma.

    Yulu Liu;Haiyan Nan;Xing Wu;Wei Pan

  • Van der Waals epitaxial growth and optoelectronics of large-scale WSe 2 /SnS 2 vertical bilayer p–n junctions

    Tiefeng Yang;Biyuan Zheng;Zhen Wang;Tao Xu

  • One- and Two-Dimensional Diffusion of Metal Atoms in Graphene†

    Yanjie Gan;Litao Sun;Litao Sun;Florian Banhart

  • High Intensity heavy ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in China

    J.C. Yang;J.W. Xia;G.Q. Xiao;H.S. Xu

  • New Nanoconfined Galvanic Replacement Synthesis of Hollow Sb@C Yolk–Shell Spheres Constituting a Stable Anode for High-Rate Li/Na-Ion Batteries

    Jun Liu;Litao Yu;Chao Wu;Yuren Wen

  • Freestanding Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: An Emerging Platform for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion

    Unknown

  • Migration and localization of metal atoms on strained graphene.

    Ovidiu Cretu;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov;Julio A. Rodríguez-Manzo;Litao Sun;Litao Sun

  • Coronavirus pushes education online.

    Litao Sun;Yongming Tang;Wei Zuo

  • Carbon Nanotubes as High-Pressure Cylinders and Nanoextruders

    L. Sun;F. Banhart;A. V. Krasheninnikov;A. V. Krasheninnikov;J. A. Rodríguez-Manzo

  • Evolution of Raman spectra in nitrogen doped graphene

    Zainab Zafar;Zhen Hua Ni;Xing Wu;Zhi Xiang Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kuibo Yin
Kuibo Yin Southeast University
Xing Wu
Xing Wu East China Normal University
Arkady V. Krasheninnikov
Arkady V. Krasheninnikov Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Florian Banhart
Florian Banhart University of Strasbourg
Jing Chen
Jing Chen Southeast University
Zhenhua Ni
Zhenhua Ni Southeast University
Huolin L. Xin
Huolin L. Xin University of California, Irvine
Haimei Zheng
Haimei Zheng Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sokrates T. Pantelides
Sokrates T. Pantelides Vanderbilt University
Jinlan Wang
Jinlan Wang Southeast University

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