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Overview

Qi Sun is a researcher affiliated with Zhejiang University in China with a focus on materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and water science and technology.

The scientist's research topics highlight expertise in advanced materials and separation technologies. Frequent topics covered include covalent organic framework applications, metal-organic framework synthesis and applications, membrane separation technologies, advanced photocatalysis techniques, membrane-based ion separation techniques, chemical synthesis and characterization, and fuel cells and related materials.

Notable recent publications by Qi Sun include:

  • Tailored Porous Organic Polymers for Task-Specific Water Purification, 2020, published in Accounts of Chemical Research

While some significant coauthors in Qi Sun's research network are Shengqian Ma (14 collaborations), Zhuozhi Lai (12 collaborations), Weipeng Xian (9 collaborations), Sai Wang (8 collaborations), and Zhifeng Dai (8 collaborations).

Qi Sun's articles frequently appear in the following journals and publication venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Science
  • Small

This publication record shows a notable presence in journals that are relevant to materials chemistry and advanced functional materials.

Their research integrates concepts from materials science and engineering to explore properties and applications of porous polymers and membranes, including systems tailored for selective ion separation and environmental purification.

Best Publications

  • Postsynthetically Modified Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient and Effective Mercury Removal.

    Qi Sun;Briana Aguila;Jason Perman;Lyndsey D. Earl

  • Covalent Organic Frameworks as a Decorating Platform for Utilization and Affinity Enhancement of Chelating Sites for Radionuclide Sequestration.

    Qi Sun;Briana Aguila;Lyndsey D. Earl;Carter W. Abney

  • Porous polymer catalysts with hierarchical structures

    Qi Sun;Zhifeng Dai;Xiangju Meng;Feng-Shou Xiao

  • Opportunities of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Advanced Applications

    Yanpei Song;Qi Sun;Briana Aguila;Shengqian Ma

  • Flexibility Matters: Cooperative Active Sites in Covalent Organic Framework and Threaded Ionic Polymer

    Qi Sun;Briana Aguila;Jason A. Perman;Nicholas Thien-Khoa Nguyen

  • Transesterification Catalyzed by Ionic Liquids on Superhydrophobic Mesoporous Polymers: Heterogeneous Catalysts That Are Faster than Homogeneous Catalysts

    Fujian Liu;Liang Wang;Qi Sun;Longfeng Zhu

  • Bio-inspired nano-traps for uranium extraction from seawater and recovery from nuclear waste

    Qi Sun;Briana Aguila;Jason Alexander Perman;Aleksandr S. Ivanov

  • Designed copper–amine complex as an efficient template for one-pot synthesis of Cu-SSZ-13 zeolite with excellent activity for selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3

    Limin Ren;Longfeng Zhu;Chengguang Yang;Yanmei Chen

  • Pore Environment Control and Enhanced Performance of Enzymes Infiltrated in Covalent Organic Frameworks

    Qi Sun;Chung-Wei Fu;Chung-Wei Fu;Briana Aguila;Jason A. Perman

  • Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Hydroformylation over Rh-Metalated Porous Organic Polymers: Synergistic Effect of High Ligand Concentration and Flexible Framework.

    Qi Sun;Zhifeng Dai;Xiaolong Liu;Na Sheng

  • A Stable Metal-Organic Framework Featuring a Local Buffer Environment for Carbon Dioxide Fixation.

    Hongming He;Qi Sun;Wenyang Gao;Jason A. Perman

  • Efficient Mercury Capture Using Functionalized Porous Organic Polymer

    Briana Aguila;Qi Sun;Jason A. Perman;Lyndsey D. Earl

  • Highly mesoporous single-crystalline zeolite beta synthesized using a nonsurfactant cationic polymer as a dual-function template.

    Jie Zhu;Yihan Zhu;Liangkui Zhu;Marcello S. Rigutto

  • ZSM-5 zeolite single crystals with b-axis-aligned mesoporous channels as an efficient catalyst for conversion of bulky organic molecules.

    Fujian Liu;Fujian Liu;Tom Willhammar;Liang Wang;Longfeng Zhu

  • Functionalized Porous Aromatic Framework for Efficient Uranium Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions

    Baiyan Li;Qi Sun;Yiming Zhang;Carter W. Abney;Carter W. Abney

  • Solvent-Free Synthesis of Silicoaluminophosphate Zeolites†

    Yinying Jin;Qi Sun;Guodong Qi;Chengguang Yang

  • Metalated porous porphyrin polymers as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for cycloaddition of epoxides with CO2 under ambient conditions

    Zhifeng Dai;Qi Sun;Xiaolong Liu;Chaoqun Bian

  • Tailored Porous Organic Polymers for Task-Specific Water Purification.

    Qi Sun;Briana Aguila;Yanpei Song;Shengqian Ma

  • Lower Activation Energy for Catalytic Reactions through Host-Guest Cooperation within Metal-Organic Frameworks.

    Briana Aguila;Qi Sun;Xiaoliang Wang;Erica O'Rourke

  • Optimizing radionuclide sequestration in anion nanotraps with record pertechnetate sorption.

    Qi Sun;Lin Zhu;Briana Aguila;Praveen K. Thallapally

  • Porous organic ligands (POLs) for synthesizing highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts.

    Qi Sun;Miao Jiang;Zhenju Shen;Yinying Jin

  • Task-Specific Design of Porous Polymer Heterogeneous Catalysts beyond Homogeneous Counterparts

    Qi Sun;Zhifeng Dai;Xiangju Meng;Liang Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shengqian Ma
Shengqian Ma University of North Texas
Feng-Shou Xiao
Feng-Shou Xiao Zhejiang University
Xiangju Meng
Xiangju Meng Zhejiang University
Liang Wang
Liang Wang Zhejiang University
Xinbin Ma
Xinbin Ma Tianjin University
Lukasz Wojtas
Lukasz Wojtas University of South Florida
Fang Chen
Fang Chen University of North Texas
Feng Deng
Feng Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Zhang
Lin Zhang Zhejiang University
Jixue Li
Jixue Li Zhejiang University

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