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D-Index
79
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18559
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2879
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51

Qian Sun publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qian Sun sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 205 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Qian Sun D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Qian Sun is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has a research focus primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research output covers a broad range of topics related to energy storage and advanced materials. Major themes in their publications include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Qian Sun has published extensively in several specialized venues that focus on energy and material sciences. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Energy storage materials
  • Nano Energy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Significant recent papers by Qian Sun demonstrate engagement with cutting-edge battery and material chemistry research. These include:

  • Determining the limiting factor of the electrochemical stability window for PEO-based solid polymer electrolytes: main chain or terminal -OH group? (2020), Energy & Environmental Science
  • Printed gas sensors (2020), Chemical Society Reviews
  • A Versatile Sn-Substituted Argyrodite Sulfide Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries (2020), Advanced Energy Materials
  • Ultrastable Anode Interface Achieved by Fluorinating Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries (2020), ACS Energy Letters
  • Insight into MoS2-MoN Heterostructure to Accelerate Polysulfide Conversion toward High-Energy-Density Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (2021), Advanced Energy Materials

Throughout their career, Qian Sun has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Their most common coauthors are:

  • Xueliang Sun
  • Ruying Li
  • Huan Huang
  • Jianwen Liang
  • Li Zhang

Best Publications

  • Metal organic frameworks for energy storage and conversion

    Yang Zhao;Zhongxin Song;Xia Li;Qian Sun

  • Determining the limiting factor of the electrochemical stability window for PEO-based solid polymer electrolytes: main chain or terminal –OH group?

    Xiaofei Yang;Ming Jiang;Xuejie Gao;Danni Bao

  • A comprehensive review on recent progress in aluminum–air batteries

    Yisi Liu;Yisi Liu;Qian Sun;Wenzhang Li;Keegan R. Adair

  • Promoting the Transformation of Li2S2 to Li2S: Significantly Increasing Utilization of Active Materials for High‐Sulfur‐Loading Li–S Batteries

    Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xuejie Gao;Qian Sun;Sara Panahian Jand

  • Printed gas sensors.

    Jie Dai;Osarenkhoe Ogbeide;Nasiruddin Macadam;Qian Sun

  • Superior Stable and Long Life Sodium Metal Anodes Achieved by Atomic Layer Deposition.

    Yang Zhao;Lyudmila V. Goncharova;Andrew Lushington;Qian Sun

  • Recent progress on solid-state hybrid electrolytes for solid-state lithium batteries

    Jianneng Liang;Jing Luo;Qian Sun;Xiaofei Yang

  • Enhanced sodium storage capability enabled by super wide-interlayer-spacing MoS2 integrated on carbon fibers

    Changtai Zhao;Changtai Zhao;Chang Yu;Mengdi Zhang;Qian Sun

  • A Versatile Sn-Substituted Argyrodite Sulfide Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries

    Feipeng Zhao;Jianwen Liang;Chuang Yu;Qian Sun

  • Stabilizing the Interface of NASICON Solid Electrolyte against Li Metal with Atomic Layer Deposition

    Yulong Liu;Qian Sun;Yang Zhao;Biqiong Wang

  • Lithium electrochemistry of SiO2 thin film electrode for lithium-ion batteries

    Qian Sun;Bing Zhang;Zheng-Wen Fu

  • Inorganic–Organic Coating via Molecular Layer Deposition Enables Long Life Sodium Metal Anode

    Yang Zhao;Lyudmila V. Goncharova;Qian Zhang;Payam Kaghazchi

  • A Novel Organic "Polyurea" Thin Film for Ultralong-Life Lithium-Metal Anodes via Molecular-Layer Deposition.

    Yipeng Sun;Yang Zhao;Jiwei Wang;Jianneng Liang

  • Winding aligned carbon nanotube composite yarns into coaxial fiber full batteries with high performances.

    Wei Weng;Qian Sun;Ye Zhang;Huijuan Lin

  • Ultrastable Anode Interface Achieved by Fluorinating Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries

    Feipeng Zhao;Qian Sun;Chuang Yu;Shumin Zhang

  • A high-energy sulfur cathode in carbonate electrolyte by eliminating polysulfides via solid-phase lithium-sulfur transformation

    Xia Li;Mohammad Banis;Mohammad Banis;Andrew Lushington;Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang

  • Solid-State Plastic Crystal Electrolytes: Effective Protection Interlayers for Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

    Changhong Wang;Keegan R. Adair;Jianwen Liang;Xiaona Li

  • Unravelling the Chemistry and Microstructure Evolutionof a Cathodic Interface in Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries

    Xia Li;Zhouhong Ren;Mohammad Norouzi Banis;Sixu Deng

  • Sodium-Oxygen Batteries: A Comparative Review from Chemical and Electrochemical Fundamentals to Future Perspective.

    Hossein Yadegari;Qian Sun;Xueliang Sun

  • Highly stable Li1.2Mn0.54Co0.13Ni0.13O2 enabled by novel atomic layer deposited AlPO4 coating

    Biwei Xiao;Biwei Xiao;Biqiong Wang;Jian Liu;Karthikeyan Kaliyappan

  • A Gum‐Like Lithium‐Ion Battery Based on a Novel Arched Structure

    Wei Weng;Qian Sun;Ye Zhang;Sisi He

  • Designing a highly efficient polysulfide conversion catalyst with paramontroseite for high-performance and long-life lithium-sulfur batteries

    Sizhe Wang;Sizhe Wang;Jiaxuan Liao;Xiaofei Yang;Jianneng Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Ruying Li
Ruying Li University of Western Ontario
Yang Zhao
Yang Zhao University of Western Ontario
Tsun-Kong Sham
Tsun-Kong Sham University of Western Ontario
Mohammad Norouzi Banis
Mohammad Norouzi Banis General Motors (United States)
Xiaofei Yang
Xiaofei Yang Nanjing Forestry University
Keegan R. Adair
Keegan R. Adair University of Western Ontario
Xia Li
Xia Li University of Western Ontario
Jianneng Liang
Jianneng Liang Helmholtz-Institute Ulm
Changhong Wang
Changhong Wang Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

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