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Zhengzong Sun

Zhengzong Sun

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
28222
World Ranking
7827
National Ranking
2275

Zhengzong 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 Zhengzong Sun sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 123 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhengzong 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 Zhengzong Sun sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhengzong Sun is affiliated with Fudan University in China and focuses on research in materials science, engineering, and energy. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and biomedical engineering.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as 2D materials and applications, graphene research and applications, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, MXene and MAX phase materials, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Recent publications by Zhengzong Sun cover a range of subjects within these areas and include:

  • 12-inch growth of uniform MoS2 monolayer for integrated circuit manufacture, 2023, Nature Materials
  • An in-memory computing architecture based on two-dimensional semiconductors for multiply-accumulate operations, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Single Faceted Two-Dimensional Mo2C Electrocatalyst for Highly Efficient Nitrogen Fixation, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Wafer-scale functional circuits based on two dimensional semiconductors with fabrication optimized by machine learning, 2021, Nature Communications
  • CO2 Reduction on Copper's Twin Boundary, 2020, ACS Catalysis

Zhengzong Sun has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably Taishi Xiao, Wenzhong Bao, Peng Gong, Kun Ba, and Tong Ye. These partnerships reflect sustained teamwork in related fields.

Their publications are often featured in prominent scientific venues such as:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Carbon
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide

    Daniela C. Marcano;Dmitry V. Kosynkin;Jacob M. Berlin;Alexander Sinitskii

  • Growth of graphene from solid carbon sources

    Zhengzong Sun;Zheng Yan;Jun Yao;Elvira Beitler

  • Toward the synthesis of wafer-scale single-crystal graphene on copper foils.

    Zheng Yan;Jian Lin;Zhiwei Peng;Zhengzong Sun

  • Reduction of graphene oxide via bacterial respiration.

    Everett C. Salas;Zhengzong Sun;Andreas Lüttge;James M. Tour

  • High-yield organic dispersions of unfunctionalized graphene.

    Christopher E. Hamilton;Jay R. Lomeda;Zhengzong Sun;James M. Tour

  • Lower-Defect Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

    Amanda L. Higginbotham;Dmitry V. Kosynkin;Alexander Sinitskii;Zhengzong Sun

  • A seamless three-dimensional carbon nanotube graphene hybrid material

    Yu Zhu;Lei Li;Chenguang Zhang;Chenguang Zhang;Gilberto Casillas

  • Growth of graphene from food, insects, and waste.

    Gedeng Ruan;Zhengzong Sun;Zhiwei Peng;James M. Tour

  • 3D Printable Graphene Composite.

    Xiaojun Wei;Dong Li;Wei Jiang;Wei Jiang;Zheming Gu

  • Resistive switches and memories from silicon oxide.

    Jun Yao;Zhengzong Sun;Lin Zhong;Douglas Natelson

  • Two-dimensional non-volatile programmable p–n junctions

    Dong Li;Mingyuan Chen;Zhengzong Sun;Peng Yu

  • Evolution of High-Temperature Superconductivity from a Low-T_{c} Phase Tuned by Carrier Concentration in FeSe Thin Flakes.

    B. Lei;J. H. Cui;Z. J. Xiang;C. Shang

  • Rational design of hybrid graphene films for high-performance transparent electrodes.

    Yu Zhu;Zhengzong Sun;Zheng Yan;Zhong Jin

  • Growth of bilayer graphene on insulating substrates.

    Zheng Yan;Zhiwei Peng;Zhengzong Sun;Jun Yao

  • Direct growth of bilayer graphene on SiO₂ substrates by carbon diffusion through nickel.

    Zhiwei Peng;Zheng Yan;Zhengzong Sun;James M. Tour

  • Graphene Chemistry: Synthesis and Manipulation

    Zhengzong Sun;Dustin K. James;James M. Tour

  • Terahertz and Infrared Spectroscopy of Gated Large-Area Graphene

    Lei Ren;Qi Zhang;Jun Yao;Zhengzong Sun

  • Highly Conductive Graphene Nanoribbons by Longitudinal Splitting of Carbon Nanotubes Using Potassium Vapor

    Dmitry V. Kosynkin;Wei Lu;Alexander Sinitskii;Gorka Pera

  • Correction to Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide

    Daniela C. Marcano;Dmitry V. Kosynkin;Jacob M. Berlin;Alexander Sinitskii

  • Layer-by-Layer Removal of Graphene for Device Patterning

    Ayrat Dimiev;Dmitry V. Kosynkin;Alexander Sinitskii;Alexander Slesarev

  • Three-dimensional metal-graphene-nanotube multifunctional hybrid materials.

    Zheng Yan;Lulu Ma;Yu Zhu;Indranil Lahiri

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Tour
James M. Tour Rice University
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan University of Missouri
Yu Zhu
Yu Zhu University of Akron
Zhong Jin
Zhong Jin Nanjing University
Zhiwei Peng
Zhiwei Peng City University of Hong Kong
Wenzhong Bao
Wenzhong Bao Fudan University
Junichiro Kono
Junichiro Kono Rice University
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Robert H. Hauge
Robert H. Hauge Rice University
Alexander Sinitskii
Alexander Sinitskii University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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