2026 Zhenyu Sun: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	73	3760	3638	1202	1196	208	26391

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Current World Ranking

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Materials Science

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Overview

Zhenyu Sun is affiliated with the Beijing University of Chemical Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with specific focus on subfields such as materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, electrical and electronic engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
Rock Mechanics and Modeling
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications

Among the recent publications associated with or related to their research are:

"Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: Mechanistic understanding and catalyst design," 2021, Chem
"Photocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ by Metal-Free-Based Materials: Recent Advances and Future Perspective," 2020, Solar RRL
"Two-dimensional materials for energy conversion and storage," 2020, Progress in Materials Science
"Highly stable two-dimensional bismuth metal-organic frameworks for efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
"Stabilization of Cu⁺by tuning a CuO-CeO₂ interface for selective electrochemical CO₂ reduction to ethylene," 2020, Green Chemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhenyu Sun include:

Alex W. Robertson
Leiduan Hao
Song Hong
Dingli Zhang
Yousung Jung

The scientist's works have been published regularly in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
arXiv (Cornell University)
Chemical Engineering Journal
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Best Publications

High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite

Yenny Hernandez;Valeria Nicolosi;Mustafa Lotya;Fiona M Blighe

7519
Citations
Fundamentals and Challenges of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Two-Dimensional Materials

Zhenyu Sun;Tao Ma;Hengcong Tao;Qun Fan

1143
Citations
Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction

Hengcong Tao;Changhyeok Choi;Liang-Xin Ding;Zheng Jiang

897
Citations
Amorphous Cobalt Boride (Co2B) as a Highly Efficient Nonprecious Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Splitting: Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution

Justus Masa;Philipp Weide;Daniel Peeters;Ilya Sinev

890
Citations
Mn(x)O(y)/NC and Co(x)O(y)/NC nanoparticles embedded in a nitrogen-doped carbon matrix for high-performance bifunctional oxygen electrodes.

Justus Masa;Wei Xia;Ilya Sinev;Anqi Zhao

553
Citations
A Highly Efficient Chemical Sensor Material for H2S: α-Fe2O3 Nanotubes Fabricated Using Carbon Nanotube Templates

Zhenyu Sun;Hanqiu Yuan;Zhimin Liu;Buxing Han

546
Citations
Multicomponent solubility parameters for single-walled carbon nanotube-solvent mixtures.

Shane D Bergin;Zhenyu Sun;David Rickard;Philip V Streich

477
Citations
Catalysis of Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction on Nanosheets: Fundamentals and Challenges.

Zhenyu Sun;Neetu Talreja;Hengcong Tao;John Texter

460
Citations
Towards Solutions of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Common Solvents

Shane D. Bergin;Valeria Nicolosi;Philip V. Streich;Silvia Giordani

446
Citations
Quantitative Evaluation of Surfactant-stabilized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes: Dispersion Quality and Its Correlation with Zeta Potential

Zhenyu Sun;Valeria Nicolosi;David Rickard;Shane D. Bergin

442
Citations
Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: Mechanistic understanding and catalyst design

Huidong Shen;Changhyeok Choi;Justus Masa;Xin Li

429
Citations
Preparation of titania/carbon nanotube composites using supercritical ethanol and their photocatalytic activity for phenol degradation under visible light irradiation

Guimin An;Wanhong Ma;Zhenyu Sun;Zhimin Liu

425
Citations
Scalable exfoliation and dispersion of two-dimensional materials - an update.

Hengcong Tao;Yuqin Zhang;Yunnan Gao;Zhenyu Sun

339
Citations
Activation of Ni Particles into Single Ni–N Atoms for Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

Qun Fan;Pengfei Hou;Changhyeok Choi;Tai‐Sing Wu

314
Citations
Activated TiO2 with tuned vacancy for efficient electrochemical nitrogen reduction

Zishan Han;Changhyeok Choi;Song Hong;Tai-Sing Wu

300
Citations
Multi retention level STT-RAM cache designs with a dynamic refresh scheme

Zhenyu Sun;Xiuyuan Bi;Hai (Helen) Li;Weng-Fai Wong

289
Citations
Electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2+ species: Heterogeneous electrocatalysts, reaction pathways, and optimization strategies

Qun Fan;Mingli Zhang;Mingwen Jia;Shizhen Liu

282
Citations
Ru Nanoparticles Immobilized on Montmorillonite by Ionic Liquids: A Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of Benzene†

Shiding Miao;Zhimin Liu;Buxing Han;Jun Huang

258
Citations
Two-dimensional nanosheets for electrocatalysis in energy generation and conversion

Hengcong Tao;Yunnan Gao;Neetu Talreja;Fen Guo

256
Citations
Synthesis of Fe2O3 loaded porous g-C3N4 photocatalyst for photocatalytic reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia

Shizhen Liu;Shaobin Wang;Yao Jiang;Zhenqing Zhao

256
Citations