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Zhihua Sun is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant body of work in subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Polymers and Plastics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research spans numerous topics centered on advanced materials, particularly Perovskite Materials and Applications, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials, 2D Materials and Applications, as well as Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography. Their interests also cover Multiferroics and related materials, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Zhihua Sun has published extensively in various scientific outlets. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Small

Their collaboration network includes several frequent coauthors:

  • Wuqian Guo
  • Haojie Xu
  • Shiguo Han
  • Junhua Luo

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhihua Sun reflect their research interests and include:

  • Room-Temperature Ferroelectric Material Composed of a Two-Dimensional Metal Halide Double Perovskite for X-ray Detection (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Spacer Cation Alloying of a Homoconformational Carboxylate trans Isomer to Boost in-Plane Ferroelectricity in a 2D Hybrid Perovskite (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Tailoring of a visible-light-absorbing biaxial ferroelectric towards broadband self-driven photodetection (2021, Nature Communications)
  • A Potential Sn-Based Hybrid Perovskite Ferroelectric Semiconductor (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Ultrasensitive polarized-light photodetectors based on 2D hybrid perovskite ferroelectric crystals with a low detection limit (2020, Science Bulletin)

Best Publications

  • Beryllium-free Li4Sr(BO3)2 for deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical applications.

    Sangen Zhao;Pifu Gong;Lei Bai;Xiang Xu

  • Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite-Type Ferroelectric for Highly Polarization-Sensitive Shortwave Photodetection

    Lina Li;Xitao Liu;Yaobin Li;Zhiyun Xu

  • Rational chemical doping of metal halide perovskites.

    Xinyuan Zhang;Lina Li;Zhihua Sun;Junhua Luo

  • Tailored Engineering of an Unusual (C4H9NH3)2(CH3NH3)2Pb3Br10 Two‐Dimensional Multilayered Perovskite Ferroelectric for a High‐Performance Photodetector

    Lina Li;Zhihua Sun;Peng Wang;Weida Hu

  • Non-Centrosymmetric RbNaMgP2O7 with Unprecedented Thermo-Induced Enhancement of Second Harmonic Generation.

    Sangen Zhao;Xiaoyan Yang;Yi Yang;Xiaojun Kuang

  • Bilayered Hybrid Perovskite Ferroelectric with Giant Two-Photon Absorption.

    Lina Li;Xiaoying Shang;Sasa Wang;Ningning Dong

  • Exploring Lead-Free Hybrid Double Perovskite Crystals of (BA) 2 CsAgBiBr 7 with Large Mobility-Lifetime Product toward X-Ray Detection.

    Zhiyun Xu;Xin Liu;Yaobin Li;Xitao Liu

  • Solid‐State Reversible Quadratic Nonlinear Optical Molecular Switch with an Exceptionally Large Contrast

    Zhihua Sun;Junhua Luo;Shuquan Zhang;Chengmin Ji

  • A Photoferroelectric Perovskite-Type Organometallic Halide with Exceptional Anisotropy of Bulk Photovoltaic Effects.

    Zhihua Sun;Xitao Liu;Tariq Khan;Chengmin Ji

  • Bis(imidazolium) L-Tartrate: A Hydrogen-Bonded Displacive-Type Molecular Ferroelectric Material

    Zhihua Sun;Tianliang Chen;Junhua Luo;Maochun Hong

  • Distinct Molecular Motions in a Switchable Chromophore Dielectric 4‐N,N‐Dimethylamino‐4′‐N′‐methylstilbazolium Trifluoromethanesulfonate

    Zhihua Sun;Junhua Luo;Tianliang Chen;Lina Li

  • Alloying n-Butylamine into CsPbBr 3 To Give a Two-Dimensional Bilayered Perovskite Ferroelectric Material.

    Zhenyue Wu;Chengmin Ji;Lina Li;Jintao Kong

  • Exploring a Lead-free Semiconducting Hybrid Ferroelectric with a Zero-Dimensional Perovskite-like Structure

    Zhihua Sun;Aurang Zeb;Sijie Liu;Chengmin Ji

  • The First 2D Hybrid Perovskite Ferroelectric Showing Broadband White-Light Emission with High Color Rendering Index

    Chengmin Ji;Sasa Wang;Lina Li;Zhihua Sun

  • An Unprecedented Biaxial Trilayered Hybrid Perovskite Ferroelectric with Directionally Tunable Photovoltaic Effects.

    Sasa Wang;Xitao Liu;Lina Li;Chengmin Ji

  • Inch‐Size Single Crystal of a Lead‐Free Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite for High‐Performance Photodetector

    Chengmin Ji;Peng Wang;Zhenyue Wu;Zhihua Sun

  • Solvent-Dependent Formation of Cd(II) Coordination Polymers Based on a C2-Symmetric Tricarboxylate Linker

    Lina Li;Shuyun Wang;Tianliang Chen;Zhihua Sun

  • Room-Temperature Ferroelectric Material Composed of a Two-Dimensional Metal Halide Double Perovskite for X-ray Detection.

    Wuqian Guo;Xitao Liu;Shiguo Han;Yi Liu

  • 2D Hybrid Perovskite Ferroelectric Enables Highly Sensitive X-Ray Detection with Low Driving Voltage

    Chengmin Ji;Sasa Wang;Yaxing Wang;Huaixi Chen

  • Construction of Interpenetrated Ruthenium Metal-Organic Frameworks as Stable Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction.

    Shuquan Zhang;Lina Li;Sangen Zhao;Zhihua Sun

  • Integration of metal-organic frameworks into an electrochemical dielectric thin film for electronic applications

    Wei-Jin Li;Juan Liu;Zhi-Hua Sun;Tian-Fu Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Junhua Luo
Junhua Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chengmin Ji
Chengmin Ji Chinese Academy of Sciences
Maochun Hong
Maochun Hong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xitao Liu
Xitao Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sangen Zhao
Sangen Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuan-Yuan Tang
Yuan-Yuan Tang Nanchang University
Zheshuai Lin
Zheshuai Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Deng
Feng Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weida Hu
Weida Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiao-Ying Huang
Xiao-Ying Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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