Korneel Rabaey

45.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
306 papers, 35.6k citations indexed

About

Korneel Rabaey is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Korneel Rabaey has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 35.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Environmental Engineering, 99 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 99 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Korneel Rabaey's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (169 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (72 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (42 papers). Korneel Rabaey is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (169 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (72 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (42 papers). Korneel Rabaey collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and United States. Korneel Rabaey's co-authors include Willy Verstraete, René A. Rozendal, Jürg Keller, Bruce E. Logan, Peter Aelterman, Nico Boon, Stefano Freguia, Willy Verstraete, H.V.M. Hamelers and Zhiguo Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Korneel Rabaey

300 papers receiving 34.7k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2005 2012 2010 2004 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Microbial Fuel Cells:  Methodology and Technology
    2006 4.8k citations Stefano Freguia, Willy Verstraete et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  2. Microbial fuel cells: novel biotechnology for energy generation
    2005 1.7k citations Korneel Rabaey et al. profile →
  3. Conversion of Wastes into Bioelectricity and Chemicals by Using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies
    2012 1.5k citations Korneel Rabaey et al. profile →
  4. Microbial electrosynthesis — revisiting the electrical route for microbial production
    2010 1.2k citations Korneel Rabaey et al. profile →
  5. Biofuel Cells Select for Microbial Consortia That Self-Mediate Electron Transfer
    2004 987 citations Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  6. Towards practical implementation of bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment
    2008 928 citations Korneel Rabaey et al. profile →
  7. Microbial Phenazine Production Enhances Electron Transfer in Biofuel Cells
    2005 734 citations Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  8. Continuous Electricity Generation at High Voltages and Currents Using Stacked Microbial Fuel Cells
    2006 703 citations Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  9. Biological Denitrification in Microbial Fuel Cells
    2007 652 citations Peter Clauwaert, Korneel Rabaey et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  10. A microbial fuel cell capable of converting glucose to electricity at high rate and efficiency
    2003 591 citations Korneel Rabaey, Steven D. Siciliano et al. profile →
  11. Global Phosphorus Scarcity and Full-Scale P-Recovery Techniques: A Review
    2014 570 citations Willy Verstraete, Korneel Rabaey et al. profile →
  12. Tubular Microbial Fuel Cells for Efficient Electricity Generation
    2005 519 citations Korneel Rabaey, Peter Clauwaert et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  13. Chain elongation in anaerobic reactor microbiomes to recover resources from waste
    2014 371 citations Korneel Rabaey et al. profile →

Peers

Korneel Rabaey
Comparison fields: 5 of 162
  • Environmental Engineering 26.3k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18.3k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10.2k
  • Biomedical Engineering 7.5k
  • Pollution 5.0k
Replace H.V.M. Hamelers with:
H.V.M. Hamelers Netherlands
Jürg Keller Australia
Yujie Feng China
Cees J.N. Buisman Netherlands
Deepak Pant Belgium
Shungui Zhou China
Nanqi Ren China
S. Venkata Mohan India
Aijie Wang China
Wen‐Wei Li China
H.V.M. Hamelers Netherlands View profile →
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Mediated electron transfer in five prevalent human oral microbial species
2025 ·Bioelectrochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Korneel Rabaey, Tom Van de Wiele, Antonin Prévoteau
0
2
Electrochemical arsenite oxidation for drinking water treatment: Mechanisms, by-product formation and energy consumption
2024 ·Water Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jan Peter van der Hoek, Korneel Rabaey, Doris van Halem
11
3
Techno-economic and environmental sustainability assessment of succinic acid production from municipal biowaste using an electrochemical membrane bioreactor
2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Sofia María Ioannidou, Eleni Stylianou, Chrysanthi Pateraki, Ioannis K. Kookos, Korneel Rabaey, Apostolis Koutinas, Dimitrios Ladakis
11
4
An electrolytic bubble column with an external hollow fiber membrane gas–liquid contactor for effective microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from CO2
2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Kai Cui, Kun Guo, José M. Carvajal‐Arroyo, Jan Arends, Korneel Rabaey
23
5
Development of an electrochemical membrane bioreactor for succinic acid production and in situ separation with engineered Yarrowia lipolytica cultivated on municipal biowaste hydrolysate
2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Eleni Stylianou, José M. Carvajal‐Arroyo, Dimitrios Ladakis, Carol Sze Ki Lin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Korneel Rabaey, Apostolis Koutinas, Chrysanthi Pateraki
9
6
Electrochemically assisted production of biogenic palladium nanoparticles for the catalytic removal of micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants effluent
2022 ·Journal of Environmental Sciences ·(unknown), K. Kundu, Luiza Bonin, (unknown), Eduardo Bolea‐Fernandez, Frank Vanhaecke, Korneel Rabaey, Abraham Esteve‐Núñez, Bart De Gusseme, Nico Boon
10
7
Combined Gold Recovery and Nanoparticle Synthesis in Microbial Systems Using Fractional Factorial Design
2022 ·Nanomaterials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jo Van Dorpe, Anne Hoorens, (unknown), Kim Verbeken, Korneel Rabaey, Jeet Varia
12
8
Electrochemical codeposition of copper‑antimony and interactions with electrolyte additives: Towards the use of electronic waste for sustainable copper electrometallurgy
2022 ·Hydrometallurgy ·(unknown), Antonin Prévoteau, Luiza Bonin, Kristof Marcoen, Tom Hauffman, Tom Hennebel, Korneel Rabaey, Michael S. Moats
4
9
The third route: A techno-economic evaluation of extreme water and wastewater decentralization
2022 ·Water Research ·Manel Garrido‐Baserba, (unknown), María Molinos‐Senante, David L. Sedlak, Korneel Rabaey, Oliver Schraa, Marta Verdaguer, Diego Rosso, Manel Poch
46
10
The Role of Microorganisms and Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratios for Microbial Protein Production from Bioethanol
2022 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Myrsini Sakarika, Silvio Matassa, Korneel Rabaey
21
11
Effect of speciation and composition on the kinetics and precipitation of arsenic sulfide from industrial metallurgical wastewater
2020 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Luiza Bonin, Karel Folens, (unknown), (unknown), Kim Verbeken, Korneel Rabaey, Tom Hennebel
73
12
Integrating anaerobic digestion and slow pyrolysis improves the product portfolio of a cocoa waste biorefinery
2020 ·Sustainable Energy & Fuels ·Stef Ghysels, (unknown), Adriana Ledezma Estrada, Mehmet Pala, Jo De Vrieze, Frederik Ronsse, Korneel Rabaey
40
13
Covalent triazine framework/carbon nanotube hybrids enabling selective reduction of CO2 to CO at low overpotential
2020 ·Green Chemistry ·Andreas Laemont, Sara Abednatanzi, Parviz Gohari Derakhshandeh, (unknown), Erika Fiset, Qing Qin, (unknown), Maria Meledina, Johannes Schmidt, Martin Oschatz, Pascal Van Der Voort, Korneel Rabaey, Markus Antonietti, Tom Breugelmans, Karen Leus
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14
Stainless steel substrate pretreatment effects on copper nucleation and stripping during copper electrowinning
2020 ·Journal of Applied Electrochemistry ·(unknown), Erika Fiset, Luiza Bonin, Antonin Prévoteau, Michael S. Moats, Tom Hennebel, Korneel Rabaey
22
15
Mainstream Ammonium Recovery to Advance Sustainable Urban Wastewater Management
2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Heidy Cruz, Yingyu Law, Jeremy S. Guest, Korneel Rabaey, Damien J. Batstone, Bronwyn Laycock, Willy Verstraete, Ilje Pikaar
171
16
Bio-electrochemical pre-treatment and membrane aeration to intensify full nitrogen recovery for Spaceflight urine nitrification
2018 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Jolien De Paepe, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck, Korneel Rabaey, Francesc Gòdia, Peter Clauwaert
1
17
Novel Acetobacterium malicum strain capable of using metallic iron as sole electron donor
2017 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Jo Philips, (unknown), (unknown), Kim De Paepe, Korneel Rabaey, Jan Arends
1
18
Deterministic processes guide long-term synchronised population dynamics in replicate anaerobic digesters
2014 ·The ISME Journal ·Inka Vanwonterghem, Paul D. Jensen, Paul G. Dennis, Philip Hugenholtz, Korneel Rabaey, Gene W. Tyson
300
19
Surfactant treatment of carbon felt enhances anodic microbial electrocatalysis in bioelectrochemical systems
2013 ·Electrochemistry Communications ·Kun Guo, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Sunil A. Patil, Antonin Prévoteau, Stefano Freguia, J. Justin Gooding, Korneel Rabaey
42
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Biofuel Cells Select for Microbial Consortia That Self-Mediate Electron Transfer breakdown →
2004 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon, Steven D. Siciliano, Marc Verhaege, Willy Verstraete
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