Peter Aelterman

11.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
20 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Aelterman is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Aelterman has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Environmental Engineering, 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 9 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Peter Aelterman's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (19 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (15 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (9 papers). Peter Aelterman is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (19 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (15 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (9 papers). Peter Aelterman collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and Netherlands. Peter Aelterman's co-authors include Willy Verstraete, Korneel Rabaey, Stefano Freguia, Jürg Keller, H.V.M. Hamelers, Bruce E. Logan, René A. Rozendal, Uwe Schröder, Peter Clauwaert and Nico Boon and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Bioresource Technology and Electrochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Peter Aelterman

20 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial Fuel Cells:  Methodology and Technology 2005 2026 2012 2019 2006 2006 2007 2005 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 Bruce E. Logan, H.V.M. Hamelers et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  2. Continuous Electricity Generation at High Voltages and Currents Using Stacked Microbial Fuel Cells
    2006 703 citations Peter Aelterman, Korneel Rabaey et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  3. Biological Denitrification in Microbial Fuel Cells
    2007 652 citations Peter Clauwaert, Korneel Rabaey et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  4. Tubular Microbial Fuel Cells for Efficient Electricity Generation
    2005 519 citations Korneel Rabaey, Peter Clauwaert et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Aelterman Belgium 17 8.8k 6.9k 4.0k 1.5k 1.2k 20 9.5k
César I. Torres United States 40 5.2k 0.6× 3.6k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 928 0.8× 91 6.2k
René A. Rozendal Australia 34 11.7k 1.3× 8.4k 1.2× 4.7k 1.2× 2.9k 1.9× 1.4k 1.2× 55 13.9k
Annemiek ter Heijne Netherlands 44 4.4k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 565 0.5× 115 5.8k
Sunil A. Patil India 37 4.0k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 721 0.5× 545 0.5× 81 4.9k
Tom Sleutels Netherlands 34 3.9k 0.4× 2.4k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 325 0.3× 82 5.0k
Alain Bergel France 46 4.2k 0.5× 3.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 773 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 163 5.8k
Benjamin Erable France 31 3.5k 0.4× 2.7k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 520 0.3× 649 0.5× 101 4.4k
Krishna P. Katuri Saudi Arabia 34 2.9k 0.3× 1.9k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 624 0.4× 353 0.3× 59 3.6k
Kyoung‐Yeol Kim United States 34 2.9k 0.3× 2.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 772 0.5× 294 0.2× 54 3.5k
Wulin Yang China 34 1.8k 0.2× 1.9k 0.3× 902 0.2× 766 0.5× 290 0.2× 78 3.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hennebel, Tom, Jessica Benner, Peter Clauwaert, et al.. (2010). Dehalogenation of environmental pollutants in microbial electrolysis cells with biogenic palladium nanoparticles. Biotechnology Letters. 33(1). 89–95. 35 indexed citations
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Pham‐The, Hai, Peter Aelterman, & Willy Verstraete. (2009). Bioanode performance in bioelectrochemical systems: recent improvements and prospects. Trends in biotechnology. 27(3). 168–178. 204 indexed citations
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Clauwaert, Peter, et al.. (2009). Litre-scale microbial fuel cells operated in a complete loop. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 83(2). 241–247. 62 indexed citations
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Aelterman, Peter, et al.. (2009). Microbial fuel cells operated with iron-chelated air cathodes. Electrochimica Acta. 54(24). 5754–5760. 47 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinna, Qingliang Zhao, Peter Aelterman, Shijie You, & Junqiu Jiang. (2008). Electricity generation in a microbial fuel cell with a microbially catalyzed cathode. Biotechnology Letters. 30(10). 1771–1776. 10 indexed citations
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Pham, Hai The, Nico Boon, Peter Aelterman, et al.. (2008). High shear enrichment improves the performance of the anodophilic microbial consortium in a microbial fuel cell. Microbial Biotechnology. 1(6). 487–496. 116 indexed citations
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Aelterman, Peter, Stefano Freguia, Jürg Keller, Willy Verstraete, & Korneel Rabaey. (2008). The anode potential regulates bacterial activity in microbial fuel cells. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 78(3). 409–418. 338 indexed citations
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Clauwaert, Peter, Peter Aelterman, Hai Pham‐The, et al.. (2008). Minimizing losses in bio-electrochemical systems: the road to applications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 79(6). 901–913. 340 indexed citations
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Aelterman, Peter, Mathias Versichele, Massimo Marzorati, Nico Boon, & Willy Verstraete. (2008). Loading rate and external resistance control the electricity generation of microbial fuel cells with different three-dimensional anodes. Bioresource Technology. 99(18). 8895–8902. 293 indexed citations
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Aelterman, Peter, Stefano Freguia, Jürg Keller, Korneel Rabaey, & W. Verstraete. (2008). The anode potential regulates the bacterial activity in microbial fuel cells.. PubMed. 73(1). 85–9. 5 indexed citations
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Pham‐The, Hai, Nico Boon, Peter Aelterman, et al.. (2007). Metabolites produced by Pseudomonas sp. enable a Gram-positive bacterium to achieve extracellular electron transfer. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 77(5). 1119–1129. 236 indexed citations
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Clauwaert, Peter, Korneel Rabaey, Peter Aelterman, et al.. (2007). Biological Denitrification in Microbial Fuel Cells. Environmental Science & Technology. 41(9). 3354–3360. 652 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rabaey, Korneel, Loïs Maignien, Nico Boon, et al.. (2006). Microbial Fuel Cells for Sulfide Removal. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(17). 5218–5224. 301 indexed citations
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Aelterman, Peter, Korneel Rabaey, Peter Clauwaert, & W. Verstraete. (2006). Microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment. Water Science & Technology. 54(8). 9–15. 177 indexed citations
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Aelterman, Peter, Korneel Rabaey, Hai The Pham, Nico Boon, & Willy Verstraete. (2006). Continuous electricity generation at high voltages and currents using stacked microbial fuel cells.. PubMed. 71(1). 63–6. 6 indexed citations
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Rabaey, Korneel, Peter Aelterman, Peter Clauwaert, et al.. (2006). Microbial Fuel Cells in Relation to Conventional Anaerobic Digestion Technology. Engineering in Life Sciences. 6(3). 285–292. 310 indexed citations
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Aelterman, Peter, Korneel Rabaey, Hai The Pham, Nico Boon, & Willy Verstraete. (2006). Continuous Electricity Generation at High Voltages and Currents Using Stacked Microbial Fuel Cells. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(10). 3388–3394. 703 indexed citations breakdown →
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Logan, Bruce E., H.V.M. Hamelers, René A. Rozendal, et al.. (2006). Microbial Fuel Cells:  Methodology and Technology. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(17). 5181–5192. 4848 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rabaey, Korneel, Peter Clauwaert, Peter Aelterman, & Willy Verstraete. (2005). Tubular Microbial Fuel Cells for Efficient Electricity Generation. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(20). 8077–8082. 519 indexed citations breakdown →
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Windt, Wim De, Peter Aelterman, & Willy Verstraete. (2005). Bioreductive deposition of palladium (0) nanoparticles on Shewanella oneidensis with catalytic activity towards reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls. Environmental Microbiology. 7(3). 314–325. 249 indexed citations

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