Teng Cai

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Teng Cai is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Teng Cai has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Environmental Engineering, 18 papers in Water Science and Technology and 15 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Teng Cai's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (24 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (15 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (11 papers). Teng Cai is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (24 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (15 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (11 papers). Teng Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Singapore. Teng Cai's co-authors include Manhong Huang, Guangyin Zhen, Xueqin Lü, Lijun Meng, Wanjiang Li, Zhongyi Zhang, Chengxin Niu, Yuxuan Huang, Wei Zheng and Yujie Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Teng Cai

43 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sulfate radicals-based advanced oxidation technology in various environmental remediation: A state-of-the–art review

2020 326 citations U. Ushani, Xueqin Lü et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Teng Cai China	21	615	580	450	379	367	45	1.4k
Joo-Youn Nam South Korea	20	452 0.7×	395 0.7×	546 1.2×	512 1.4×	203 0.6×	48	1.3k
Dianxun Hou United States	20	715 1.2×	415 0.7×	498 1.1×	695 1.8×	420 1.1×	25	1.6k
Nannan Zhao China	23	332 0.5×	541 0.9×	626 1.4×	241 0.6×	260 0.7×	72	1.6k
Heyang Yuan United States	22	470 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	870 1.9×	453 1.2×	515 1.4×	41	1.9k
Hengduo Xu China	16	313 0.5×	433 0.7×	291 0.6×	227 0.6×	297 0.8×	22	958
Pablo Ledezma Australia	22	271 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	564 1.3×	467 1.2×	300 0.8×	50	1.6k
Yongtae Ahn South Korea	27	537 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	735 1.6×	507 1.3×	187 0.5×	43	1.8k
Marika Kokko Finland	21	183 0.3×	574 1.0×	326 0.7×	327 0.9×	166 0.5×	62	1.2k
Xiaohu Li China	14	400 0.7×	414 0.7×	247 0.5×	190 0.5×	283 0.8×	24	950
Indrasis Das India	18	352 0.6×	770 1.3×	649 1.4×	175 0.5×	480 1.3×	24	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Teng Cai

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Shi, Wei, Xueye Wang, Chengxin Niu, Teng Cai, & Zhiwei Wang. (2025). Exposed redox-active iron enables electrochemically highly selective capture and conversion of arsenic from water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138461–138461. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Teng, et al.. (2025). Construction of Production-Living-Ecological Space Pattern Languages for Traditional Villages in Enshi Prefecture Based on Spatial Distribution Characteristics. Land. 14(8). 1624–1624.

Cai, Teng, et al.. (2024). Natural defence mechanisms of electrochemically active biofilms: From the perspective of microbial adaptation, survival strategies and antibiotic resistance. Water Research. 262. 122104–122104. 8 indexed citations

Li, Wanjiang, Yule Han, Zhongyi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Arousing the bioelectroactivity and syntrophic metabolic functionality of microorganisms in a recirculated two-phase anaerobic digestion bioreactor for enhanced biohythane recovery from high-solids biowaste. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154321–154321. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zhaobin, Huan Li, Teng Cai, et al.. (2024). Enhanced dewaterability and triclosan removal of waste activated sludge with iron-rich mineral-activated peroxymonosulfate. Waste Management. 182. 271–283. 5 indexed citations

Meng, Lijun, Xinran Chen, Teng Cai, Xin Tong, & Zhiwei Wang. (2024). Surface energy-induced anti-wetting and anti-fouling enhancement of Janus membrane for membrane distillation. Water Research. 263. 122176–122176. 27 indexed citations

Zhen, Guangyin, Zhongyi Zhang, Jiandong Wang, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamics and electron transfer mechanisms of CO2 bioelectroconversion to value-added chemicals: A state-of-the–art review. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 189. 454–466. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Teng, Yule Han, Jian Yin, et al.. (2024). Engineering hybrid conductive electrochemically active biofilms enable efficient interfacial electron transfer and syntrophic carbon metabolism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150761–150761. 13 indexed citations

Han, Yule, et al.. (2024). Clarifying the mechanism of peroxydisulfate and sulfite activated by Fe2+ for waste activated sludge pretreatment: Enhancement of dewaterabiliy, removal of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogenic microorganisms. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 156759–156759. 3 indexed citations

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Cai, Teng, Yule Han, Wanjiang Li, et al.. (2023). Self-assembled electrochemically active biofilms doped with carbon nanotubes: Electron exchange efficiency and cytotoxicity evaluation. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167006–167006. 3 indexed citations

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Han, Yule, Teng Cai, Wanjiang Li, et al.. (2023). Impact of sandwich-type composite anodic membrane on membrane fouling and methane recovery from sewage sludge and food waste via electrochemical anaerobic membrane bioreactor. Bioresource Technology. 382. 129222–129222. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Huan, Teng Cai, Xinyu Liu, et al.. (2022). Long-term performance, microbial evolution and spatial microstructural characteristics of anammox granules in an upflow blanket filter (UBF) treating high-strength nitrogen wastewater. Bioresource Technology. 367. 128206–128206. 32 indexed citations

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Jiang, Nan, Li Huang, Manhong Huang, et al.. (2021). Electricity generation and pollutants removal of landfill leachate by osmotic microbial fuel cells with different forward osmosis membranes. Sustainable Environment Research. 31(1). 14 indexed citations

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Lü, Xueqin, Yue Wang, Teng Cai, et al.. (2021). Long-term performance, membrane fouling behaviors and microbial community in a hollow fiber anaerobic membrane bioreactor (HF-AnMBR) treating synthetic terephthalic acid-containing wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 424(Pt B). 127458–127458. 23 indexed citations

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Lü, Xueqin, Teng Cai, Chengxin Niu, et al.. (2021). Magnetite-enhanced bioelectrochemical stimulation for biodegradation and biomethane production of waste activated sludge. The Science of The Total Environment. 789. 147859–147859. 32 indexed citations

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Lü, Xueqin, Yujie Tan, Teng Cai, et al.. (2021). Disordered mesoporous carbon activated peroxydisulfate pretreatment facilitates disintegration of extracellular polymeric substances and anaerobic bioconversion of waste activated sludge. Bioresource Technology. 339. 125547–125547. 14 indexed citations

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Ushani, U., Xueqin Lü, Jianhui Wang, et al.. (2020). Sulfate radicals-based advanced oxidation technology in various environmental remediation: A state-of-the–art review. Chemical Engineering Journal. 402. 126232–126232. 326 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tan, Yujie, Teng Cai, Chengxin Niu, et al.. (2020). Anaerobic bioconversion of petrochemical wastewater to biomethane in a semi-continuous bioreactor: Biodegradability, mineralization behaviors and methane productivity. Bioresource Technology. 304. 123005–123005. 19 indexed citations

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Cai, Teng, Lijun Meng, Gang Chen, et al.. (2020). Application of advanced anodes in microbial fuel cells for power generation: A review. Chemosphere. 248. 125985–125985. 176 indexed citations

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Zheng, Wei, Teng Cai, Manhong Huang, & Donghui Chen. (2017). Comparison of electrochemical performances and microbial community structures of two photosynthetic microbial fuel cells. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 124(5). 551–558. 33 indexed citations

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