2026 Deepak Pant: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	92	237	224	2	2	256	26660

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Deepak Pant is affiliated with the Flemish Institute for Technological Research in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Environmental Science, and Energy, with notable involvement in subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics include:

Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

Frequent coauthors in Deepak Pant's work are:

Jan Vaes
Tom Breugelmans
Metin Bulut
Nick Daems
Oriol Gutiérrez-Sánchez

The scientist has contributed regularly to prominent publication venues, including:

Bioresource Technology
Chemosphere
Faraday Discussions
ChemElectroChem
Journal of Power Sources

Some of the recent papers associated with Deepak Pant include:

"Recent developments in pretreatment technologies on lignocellulosic biomass: Effect of key parameters, technological improvements, and challenges" (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
"Valorization of agricultural waste for biogas based circular economy in India: A research outlook" (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
"A comprehensive review on contaminants removal from pharmaceutical wastewater by electrocoagulation process" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
"Microbial electrosynthesis from CO2: Challenges, opportunities and perspectives in the context of circular bioeconomy" (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
"Circular economy aspects of lignin: Towards a lignocellulose biorefinery" (2020), published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Deepak Pant has also contributed to book publications, including:

Emerging Technologies and Biological Systems for Biogas Upgrading (Elsevier BV, 2021)
Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Utilization (UWA Publishing, 2023)
Advances in Carbon Capture and Utilization (Springer Nature, 2021)

Best Publications

A review of the substrates used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable energy production.

Deepak Pant;Gilbert Van Bogaert;Ludo Diels;Karolien Vanbroekhoven

2292
Citations
Recent advances in the use of different substrates in microbial fuel cells toward wastewater treatment and simultaneous energy recovery

Prashant Pandey;Vikas N. Shinde;Rajendra L. Deopurkar;Sharad P. Kale

758
Citations
BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TREATMENT OF DISTILLERY WASTEWATER: A REVIEW

Deepak Pant;Alok Adholeya;Alok Adholeya

709
Citations
Recent developments in pretreatment technologies on lignocellulosic biomass: Effect of key parameters, technological improvements, and challenges.

Shashi Kant Bhatia;Sujit Sadashiv Jagtap;Ashwini Ashok Bedekar;Ravi Kant Bhatia

704
Citations
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) for sustainable energy production and product recovery from organic wastes and industrial wastewaters

Deepak Pant;Anoop Singh;Gilbert Van Bogaert;Stig Irving Olsen

606
Citations
Waste biorefineries: Enabling circular economies in developing countries

A. S. Nizami;M. Rehan;M. Waqas;Muhammad Naqvi

555
Citations
Key issues in life cycle assessment of ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: challenges and perspectives.

Anoop Singh;Deepak Pant;Nicholas E. Korres;Abdul-Sattar Nizami

519
Citations
Power generation using an activated carbon and metal mesh cathode in a microbial fuel cell

Fang Zhang;Shaoan Cheng;Shaoan Cheng;Deepak Pant;Gilbert Van Bogaert

461
Citations
An overview on emerging bioelectrochemical systems (BESs): Technology for sustainable electricity, waste remediation, resource recovery, chemical production and beyond

Suman Bajracharya;Suman Bajracharya;Mohita Sharma;Mohita Sharma;Gunda Mohanakrishna;Xochitl Dominguez Benneton

450
Citations
Solvents and Supporting Electrolytes in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2.

Maximilian König;Maximilian König;Jan Vaes;Elias Klemm;Deepak Pant

391
Citations
Valorization of agricultural waste for biogas based circular economy in India: A research outlook.

Rimika Kapoor;Pooja Ghosh;Madan Kumar;Subhanjan Sengupta

385
Citations
Carbon dioxide reduction by mixed and pure cultures in microbial electrosynthesis using an assembly of graphite felt and stainless steel as a cathode

Suman Bajracharya;Annemiek ter Heijne;Xochitl Dominguez Benetton;Karolien Vanbroekhoven

340
Citations
Long-term performance of activated carbon air cathodes with different diffusion layer porosities in microbial fuel cells.

Fang Zhang;Deepak Pant;Bruce E. Logan

332
Citations
Chemical and biological extraction of metals present in E waste: A hybrid technology.

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319
Citations
The accurate use of impedance analysis for the study of microbial electrochemical systems.

Xochitl Dominguez-Benetton;Surajbhan Sevda;Surajbhan Sevda;Karolien Vanbroekhoven;Deepak Pant

302
Citations
A comprehensive review on contaminants removal from pharmaceutical wastewater by electrocoagulation process.

B.K. Zaied;Mamunur Rashid;Mohd Nasrullah;A.W. Zularisam

298
Citations
Electro-Fermentation – Merging Electrochemistry with Fermentation in Industrial Applications

Andrea Schievano;Tommy Pepé Sciarria;Karolien Vanbroekhoven;Heleen De Wever

282
Citations
An introduction to the life cycle assessment (LCA) of bioelectrochemical systems (BES) for sustainable energy and product generation: Relevance and key aspects

Deepak Pant;Anoop Singh;Anoop Singh;Gilbert Van Bogaert;Yolanda Alvarez Gallego

280
Citations
Microbial electrosynthesis from CO2: Challenges, opportunities and perspectives in the context of circular bioeconomy.

Bin Bian;Suman Bajracharya;Jiajie Xu;Deepak Pant

262
Citations
Biotransformation of carbon dioxide in bioelectrochemical systems: State of the art and future prospects

Suman Bajracharya;Suman Bajracharya;Sandipam Srikanth;Gunda Mohanakrishna;Gunda Mohanakrishna;Renju Zacharia

253
Citations
High strength wastewater treatment accompanied by power generation using air cathode microbial fuel cell

Surajbhan Sevda;Surajbhan Sevda;Xochitl Dominguez-Benetton;Karolien Vanbroekhoven;Heleen De Wever

222
Citations