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Peter A. van Aken

Peter A. van Aken

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
74
Citations
23410
World Ranking
3573
National Ranking
198

Peter A. van Aken publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter A. van Aken sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 471 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Peter A. van Aken D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter A. van Aken sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter A. van Aken is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a strong focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's scholarly work addresses a range of main topics including Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, Magnetic and Transport Properties of Perovskites and Related Materials, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, and ZnO Doping and Properties.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Oxygen-evolving catalytic atoms on metal carbides, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Crystalline Lattice-Confined Atomic Pt in Metal Carbides to Match Electronic Structures and Hydrogen Evolution Behaviors of Platinum, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Ni-Co selenide nanowires supported on conductive wearable textile as cathode for flexible battery-supercapacitor hybrid devices, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Nanoconfinements of CoF2 and Mixed-Conducting Wiring for High-Performance Metal Fluoride-Lithium Battery, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Topotactic transformation of single crystals: From perovskite to infinite-layer nickelates, 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hongguang Wang
  • Y. Eren Suyolcu
  • B. Keimer
  • J. Mannhart
  • Wilfried Sigle

Van Aken has contributed extensively to the academic literature in several publication venues, notably:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • Single-layered ultrasmall nanoplates of MoS2 embedded in carbon nanofibers with excellent electrochemical performance for lithium and sodium storage.

    Changbao Zhu;Xiaoke Mu;Peter A. van Aken;Yan Yu

  • Reversible storage of lithium in silver-coated three-dimensional macroporous silicon

    Yan Yu;Lin Gu;Lin Gu;Changbao Zhu;Susumu Tsukimoto

  • Encapsulation of Sn@carbon Nanoparticles in Bamboo‐like Hollow Carbon Nanofibers as an Anode Material in Lithium‐Based Batteries

    Yan Yu;Lin Gu;Chunlei Wang;Abirami Dhanabalan

  • Nitrogen doped porous carbon fibres as anode materials for sodium ion batteries with excellent rate performance

    Lijun Fu;Kun Tang;Kepeng Song;Peter A. van Aken

  • Tin nanoparticles encapsulated in porous multichannel carbon microtubes: Preparation by single-nozzle electrospinning and application as anode material for high-performance Li-based batteries

    Yan Yu;Lin Gu;Changbao Zhu;Peter A van Aken

  • Dual-Functionalized Double Carbon Shells Coated Silicon Nanoparticles for High Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries.

    Shuangqiang Chen;Laifa Shen;Peter A. van Aken;Joachim Maier

  • Uniform yolk–shell Sn4P3@C nanospheres as high-capacity and cycle-stable anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

    Jun Liu;Jun Liu;Peter Kopold;Chao Wu;Peter A. van Aken

  • Carbon-coated Na3V2(PO4)3 embedded in porous carbon matrix: An ultrafast Na-storage cathode with the potential of outperforming Li cathodes

    Changbao Zhu;Kepeng Song;Peter A. van Aken;Joachim Maier

  • Self-supported Li4Ti5O12-C nanotube arrays as high-rate and long-life anode materials for flexible Li-ion batteries.

    Jun Liu;Kepeng Song;Peter A. van Aken;Joachim Maier

  • Magnetization study of nanograined pure and Mn-doped ZnO films: Formation of a ferromagnetic grain-boundary foam

    B. B. Straumal;A. A. Mazilkin;S. G. Protasova;A. A. Myatiev

  • Oxygen-evolving catalytic atoms on metal carbides.

    Shuang Li;Shuang Li;Bingbing Chen;Yi Wang;Meng-Yang Ye

  • Exfoliation of a non-van der Waals material from iron ore hematite

    Aravind Puthirath Balan;Aravind Puthirath Balan;Sruthi Radhakrishnan;Cristiano F. Woellner;Shyam K. Sinha

  • Quantification of ferrous/ferric ratios in minerals: new evaluation schemes of Fe L23 electron energy-loss near-edge spectra

    P. A. van Aken;B. Liebscher

  • Peapod-like Li3VO4/N-Doped Carbon Nanowires with Pseudocapacitive Properties as Advanced Materials for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Capacitors

    Laifa Shen;Haifeng Lv;Shuangqiang Chen;Peter Kopold

  • MOF-Derived Hollow Co9 S8 Nanoparticles Embedded in Graphitic Carbon Nanocages with Superior Li-Ion Storage.

    Jun Liu;Jun Liu;Chao Wu;Dongdong Xiao;Peter Kopold

  • An interface clusters mixture model for the structure of amorphous silicon monoxide (SiO)

    Achim Hohl;Thomas Wieder;P. A. van Aken;T. E. Weirich

  • Energy Storage Materials from Nature through Nanotechnology: A Sustainable Route from Reed Plants to a Silicon Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Jun Liu;Peter Kopold;Peter A. van Aken;Joachim Maier

  • A Germanium–Carbon Nanocomposite Material for Lithium Batteries

    Guanglei Cui;Lin Gu;Linjie Zhi;N. Kaskhedikar

  • Electrospun Na3V2(PO4)3/C nanofibers as stable cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries

    Jun Liu;Kun Tang;Kepeng Song;Peter A. van Aken

  • Facile Solid-State Growth of 3D Well-Interconnected Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanotube–Graphene Hybrid Architectures for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Yuan-Li Ding;Peter Kopold;Kersten Hahn;Peter A. van Aken

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan Yu
Yan Yu University of Science and Technology of China
Joachim Maier
Joachim Maier Max Planck Society
Wilfried Sigle
Wilfried Sigle Max Planck Society
Christoph Koch
Christoph Koch École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lin Gu
Lin Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bernhard Keimer
Bernhard Keimer Max Planck Society
Shuangqiang Chen
Shuangqiang Chen Shanghai University
Jun Liu
Jun Liu South China University of Technology
Chao Wu
Chao Wu University of Wollongong
Joachim P. Spatz
Joachim P. Spatz Max Planck Society

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