Falk Harnisch

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
196 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Falk Harnisch is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Falk Harnisch has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Environmental Engineering, 92 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 50 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Falk Harnisch's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (149 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (71 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (50 papers). Falk Harnisch is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (149 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (71 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (50 papers). Falk Harnisch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Falk Harnisch's co-authors include Uwe Schröder, Christin Koch, Fritz Scholz, Katja Fricke, Feng Zhao, Largus T. Angenent, Iris Herrmann, Peter Bogdanoff, Sunil A. Patil and Luís F. M. Rosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Falk Harnisch

187 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

On the use of cyclic voltammetry for the study of anodic ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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. On the use of cyclic voltammetry for the study of anodic electron transfer in microbial fuel cells
    2008 479 citations Falk Harnisch, Uwe Schröder et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers

Falk Harnisch
Stefano Freguia Australia
Yong Yuan China
In Seop Chang South Korea
César I. Torres United States
Alain Bergel France
Sunil A. Patil India
Shijie You China
Weihua He China
Li Zhuang China
Xiuping Zhu China
Stefano Freguia Australia
Falk Harnisch
Citations per year, relative to Falk Harnisch Falk Harnisch (= 1×) peers Stefano Freguia

Countries citing papers authored by Falk Harnisch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Falk Harnisch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Falk Harnisch. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Falk Harnisch. The network helps show where Falk Harnisch may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Falk Harnisch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Falk Harnisch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Falk Harnisch based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Falk Harnisch. Falk Harnisch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Izadi, Paniz, Swapnil Varhade, C. M. Schneider, et al.. (2025). Scaling up electrochemical CO 2 reduction to formate through comparative reactor analysis. 4(2). 260–275. 2 indexed citations
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Sulonen, Mira, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of single chamber electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate for application under biocompatible conditions. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 97. 103136–103136. 1 indexed citations
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Saeidi, Navid, Adelene Lai, Falk Harnisch, & Gabriel Sigmund. (2024). A FAIR comparison of activated carbon, biochar, cyclodextrins, polymers, resins, and metal organic frameworks for the adsorption of per- and polyfluorinated substances. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155456–155456. 10 indexed citations
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Harnisch, Falk, et al.. (2024). 3D-printed add-on allows using commercially available rotating disc electrodes in tilted position. Electrochemistry Communications. 170. 107854–107854. 1 indexed citations
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Angenent, Largus T., et al.. (2024). Electrical-energy storage into chemical-energy carriers by combining or integrating electrochemistry and biology. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(11). 3682–3699. 16 indexed citations
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Heijne, Annemiek ter & Falk Harnisch. (2024). Microbial electrodes. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 4(1). 2 indexed citations
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Logroño, Washington, Sabine Kleinsteuber, Jörg Kretzschmar, et al.. (2023). The microbiology of Power-to-X applications. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 47(2). 6 indexed citations
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Cabezas, Angela, Bibiana Cercado, Habib Chouchane, et al.. (2023). Microbial electrochemistry and technology capacity building challenges—focus on Latin America & Caribbean and Africa. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. 28(3-4). 1023–1039.
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Harnisch, Falk, et al.. (2023). A unified and simple medium for growing model methanogens. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1046260–1046260. 5 indexed citations
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Harnisch, Falk, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical Cellobiose Valorization: Anodic Oxidation to Cellobionic Acid and Cathodic Reduction to Cellobitol. ChemistrySelect. 8(27). 1 indexed citations
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Franz, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Integrated electrosynthesis and biosynthesis for the production of adipic acid from lignin-derived phenols. Green Chemistry. 25(12). 4662–4666. 7 indexed citations
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Rezwan, Kurosch, et al.. (2021). Impact of Surface Properties of Porous SiOC‐Based Materials on the Performance of Geobacter Biofilm Anodes. ChemElectroChem. 8(5). 850–857. 3 indexed citations
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Rago, Laura, et al.. (2021). The electrode potential determines the yield coefficients of early-stage Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilm anodes. Bioelectrochemistry. 140. 107752–107752. 24 indexed citations
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Koók, László, Péter Bakonyi, Falk Harnisch, et al.. (2019). Biofouling of membranes in microbial electrochemical technologies: Causes, characterization methods and mitigation strategies. Bioresource Technology. 279. 327–338. 77 indexed citations
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Pous, Narcís, Christin Koch, Jesús Colprim, Sebastià Puig, & Falk Harnisch. (2014). Extracellular electron transfer of biocathodes: Revealing the potentials for nitrate and nitrite reduction of denitrifying microbiomes dominated by Thiobacillus sp.. Electrochemistry Communications. 49. 93–97. 107 indexed citations
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Brown, Robert K., et al.. (2014). Evaluating the effects of scaling up on the performance of bioelectrochemical systems using a technical scale microbial electrolysis cell. Bioresource Technology. 163. 206–213. 67 indexed citations
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Carmona-Martínez, Alessandro A., Falk Harnisch, Lisa A. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2011). Cyclic voltammetric analysis of the electron transfer of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and nanofilament and cytochrome knock-out mutants. Bioelectrochemistry. 81(2). 74–80. 165 indexed citations
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Hernández, Vı́ctor Agmo, Juliane Nießen, Falk Harnisch, et al.. (2008). The adhesion and spreading of thrombocyte vesicles on electrode surfaces. Bioelectrochemistry. 74(1). 210–216. 23 indexed citations

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