Kristian Torbensen

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kristian Torbensen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristian Torbensen has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Kristian Torbensen's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (8 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (7 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (6 papers). Kristian Torbensen is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (8 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (7 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (6 papers). Kristian Torbensen collaborates with scholars based in France, Denmark and Italy. Kristian Torbensen's co-authors include Marc Robert, Dorian Joulié, Shaoxuan Ren, Curtis P. Berlinguette, Danielle A. Salvatore, Min Wang, Ümit İşçi, Fabienne Dumoulin, Benedikt Lassalle‐Kaiser and Daniela Mendoza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kristian Torbensen

25 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Molecular electrocatalysts can mediate fast, selective CO ₂ reduction in a flow cell

2019 786 citations Shaoxuan Ren, Dorian Joulié et al. Science profile →
CO2 electrochemical catalytic reduction with a highly active cobalt phthalocyanine

2019 402 citations Min Wang, Kristian Torbensen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristian Torbensen France	13	1.3k	717	509	423	258	25	1.7k
Zhen Chi China	17	983 0.7×	228 0.3×	530 1.0×	1.2k 2.9×	22 0.1×	42	1.7k
Hsiang‐Yun Chen United States	15	415 0.3×	210 0.3×	501 1.0×	656 1.6×	73 0.3×	23	1.3k
Olaf Brummel Germany	23	839 0.6×	305 0.4×	659 1.3×	932 2.2×	18 0.1×	79	1.6k
Yonglong Zheng China	16	708 0.5×	94 0.1×	608 1.2×	778 1.8×	22 0.1×	23	1.6k
Hyungsoo Lee South Korea	30	1.5k 1.2×	103 0.1×	1.6k 3.0×	1.5k 3.6×	9 0.0×	67	2.5k
Gergely F. Samu Hungary	22	562 0.4×	126 0.2×	946 1.9×	1.0k 2.5×	35 0.1×	61	1.6k
Meng‐Jia Sun China	16	297 0.2×	149 0.2×	615 1.2×	689 1.6×	49 0.2×	35	1.2k
C. Reece United States	13	195 0.1×	244 0.3×	238 0.5×	601 1.4×	24 0.1×	34	855
Masato M. Maitani Japan	20	483 0.4×	128 0.2×	771 1.5×	885 2.1×	6 0.0×	64	1.6k
Lilac Amirav Israel	23	1.3k 1.0×	61 0.1×	1.1k 2.1×	1.9k 4.5×	10 0.0×	48	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristian Torbensen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Torbensen, Kristian, et al.. (2025). Beyond scaling relations in electrocatalysis: unifying concepts from molecular systems and metallic surfaces. Chemical Science. 16(15). 6136–6159. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Siqi, Zhaozong Sun, Hong‐Qing Liang, et al.. (2023). Steering carbon dioxide reduction toward C–C coupling using copper electrodes modified with porous molecular films. Nature Communications. 14(1). 844–844. 64 indexed citations

Torbensen, Kristian, Charles N. Baroud, Sandra Ristori, & Ali Abou‐Hassan. (2021). Tip Streaming of a Lipid-Stabilized Double Emulsion Generated in a Microfluidic Channel. Langmuir. 37(24). 7442–7448. 4 indexed citations

Budroni, Marcello A., et al.. (2020). Microfluidic compartmentalization of diffusively coupled oscillators in multisomes induces a novel synchronization scenario. Chemical Communications. 56(79). 11771–11774. 10 indexed citations

Torbensen, Kristian, Dorian Joulié, Shaoxuan Ren, et al.. (2020). Molecular Catalysts Boost the Rate of Electrolytic CO₂ Reduction. ACS Energy Letters. 5(5). 1512–1518. 63 indexed citations

Budroni, Marcello A., Kristian Torbensen, Sandra Ristori, Ali Abou‐Hassan, & Federico Rossi. (2020). Membrane Structure Drives Synchronization Patterns in Arrays of Diffusively Coupled Self-Oscillating Droplets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(6). 2014–2020. 28 indexed citations

Torbensen, Kristian, et al.. (2020). Emergence of CO2 electrolyzers including supported molecular catalysts. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 24. 49–55. 20 indexed citations

Torbensen, Kristian, et al.. (2020). Iron Porphyrin Allows Fast and Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to CO in a Flow Cell. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(14). 3034–3038. 64 indexed citations

Torbensen, Kristian, Anisha N. Patel, Agnès Anne, et al.. (2020). Probing the Enzymatic Activity of Individual Biocatalytic fd-Viral Particles by Electrochemical-Atomic Force Microscopy. ACS Catalysis. 10(14). 7843–7856. 10 indexed citations

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Torbensen, Kristian, et al.. (2019). Exploring the water/oil/water interface of phospholipid stabilized double emulsions by micro-focusing synchrotron SAXS. RSC Advances. 9(57). 33429–33435. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Min, Kristian Torbensen, Danielle A. Salvatore, et al.. (2019). CO2 electrochemical catalytic reduction with a highly active cobalt phthalocyanine. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3602–3602. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Shaoxuan, Dorian Joulié, Danielle A. Salvatore, et al.. (2019). Molecular electrocatalysts can mediate fast, selective CO ₂ reduction in a flow cell. Science. 365(6451). 367–369. 786 indexed citations breakdown →

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Torbensen, Kristian, Sandra Ristori, Federico Rossi, & Ali Abou‐Hassan. (2017). Tuning the Chemical Communication of Oscillating Microdroplets by Means of Membrane Composition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(24). 13256–13264. 20 indexed citations

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Cola, Emanuela Di, et al.. (2017). Lipid-Stabilized Water–Oil Interfaces Studied by Microfocusing Small-Angle X-ray Scattering. Langmuir. 33(36). 9100–9105. 7 indexed citations

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Torbensen, Kristian, Federico Rossi, Sandra Ristori, & Ali Abou‐Hassan. (2017). Chemical communication and dynamics of droplet emulsions in networks of Belousov–Zhabotinsky micro-oscillators produced by microfluidics. Lab on a Chip. 17(7). 1179–1189. 44 indexed citations

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Torbensen, Kristian & Ali Abou‐Hassan. (2015). Easy-to-Assemble and Adjustable Coaxial Flow-Focusing Microfluidic Device for Generating Controllable Water/Oil/Water Double Emulsions: Toward Templating Giant Liposomes with Different Properties. Journal of Flow Chemistry. 5(4). 234–240. 7 indexed citations

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Torbensen, Kristian, et al.. (2015). Interaction of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction with Phospholipid Engineered Membranes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119(32). 10224–10230. 22 indexed citations

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Torbensen, Kristian, et al.. (2013). Electron Transport through a Diazonium-Based Initiator Layer to Covalently Attached Polymer Brushes of Ferrocenylmethyl Methacrylate. Langmuir. 29(44). 13595–13604. 27 indexed citations

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Torbensen, Kristian, et al.. (2012). Using Time‐Resolved Electrochemical Patterning to Gain Fundamental Insight into Aryl‐Radical Surface Modification. ChemPhysChem. 13(14). 3303–3307. 6 indexed citations

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Torbensen, Kristian, Joseph Iruthayaraj, Marcel Ceccato, et al.. (2012). Conducting and ordered carbon films obtained by pyrolysis of covalently attached polyphenylene and polyanthracene layers on silicon substrates. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22(35). 18172–18172. 9 indexed citations

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