Robert Francke

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Francke is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Francke has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Organic Chemistry, 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert Francke's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (25 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (18 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (15 papers). Robert Francke is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (25 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (18 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (15 papers). Robert Francke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Latvia. Robert Francke's co-authors include R. Daniel Little, Michael Roemelt, Matthias Beller, Siegfried R. Waldvogel, C. Altona, Hong‐Qing Liang, Hans Ippel, Edgars Sūna, R. Kötz and D. Cericola and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Robert Francke

54 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

Redox catalysis in organic electrosynthesis: basic principles and recent developments

2014 1.6k citations Robert Francke, R. Daniel Little Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Homogeneously Catalyzed Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide—Methods, Mechanisms, and Catalysts

2018 961 citations Robert Francke, Michael Roemelt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Francke Germany	22	2.4k	1.7k	621	573	471	58	4.0k
Achille Inesi Italy	29	1.5k 0.6×	597 0.3×	571 0.9×	665 1.2×	193 0.4×	124	2.6k
Julio Lloret‐Fillol Spain	39	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	318 0.5×	368 0.6×	1.3k 2.8×	121	4.9k
Shu‐Ping Luo China	32	2.1k 0.9×	770 0.4×	382 0.6×	417 0.7×	524 1.1×	76	3.1k
T. Brent Gunnoe United States	46	4.8k 2.1×	974 0.6×	661 1.1×	572 1.0×	1.0k 2.1×	202	6.4k
Smaranda C. Marinescu United States	30	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	351 0.6×	369 0.6×	1.1k 2.3×	52	3.9k
Toomas Rodima Estonia	17	1.5k 0.7×	391 0.2×	229 0.4×	251 0.4×	320 0.7×	22	2.5k
Jun Tae Song Japan	26	1.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	492 0.8×	116 0.2×	1.1k 2.4×	98	3.1k
Günter Ebeling Brazil	26	1.4k 0.6×	249 0.1×	797 1.3×	163 0.3×	497 1.1×	53	2.4k
Xu Cheng China	41	4.4k 1.9×	528 0.3×	194 0.3×	119 0.2×	704 1.5×	136	5.5k
Mark S. Mashuta United States	32	1.4k 0.6×	657 0.4×	98 0.2×	237 0.4×	623 1.3×	130	3.0k

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Liu, Na, Stephan Bartling, Nils Rockstroh, et al.. (2025). Pre-treated carbon additive enables reduction of metal loading in CoNiFe oxide-based OER electrocatalysts while maintaining performance. Journal of Catalysis. 450. 116299–116299. 1 indexed citations

Bardagí, Javier I., et al.. (2025). On the use of propylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate as green solvents in organic electrosynthesis. Green Chemistry. 27(16). 4280–4288. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Na, Yisong Han, Olga S. Bokareva, et al.. (2025). Heterogenized Copper(II) Phenanthroline Catalysts for Electroreduction of CO ₂ to C ₂ Compounds: Substitution on the Ligand Causes Structural Changes to the Molecular Framework and Stability Enhancement. Advanced Materials. 38(3). e13702–e13702.

Plevová, Michaela, Stephan Bartling, Nils Rockstroh, et al.. (2024). Oxygen-deficient annealing boosts performance of CoNiFe oxide electrocatalyst in oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Catalysis. 438. 115675–115675. 6 indexed citations

Li, Sihan, Xinzhe Shi, Anke Spannenberg, et al.. (2024). A General Concept for the Electronic and Steric Modification of 1‐Metallacyclobuta‐2,3‐dienes: A Case Study of Group 4 Metallocene Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(30). e202400708–e202400708. 5 indexed citations

Villinger, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Photoinduced Tandem C−O Bond Reduction/Ketyl Radical Addition Reactions of α‐Keto‐N,O‐Acetals Enabled by Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer. ChemPhotoChem. 8(8). 1 indexed citations

Little, R. Daniel, Kevin D. Moeller, & Robert Francke. (2024). Organic and molecular electrochemistry (2024)–Fresh impetus for organic synthesis. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 49. 101630–101630.

Liu, Na, Wen Ju, & Robert Francke. (2024). Molecular copper catalysts for electro-reductive homocoupling of CO2 towards C2 compounds. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 49. 101598–101598. 4 indexed citations

Fennel, Franziska, et al.. (2023). Quantitative prediction of excited-state decay rates for radical anion photocatalysts. Chemical Communications. 59(64). 9726–9729. 6 indexed citations

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Francke, Robert & R. Daniel Little. (2023). Electrochemical catalysis of redox-neutral organic reactions. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 40. 101315–101315. 12 indexed citations

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Batanero, Belén, Christoph J. Bondue, Richard C. D. Brown, et al.. (2023). Selective organic electrosynthesis: general discussion. Faraday Discussions. 247(0). 70–78. 2 indexed citations

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Kvı́čala, Jaroslav, et al.. (2022). Determination of Diaryliodonium Species by Reverse Iodometric Titration with Ascorbic Acid. Electroanalysis. 35(5). 2 indexed citations

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Sokolovs, Igors, Märt Lõkov, Mihkel Ugandi, et al.. (2022). Electrochemistry and Reactivity of Chelation‐stabilized Hypervalent Bromine(III) Compounds. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(42). 10 indexed citations

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Liang, Hong‐Qing, Torsten Beweries, Robert Francke, & Matthias Beller. (2022). Molecular Catalysts for the Reductive Homocoupling of CO₂ towards C₂₊ Compounds. Angewandte Chemie. 134(19). 11 indexed citations

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Francke, Robert. (2020). Integrating Catalytic Processes and Modern Electrolyte Concepts into Electrosynthesis. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 74(1-2). 49–49. 9 indexed citations

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Francke, Robert. (2019). Electrogenerated hypervalent iodine compounds as mediators in organic synthesis. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 15. 83–88. 62 indexed citations

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Rosas‐Hernández, Alonso, Steffen Fischer, Anke Spannenberg, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic Insights into the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ Catalyzed by Iron Cyclopentadienone Complexes. Organometallics. 38(6). 1236–1247. 24 indexed citations

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Francke, Robert, et al.. (2017). On the Use of Polyelectrolytes and Polymediators in Organic Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(2). 422–426. 35 indexed citations

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Francke, Robert & R. Daniel Little. (2014). Redox catalysis in organic electrosynthesis: basic principles and recent developments. Chemical Society Reviews. 43(8). 2492–2492. 1598 indexed citations breakdown →

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Francke, Robert, D. Cericola, R. Kötz, Gregor Schnakenburg, & Siegfried R. Waldvogel. (2011). Bis(2,2′‐biphenoxy)borates for Electrochemical Double‐Layer Capacitor Electrolytes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(11). 3082–3085. 15 indexed citations

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