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D-Index
57
Citations
13075
World Ranking
10991
National Ranking
795

Falk Harnisch publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Falk Harnisch sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 206 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Falk Harnisch D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Falk Harnisch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Falk Harnisch is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, particularly in areas related to microbial fuel cells, bioremediation, and electrochemical processes. The scientist's work encompasses key topics such as microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, electrochemical analysis and applications, and supercapacitor materials and fabrication.

Their frequent coauthors include Benjamin Korth, Anne Kuchenbuch, Jörg Kretzschmar, Paniz Izadi, and Luís F. M. Rosa. Harnisch has published extensively in several specialized journals, with notable frequent publication venues being ChemSusChem, ChemElectroChem, Bioelectrochemistry, Electrochimica Acta, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Microbial electrosynthesis: opportunities for microbial pure cultures, 2024, Trends in Biotechnology
  • Microbial electrosynthesis with Clostridium ljungdahlii benefits from hydrogen electron mediation and permits a greater variety of products, 2023, Green Chemistry
  • Microbial | electrochemical CO2 reduction: To integrate or not to integrate?, 2022, Joule
  • Electro-bioremediation of nitrate and arsenite polluted groundwater, 2020, Water Research
  • Microbial Electrosynthesis-An Inventory on Technology Readiness Level and Performance of Different Process Variants, 2020, Biotechnology Journal

Harnisch's main fields of study are Environmental Science and Engineering. Within these broad areas, their research extends into subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Pollution.

Best Publications

  • Challenges and Constraints of Using Oxygen Cathodes in Microbial Fuel Cells

    Feng Zhao;Falk Harnisch;Uwe Schröder;Fritz Scholz

  • On the use of cyclic voltammetry for the study of anodic electron transfer in microbial fuel cells

    Katja Fricke;Falk Harnisch;Uwe Schröder

  • Application of pyrolysed iron(II) phthalocyanine and CoTMPP based oxygen reduction catalysts as cathode materials in microbial fuel cells

    Feng Zhao;Falk Harnisch;Uwe Schröder;Fritz Scholz

  • Microbial electrochemistry and technology: terminology and classification

    Uwe Schröder;Falk Harnisch;Largus T. Angenent

  • From MFC to MXC: chemical and biological cathodes and their potential for microbial bioelectrochemical systems

    Falk Harnisch;Uwe Schröder

  • Subcritical Water as Reaction Environment: Fundamentals of Hydrothermal Biomass Transformation

    Maria Möller;Peter Nilges;Falk Harnisch;Uwe Schröder

  • Is there a Specific Ecological Niche for Electroactive Microorganisms

    Christin Koch;Falk Harnisch

  • Electrospun and solution blown three-dimensional carbon fiber nonwovens for application as electrodes in microbial fuel cells

    Shuiliang Chen;Haoqing Hou;Falk Harnisch;Sunil A. Patil

  • Improvement of the anodic bioelectrocatalytic activity of mixed culture biofilms by a simple consecutive electrochemical selection procedure

    Ying Liu;Falk Harnisch;Katja Fricke;Rabea Sietmann

  • A basic tutorial on cyclic voltammetry for the investigation of electroactive microbial biofilms.

    Falk Harnisch;Stefano Freguia

  • Electroactive mixed culture derived biofilms in microbial bioelectrochemical systems: the role of pH on biofilm formation, performance and composition.

    Sunil A. Patil;Falk Harnisch;Christin Koch;Thomas Hübschmann

  • The suitability of monopolar and bipolar ion exchange membranes as separators for biological fuel cells.

    Falk Harnisch;Uwe Schröder;Fritz Scholz

  • Tungsten carbide as electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction in pH neutral electrolyte solutions

    Falk Harnisch;Gustav Sievers;Uwe Schröder

  • Layered corrugated electrode macrostructures boost microbial bioelectrocatalysis

    Shuiliang Chen;Guanghua He;Qin Liu;Falk Harnisch

  • Electroactive mixed culture biofilms in microbial bioelectrochemical systems: the role of temperature for biofilm formation and performance.

    Sunil A. Patil;Falk Harnisch;Balasaheb Kapadnis;Uwe Schröder

  • Cyclic voltammetric analysis of the electron transfer of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and nanofilament and cytochrome knock-out mutants.

    Alessandro A. Carmona-Martinez;Falk Harnisch;Lisa A. Fitzgerald;Justin C. Biffinger

  • Comparative study of IVB–VIB transition metal compound electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Sebastian Wirth;Falk Harnisch;Markus Weinmann;Uwe Schröder

  • Selectivity versus mobility: separation of anode and cathode in microbial bioelectrochemical systems.

    Falk Harnisch;Uwe Schröder

  • The study of electrochemically active microbial biofilms on different carbon-based anode materials in microbial fuel cells

    Ying Liu;Falk Harnisch;Katja Fricke;Uwe Schröder

  • Effects of substrate and metabolite crossover on the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cells: Platinum vs. iron(II) phthalocyanine based electrodes

    Falk Harnisch;Sebastian Wirth;Uwe Schröder

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Schröder
Uwe Schröder University of Greifswald
Korneel Rabaey
Korneel Rabaey Ghent University
Fritz Scholz
Fritz Scholz University of Greifswald
Sebastià Puig
Sebastià Puig University of Girona
Philip L. Bond
Philip L. Bond University of Queensland
Peter Hildebrandt
Peter Hildebrandt Technical University of Berlin
Jesús Colprim
Jesús Colprim University of Girona
Tunga Salthammer
Tunga Salthammer Fraunhofer Society
Hauke Harms
Hauke Harms Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Andreas Greiner
Andreas Greiner University of Bayreuth

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