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Dr Frank Marken

Overview

Electrochemical reactions proceed at polarised interfaces (e.g. electrode | liquid or liquid | liquid interfaces) placed in a reaction environment, which can be a liquid, solid, or gaseous phase. The potential applied to the electrode and the material and design allow processes to be controlled or selected. I am interested in fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemistry and in particular in (i) how energy (microwave, ultrasound, etc.) can be used to beneficially modify (or couple into) interfacial processes, (ii) triple-junction processes (electro-insertion, emulsion processes, gas-diffusion cells), novel electrode designs and materials (e.g. diamond and nanoparticle assemblies), (iii) catalytic processes, (iv) bioelectrochemical processes, and (v) transport processes at interfaces on micro- and macroscopic level.

Activities

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Just Out

 

Electrochemically Active Mercury Nanodroplets Trapped in a Carbon Nanoparticle - Chitosan Matrix
Rassaei L, Sillanpaa M, Edler KJ, Marken F, Electroanalysis, 2009, 21, 261.   
 
Anthraquinone catalysis in the glucose-driven reduction of indigo to leuco-indigo
Vuorema A, John P, Keskitalo M, Mahon MF, Kulandainathan MA, Marken F, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2009, 11, 1816.   
 
Microwave-Enhanced Electrochemistry in Locally Superheated Aqueous-Glycerol Electrolyte Media
Rassaei L, Compton RG, Marken F, J Phys Chem C, 2009, 113, 3046.   
 
 

Vacancies

None currently. Please contact f.marken@bath.ac.uk for details or discussion.

Current Research

There are several areas of active research and collaborations with laboratories in Oxford (Professor Richard G. Compton, Professor John S. Foord, Dr. Barry A. Coles), Warsaw (Professor Marcin Opallo), Tokyo (Professor Mahito Atobe), and Melbourne (Professor Alan M. Bond) supported by The Royal Society, the Nuffield Foundation, the British Council, and the EPSRC.

Research Interests

  1. Electrochemistry at Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes
  2. Nanoparticle Assemblies at Electrode Surfaces
  3. Ultrasound Enhanced Electrochemical Processes in Mono- and Biphasic Media
  4. Microwave Effects in Electrochemistry
  5. Electroinsertion Processes and Electrochemically Driven Solid State Conversions
  6. Liquid - Liquid Ion Insertion and Expulsion Processes - Reactions at Triple Interfaces
  7. Applications of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes in Electroanalysis and Electrosynthesis
  8. Reaction Mechanisms, Electrosynthesis, and Electrocatalysis
  9. Electrochemistry of Cellulose, Textile Materials, and Dyes