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Research interests
Frank Marken has in September 2004 been appointed to a Senior Lecturer position at the University of Bath and promoted to Reader in 2008 and to Professor in 2011. General research interests are linked to electrochemistry in the context of water, solar energy, and sensing. This includes the development of novel electrochemical technologies including oxide nano-structures for electro-catalysis for CO2 reduction, liquid-liquid triple phase junction processes, bio-electrochemical processes, ultrasound and microwave and sunlight-enhanced electrochemistry, solid state electrochemical processing, iontronics and ionic diodes in desalination, paired and self-supported organic syntheses, membranes for water harvesting, and industrially relevant electrode reactions (more than 530 publications). In 2009 Frank Marken was awarded the Theophilus Redwood lectureship by the Analytical Division of the RSC and in 2018 he was awarded the RSC Geoffrey Barker medal for electrochemistry. In 2019 he was awarded a Fellowship of the International Society of Electrochemistry.
Research
Electrochemical reactions occur when charges move across interfaces (e.g. electrode | liquid or liquid | liquid interfaces or more complicated interfacial structures). The potential applied to the electrode or membrane and the materials and interfacial design allow processes to be controlled or selected. I am interested in both fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemistry linked to water and to energy technologies, and in particular in (i) how energy (light, 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 for CO2), novel electrode designs and materials (e.g. diamond, junctions, and nanoparticle assemblies, polymers of intrinsic microporosity), (iii) catalytic processes, (iv) bioelectrochemical processes, and (v) transport processes at interfaces on micro- and macroscopic level including water transport in membranes.
Research interests
- Electrochemistry at Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes
- Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity at Electrode Surfaces to Stabilise Catalysts
- Ultrasound and Microwave Enhanced Electrochemical Processes in Mono- and Biphasic Media
- Photochemical Processes and Electrochemical Energy Conversion
- Electroinsertion Processes and Electrochemically Driven Solid State Conversions
- Liquid - Liquid Ion Insertion and Expulsion Processes - Reactions at Triple Interfaces
- Applications of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes in Electroanalysis and Electrosynthesis
- Reaction Mechanisms, New Methods in Electrosynthesis, and Electrocatalysis
- Electrochemistry of Cellulose, Textile Materials, and Dyes
- Membrane Electrochemistry and Ionic Diodes in Desalination and Water Harvesting
Activities
- A joint CO2 reduction project (Univeristy of Bath, Bristol University, UWE) funded by the EPSRC Grand Challenge Call (EP/H046305/1: Nano-Integration of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Catalysis for the Uptake and Utilisation of CO2).
- Find out more about the Bath Electrochemical Impedance Summer School and Bath Electrochemistry Winter School.
- Find out more about the Electrochemistry Newsletter.
- Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide: Overcoming the Limitations of Photosynthesis
Editors: Frank Marken, David Fermin, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781782623809
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- QD Chemistry
- Electrochemistry
- Sensors
- Energy
- Materials
- Kinetics
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Probing the Role of Alkali Metals in Oxygen Evolution Catalysis.
Freakley, S., Marken, F. & Falsaperna, M.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/11/22 → 30/09/24
Project: Research council
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The influence of current ripple in Li-ion batteries; characterisation via in-situ X-ray absorption fine structure and X-ray diffraction
Lunt, A., Marken, F., Vagg, C. & Richards, H.
8/07/22 → …
Project: Research-related funding
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The influence of current ripple in Li-ion batteries with AVL
Lunt, A., Vagg, C. & Marken, F.
8/07/22 → 7/01/26
Project: Research-related funding
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Microtomography and lattice strain characterisation of carbon fibre composite structural batteries during in-situ loading
Lunt, A., Asp, L., Marken, F., Bowen, C., Barthelay, T., Gray, R., Rodriguez Santana, P., Rhead, A. & Dolbyna, I. P.
6/10/21 → …
Project: Research-related funding
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A chemist's guide to photoelectrode development for water splitting – the importance of molecular precursor design
Harris-Lee, T. R., Marken, F., Bentley, C. L., Zhang, J. & Johnson, A. L., 21 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: EES Catalysis. 42 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition of Highly Efficient Mixed Anatase-Rutile TiO2 for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Johnson, A., Harris-Lee, T., Marken, F., Zhang, J., Bentley, C. & Della Gaspera, E., 1 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Materials Advances. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Controlled electrodeposition of brookite TiO2 for photoelectroanalysis at printed carbon electrodes
Bott-Neto, J. L., Martins, T. S., Oliveira, O. N. & Marken, F., 15 Dec 2023, In: Applied Surface Science. 640, 158316.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Driving electrochemical membrane processes with coupled ionic diodes
Li, Z., Mathwig, K., Arotiba, O. A., Tshwenya, L., Batista Carneiro Neto, E., Chaves Pereira, E. & Marken, F., 30 Jun 2023, In: Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 39, 101280.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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ECL sensor for selective determination of citrate ions as a prostate cancer biomarker using polymer of intrinsic microporosity-1 nanoparticles/nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots
Afshary, H., Amiri, M., Marken, F., Mckeown, N. & Amiri, M., 1 Jun 2023, In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 415, 14, p. 2727-2736 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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DFT study of the hydrogen transfer step in the 4-benzoyloxy-TEMPO catalysed oxidation of alcohols
Buchard, A. (Creator), Marken, F. (Project Leader) & Ahn, S. (Project Member), University of Bath, 13 Jul 2015
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1513781
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Data for "A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer-based chemical sensor"
Bryant, M. (Data Collector), Skelton, J. (Creator), Hatcher, L. (Project Member), Stubbs, C. (Project Member), Madrid, E. (Project Member), R. Pallipurath, A. (Project Member), Thomas, L. (Project Member), Woodall, C. (Project Member), Christensen, J. (Project Member), Fuertes, S. (Project Member), Robinson, T. (Project Member), Beavers, C. (Project Member), Teat, S. J. (Project Member), Warren, M. (Project Member), Pradaux-Caggiano, F. (Project Member), Walsh, A. (Project Member), Marken, F. (Project Member), Carbery, D. (Project Member), Parker, S. (Project Member), Mckeown, N. B. (Project Member), Malpass-evans, R. (Project Member), Carta, M. (Project Member) & Raithby, P. (Project Leader), University of Bath, 27 Nov 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00440
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Dataset for "Conductive polymer-coated 3D printed microneedles: biocompatible platforms for minimally invasive biosensing interfaces"
Keirouz, T. (Creator), Mustafa, Y. (Creator), Turner, J. (Creator), Lay, E. (Creator), Jungwirth, U. (Creator), Marken, F. (Creator) & Leese, H. (Creator), University of Bath, 3 Jan 2023
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01210
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