Frank Marken

Personal profile

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 water, solar energy, and sensing. This includes the development of novel electrochemical technologies including oxide nano-structure 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, and industrially relevant electrode reactions (more than 480 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.

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 and the material 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 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.

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

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
Modern Electrosynthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry

Editors: ByFrank Marken, Mahito Atobe, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429434051

Keywords

QD Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Sensors
Energy
Materials
Kinetics

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Projects

4 Active
26 Finished

Microfocus X-ray absorption fine structure and fluorescence spectroscopy of lithiation in cathodic coatings of carbon fibres in structural batteries

Lunt, A., Barthelay, T., Gray, R., Rhead, A., Marken, F., Bowen, C. & Asp, L.

30/09/20 → …

Project: Research council

Future Proofing SEM Excellence at the University of Bath

Knight, J., Cole, M., Dale, S., Fletcher, P., Leese, H., Lubben, A. T. & Marken, F.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

13/02/20 → 12/08/21

Project: Research council

Microtomography and lattice strain characterisation in composite structural batteries during Li+ intercalation

Lunt, A., Rhead, A., Bowen, C., Gray, R., Barthelay, T., Marken, F. & Asp, L.

1/10/19 → …

Project: Other

Pyroelectric water splitting and water treatment using ferroelectric materials

Marken, F.

The Leverhulme Trust

1/11/18 → 30/06/21

Project: UK charity

“Smart Materials and Molecules for Sustainable Chemical Technologies and Clean Energy”

Hintermair, U., James, T., Bull, S., Islam, S., Hill, M., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Marken, F., Squires, A., Kohn, R., Johnson, A., Krewald, V., Düren, T., Eslava, S., White, T. J., Chye, J., Dong, Z., Pumera, M., Su, H. & Chi, R.

30/05/17 → 30/07/18

Project: Research-related funding

Research Output

2D-layered Ti₃C₂/TiO₂ hybrids derived from Ti₃C₂ MXenes for enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption

Fan, B., Shang, S., Dai, B., Zhao, B., Li, N., Li, M., Zhang, L., Zhang, R. & Marken, F., 7 Apr 2020, In : Ceramics International.