Our research interests:
- Organic electrosynthesis: method development and mechanistic studies
- Electrocatalysis and electrochemical catalysis
- Organic electrolytes for synthesis and energy storage
- New approaches toward sustainable electrolysis and separation
- Electrochemical CO2 reduction
- Flow electrochemistry
News
01/2020: Electrochemistry Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA
Robert attends and contributes a talk on "Electrochemical Catalysis and Molecular Rearrangements"
11/2019: New group member from Mainz begins work on dissertation
Welcome to Rostock, Patrick!
05/2019: Defense double feature
Benni and Timo successfully defended their PhD theses. Congratulations!
03/2019: New postdoc starts his research in our lab
Welcome Igors!
01/2019: New postdoc in our group
Welcome Michal!
11/2018: Nayereh starts her PhD project
We wish you a good start and all the best for your future research!
09/2018: Benni and Timo attend the GDCh Meeting "Electrochemistry 2018"
Benni and Timo present their research with poster contributions at the Electrochemistry 2018 in Ulm.
09/2018: Arend and Robert travel to Bologna
Arend and Robert attend the 69th Annual ISE Meeting in Bologna and contribute one lecture each.
08/2018: New postdoc in our group
Welcome Huyen!
03/2018: Poster prize awarded at the 51st German Catalysis Meeting in Weimar
Congratulations Arend!
Contact
Dr. Robert Francke
Institute of Chemistry
Electrosynthesis Group
Rostock University
Albert-Einstein-Str. 3a
18059 Rostock
Phone: +49-(0)381-498-6456
Fax: +49-(0)381-498-6452
E-mail: robert.franckeuni-rostockde
Special Issue 'Organic Electrosynthesis'
Check out the 2019 Special Issue on Organic Electrosynthesis in ChemElectroChem.
Current research papers
"Iodophenylsulfonates and Iodobenzoates as Redox-Active Supporting Electrolytes for Electrosynthesis"
ChemElectroChem 2019, 6, 4229-4237.
"A Selective Earth-Abundant System for CO2 Reduction: Comparing Photo- and Electrocatalytic Processes"
ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 2091−2100.
"Mechanistic Insights into the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by Iron Cyclopentadienone Complexes"
Organometallics 2019, 38, 1236–1247.
"An Electrocatalytic Newman-Kwart-type Rearrangement"
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 7483-7487.
"On the Use of Polyelectrolytes and Polymediators in Organic Electrosynthesis"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 422–426.