Summary
Biography
Date |
Role |
| 2020 - present | Lecturer |
| 2012 - 2020 | Research Associate Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2007 - 2011 | PhD in Electrochemical Engineering 'Electrochemical recovery of nickel from nickel sulfamate effluents' Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2003 - 2007 | MSci (Hons) in Physics, Department of Physics, Imperial College London |
research interests
I am head of the Electrochemical Systems Laboratory research group.
My principal interests and expertise are in the science and engineering of electrochemical energy conversion, CO2 reduction and separation processes for industrial effluent treatment and material recycling. My academic research projects have all been aimed at solving industrial problems and involved experimental and numerical modelling components. The strategy followed in former, current and future projects is to progress from theoretical assessments of a given problem, to small-scale experimental investigations and process modelling and then on to system design, operation, characterisation and scale-up.
- Electrochemical energy conversion
- Water splitting & CO2 reduction
- Experimental characterisation of semiconductor | electrolyte interfaces
- Micro-kinetic modelling of (photo-)electrochemical processes
- Design, characterisation and modelling of scaled (photo-)electrochemical reactor systems
- Metal recovery by electrodeposition
- CO2 utilisation
I co-lead the Imperial College Electrochemistry Network together with Dr Ifan E. L. Stephens (Materials) and Dr Clotilde S. Cucinotta (Chemistry).
I am an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Electrochemical Engineering.
I am the Research Theme Champion in Sustainable Power (Solar) at the Energy Futures Lab.
TEACHING
1. MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures - Solar energy conversion using photovoltaics (SEF01 Solar) - Module leader
2. Introduction to Electrochemistry (MEng in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry 2, CENG50008) - Lecturer
3. Discovery Lab: Seawater Corrosion experiment (MEng in Chemical Engineering, CENG60007) - Lead academic
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Bedoya-Lora FE, Holmes-Gentle I, Hankin A, 2021, Electrochemical techniques for photoelectrode characterisation, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Vol:29, ISSN:2452-2236, Pages:1-8
Hankin A, Bedoya-Lora FE, Alexander JC, et al., 2019, Flat band potential determination: avoiding the pitfalls, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol:7, ISSN:2050-7488, Pages:26162-26176
Hankin A, Bedoya-Lora FE, Ong CK, et al., 2017, From millimetres to metres: the critical role of current density distributions in photo-electrochemical reactor design, Energy & Environmental Science, Vol:10, ISSN:1754-5692, Pages:346-360
Hankin A, Alexander JC, Kelsall GH, 2014, Constraints to the flat band potential of hematite photo-electrodes, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:16, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:16176-16186