The UK Catalysis Hub
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Chem Eng and Analytical Science
Abstract
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Publications
Zhu X
(2018)
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide on copper-based nanocatalysts using the rotating ring-disc electrode
in Electrochimica Acta
Zhang X
(2016)
Heterogeneously Catalyzed Hydrothermal Processing of C5-C6 Sugars.
in Chemical reviews
Xu S
(2021)
Catalytic decomposition of NO2 over a copper-decorated metal-organic framework by non-thermal plasma
in Cell Reports Physical Science
Xu S
(2019)
Sustaining metal-organic frameworks for water-gas shift catalysis by non-thermal plasma
in Nature Catalysis
Xu R
(2022)
Improving the ORR performance by enhancing the Pt oxidation resistance
in Journal of Catalysis
Wingad RL
(2016)
Catalytic conversion of methanol/ethanol to isobutanol--a highly selective route to an advanced biofuel.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Wangkawong K
(2020)
Kinetics of Water Gas Shift Reaction on Au/CeZrO4: A Comparison Between Conventional Heating and Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma Activation
in Topics in Catalysis
Vakili R
(2018)
Understanding the CO Oxidation on Pt Nanoparticles Supported on MOFs by Operando XPS.
in ChemCatChem
Tierney GF
(2019)
Extracting structural information of Au colloids at ultra-dilute concentrations: identification of growth during nanoparticle immobilization.
in Nanoscale advances
Tierney G
(2021)
Controlling the Production of Acid Catalyzed Products of Furfural Hydrogenation by Pd/TiO 2
in ChemCatChem
Taday F
(2020)
Asymmetric Construction of Alkaloids by Employing a Key ?-Transaminase Cascade.
in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Su Y
(2019)
Self-Limiting Growth of Two-Dimensional Palladium between Graphene Oxide Layers.
in Nano letters
Stere CE
(2017)
Non-Thermal Plasma Activation of Gold-Based Catalysts for Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Catalysis.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Silverwood IP
(2016)
Towards microfluidic reactors for in situ synchrotron infrared studies.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Silva Â
(2017)
Nb2O5/SBA-15 catalyzed propanoic acid esterification
in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Qiu C
(2023)
Compositional Evolution of Individual CoNPs on Co/TiO2 during CO and Syngas Treatment Resolved through Soft XAS/X-PEEM.
in ACS catalysis
Qiu C
(2020)
Direct observation of the evolving metal-support interaction of individual cobalt nanoparticles at the titania and silica interface.
in Chemical science
Qiu C
(2022)
Resolving the Effect of Oxygen Vacancies on Co Nanostructures Using Soft XAS/X-PEEM.
in ACS catalysis
Qin Y
(2019)
In situ synthesized low-PtCo@porous carbon catalyst for highly efficient hydrogen evolution
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Puthiyapura VK
(2016)
Biobutanol as Fuel for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells-Investigation of Sn-Modified Pt Catalyst for Butanol Electro-oxidation.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Puthiyapura VK
(2018)
Effect of Mass Transport on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Alcohols Over Electrodeposited Film and Carbon-Supported Pt Electrodes.
in Topics in catalysis
Pott M
(2018)
A Noncanonical Proximal Heme Ligand Affords an Efficient Peroxidase in a Globin Fold.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Pavel OD
(2018)
Impact of SCILL catalysts for the S-S coupling of thiols to disulfides.
in Faraday discussions
Ortmayer M
(2020)
Rewiring the "Push-Pull" Catalytic Machinery of a Heme Enzyme Using an Expanded Genetic Code.
in ACS catalysis
O'Malley AJ
(2017)
Neutron spectroscopy as a tool in catalytic science.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
O'Malley AJ
(2016)
Room temperature methoxylation in zeolites: insight into a key step of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Nguyen T
(2020)
Correlation of the ratio of metallic to oxide species with activity of PdPt catalysts for methane oxidation
in Catalysis Science & Technology
Newland SH
(2016)
Influence of dopant substitution mechanism on catalytic properties within hierarchical architectures.
in Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Newland RJ
(2018)
Small bite-angle 2-phosphinophosphinine ligands enable rhodium-catalysed hydroboration of carbonyls.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Newland R
(2018)
Accessing Alkyl- and Alkenylcyclopentanes from Cr-Catalyzed Ethylene Oligomerization Using 2-Phosphinophosphinine Ligands
in Organometallics
Newland R
(2018)
Two isomers of a bis(diphenylphosphino)phosphinine, and the synthesis and reactivity of Ru arene/Cp* phosphinophosphinine complexes
in New Journal of Chemistry
Morad M
(2017)
Multifunctional supported bimetallic catalysts for a cascade reaction with hydrogen auto transfer: synthesis of 4-phenylbutan-2-ones from 4-methoxybenzyl alcohols
in Catalysis Science & Technology
Mora-Fonz D
(2017)
Development of Interatomic Potentials for Supported Nanoparticles: The Cu/ZnO Case
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Messinis A
(2018)
The highly surprising behaviour of diphosphine ligands in iron-catalysed Negishi cross-coupling
in Nature Catalysis
Merino-Jimenez I
(2017)
Enhanced MFC power production and struvite recovery by the addition of sea salts to urine.
in Water research
Matam SK
(2018)
Room temperature methoxylation in zeolite H-ZSM-5: an operando DRIFTS/mass spectrometric study.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Mansell SM
(2017)
Catalytic applications of small bite-angle diphosphorus ligands with single-atom linkers.
in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Locke E
(2018)
Catalysis of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by 4-10 nm Cobalt Nanoparticles.
in Topics in catalysis
Lezcano-Gonzalez I
(2020)
Insight into the effects of confined hydrocarbon species on the lifetime of methanol conversion catalysts.
in Nature materials
Kondrat SA
(2016)
Stable amorphous georgeite as a precursor to a high-activity catalyst.
in Nature
Kang L
(2020)
Design, Identification, and Evolution of a Surface Ruthenium(II/III) Single Site for CO Activation
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Kang L
(2021)
The Electrophilicity of Surface Carbon Species in the Redox Reactions of CuO-CeO 2 Catalysts
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Jones W
(2020)
Improving Photocatalytic Energy Conversion via NAD(P)H
in Joule
Johnston S
(2018)
An investigation into the stability and use of non-stoichiometric YBaCo4O7+d for oxygen enrichment processes
in Solid State Ionics
Jiang S
(2019)
Shape-persistent porous organic cage supported palladium nanoparticles as heterogeneous catalytic materials.
in Nanoscale
Jarvis AG
(2017)
Enzyme Activity by Design: An Artificial Rhodium Hydroformylase for Linear Aldehydes.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Description | Catalysis is a core area of current science, engineering and technology that has substantial economic and societal impact, underpinning £50 billion of products annually in UK manufacturing industry. Although rooted in chemistry and chemical engineering, catalytic science is now strongly multidisciplinary drawing strongly from materials and bio-sciences. The aim of the Energy theme is to develop fundamental knowledge regarding energy supply and security which lies at the heart of concerns for society as a whole and this theme will address how catalysis can and will play a central role in this important topic. |
Exploitation Route | The Energy theme of the Catalysis hub is accessing new methods for reforming processes, fuel cells using long chain alcohols derived from biobased sources, biofuels and life cycle assessment for the processes developed. These new catalytic processes will enable step changes in our ability to utilise biobased energy vectors in the future and make a reall assessment as to the environmental and economic impact of the new technology. |
Sectors | Chemicals,Construction,Energy,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Transport |
Description | The Catalysis Hub was founded with EPSRC funding in 2013 with three main aims: • To establish a world-leading, comprehensive and coordinated programme of catalytic science in the UK. • To develop new knowledge and promote innovation in and translation of catalytic science and technology. • To enable the UK to regain and retain a world leading position in catalysis. The Hub has fully achieved these objectives: it has coordinated and developed the UK Catalysis community; it has established strong and enduring interactions with UK industry; and it is now widely known and recognised internationally. Key to its success has been its inclusivity, its effective management structure (described in more detail in the Annex) and its physical hub, based in the Research Complex (RCaH) on the Harwell campus. Its network of forty-one university groups around the UK now includes the great majority of academic catalytic scientists, while its wide ranging scientific programme is increasingly integrating the different fields within catalytic science. Its physical centre at the Harwell campus has provided a focus for the community and has facilitated the application to catalytic science of the world-class neutron, synchrotron and laser facilities on the campus. Through its scientific programme and its wide ranging and vibrant programme of activities including conferences, specialised workshops and outreach activities, the Hub has energised a broad community of scientists and facilitated wide ranging collaboration through multidisciplinary and multi-institution projects.An example of the approach that the Hub science has delivered in the first phase has been the utilisation of non-thermal plasmas for the activation of water gas shift catalysis (C.E. Stere, et al. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. (2017) 56, 5579). This study identified the role of the plasma in the reactions and facilitated an understanding of the possible reaction mechanisms involved as well as the impact of Joule heating. Importantly, the study involved a combination of theory and catalytic testing with the development of new in-situ characterisation techniques which could operate in the presence of the plasma. Therein, the activity over a Au/CeZrO4 catalyst at 25 °C was comparable with that attained by heating the catalyst to ~180 oC. Moreover, CO conversion observed (~70%) was much higher than that obtained at 100 oC (~20%) which was the catalyst temperature measured as a result of the Joule heating (Figure 1). This process, therefore, provides an opportunity for the hydrogen production to be obtained under conditions where the thermodynamic limitations are minimal. Using in-situ DRIFTS, structural changes associated with the gold nanoparticles in the catalyst were observed which were not found under thermal activation indicating a weakening of the Au-CO bond due to the plasma leading to an increased stability of the catalyst with time on stream. In addition, density functional theory calculations indicated that the activation of the water in the gas phase to form, for example H2Ox+ was a likely route to the high activities observed at low temperature. An example of the approach that the Hub science has delivered in the first phase has been the utilisation of non-thermal plasmas for the activation of water gas shift catalysis (C.E. Stere, et al. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. (2017) 56, 5579). This study identified the role of the plasma in the reactions and facilitated an understanding of the possible reaction mechanisms involved as well as the impact of Joule heating. Importantly, the study involved a combination of theory and catalytic testing with the development of new in-situ characterisation techniques which could operate in the presence of the plasma. Therein, the activity over a Au/CeZrO4 catalyst at 25 °C was comparable with that attained by heating the catalyst to ~180 oC. Moreover, CO conversion observed (~70%) was much higher than that obtained at 100 oC (~20%) which was the catalyst temperature measured as a result of the Joule heating (Figure 1). This process, therefore, provides an opportunity for the hydrogen production to be obtained under conditions where the thermodynamic limitations are minimal. Using in-situ DRIFTS, structural changes associated with the gold nanoparticles in the catalyst were observed which were not found under thermal activation indicating a weakening of the Au-CO bond due to the plasma leading to an increased stability of the catalyst with time on stream. In addition, density functional theory calculations indicated that the activation of the water in the gas phase to form, for example H2Ox+ was a likely route to the high activities observed at low temperature. |
First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
Sector | Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Transport |
Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
Description | Johnson Matthey |
Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | New methods to understand liquid phase heterogeneous catalysis. |
Collaborator Contribution | Advice on systems to examine from an industrial perspective. |
Impact | None to date |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | ICC conference 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Conference presentation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Open Day, Harwell Campus, STFC and diamond, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | the site-wide Harwell Open day had a Catalysis Marquee whihc was visisted by 1500 people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | UKCC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Organisation of the UK Catalysis Conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |