Nanoengineered Materials for Clean Catalytic Technologies
Lead Research Organisation:
Aston University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering and Applied Science
Abstract
Catalysis lies at the heart of life on earth, powers our homes and puts food on our tables. However to a large degree our ability to transform individual atoms and molecules into new pharmaceutical medicines, fuels, and fertilisers has depended upon an equal combination of brilliant science and serendipitous discoveries. This reflects the complex interactions between reacting molecules and products, their surrounding environment, and of course the catalyst itself, which ideally remains unchanged over thousands of reaction cycles. Recent advances in chemical synthesis and analysis now offer an unprecedented opportunity to sculpt the atomic structure of solid catalysts and to peer inside their microscopic workings.Over the next five years, I propose to integrate these new experimental and theoretical breakthroughs with my own expertise in catalyst design and testing, to develop a new generation of nanoengineered materials for the clean production of valuable chemical feedstocks and sustainable biofuels. New collaborations, forged with world leaders in the areas of inorganic solid-state chemistry, nanoscale imaging and computer modelling, will help me to develop the multidisciplinary skillsets needed to achieve my vision of solid catalysts, tailored 'on demand', for efficient clean technologies that will benefit society over the coming decade.
People |
ORCID iD |
Adam Lee (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Isaacs M
(2019)
Unravelling mass transport in hierarchically porous catalysts
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Isaacs M
(2019)
Unravelling mass transport in hierarchically porous catalysts
Montero J
(2016)
The surface chemistry of nanocrystalline MgO catalysts for FAME production: An in situ XPS study of H2O, CH3OH and CH3OAc adsorption
in Surface Science
Chen D
(2015)
Synthetic strategies to nanostructured photocatalysts for CO 2 reduction to solar fuels and chemicals
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Durndell L
(2019)
Structure-Reactivity Relations in Ruthenium Catalysed Furfural Hydrogenation
in ChemCatChem
Parlett CM
(2016)
Spatially orthogonal chemical functionalization of a hierarchical pore network for catalytic cascade reactions.
in Nature materials
Ardemani L
(2015)
Solid base catalysed 5-HMF oxidation to 2,5-FDCA over Au/hydrotalcites: fact or fiction?
in Chemical science
Durndell LJ
(2015)
Selectivity control in Pt-catalyzed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation.
in Scientific reports
Durndell L
(2015)
Platinum-catalysed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation in continuous flow
in RSC Advances
Description | New methods to create and characterise advanced materials for diverse catalytic applications. |
Exploitation Route | Many. |
Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |