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Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination by Malta, Grazia, Kondrat, Simon A., Freakley, Simon J., Davies, Catherine J., Lu, Li, Dawson, Simon, Thetford, Adam, Gibson, Emma K., Morgan, David J., Jones, Wilm, Wells, Peter P., Johnston, Peter, Catlow, C. Richard A., Kiely, Christopher J., Hutchings, Graham J.

“…There remains considerable debate over the active form of gold under operating conditions of a recently validated gold catalyst for acetylene…”
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Operando spectroscopy study of the carbon dioxide electro-reduction by iron species on nitrogen-doped carbon by Genovese, Chiara, Schuster, Manfred E., Gibson, Emma K., Gianolio, Diego, Posligua, Victor, Grau-Crespo, Ricardo, Cibin, Giannantonio, Wells, Peter P., Garai, Debi, Solokha, Vladyslav, Krick Calderon, Sandra, Velasco-Velez, Juan J., Ampelli, Claudio, Perathoner, Siglinda, Held, Georg, Centi, Gabriele, Arrigo, Rosa

“…The carbon–carbon coupling via electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide represents the biggest challenge for using this route as platform for chemicals…”
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Water-Splitting Electrocatalysis in Acid Conditions Using Ruthenate-Iridate Pyrochlores by Sardar, Kripasindhu, Petrucco, Enrico, Hiley, Craig I., Sharman, Jonathan D. B., Wells, Peter P., Russell, Andrea E., Kashtiban, Reza J., Sloan, Jeremy, Walton, Richard I.

“…The pyrochlore solid solution (Na0.33Ce0.67)2(Ir1−xRux)2O7 (0≤x≤1), containing B‐site RuIV and IrIV is prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and used as a…”
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Designer Titania-Supported Au–Pd Nanoparticles for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Su, Ren, Tiruvalam, Ramchandra, Logsdail, Andrew J, He, Qian, Downing, Christopher A, Jensen, Mikkel T, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Kesavan, Lokesh, Wells, Peter P, Bechstein, Ralf, Jensen, Henrik H, Wendt, Stefan, Catlow, C. Richard A, Kiely, Christopher J, Hutchings, Graham J, Besenbacher, Flemming

“…Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution may provide one of the solutions to the shift to a sustainable energy society, but the quantum efficiency of the process…”
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Identification of Active and Spectator Sn Sites in Sn-β Following Solid-State Stannation, and Consequences for Lewis Acid Catalysis by Hammond, Ceri, Padovan, Daniele, Al-Nayili, Abbas, Wells, Peter. P., Gibson, Emma K., Dimitratos, Nikolaos

“…Lewis acidic zeolites are rapidly emerging liquid‐phase Lewis acid catalysts. Nevertheless, their inefficient synthesis procedure currently prohibits greater…”
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Dual-Site-Mediated Hydrogenation Catalysis on Pd/NiO: Selective Biomass Transformation and Maintenance of Catalytic Activity at Low Pd Loading by Campisi, Sebastiano, Chan-Thaw, Carine E, Chinchilla, Lidia E, Chutia, Arunabhiram, Botton, Gianluigi A, Mohammed, Khaled M. H, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Wells, Peter P, Villa, Alberto

“…Creating a new chemical ecosystem based on platform chemicals derived from waste biomass has significant challenges: catalysts need to be able to convert these…”
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Support and gas environment effects on the preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide over Co3O4 catalysts studied in situ by Nyathi, Thulani M., Fadlalla, Mohamed I., Fischer, Nico, York, Andrew P.E., Olivier, Ezra J., Gibson, Emma K., Wells, Peter P., Claeys, Michael

“…[Display omitted] •Supported Co3O4 catalysts studied under different CO-PrOx environments using in situ PXRD and magnetometry.•Weak nanoparticle-support…”
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Stable amorphous georgeite as a precursor to a high-activity catalyst by Kondrat, Simon A., Smith, Paul J., Wells, Peter P., Chater, Philip A., Carter, James H., Morgan, David J., Fiordaliso, Elisabetta M., Wagner, Jakob B., Davies, Thomas E., Lu, Li, Bartley, Jonathan K., Taylor, Stuart H., Spencer, Michael S., Kiely, Christopher J., Kelly, Gordon J., Park, Colin W., Rosseinsky, Matthew J., Hutchings, Graham J.

“…Hydroxycarbonate minerals such as zincian malachite and aurichalcite are well known precursors to catalysts for methanol-synthesis and low-temperature…”
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Probing the Role of a Non‐Thermal Plasma (NTP) in the Hybrid NTP Catalytic Oxidation of Methane by Gibson, Emma K, Stere, Cristina E, Curran‐McAteer, Bronagh, Jones, Wilm, Cibin, Giannantonio, Gianolio, Diego, Goguet, Alexandre, Wells, Peter P., Catlow, C. Richard A., Collier, Paul, Hinde, Peter, Hardacre, Christopher

“…Three recurring hypotheses are often used to explain the effect of non‐thermal plasmas (NTPs) on NTP catalytic hybrid reactions; namely, modification or…”
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Spatial Profiling of a Pd/Al2O3 Catalyst during Selective Ammonia Oxidation by Decarolis, Donato, Clark, Adam H, Pellegrinelli, Tommaso, Nachtegaal, Maarten, Lynch, Evan W, Catlow, C. Richard A, Gibson, Emma K, Goguet, Alexandre, Wells, Peter P

“…The utilization of operando spectroscopy has allowed us to watch the dynamic nature of supported metal nanoparticles. However, the realization that subtle…”
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Impact of Nanoparticle–Support Interactions in Co3O4/Al2O3 Catalysts for the Preferential Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide by Nyathi, Thulani M, Fischer, Nico, York, Andrew P. E, Morgan, David J, Hutchings, Graham J, Gibson, Emma K, Wells, Peter P, Catlow, C. Richard A, Claeys, Michael

“…Different supporting procedures were followed to alter the nanoparticle–support interactions (NPSI) in two Co3O4/Al2O3 catalysts, prepared using the reverse…”
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Enzyme Activity by Design: An Artificial Rhodium Hydroformylase for Linear Aldehydes by Jarvis, Amanda G., Obrecht, Lorenz, Deuss, Peter J., Laan, Wouter, Gibson, Emma K., Wells, Peter P., Kamer, Paul C. J.

“…Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) are hybrid catalysts that offer a unique opportunity to combine the superior performance of natural protein structures with…”
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Ruthenium Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon: An Active Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of Lactic Acid to 1,2-Propanediol by Iqbal, Sarwat, Kondrat, Simon A, Jones, Daniel R, Schoenmakers, Daniël C, Edwards, Jennifer K, Lu, Li, Yeo, Benjamin R, Wells, Peter P, Gibson, Emma K, Morgan, David J, Kiely, Christopher J, Hutchings, Graham J

“…The hydrogenation of lactic acid to form 1,2-propanediol has been investigated using Ru nanoparticles supported on carbon as a catalyst. Two series of…”
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Combined In Situ XAFS/DRIFTS Studies of the Evolution of Nanoparticle Structures from Molecular Precursors by Dann, Ellie K, Gibson, Emma K, Catlow, Richard A, Collier, Paul, Eralp Erden, Tugce, Gianolio, Diego, Hardacre, Christopher, Kroner, Anna, Raj, Agnes, Goguet, Alexandre, Wells, Peter P

“…The rational design of catalyst materials is of great industrial significance, yet there is a fundamental lack of knowledge in some of the most…”
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Carbidisation of Pd Nanoparticles by Ethene Decomposition with Methane Production by Jones, Wilm, Wells, Peter. P., Gibson, Emma K., Chutia, Arunabhiram, Silverwood, Ian P., Catlow, C. Richard A., Bowker, Michael

“…In the presence of oxygenated organic molecules pure Pd, which is widely used in chemicals processing and the pharmaceutical industry, tends to defunctionalise…”
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Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Methanol by Catherine Brookes, Michael Bowker, Peter P. Wells

“…In industry, one of the main catalysts typically employed for the selective oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde is a multi-component oxide containing both…”
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Tailoring Gold Nanoparticle Characteristics and the Impact on Aqueous-Phase Oxidation of Glycerol by Rogers, Scott M, Catlow, C. Richard A, Chan-Thaw, Carine E, Gianolio, Diego, Gibson, Emma K, Gould, Anna L, Jian, Nan, Logsdail, Andrew J, Palmer, Richard E, Prati, Laura, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Villa, Alberto, Wells, Peter P

“…Poly­(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-stabilized Au nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by colloidal methods in which temperature variations (−75 to 75 °C) and mixed…”
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Elucidating Structure–Property Relationships in the Design of Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Activation of Molecular Oxygen by Hinde, Christopher S, Ansovini, Davide, Wells, Peter P, Collins, Gillian, Aswegen, Sivan Van, Holmes, Justin D, Hor, T. S. Andy, Raja, Robert

“…A novel synthetic strategy for the design of metal nanoparticles by extrusion of anionic chloride precursors from a porous copper chlorophosphate framework has…”
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A comparative study on the stability of the furfural molecule on the low index Ni, Pd and Pt surfaces by Khan, Alveena Z, Alitt, Jacob, Germaney, Rhiannon, Hamada, Ikutaro, Wells, Peter P, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Catlow, C Richard A, Villa, Alberto, Chutia, Arunabhiram

“…We present a comparative density functional theory investigation of the furfural (Ff) molecule on the low index Ni, Pd and Pt surfaces to understand its…”
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Design of Highly Selective Platinum Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Aerobic Oxidation of KA-Oil using Continuous-Flow Chemistry by Gill, Arran M., Hinde, Christopher S., Leary, Rowan K., Potter, Matthew E., Jouve, Andrea, Wells, Peter P., Midgley, Paul A., Thomas, John M., Raja, Robert

“…Highly active and selective aerobic oxidation of KA‐oil to cyclohexanone (precursor for adipic acid and ɛ‐caprolactam) has been achieved in high yields using…”
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