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2. Microwave Synthesis of Hierarchical H-ZSM-5, H-Beta and H-Y and Their Catalytic Applications in Alkylation and Diels-Alder Cycloaddition
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McGlone, J and Lopez-Sanchez, JA
3. Chemical Recycling of Polystyrene to Valuable Chemicals via Selective Acid-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation under Visible Light.
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Huang Z, Shanmugam M, Liu Z, Brookfield A, Bennett EL, Guan R, Vega Herrera DE, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Slater AG, McInnes EJL, Qi X, and Xiao J
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- Catalysis, Light, Oxidation-Reduction, Photosensitizing Agents chemistry, Polystyrenes, Singlet Oxygen chemistry
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Chemical recycling is one of the most promising technologies that could contribute to circular economy targets by providing solutions to plastic waste; however, it is still at an early stage of development. In this work, we describe the first light-driven, acid-catalyzed protocol for chemical recycling of polystyrene waste to valuable chemicals under 1 bar of O
2 . Requiring no photosensitizers and only mild reaction conditions, the protocol is operationally simple and has also been demonstrated in a flow system. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) investigations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that singlet oxygen is involved as the reactive oxygen species in this degradation process, which abstracts a hydrogen atom from a tertiary C-H bond, leading to hydroperoxidation and subsequent C-C bond cracking events via a radical process. Notably, our study indicates that an adduct of polystyrene and an acid catalyst might be formed in situ, which could act as a photosensitizer to initiate the formation of singlet oxygen. In addition, the oxidized polystyrene polymer may play a role in the production of singlet oxygen under light.- Published
- 2022
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4. Gold nanomaterials as key suppliers in biological and chemical sensing, catalysis, and medicine.
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Falahati M, Attar F, Sharifi M, Saboury AA, Salihi A, Aziz FM, Kostova I, Burda C, Priecel P, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Laurent S, Hooshmand N, and El-Sayed MA
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- Catalysis, Colorimetry, Gold chemistry, Gold therapeutic use, Humans, Metal Nanoparticles chemistry, Nanostructures chemistry, Biosensing Techniques, Metal Nanoparticles therapeutic use, Molecular Imaging methods, Nanostructures therapeutic use
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Background: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with unique physicochemical properties have received a great deal of interest in the field of biological, chemical and biomedical implementations. Despite the widespread use of AuNPs in chemical and biological sensing, catalysis, imaging and diagnosis, and more recently in therapy, no comprehensive summary has been provided to explain how AuNPs could aid in developing improved sensing and catalysts systems as well as medical settings., Scope of Review: The chemistry of Au-based nanosystems was followed by reviewing different applications of Au nanomaterials in biological and chemical sensing, catalysis, imaging and diagnosis by a number of approaches, and finally synergistic combination therapy of different cancers. Afterwards, the clinical impacts of AuNPs, future application of AuNPs, and opportunities and challenges of AuNPs application were also discussed., Major Conclusions: AuNPs show exclusive colloidal stability and are considered as ideal candidates for colorimetric detection, catalysis, imaging, and photothermal transducers, because their physicochemical properties can be tuned by adjusting their structural dimensions achieved by the different manufacturing methods., General Significance: This review provides some details about using AuNPs in sensing and catalysis applications as well as promising theranostic nanoplatforms for cancer imaging and diagnosis, and sensitive, non-invasive, and synergistic methods for cancer treatment in an almost comprehensive manner., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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5. Synthesis and Characterization of Renewable Polyester Coil Coatings from Biomass-Derived Isosorbide, FDCA, 1,5-Pentanediol, Succinic Acid, and 1,3-Propanediol.
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Lomelí-Rodríguez M, Corpas-Martínez JR, Willis S, Mulholland R, and Lopez-Sanchez JA
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Biomass-derived polyester coatings for coil applications have been successfully developed and characterized. The coatings were constituted by carbohydrate-derived monomers, namely 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid, isosorbide, succinic acid, 1,3-propanediol, and 1,5-pentanediol, the latter having previously been used as a plasticizer rather than a structural building unit. The effect of isosorbide on the coatings is widely studied. The inclusion of these monomers diversified the mechanical properties of the coatings, and showed an improved performance against common petrochemical derived coatings. This research study provides a range of fully bio-derived polyester coil coatings with tunable properties of industrial interest, highlighting the importance of renewable polymers towards a successful bioeconomy.
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- 2018
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6. Nanosilicalites as Support for β-Glucosidases Covalent Immobilization.
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Carvalho Y, Almeida JMAR, Romano PN, Farrance K, Demma Carà P, Pereira N Jr, Lopez-Sanchez JA, and Sousa-Aguiar EF
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- Biocatalysis, Hydrolysis, Surface Properties, Enzymes, Immobilized chemistry, Enzymes, Immobilized metabolism, Nanostructures chemistry, Silicates chemistry, beta-Glucosidase chemistry, beta-Glucosidase metabolism
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Many different materials have been tested for β-glucosidases immobilization. Such materials, however, often show a poor activity related to a low surface area of the support or even enzyme hindrance caused by entrapment inside porous matrix. In this context, the use of nanosized zeolites as enzymes support is quite new and may be an interesting alternative. The present work evaluates the immobilization of β-glucosidases in nanosized silicalites by covalent coupling. The new biocatalyst was able to convert 100% of cellobiose into glucose in 18 h at 50 °C and pH 5, retaining 85% of its activity after five cycles of reuse. A detailed investigation of the published literature indicates that, apparently, this is the first work concerning the immobilization of β-glucosidases on nanosized zeolites ever reported.
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- 2017
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7. A versatile sonication-assisted deposition-reduction method for preparing supported metal catalysts for catalytic applications.
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Padilla RH, Priecel P, Lin M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, and Zhong Z
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This work aims to develop a rapid and efficient strategy for preparing supported metal catalysts for catalytic applications. The sonication-assisted reduction-precipitation method was employed to prepare the heterogeneous mono- and bi-metallic catalysts for photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) and preferential oxidation (PROX) of CO in H
2 -rich gas. In general, there are three advantages for the sonication-assisted method as compared with the conventional methods, including high dispersion of metal nanoparticles on the catalyst support, the much higher deposition efficiency (DE) than those of the deposition-precipitation (DP) and co-precipitation (CP) methods, and the very fast preparation, which only lasts 10-20s for the deposition. In the AuPd/TiO2 catalysts series, the AuPd(3:1)/TiO2 catalyst is the most active for MO photocatalytic degradation; while for PROX reaction, Ru/TiO2 , Au-Cu/SBA-15 and Pt/γ-Al2 O3 catalysts are very active, and the last one showed high stability in the lifetime test. The structural characterization revealed that in the AuPd(3:1)/TiO2 catalyst, Au-Pd alloy particles were formed and a high percentage of Au atoms was located at the surface. Therefore, this sonication-assisted method is efficient and rapid in the preparation of supported metal catalysts with obvious structural characteristics for various catalytic applications., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2017
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8. Microwave-Assisted Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol Employing a Green and Noble Metal-Free Copper Catalyst.
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Romano PN, de Almeida JM, Carvalho Y, Priecel P, Falabella Sousa-Aguiar E, and Lopez-Sanchez JA
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- Catalysis, Hydrogenation, Copper chemistry, Furaldehyde chemistry, Furans chemistry, Green Chemistry Technology, Microwaves
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Green, inexpensive, and robust copper-based heterogeneous catalysts achieve 100 % conversion and 99 % selectivity in the conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol when using cyclopentyl-methyl ether as green solvent and microwave reactors at low H
2 pressures and mild temperatures. The utilization of pressurized microwave reactors produces a 3-4 fold increase in conversion and an unexpected enhancement in selectivity as compared to the reaction carried out at the same conditions using conventional autoclave reactors. The enhancement in catalytic rate produced by microwave irradiation is temperature dependent. This work highlights that using microwave irradiation in the catalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived compounds is a very strong tool for biomass upgrade that offers immense potential in a large number of transformations where it could be a determining factor for commercial exploitation., (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)- Published
- 2016
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9. Visible-Light-Controlled Oxidation of Glucose using Titania-Supported Silver Photocatalysts.
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Da Vià L, Recchi C, Davies TE, Greeves N, and Lopez-Sanchez JA
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The visible-light-mediated photo-catalytic selective valorisation of glucose using TiO
2 -supported Ag nanoparticles is shown for the first time. The optimisation of the catalyst composition, substrate-to-catalyst ratio and reaction medium proved that a near total suppression of the mineralisation pathway could be achieved with a selectivity to partial oxidation products and small-chain monosaccharides as high as 98 %. The primary products were determined to be gluconic acid, arabinose, erythrose, glyceraldehyde and formic acid. Under UVA light, the selectivity to organics decreases because of the production of CO2 from mineralisation. A reaction mechanism is proposed based on an α-scission process combined with the Ruff degradation reaction, which explains the presence of the oxidation products, the smaller carbohydrates and formic acid. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy and microscopy studies showed the presence of plasmonic 4 nm particles of silver that were oxidised to silver oxide over the course of the reaction, and recycling studies revealed that this was not detrimental to activity.- Published
- 2016
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10. Biomass-Derived Renewable Aromatics: Selective Routes and Outlook for p-Xylene Commercialisation.
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Maneffa A, Priecel P, and Lopez-Sanchez JA
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- Biomass, Xylenes chemistry
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Methylbenzenes are among the most important organic chemicals today and, among them, p-xylene deserves particular attention because of its production volume and its application in the manufacture of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). There is great interest in producing this commodity chemical more sustainably from biomass sources, particularly driven by manufacturers willing to produce more sustainable synthetic fibres and PET bottles for beverages. A renewable source for p-xylene would allow achieving this goal with minimal disruption to existing processes for PET production. Despite the fact that recently some routes to renewable p-xylene have been identified, there is no clear consensus on their feasibility or implications. We have critically reviewed the current state-of-the-art with focus on catalytic routes and possible outlook for commercialisation. Pathways to obtain p-xylene from a biomass-derived route include methanol-to-aromatics (MTA), ethanol dehydration, ethylene dimerization, furan cycloaddition or catalytic fast pyrolysis and hydrotreating of lignin. Some of the processes identified suggest near-future possibilities, but also more speculative or longer-term sources for synthesis of p-xylene are highlighted., (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
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- 2016
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11. Limonene: a versatile chemical of the bioeconomy.
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Ciriminna R, Lomeli-Rodriguez M, Demma Carà P, Lopez-Sanchez JA, and Pagliaro M
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- Biological Products chemistry, Citrus sinensis, Flavoring Agents chemistry, Limonene, Perfume chemistry, Pesticides chemistry, Polymers chemistry, Solvents chemistry, Cyclohexenes chemistry, Terpenes chemistry
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(+)-Limonene is a renewable chemical with numerous and growing applications. Its traditional uses such as flavor, fragrance and green solvent are rapidly expanding to include its utilization as a platform chemical, extraction solvent for natural products and an active agent for functionalized products. We anticipate that the expansion in uses for limonene will translate into increasing production and use of this relevant natural product, especially for advanced applications.
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- 2014
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12. High activity redox catalysts synthesized by chemical vapor impregnation.
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Forde MM, Kesavan L, Bin Saiman MI, He Q, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Jenkins RL, Taylor SH, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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The use of precious metals in heterogeneous catalysis relies on the preparation of small nanoparticles that are stable under reaction conditions. To date, most conventional routes used to prepare noble metal nanoparticles have drawbacks related to surface contamination, particle agglomeration, and reproducibility restraints. We have prepared titania-supported palladium (Pd) and platinum (Pt) catalysts using a simplified vapor deposition technique termed chemical vapor impregnation (CVI) that can be performed in any standard chemical laboratory. These materials, composed of nanoparticles typically below 3 nm in size, show remarkable activity under mild conditions for oxidation and hydrogenation reactions of industrial importance. We demonstrate the preparation of bimetallic Pd-Pt homogeneous alloy nanoparticles by this new CVI method, which show synergistic effects in toluene oxidation. The versatility of our CVI methodology to be able to tailor the composition and morphology of supported nanoparticles in an easily accessible and scalable manner is further demonstrated by the synthesis of Pdshell-Aucore nanoparticles using CVI deposition of Pd onto preformed Au nanoparticles supported on titania (prepared by sol immobilization) in addition to the presence of monometallic Au and Pd nanoparticles.
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- 2014
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13. Cycloisomerization of 2-alkynylanilines to indoles catalyzed by carbon-supported gold nanoparticles and subsequent homocoupling to 3,3'-biindoles.
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Perea-Buceta JE, Wirtanen T, Laukkanen OV, Mäkelä MK, Nieger M, Melchionna M, Huittinen N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, and Helaja J
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- Alkynes chemical synthesis, Carbon, Catalysis, Cyclization, Indoles chemical synthesis, Nanoparticles, Alkynes chemistry, Gold chemistry, Indoles chemistry
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- 2013
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14. Partial oxidation of ethane to oxygenates using Fe- and Cu-containing ZSM-5.
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Forde MM, Armstrong RD, Hammond C, He Q, Jenkins RL, Kondrat SA, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Taylor SH, Willock D, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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Iron and copper containing ZSM-5 catalysts are effective for the partial oxidation of ethane with hydrogen peroxide giving combined oxygenate selectivities and productivities of up to 95.2% and 65 mol kgcat(-1) h(-1), respectively. High conversion of ethane (ca. 56%) to acetic acid (ca. 70% selectivity) can be observed. Detailed studies of this catalytic system reveal a complex reaction network in which the oxidation of ethane gives a range of C2 oxygenates, with sequential C-C bond cleavage generating C1 products. We demonstrate that ethene is also formed and can be subsequently oxidized. Ethanol can be directly produced from ethane, and does not originate from the decomposition of its corresponding alkylperoxy species, ethyl hydroperoxide. In contrast to our previously proposed mechanism for methane oxidation over similar zeolite catalysts, the mechanism of ethane oxidation involves carbon-based radicals, which lead to the high conversions we observe.
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- 2013
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15. Oxidation of methane to methanol with hydrogen peroxide using supported gold-palladium alloy nanoparticles.
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Ab Rahim MH, Forde MM, Jenkins RL, Hammond C, He Q, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Carley AF, Taylor SH, Willock DJ, Murphy DM, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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- 2013
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16. Switching-off toluene formation in the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles.
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He Q, Miedziak PJ, Kesavan L, Dimitratos N, Sankar M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Forde MM, Edwards JK, Knight DW, Taylor SH, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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Trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles have been supported on activated carbon by the sol-immobilisation method. They are found to be highly active and selective catalysts for the solvent-free aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The addition of Pt promotes the selectivity to the desired product benzaldehyde at the expense of toluene formation. Detailed aberration corrected STEM-XEDS analysis confirmed that the supported particles are indeed Au-Pd-Pt ternary alloys, but also identified composition fluctuations from particle-to-particle which vary systematically with nanoparticle size.
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- 2013
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17. Catalytic and mechanistic insights of the low-temperature selective oxidation of methane over Cu-promoted Fe-ZSM-5.
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Hammond C, Jenkins RL, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, ab Rahim MH, Forde MM, Thetford A, Murphy DM, Hagen H, Stangland EE, Moulijn JM, Taylor SH, Willock DJ, and Hutchings GJ
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The partial oxidation of methane to methanol presents one of the most challenging targets in catalysis. Although this is the focus of much research, until recently, approaches had proceeded at low catalytic rates (<10 h(-1)), not resulted in a closed catalytic cycle, or were unable to produce methanol with a reasonable selectivity. Recent research has demonstrated, however, that a system composed of an iron- and copper-containing zeolite is able to catalytically convert methane to methanol with turnover frequencies (TOFs) of over 14,000 h(-1) by using H(2)O(2) as terminal oxidant. However, the precise roles of the catalyst and the full mechanistic cycle remain unclear. We hereby report a systematic study of the kinetic parameters and mechanistic features of the process, and present a reaction network consisting of the activation of methane, the formation of an activated hydroperoxy species, and the by-production of hydroxyl radicals. The catalytic system in question results in a low-energy methane activation route, and allows selective C(1)-oxidation to proceed under intrinsically mild reaction conditions., (Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
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- 2012
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18. Promotion of phenol photodecomposition over TiO2 using Au, Pd, and Au-Pd nanoparticles.
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Su R, Tiruvalam R, He Q, Dimitratos N, Kesavan L, Hammond C, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Bechstein R, Kiely CJ, Hutchings GJ, and Besenbacher F
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Noble metal nanoparticles (Au, Pd, Au-Pd alloys) with a narrow size distribution supported on nanocrystalline TiO(2) (M/TiO(2)) have been synthesized via a sol-immobilization route. The effect of metal identity and size on the photocatalytic performance of M/TiO(2) has been systematically investigated using phenol as a probe molecule. A different phenol degradation pathway was observed when using M/TiO(2) catalysts as compared to pristine TiO(2). We propose a mechanism to illustrate how the noble metal nanoparticles enhance the efficiency of phenol decomposition based on photoreduction of p-benzoquinone under anaerobic conditions. Our results suggest that the metal nanoparticles not only play a role in capturing photogenerated electrons, but are strongly involved in the photocatalytic reaction mechanism. The analysis of the reaction intermediates allows us to conclude that on M/TiO(2) undesired redox reactions that consume photogenerated radicals are effectively suppressed. The analysis of the final products shows that the reusability performance of the catalyst is largely dependent on the pretreatment of the catalyst and the identity of the metal nanoparticle. Interestingly, the as-prepared Pd and Au-Pd decorated TiO(2) materials exhibit excellent long-term photoactivity, in which ~90% of the phenol can be fully decomposed to CO(2) in each cycle.
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- 2012
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19. Involvement of surface-bound radicals in the oxidation of toluene using supported Au-Pd nanoparticles.
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bin Saiman MI, Brett GL, Tiruvalam R, Forde MM, Sharples K, Thetford A, Jenkins RL, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Murphy DM, Bethell D, Willock DJ, Taylor SH, Knight DW, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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- 2012
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20. Direct catalytic conversion of methane to methanol in an aqueous medium by using copper-promoted Fe-ZSM-5.
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Hammond C, Forde MM, Ab Rahim MH, Thetford A, He Q, Jenkins RL, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Dummer NF, Murphy DM, Carley AF, Taylor SH, Willock DJ, Stangland EE, Kang J, Hagen H, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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- Catalysis, Copper chemistry, Iron chemistry, Methane chemistry, Methanol chemistry, Zeolites chemistry
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- 2012
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21. Selective oxidation of glycerol by highly active bimetallic catalysts at ambient temperature under base-free conditions.
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Brett GL, He Q, Hammond C, Miedziak PJ, Dimitratos N, Sankar M, Herzing AA, Conte M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Kiely CJ, Knight DW, Taylor SH, and Hutchings GJ
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- Catalysis, Oxidation-Reduction, Temperature, Glycerol chemistry, Palladium chemistry, Platinum chemistry
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- 2011
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22. Facile removal of stabilizer-ligands from supported gold nanoparticles.
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Lopez-Sanchez JA, Dimitratos N, Hammond C, Brett GL, Kesavan L, White S, Miedziak P, Tiruvalam R, Jenkins RL, Carley AF, Knight D, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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- Colloids chemistry, Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques methods, Palladium chemistry, Particle Size, Surface Properties, Gold chemistry, Ligands, Metal Nanoparticles chemistry
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Metal nanoparticles that comprise a few hundred to several thousand atoms have many applications in areas such as photonics, sensing, medicine and catalysis. Colloidal methods have proven particularly suitable for producing small nanoparticles with controlled morphologies and excellent catalytic properties. Ligands are necessary to stabilize nanoparticles during synthesis, but once the particles have been deposited on a substrate the presence of the ligands is detrimental for catalytic activity. Previous methods for ligand removal have typically involved thermal and oxidative treatments, which can affect the size or morphology of the particles, in turn altering their catalytic activity. Here, we report a procedure to effectively remove the ligands without affecting particle morphology, which enhances the surface exposure of the nanoparticles and their catalytic activity over a range of reactions. This may lead to developments of nanoparticles prepared by colloidal methods for applications in fields such as environmental protection and energy production.
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- 2011
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23. Synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea with gold-based catalysts.
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Hammond C, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Ab Rahim MH, Dimitratos N, Jenkins RL, Carley AF, He Q, Kiely CJ, Knight DW, and Hutchings GJ
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The reaction of glycerol with urea to form glycerol carbonate is mostly reported in the patent literature and to date there have been very few fundamental studies of the reaction mechanism. Furthermore, most previous studies have involved homogeneous catalysts whereas the identification of heterogeneous catalysts for this reaction would be highly beneficial. This is a very attractive reaction that utilises two inexpensive and readily available raw materials in a chemical cycle that overall, results in the chemical fixation of CO(2). This reaction also provides a route to up-grade waste glycerol produced in large quantities during the production of biodiesel. Previous reports are largely based on the utilisation of high concentrations of metal sulfates or oxides, which suffer from low intrinsic activity and selectivity. We have identified heterogeneous catalysts based on gallium, zinc, and gold supported on a range of oxides and the zeolite ZSM-5, which facilitate this reaction. The addition of each component to ZSM-5 leads to an increase in the reaction yield towards glycerol carbonate, but supported gold catalysts display the highest activity. For gold-based catalysts, MgO is the support of choice. Catalysts have been characterised by XRD, TEM, STEM and XPS, and the reaction has been studied with time-on-line analysis of products via a combination of FT-IR spectroscopy, HPLC, (13)C NMR and GC-MS analysis to evaluate the reaction pathway. Our proposed mechanism suggests that glycerol carbonate forms via the cyclization of a 2,3-dihydroxypropyl carbamate and that a subsequent reaction of glycerol carbonate with urea yields the carbamate of glycerol carbonate. Stability and reactivity studies indicate that consecutive reactions of glycerol carbonate can limit the selectivity achieved and reaction conditions can be selected to avoid this. The effect of the catalyst in the proposed mechanism is discussed.
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- 2011
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24. Solvent-free oxidation of primary carbon-hydrogen bonds in toluene using Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles.
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Kesavan L, Tiruvalam R, Ab Rahim MH, bin Saiman MI, Enache DI, Jenkins RL, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Taylor SH, Knight DW, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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Selective oxidation of primary carbon-hydrogen bonds with oxygen is of crucial importance for the sustainable exploitation of available feedstocks. To date, heterogeneous catalysts have either shown low activity and/or selectivity or have required activated oxygen donors. We report here that supported gold-palladium (Au-Pd) nanoparticles on carbon or TiO(2) are active for the oxidation of the primary carbon-hydrogen bonds in toluene and related molecules, giving high selectivities to benzyl benzoate under mild solvent-free conditions. Differences between the catalytic activity of the Au-Pd nanoparticles on carbon and TiO(2) supports are rationalized in terms of the particle/support wetting behavior and the availability of exposed corner/edge sites.
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- 2011
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25. Aberration corrected analytical electron microscopy studies of sol-immobilized Au + Pd, Au{Pd} and Pd{Au} catalysts used for benzyl alcohol oxidation and hydrogen peroxide production.
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Tiruvalam RC, Pritchard JC, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Edwards JK, Carley AF, Hutchings GJ, and Kiely CJ
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In this study, a systematic series of AuPd bimetallic particles were prepared by colloidal synthesis methods, in order to gain better control over the particle size distribution and structure. Particles having random alloy structures, as well as 'designer' particles with Pd-shell/Au-core and Au-shell/Pd-core morphologies, have been prepared and immobilized on both activated carbon and TiO2 supports. Aberration corrected analytical electron microscopy (ACEAM) has been extensively used to characterize these sol-immobilized materials. In particular, state-of-the-art z-contrast STEM-HAADF imaging and STEM-XEDS spectrum imaging has been employed. These techniques have provided invaluable new (and often unexpected) information on the atomic structure, elemental distribution within particles, and compositional variations between particles for these controlled catalyst preparations. In addition, we have been able to compare their differing thermal stability, sintering and wetting behaviors on activated carbon and TiO2 supports. These sol immobilized materials have also been compared as catalysts for (i) benzyl alcohol oxidation and (ii) the direct production of H2O2 in an attempt to elucidate the optimum particle morphology/ support combination for each reaction.
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- 2011
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26. Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide and benzyl alcohol oxidation using Au-Pd catalysts prepared by sol immobilization.
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Pritchard J, Kesavan L, Piccinini M, He Q, Tiruvalam R, Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Carley AF, Edwards JK, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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- Alloys chemical synthesis, Alloys chemistry, Benzyl Alcohol chemistry, Catalysis, Hydrogen Peroxide chemistry, Metal Nanoparticles chemistry, Oxidation-Reduction, Particle Size, Surface Properties, Benzyl Alcohol chemical synthesis, Gold chemistry, Hydrogen Peroxide chemical synthesis, Palladium chemistry
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We report the preparation of Au-Pd nanocrystalline catalysts supported on activated carbon prepared via a sol-immobilization technique and explore their use for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide and the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. In particular, we examine the synthesis of a systematic set of Au-Pd colloidal nanoparticles having a range of Au/Pd ratios. The catalysts have been structurally characterized using a combination of UV-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, STEM HAADF/XEDS, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The Au-Pd nanoparticles are found in the majority of cases to be homogeneous alloys, although some variation is observed in the AuPd composition at high Pd/Au ratios. The optimum performance for the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide is observed for a catalyst having a Au/Pd 1:2 molar ratio. However, the competing hydrogenation reaction of hydrogen peroxide increases with increasing Pd content, although Pd alone is less effective than when Au is also present. Investigation of the oxidation of benzyl alcohol using these materials also shows that the optimum selective oxidation to the aldehyde occurs for the Au/Pd 1:2 molar ratio catalyst. These measured activity trends are discussed in terms of the structure and composition of the supported Au-Pd nanoparticles.
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- 2010
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27. Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using Au-Pd catalysts prepared by sol immobilisation.
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Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Morgan D, Carley AF, Tiruvalam R, Kiely CJ, Bethell D, and Hutchings GJ
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- Catalysis, Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Molecular Structure, Oxidation-Reduction, Particle Size, Solvents chemistry, Toluene chemistry, Benzyl Alcohol chemistry, Gold chemistry, Palladium chemistry
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We report the preparation of Au-Pd nanocrystalline catalysts supported on TiO(2) and carbon prepared via a sol-immobilisation technique using three different preparation strategies; namely, simultaneous formation of the sols for both metals or initial formation of a seed sol of one of the metals followed by a separate step in which a coating sol of the second metal is added. The catalysts have been structurally characterised using a combination of transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The catalysts have been evaluated for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol under solvent-free conditions. The catalysts prepared using the sol immobilisation technique show higher activity when compared with catalysts prepared by impregnation, particularly as lower metal concentrations can be used. The Au-Pd catalysts were all more active than the corresponding monometallic supported Au or Pd catalysts. For 1 wt% Au-Pd/TiO(2) the order of metal addition in the preparation was not observed to be significant with respect to selectivity or activity. However, the 1 wt% Au-Pd/carbon catalysts are more active but less selective to benzaldehyde than the TiO(2)-supported catalysts when compared at iso-conversion. Furthermore, for the carbon-supported catalyst the order of metal addition has a very marked affect on activity. The carbon-supported catalysts are also more significantly affected by heat treatment, e.g. calcination at 400 degrees C leads to the activity being decreased by an order of magnitude, whereas the TiO(2)-supported catalysts show a 50% decrease in activity. Toluene is observed as a by-product of the reaction and conditions have been identified that minimise its formation. It is proposed that toluene and benzaldehyde are formed by competing parallel reactions of the initial benzyl intermediate via an adsorbed benzylidene species that can either be hydrogenated or oxidised. Hence, conditions that maximise the availability of oxygen on the catalyst surface favour the synthesis of benzaldehyde.
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- 2009
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28. Oxidation of glycerol using gold-palladium alloy-supported nanocrystals.
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Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Anthonykutty JM, Brett G, Carley AF, Tiruvalam RC, Herzing AA, Kiely CJ, Knight DW, and Hutchings GJ
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- Catalysis, Oxidation-Reduction, Alloys chemistry, Glycerol chemistry, Gold chemistry, Nanoparticles chemistry, Palladium chemistry
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The use of bio-renewable resources for the generation of materials and chemicals continues to attract significant research attention. Glycerol, a by-product from biodiesel manufacture, is a highly functionalised renewable raw material, and in this paper the oxidation of glycerol in the presence of base using supported gold, palladium and gold-palladium alloys is described and discussed. Two supports, TiO(2) and carbon, and two preparation methods, wet impregnation and sol-immobilisation, are compared and contrasted. For the monometallic catalysts prepared by impregnation similar activities are observed for Au and Pd, but the carbon-supported monometallic catalysts are more active than those on TiO(2). Glycerate is the major product and lesser amounts of tartronate, glycolate, oxalate and formate are observed, suggesting a sequential oxidation pathway. Combining the gold and palladium as supported alloy nanocrystals leads to a significant enhancement in catalyst activity and the TiO(2)-supported catalysts are significantly more active for the impregnated catalysts. The use of a sol-immobilisation preparation method as compared to impregnation leads to the highest activity alloy catalysts and the origins of these activity trends are discussed.
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- 2009
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29. Au-Pd supported nanocrystals prepared by a sol immobilisation technique as catalysts for selective chemical synthesis.
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Lopez-Sanchez JA, Dimitratos N, Miedziak P, Ntainjua E, Edwards JK, Morgan D, Carley AF, Tiruvalam R, Kiely CJ, and Hutchings GJ
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- Catalysis, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission methods, Oxidation-Reduction, Particle Size, Spectrum Analysis methods, Surface Properties, Time Factors, X-Rays, Benzyl Alcohol chemistry, Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques methods, Gold chemistry, Hydrogen Peroxide chemical synthesis, Nanoparticles chemistry, Nanotechnology methods, Palladium chemistry
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Catalysis by gold and gold-palladium nanoparticles has attracted significant research attention in recent years. These nanocrystalline materials have been found to be highly effective for selective and total oxidation, but in most cases the catalysts are prepared using precipitation or impregnation. We report the preparation of Au-Pd nanocrystalline catalysts supported on carbon prepared via a sol-immobilisation technique and these have been compared with Au-Pd catalysts prepared via impregnation. The catalysts have been evaluated for two selective chemical syntheses, namely, oxidation of benzyl alcohol and the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. The catalysts have been structurally characterised using a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The catalysts prepared using the sol immobilisation technique show higher activity when compared with catalysts prepared by impregnation as they are more active for both hydrogen peroxide synthesis and hydrogenation, and also for benzyl alcohol oxidation. The method facilitates the use of much lower metal concentrations which is a key feature in catalyst design, particularly for the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide.
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- 2008
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30. The application of infrared spectroscopy to probe the surface morphology of alumina-supported palladium catalysts.
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Lear T, Marshall R, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Jackson SD, Klapötke TM, Bäumer M, Rupprechter G, Freund HJ, and Lennon D
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Five alumina-supported palladium catalysts have been prepared from a range of precursor compounds [palladium(II) nitrate, palladium(II) chloride, palladium(II) acetylacetonate, and tetraamminepalladium(II) tetraazidopalladate(II)] and at different metal loadings (1-7.3 wt %). Collectively, this series of catalysts provides a range of metal particle sizes (1.2-8.5 nm) that emphasize different morphological aspects of the palladium crystallites. The infrared spectra of chemisorbed CO applied under pulse-flow conditions reveal distinct groupings between metal crystallites dominated by low index planes and those that feature predominantly corner/edge atoms. Temperature-programmed infrared spectroscopy establishes that the linear CO band can be resolved into contributions from corner atoms and a combination of (111)(111) and (111)(100) particle edges. Propene hydrogenation has been used as a preliminary assessment of catalytic performance for the 1 wt % loaded catalysts, with the relative inactivity of the catalyst prepared from palladium(II) chloride attributed to a diminished hydrogen supply due to decoration of edge sites by chlorine originating from the preparative process. It is anticipated that refinements linking the vibrational spectrum of a probe molecule with surface structure and accessible adsorption sites for such a versatile catalytic substrate provide a platform against which structure/reactivity relationships can be usefully developed.
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- 2005
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