Dr Jonathan Bartley

(he/him)

BSc Hons MSc MRSC CChem

2026

• Ferreira, G. F. et al., 2026. Optimised pyrolysis strategies for energy-dense bio-oil from Chlorella sp. Bioresource Technology 441 133628. (10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133628)

2025

• Chan, C. d. C. et al., 2025. Microwave-assisted degradation of azo dyes using NiO catalysts. Catalysts 15 (8) 702. (10.3390/catal15080702)
• Filipini Ferreira, G. et al. 2025. Ethanol-based transesterification of rapeseed oil with CaO Catalyst: process optimization and validation using microalgal lipids. Catalysis Letters 155 84. (10.1007/s10562-024-04921-6)
• Rabiu, H. S. , Hayward, J. S. and Bartley, J. K. 2025. High surface area perovskite materials as functional catalyst supports for glycerol oxidation. Molecular Catalysis 572 114750. (10.1016/j.mcat.2024.114750)
• Sun, J. et al., 2025. Microwave-assisted selective oxidation of propene over bismuth molybdate catalysts: the importance of catalyst synthesis methodology. Discover Catalysis 2 (1) 11. (10.1007/s44344-025-00014-7)

2024

• Ferreira, G. F. et al. 2024. A comparison of monoglyceride production from microalgaelipids and rapeseed oil catalyzed by metal oxides. Chemistry-Sustainability-Energy-Materials 17 (23) e202400953. (10.1002/cssc.202400953)
• Sun, J. et al. 2024. Designing heterogeneous catalysts for microwave assisted selective oxygenation. ChemCatChem 16 (19) e202301586. (10.1002/cctc.202301586)
• Wallace, W. T. et al. 2024. The antisolvent precipitation of CuZnOx mixed oxide materials using a choline chloride-urea deep eutectic solvent. Molecules 29 (14) 3357. (10.3390/molecules29143357)

2023

• Evans, C. D. et al. 2023. Perovskite supported catalysts for the selective oxidation of glycerol to tartronic acid. Catalysis Letters 153 , pp.2026-2035. (10.1007/s10562-022-04111-2)

2022

• Douthwaite, M. et al. 2022. Transfer hydrogenation of methyl levulinate with methanol to gamma valerolactone over Cu-ZrO2: A sustainable approach to liquid fuels. Catalysis Communications 164 106430. (10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106430)
• Pudge, G. J. F. et al. 2022. Iron molybdate catalysts synthesised via dicarboxylate decomposition for the partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. Catalysis Science & Technology 12 , pp.4552-4560. (10.1039/D2CY00699E)

2021

• Bartley, J. K. et al. 2021. A career in catalysis: Graham J. Hutchings. ACS Catalysis 11 (10), pp.5916-5933. (10.1021/acscatal.1c00569)
• Wallace, W. T. et al. 2021. Triethylamine-water as a switchable solvent for the synthesis of Cu/ZnO catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol. Topics in Catalysis 64 , pp.984-991. (10.1007/s11244-021-01457-6)

2019

• Hirayama, J. et al., 2019. The effects of dopants on the Cu-ZrO2 catalysed hydrogenation of levulinic acid. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (13), pp.7879-7888. (10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07108)
• Orlowski, I. et al. 2019. The hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over Cu-ZrO2 catalysts prepared by a pH-gradient methodology. Journal of Energy Chemistry 36 , pp.15-24. (10.1016/j.jechem.2019.01.015)

2018

• Jones, D. et al. 2018. xNi–yCu–ZrO2 catalysts for the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to gamma valorlactone. Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity 4 (1), pp.12-23. (10.1080/2055074X.2018.1433598)
• Kondrat, S. A. et al. 2018. Preparation of a highly active ternary Cu-Zn-Al oxide methanol synthesis catalyst by supercritical CO 2 anti-solvent precipitation. Catalysis Today 317 , pp.12-20. (10.1016/j.cattod.2018.03.046)

2017

• Ishikawa, S. et al., 2017. Identification of the catalytically active component of Cu–Zr–O catalyst for the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. Green Chemistry 19 (1), pp.225-236. (10.1039/C6GC02598F)
• Ivars-Barceló, F. et al., 2017. Relationship between bulk phase, near surface and outermost atomic layer of VPO catalysts and their catalytic performance in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane. Journal of Catalysis 354 , pp.236-249. (10.1016/j.jcat.2017.08.020)
• Kondrat, S. A. et al. 2017. The effect of sodium species on methanol synthesis and water-gas shift Cu/ZnO catalysts: utilising high purity zincian georgeite. Faraday Discussions 197 , pp.287-307. (10.1039/C6FD00202A)
• Smith, P. J. et al. 2017. Supercritical antisolvent precipitation of amorphous copper–zinc georgeite and acetate precursors for the preparation of ambient‐pressure water‐gas‐shift copper/zinc oxide catalysts. ChemCatChem 9 (9), pp.1621-1631. (10.1002/cctc.201601603)
• Smith, P. J. et al. 2017. A new class of Cu/ZnO catalysts derived from zincian georgeite precursors prepared by co-precipitation. Chemical Science 8 (3), pp.2436-2447. (10.1039/C6SC04130B)

2016

• Evans, C. D. et al. 2016. The preparation of large surface area lanthanum based perovskite supports for AuPt nanoparticles: tuning the glycerol oxidation reaction pathway by switching the perovskite B site. Faraday Discussions 188 , pp.427-450. (10.1039/C5FD00187K)
• Iqbal, S. et al., 2016. Fischer Tropsch synthesis using cobalt based carbon catalysts. Catalysis Today 275 , pp.35-39. (10.1016/j.cattod.2015.09.041)
• Iqbal, S. et al. 2016. Fischer Tropsch Synthesis using promoted cobalt-based catalysts. Catalysis Today 272 , pp.74-79. (10.1016/j.cattod.2016.04.012)
• Jones, D. et al. 2016. The conversion of levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone using Cu/ZrO2catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 6 (15), pp.6022-6030. (10.1039/C6CY00382F)
• Kondrat, S. A. et al. 2016. Stable amorphous georgeite as a precursor to a high-activity catalyst .. Nature 531 , pp.83-87. (10.1038/nature16935)
• Yeo, B. et al. 2016. The surface of iron molybdate catalysts used for the selective oxidation of methanol. Surface Science 648 , pp.163-169. (10.1016/j.susc.2015.11.010)

2015

• Alhumaimess, M. et al., 2015. Highly crystalline vanadium phosphate catalysts synthesized using poly(acrylic acid-co-maleic acid) as a structure directing agent. Catalysis Science & Technology 6 , pp.2910-2917. (10.1039/C5CY01260K)
• Marin, R. P. et al., 2015. Supercritical antisolvent precipitation of TiO2 with tailored anatase/rutile composition for applications in redox catalysis and Ppotocatalysis. Applied Catalysis A: General 504 , pp.62-73. (10.1016/j.apcata.2015.02.023)
• Wang, J. et al. 2015. Au-Pd nanoparticles dispersed on composite titania/graphene oxide-supports as a highly active oxidation catalyst. ACS Catalysis 5 (6), pp.3575-3587. (10.1021/acscatal.5b00480)
• Whiting, G. T. et al., 2015. Methyl formate formation from methanol oxidation using supported gold-palladium nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis 5 (2), pp.637-644. (10.1021/cs501728r)

2014

• Alhumaimess, M. et al. 2014. Oxidation of benzyl alcohol and carbon monoxide using gold nanoparticles supported on MnO2 nanowire microspheres. Chemistry - A European Journal 20 (6), pp.1701-1710. (10.1002/chem.201303355)
• Marin, R. P. et al., 2014. Novel cobalt zinc oxide Fischer-Tropsch catalysts synthesised using supercritical anti-solvent precipitation. Catalysis Science & Technology 4 (7), pp.1970-1978. (10.1039/c4cy00044g)
• Whiting, G. T. et al., 2014. Vanadium promoted molybdenum phosphate catalysts for the vapour phase partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. Applied Catalysis A: General 485 , pp.51-57. (10.1016/j.apcata.2014.07.029)

2013

• Behera, G. C. et al., 2013. Tungstate promoted vanadium phosphate catalysts for the gas phase oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. Catalysis Science & Technology 3 (6), pp.1558-64. (10.1039/c3cy20801j)
• Marin, R. P. et al., 2013. Green preparation of transition metal oxide catalysts using supercritical CO2 anti-solvent precipitation for the total oxidation of propane. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 140 , pp.671-679. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.04.076)
• Perea Marin, R. et al. 2013. Preparation of Fischer–Tropsch supported cobalt catalysts using a new gas anti-solvent process. ACS Catalysis 3 (4), pp.764-772. (10.1021/cs4000359)

2012

• Alhumaimess, M. et al. 2012. Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol by using Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Ceria Foam. ChemSusChem 5 (1), pp.125-131. (10.1002/cssc.201100374)
• Bartley, J. K. et al. 2012. Catalyst, method of manufacture and use thereof. Patent WO 2012035737[Patent]
• Bartley, J. K. et al. 2012. Simple method to synthesize high surface area magnesium oxide and its use as a heterogeneous base catalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 128 , pp.31-38. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.03.036)
• Conte, M. et al. 2012. Modified zeolite ZSM-5 for the methanol to aromatics reaction. Catalysis Science & Technology 2 (1), pp.105-112. (10.1039/c1cy00299f)
• Conte, M. et al. 2012. Enhanced selectivity to propene in the methanol to hydrocarbons reaction by use of ZSM-5/11 intergrowth zeolite. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 164 , pp.207-213. (10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.05.001)
• Fan, X. et al. 2012. Preparation of vanadium phosphate catalyst precursors for the selective oxidation of butane using α,ω-alkanediols. Catalysis Today 183 (1), pp.52-57. (10.1016/j.cattod.2011.08.030)
• Jin, G. et al. 2012. Fe2(MoO4)3/MoO3 nano-structured catalysts for the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. Journal of Catalysis 296 , pp.56-64. (10.1016/j.jcat.2012.09.001)
• Lopez-Sanchez, J. A. et al. 2012. Reactivity of Ga2O3 Clusters on Zeolite ZSM-5 for the Conversion of Methanol to Aromatics. Catalysis Letters 142 (9), pp.1049-1056. (10.1007/s10562-012-0869-2)
• Pradhan, S. et al. 2012. An attempt at enhancing the regioselective oxidation of decane using catalysis with reverse micelles. Catalysis Letters 142 (3), pp.302-307. (10.1007/s10562-011-0728-6)
• Pradhan, S. et al. 2012. Non-lattice surface oxygen species implicated in the catalytic partial oxidation of decane to oxygenated aromatics. Nature Chemistry 4 (2), pp.134-139. (10.1038/nchem.1245)
• Pradhan, S. et al. 2012. Multi-functionality of Ga/ZSM-5 catalysts during anaerobic and aerobic aromatisation of n-decane. Chemical Science 3 (10), pp.2958-2964. (10.1039/c2sc20683h)

2011

• Carley, A. F. et al. 2011. CO bond cleavage on supported nano-gold during low temperature oxidation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 13 (7), pp.2528-2538. (10.1039/c0cp01852j)
• Kondrat, S. A. et al. 2011. The effect of heat treatment on phase formation of copper manganese oxide: Influence on catalytic activity for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation. Journal of Catalysis 281 (2), pp.279-289. (10.1016/j.jcat.2011.05.012)
• Lloyd, R. et al. 2011. Low-temperature aerobic oxidation of decane using an oxygen-free radical initiator. Journal of Catalysis 283 (2), pp.161-167. (10.1016/j.jcat.2011.08.003)
• Tang, Z. et al. 2011. Synthesis of high surface area CuMn2O4 by supercritical anti-solvent precipitation for the oxidation of CO at ambient temperature. Catalysis Science & Technology 1 (5), pp.740-746. (10.1039/c1cy00064k)
• Taufiq-Yap, Y. H. et al., 2011. Influence of Milling Media on the Physicochemicals and Catalytic Properties of Mechanochemical Treated Vanadium Phosphate Catalysts. Catalysis Letters 141 (3), pp.400-407. (10.1007/s10562-010-0508-8)
• Taufiq-Yap, Y. et al., 2011. Effect of tellurium promoter on vanadium phosphate catalyst for partial oxidation of n-butane. Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry 20 (6), pp.635-638. (10.1016/S1003-9953(10)60251-4)
• Weng, W. et al., 2011. Controlling vanadium phosphate catalyst precursor morphology by adding alkane solvents in the reduction step of VOPO4·2H2O to VOHPO4·0.5H2O. Journal of Materials Chemistry 21 (40), pp.16136-16146. (10.1039/c1jm12456k)

2010

• Al Otaibi, R. et al., 2010. Vanadium Phosphate Oxide Seeds and Their Influence on the Formation of Vanadium Phosphate Catalyst Precursors. ChemCatChem 2 (4), pp.443-452. (10.1002/cctc.200900274)
• Bartley, J. K. et al. 2010. Metal oxides. In: Horvath, I. T. ed. Encyclopedia of Catalysis. New York: John Wiley & Sons(10.1002/0471227617.eoc139.pub2)
• Dummer, N. et al. 2010. Structural evolution and catalytic performance of DuPont V-P-O/SiO2 materials designed for fluidized bed applications. Applied Catalysis A: General 376 (1-2), pp.47-55. (10.1016/j.apcata.2009.10.004)
• Lin, Z. et al. 2010. The synthesis of highly crystalline vanadium phosphate catalysts using a diblock copolymer as a structure directing agent. Catalysis Today 157 (1-4), pp.211-216. (10.1016/j.cattod.2010.03.013)
• Myakonkaya, O. et al., 2010. Recovery and reuse of nanoparticles by tuning solvent quality. Chemsuschem 3 (3), pp.339-341. (10.1002/cssc.200900280)
• Myakonkaya, O. et al., 2010. Recycling nanocatalysts by tuning solvent quality. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 350 (2), pp.443-445. (10.1016/j.jcis.2010.06.064)
• Sithamparappillai, U. et al., 2010. Effect on the structure and morphology of vanadium phosphates of the addition of alkanes during the alcoholreduction of VOPO4·2H2O. Journal of Materials Chemistry 20 (25), pp.5310-5318. (10.1039/c0jm00403k)
• Taufiq-Yap, Y. et al. 2010. The Effect of Cr, Ni, Fe, and Mn Dopants on the Performance of Hydrothermal Synthesized Vanadium Phosphate Catalysts for n-Butane Oxidation. Petroleum Science and Technology 28 (10), pp.997-1012. (10.1080/10916460903058004)
• Weng, W. et al., 2010. Electron Microscopy Studies of V-P-O Catalyst Precursors: Defining the Dihydrate to Hemihydrate Phase Transformation [Abstract]. Microscopy and Microanalysis 16 (S2), pp.1198-1199. (10.1017/S1431927610059805)
• Xu, C. et al., 2010. Mgo Catalysed Triglyceride Transesterification for Biodiesel Synthesis. Catalysis Letters 138 (1-2), pp.1-7. (10.1007/s10562-010-0365-5)

2009

• Miedziak, P. J. et al. 2009. Ceria prepared using supercritical antisolvent precipitation: a green support for gold-palladium nanoparticles for the selective catalytic oxidation of alcohols. Journal of Materials Chemistry 19 (45), pp.8619-8627. (10.1039/b911102f)
• Tang, Z. et al. 2009. New nanocrystalline Cu/MnOx catalysts prepared from supercritical antisolvent precipitation. ChemCatChem 1 (2), pp.247-251. (10.1002/cctc.200900195)
• Taufiq-Yap, Y. H. et al., 2009. Dependence of n-Butane Activation on Active Site of Vanadium Phosphate Catalysts. Catalysis Letters 130 (3-4), pp.327-334. (10.1007/s10562-009-0003-2)
• Weng, W. et al., 2009. Evaluation and structural characterization of dupont V-P-O/SiO2 catalysts. Microscopy and Microanalysis 15 (SUPPL.), pp.1412-1413. (10.1017/S1431927609092332)
• Weng, W. et al., 2009. Structural characterization of vanadium phosphate catalysts prepared using a Di-block copolymer template. Microscopy and Microanalysis 15 (SUPPL.), pp.1438-1439. (10.1017/S1431927609094203)

2008

• Goh, C. K. et al., 2008. Influence of Bi-Fe additive on properties of vanadium phosphate catalysts for n-butane oxidation to maleic anhydride. Catalysis Today 131 (1-4), pp.408-412. (10.1016/j.cattod.2007.10.059)
• Xu, C. et al., 2008. On the synthesis of b-keto-1,3-dithianes from conjugated ynones catalyzed by magnesium oxide. Tetrahedron Letters 49 (15), pp.2454-2456. (10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.02.030)

2007

• Herzing, A. A. et al., 2007. Characterization of Au-based catalysts using novel cerium oxide supports. Microscopy and Microanalysis 13 , pp.102-103. (10.1017/S143192760707660X)
• Tang, Z. et al., 2007. Nanocrystalline cerium oxide produced by supercritical antisolvent precipitation as a support for high-activity gold catalysts. Journal of Catalysis 249 (2), pp.208-219. (10.1016/j.jcat.2007.04.016)

2006

• Conte, M. et al., 2006. Chemically Induced Fast Solid-State Transitions of ω-VOPO4 in Vanadium Phosphate Catalysts. Science 313 (5791), pp.1270-1273. (10.1126/science.1130493)
• Song, N. et al., 2006. Oxidation of butane to maleic anhydride using vanadium phosphate catalysts: Comparison of operation in aerobic and anaerobic conditions using a gas-gas periodic flow reactor. Catalysis Letters 106 (3-4), pp.127-131. (10.1007/s10562-005-9619-z)
• Tang, Z. et al., 2006. Preparation of TiO2 using supercritical CO2 antisolvent precipitation (SAS): A support for high activity gold catalysts. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 162 , pp.219-226. (10.1016/S0167-2991(06)80910-9)

2005

• Song, N. et al., 2005. Oxidation of isobutene to methacrolein using bismuth molybdate catalysts: Comparison of operation in periodic and continuous feed mode. Journal of Catalysis 236 (2), pp.282-291. (10.1016/j.jcat.2005.10.008)