Dr Mark Douthwaite

2023

• Daniel, I. et al. 2023. Electrochemical polarization of disparate catalytic sites drives thermochemical rate enhancement. ACS Catalysis 13(21), pp. 14189-14198. (10.1021/acscatal.3c03364)
• Liang, Y., Douthwaite, M., Huang, X., Zhao, B., Tang, Q., Liu, L. and Dong, J. 2023. Zero-oxidation state precursor assisted fabrication of highly dispersed and stable Pt catalyst for chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β--unsaturated aldehydes. Nano Research 16, pp. 6085-6093. (10.1007/s12274-022-4822-4)
• Zhao, L. et al. 2023. Insights into the effect of metal ratio on cooperative redox enhancement effects over au- and pd-mediated alcohol oxidation. ACS Catalysis 13(5), pp. 2892-2903. (10.1021/acscatal.2c06284)
• Tong, T. et al. 2023. Uncovering structure - activity relationships in pt/ceo2 catalysts for hydrogen-borrowing amination. ACS Catalysis 13(2), pp. 1207-1220. (10.1021/acscatal.2c04347)

2022

• Daniel, I. T. et al. 2022. Kinetic analysis to describe co-operative redox enhancement effects exhibited by bimetallic Au-Pd systems in aerobic oxidation. Catalysis Science & Technology (10.1039/D2CY01474B)
• Tigwell, M. et al. 2022. Investigating catalytic properties which influence dehydration and oxidative dehydrogenation in aerobic glycerol oxidation over Pt/TiO2. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126(37), pp. 15651-15661. (10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03680)
• Smith, L. R., Douthwaite, M., Mugford, K., Dummer, N. F., Willock, D. J., Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2022. Recent advances on the valorization of glycerol into alcohols. Energies 15(17), article number: e6250. (10.3390/en15176250)
• Jiang, Z. et al. 2022. Modulating the electronic metal-support interactions in single-atom Pt1−CuO catalyst for boosting acetone oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61(28), article number: e202200763. (10.1002/anie.202200763)
• Sun, S. et al. 2022. Selective oxidation of methane to methanol and methyl hydroperoxide over palladium modified MoO3 photocatalyst under ambient conditions. Catalysis Science & Technology 12(11), pp. 3727-3736. (10.1039/D2CY00240J)
• Douthwaite, M., Zhang, B., Iqbal, S., Miedziak, P. J., Bartley, J. K., Willock, D. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2022. Transfer hydrogenation of methyl levulinate with methanol to gamma valerolactone over Cu-ZrO2: A sustainable approach to liquid fuels. Catalysis Communications 164, article number: 106430. (10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106430)
• Huang, X. et al. 2022. Au-Pd separation enhances bimetallic catalysis of alcohol oxidation. Nature 603, pp. 271-275. (10.1038/s41586-022-04397-7)

2021

• Najafishirtari, S. et al. 2021. A perspective on heterogeneous catalysts for the selective oxidation of alcohols. Chemistry - A European Journal 27(68), pp. 16809-16833. (10.1002/chem.202102868)
• Qu, Y., Li, G., Zhao, T., Zhang, Z., Douthwaite, M., Zhang, J. and Hao, Z. 2021. Low-temperature direct dehydrogenation of propane over binary oxide catalysts: insights into geometric effects and active sites. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 9(38), pp. 12755–12765. (10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03074)
• Yang, N., Pattisson, S., Douthwaite, M., Zeng, G., Zhang, H., Ma, J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2021. Influence of stabilizers on the performance of Au/TiO2 catalysts for CO oxidation. ACS Catalysis 11(18), pp. 11607-11615. (10.1021/acscatal.1c02820)
• Yang, P. et al. 2021. Coordinately unsaturated O2c–Ti5c–O2c sites promote the reactivity of Pt/TiO2 catalysts in the solvent-free oxidation of octanol. Catalysis Science & Technology 11(14), pp. 4898-4910. (10.1039/D1CY00686J)
• Sainna, M. et al. 2021. A combined periodic DFT and QM/MM approach to understand the radical mechanism of the catalytic production of methanol from glycerol. Faraday Discussions 229, pp. 108-130. (10.1039/D0FD00005A)
• Smith, L. R. et al. 2021. Gas phase clycerol valorization over ceria nanostructures with well-defined morphologies. ACS Catalysis 11, pp. 4893-4907. (10.1021/acscatal.0c05606)
• Underhill, R. et al. 2021. Ambient base-free glycerol oxidation over bimetallic PdFe/SiO2 by in situ generated active oxygen species. Research on Chemical Intermediates 47, pp. 303-324. (10.1007/s11164-020-04333-2)

2020

• Devlia, J., Smith, L., Douthwaite, M., Taylor, S. H., Willock, D. J., Hutchings, G. J. and Dummer, N. F. 2020. The formation of methanol from glycerol bio-waste over doped ceria based catalysts. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378(2176), article number: 20200059. (10.1098/rsta.2020.0059)
• Jiang, Z. et al. 2020. Stabilizing platinum atoms on CeO2 oxygen vacancies by metal-support interaction induced interface distortion: Mechanism and application. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 278, article number: 119304. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119304)
• Douthwaite, M. et al. 2020. Glycerol selective oxidation to lactic acid over AuPt nanoparticles; enhancing reaction selectivity and understanding by support modification. ChemCatChem 12(11), pp. 3097-3107. (10.1002/cctc.202000026)
• Evans, C. D. et al. 2020. Enhancing the understanding of the glycerol to lactic acid reaction mechanism over AuPt/TiO2 under alkaline conditions. Journal of Chemical Physics 152(13), article number: 134705. (10.1063/1.5128595)
• Zhang, B. et al. 2020. Seed- and solvent-free synthesis of ZSM-5 with tuneable Si/Al ratios for biomass hydrogenation. Green Chemistry 22(5), pp. 1630-1638. (10.1039/C9GC03622A)

2019

• Venezia, B., Douthwaite, M., Wu, G., Sankar, M., Ellis, P., Hutchings, G. J. and Gavriilidis, A. 2019. Slurry loop tubular membrane reactor for the catalysed aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol. Chemical Engineering Journal 378, article number: 122250. (10.1016/j.cej.2019.122250)
• 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)
• Jiang, Z. et al. 2019. Atomic-scale insights into the low-temperature oxidation of methanol over a single-atom Pt1-Co3O4 catalyst. Advanced Functional Materials 29(31), article number: 1902041. (10.1002/adfm.201902041)
• Smith, P. J. et al. 2019. Investigating the Influence of Reaction Conditions and the Properties of Ceria for the Valorisation of Glycerol. Energies 12(7), article number: 1359. (10.3390/en12071359)
• 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)
• Yu, Y. et al. 2019. SO2 promoted in situ recovery of thermally deactivated Fe2(SO4)3/TiO2 NH3-SCR catalysts: from experimental work to theoretical study. Chemical Engineering Journal 361, pp. 820-829. (10.1016/j.cej.2018.12.149)
• Smith, L. R. et al. 2019. New insights for the valorisation of glycerol over MgO catalysts in the gas-phase. Catalysis Science and Technology 9, pp. 1464-1475., article number: 6. (10.1039/C8CY02214C)
• Jian, Y. et al. 2019. In-depth understanding of the morphology effect of α-Fe2O3 on catalytic ethane destruction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11(12), pp. 11369-11383. (10.1021/acsami.8b21521)
• He, C., Cheng, J., Zhang, X., Douthwaite, M., Pattisson, S. and Hao, Z. 2019. Recent advances in the catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds: a review based on pollutant sorts and sources. Chemical Reviews 119(7), pp. 4471-4568. (10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00408)

2018

• Underhill, R. et al. 2018. Oxidative degradation of phenol using in situ generated hydrogen peroxide combined with Fenton's process. Johnson Matthey Technology Review 62(4), pp. 417-425. (10.1595/205651318X15302623075041)
• Zhang, B. et al. 2018. Macroporous-mesoporous carbon supported Ni catalysts for the conversion of cellulose to polyols. Green Chemistry 20(15), pp. 3634-3642. (10.1039/C8GC01624K)
• He, C., Jiang, Z., Ma, M., Zhang, X., Douthwaite, M., Shi, J. and Hao, Z. 2018. Understanding the promotional effect of Mn2O3 on micro-/mesoporous hybrid silica nanocubic-supported Pt catalysts for the low-temperature destruction of methyl ethyl ketone: An experimental and theoretical study. ACS Catalysis 8(5), pp. 4213-4229. (10.1021/acscatal.7b04461)
• Yu, Y., Miao, J., He, C., Chen, J., Li, C. and Douthwaite, M. 2018. The remarkable promotional effect of SO 2 on Pb-poisoned V 2 O 5 -WO 3 /TiO 2 catalysts: An in-depth experimental and theoretical study. Chemical Engineering Journal 338, pp. 191-201. (10.1016/j.cej.2018.01.031)

2017

• Douthwaite, M. et al. 2017. The controlled catalytic oxidation of furfural to furoic acid using AuPd/Mg(OH)2. Catalysis Science & Technology 7(22), pp. 5284-5293. (10.1039/C7CY01025G)
• Albilali, R. K., Douthwaite, J. M., He, Q. and Taylor, S. H. 2017. The selective hydrogenation of furfural over supported palladium nanoparticle catalysts prepared by sol-immobilisation: effect of catalyst support and reaction conditions. Catalysis Science and Technology 2018(8), pp. 252-267. (10.1039/C7CY02110K)
• Morad, M. et al. 2017. Multifunctional supported bimetallic catalysts for a cascade reaction with hydrogen auto transfer: synthesis of 4-phenylbutan-2-ones from 4-methoxybenzyl alcohols. Catalysis Science & Technology 7(9), pp. 1928-1936. (10.1039/C7CY00184C)
• Cao, E. et al. 2017. A micropacked-bed multi-reactor system with in situ raman analysis for catalyst evaluation. Catalysis Today 283, pp. 195-201. (10.1016/j.cattod.2016.06.007)
• Fu, J. et al. 2017. The role of Mg(OH)2 in the so-called 'base-free' oxidation of glycerol with AuPd catalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal 24(10), pp. 2396-2402. (10.1002/chem.201704151)

2016

• Douthwaite, J. 2016. The selective oxidation of bio-derived platform chemicals over supported gold catalysts. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2015

• Gandarias Goikoetxea, I., Miedziak, P. J., Nowicka, E., Douthwaite, M., Morgan, D. J., Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2015. Selective oxidation of n-butanol using gold-palladium supported nanoparticles under base-free conditions. Chemsuschem 8(3), pp. 473-480. (10.1002/cssc.201403190)

2014

• Kondrat, S. A. et al. 2014. Base-free oxidation of glycerol using titania-supported trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles. Chemsuschem 7(5), pp. 1326-1334. (10.1002/cssc.201300834)

2013

• Miedziak, P. et al. 2013. Physical mixing of metal acetates: optimisation of catalyst parameters to produce highly active bimetallic catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 3(11), pp. 2910-2917. (10.1039/c3cy00263b)