Dr Nicholas Francois Dummer

2025

• Hao, C. et al., 2025. Ce-induced synergistic effect in exsolved perovskite catalyst for highly efficient and robust methane dry reforming. Nature Communications 16 (1) 10630. (10.1038/s41467-025-65619-w)
• Li, R. et al. 2025. Oxidative degradation of phenol via in-situ generation of H2O2 in a flow reactor. Catalysis Letters 155 (11) 373. (10.1007/s10562-025-05221-3)
• Li, Y. et al., 2025. Dynamic active site evolution in lanthanum‐based catalysts dictates ethane chlorination pathways. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (34) e202505846. (10.1002/anie.202505846)
• Parmentier, T. E. et al., 2025. Influence of surface functionalities on Au/C catalysts for oxidative homocoupling of phenylboronic acid. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 13 (25), pp.9654-9667. (10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c02262)
• Qi, H. et al. 2025. Tandem reductive amination and deuteration over a phosphorus-modified iron center.. Nature Communications 16 (1) 1840. (10.1038/s41467-024-55722-9)
• Qi, H. et al. 2025. Enhancing activation of D2O for highly efficient deuteration using an Fe-P pair-site catalyst. JACS Au 5 (6), pp.2666-2676. (10.1021/jacsau.5c00257)
• Sun, Z. et al. 2025. Tailoring an Fe-Ov-Ce triggered phase-reversible oxygen carrier for intensified chemical looping CO2 splitting. Carbon Energy 7 (9) e70011. (10.1002/cey2.70011)
• Sun, Z. et al. 2025. Concerted catalysis of single atom and nanocluster enhances bio-ethanol activation and dehydrogenation. Nature Communications 16 (1) 3935. (10.1038/s41467-025-59127-0)
• Sun, Z. et al., 2025. Modulating the interfacial energy of Ni–Bi molten alloys for enhanced methane decomposition to hydrogen. ACS Catalysis 15 , pp.17333-17346. (10.1021/acscatal.5c02867)
• Williams, J. O. et al. 2025. The influence of reaction conditions on selective acetylene hydrogenation over sol immobilisation prepared AgPd/Al2O3 catalysts. ChemCatChem 17 (18) e202401794. (10.1002/cctc.202401794)

2024

• Lawes, N. et al. 2024. Zn loading effects on the selectivity of PdZn catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Catalysis Letters 154 (4), pp.1603-1610. (10.1007/s10562-023-04437-5)
• Lawes, N. et al. 2024. CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on intermetallic PdGa and PdIn catalysts and the effect of Zn co-deposition. Applied Catalysis A: General 679 119735. (10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119735)
• Mugford, K. et al. 2024. Investigating physicochemical properties of MgO catalysts for the gas phase conversion of glycerol. ARKIVOC 2024 (3) 202412252. (10.24820/ark.5550190.p012.252)
• Parker, L. A. et al. 2024. Investigating periodic table interpolation for the rational design of nanoalloy catalysts for green hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition. Catalysis Letters 154 , pp.1958-1969. (10.1007/s10562-023-04446-4)
• Zhang, B. et al. 2024. Ambient-pressure alkoxycarbonylation for sustainable synthesis of ester. Nature Communications 15 (1) 7837. (10.1038/s41467-024-52163-2)

2023

• Carter, J. H. et al., 2023. The selective oxidation of methane to methanol using in situ generated H 2 O 2 over palladium-based bimetallic catalysts †. Catalysis Science & Technology (10.1039/d3cy00116d)
• Dummer, N. F. et al. 2023. Methane oxidation to methanol. Chemical Reviews 9 , pp.6359-6411. (10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00439)
• Lazaridou, A. et al. 2023. Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction. Nature Reviews Chemistry (10.1038/s41570-023-00470-5)

2022

• Bowker, M. et al. 2022. Advancing critical chemical processes for a sustainable future: challenges for industry and the Max Planck-Cardiff centre on the fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis (funcat). Angewandte Chemie International Edition (10.1002/anie.202209016)
• Bowker, M. et al. 2022. The critical role of βPdZn alloy in Pd/ZnO catalysts for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol. ACS Catalysis 12 (9), pp.5371-5379. (10.1021/acscatal.2c00552)
• Crawley, J. W. M. et al. 2022. Heterogeneous trimetallic nanoparticles as catalysts. Chemical Reviews 122 (6), pp.6795-6849. (10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00493)
• Davies, T. E. et al. 2022. Experimental methods in chemical engineering: Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray ultra-microscopy—SEM and XuM. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 100 (11), pp.3145-3159. (10.1002/cjce.24405)
• Dummer, N. F. et al. 2022. Investigating the preparation of Cu3Mo2O9 as a photocatalyst. Catalysis Communications 163 106414. (10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106414)
• Lawes, N. et al. 2022. Methanol synthesis from CO2 and H2 using supported Pd alloy catalysts.. Faraday Discussions (10.1039/D2FD00119E)
• Pattisson, S. et al. 2022. Lowering the operating temperature of gold acetylene hydrochlorination catalysts using oxidized carbon supports. ACS Catalysis 12 , pp.14086–14095. (10.1021/acscatal.2c04242)
• Richards, N. et al. 2022. Effect of the preparation method of LaSrCoFeOx perovskites on the activity of N2O decomposition. Catalysis Letters 152 , pp.213-226. (10.1007/s10562-021-03619-3)
• Smith, L. R. et al. 2022. Recent advances on the valorization of glycerol into alcohols. Energies 15 (17) e6250. (10.3390/en15176250)
• 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)
• Taylor, S. et al. 2022. Selective oxidation of methane to oxygenates using heterogeneous catalysts. In: Li, L. and Hargreaves, J. eds. Heterogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Energy. Weinheim: Wiley. , pp.183-203.
• 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)

2021

• Dawson, S. R. et al. 2021. Sulfur promotion in Au/C catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination. Small 17 (16) 2007221. (10.1002/smll.202007221)
• 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)
• Sun, S. et al. 2021. Lanthanum modified Fe-ZSM-5 zeolites for selective methane oxidation with H2O2. Catalysis Science & Technology 11 (24), pp.8052-8064. (10.1039/D1CY01643A)

2020

• Devlia, J. et al., 2020. The formation of methanol from glycerol bio-waste over doped ceria based catalysts. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378 (2176) 20200059. (10.1098/rsta.2020.0059)
• Jiao, Y. et al., 2020. The effect of T-atom ratio and TPAOH concentration on the pore structure and titanium position in MFI-Type titanosilicate during dissolution-recrystallization process. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 305 110397. (10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110397)
• Malta, G. et al. 2020. Can gold be an effective catalyst for the Deacon reaction?. Catalysis Letters 150 , pp.2991-2995. (10.1007/s10562-020-03204-0)
• Parker, L. A. et al. 2020. Ammonia decomposition enhancement by Cs-Promoted Fe/Al2O3 catalysts. Catalysis Letters 150 , pp.3369-3376. (10.1007/s10562-020-03247-3)
• Richards, N. et al. 2020. Structure-sensitivity of alumina supported palladium catalysts for N2O decomposition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 264 118501. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118501)
• Richards, N. et al. 2020. Lowering the operating temperature of perovskite catalysts for N2O decomposition through control of preparation methods. ACS Catalysis 10 (10), pp.5430-5442. (10.1021/acscatal.0c00698)

2019

• 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. 6. (10.1039/C8CY02214C)
• 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) 1359. (10.3390/en12071359)

2018

• Chow, Y. K. et al. 2018. A kinetic study of methane partial oxidation over FeZSM-5 using N2O as an oxidant. ChemPhysChem 19 (4), pp.402-411. (10.1002/cphc.201701202)
• Chow, Y. K. et al. 2018. Investigating the influence of acid sites in continuous methane oxidation with N2O over Fe/MFI zeolites. Catalysis Science and Technology 2018 (8), pp.154-163. (10.1039/C7CY01769C)
• Jiang, Z. et al., 2018. Insight into the efficient oxidation of methyl-ethyl-ketone over hierarchically micro-mesostructured Pt/K-(Al)SiO 2 nanorod catalysts: Structure-activity relationships and mechanism. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 226 , pp.220-233. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.12.007)
• Jiao, Y. et al., 2018. Inter-connected and open pore hierarchical TS-1 with controlled framework titanium for catalytic cyclohexene epoxidation. Catalysis Science and Technology 8 , pp.2211-2217. (10.1039/C7CY02571H)
• Richards, N. et al. 2018. Investigating the influence of Fe speciation on N2O decomposition over Fe–ZSM-5 catalysts. Topics in Catalysis 61 (18-19), pp.1983-1992. (10.1007/s11244-018-1024-0)
• Williams, C. et al. 2018. Selective oxidation of methane to methanol using supported AuPd catalysts prepared by stabilizer-free sol-immobilization. ACS Catalysis , pp.2567-2576. (10.1021/acscatal.7b04417)

2017

• Ishikawa, S. et al., 2017. Synthesis of crystalline microporous Mo−V−Bi oxide for selective (Amm)oxidation of light alkanes. Chemistry of Materials 29 (7), pp.2939-2950. (10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05224)
• Khan, Z. , Dummer, N. F. and Edwards, J. K. 2017. Silver palladium catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 376 (2110)(10.1098/rsta.2017.0058)

2016

• Dummer, N. et al. 2016. Surfactant controlled magnesium oxide synthesis for base catalysis. Catalysis Science & Technology 6 (6), pp.1903-1912. (10.1039/C5CY01107H)
• Xu, J. et al., 2016. Continuous selective oxidation of methane to methanol over Cu- and Fe-modified ZSM-5 catalysts in a flow reactor. Catalysis Today 270 , pp.93-100. (10.1016/j.cattod.2015.09.011)

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)
• Gupta, U. N. et al., 2015. Epoxidation of propene with graphite AuPd-supported nanoparticles. Catalysis Letters 145 (2), pp.697-701. (10.1007/s10562-014-1439-6)
• Gupta, U. N. et al., 2015. Solvent-free oxidation of dec-1-ene using gold/graphite catalyst using an in situ generated oxidant. Catalysis Science & Technology 5 (2), pp.1307-1313. (10.1039/C4CY01355G)
• Gupta, U. N. et al., 2015. Solvent-free aerobic epoxidation of Dec-1-ene using gold/graphite as a catalyst. Catalysis Letters 145 (2), pp.689-696. (10.1007/s10562-014-1425-z)
• Haider, M. H. et al., 2015. Efficient green methanol synthesis from glycerol. Nature Chemistry 7 , pp.1028-1032. (10.1038/nchem.2345)
• 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)
• Haider, M. et al. 2014. The effect of grafting zirconia and ceria onto alumina as a support for silicotungstic acid for the catalytic dehydration of glycerol to acrolein. Chemistry - a European Journal 20 (6), pp.1743-1752. (10.1002/chem.201302348)
• 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)
• Moreno, I. et al. 2013. Selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol using in situ generated H2O2 over hierarchical Au-Pd titanium silicalite catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 3 (9), pp.2425-2434. (10.1039/c3cy00493g)
• Moreno, I. et al. 2013. Selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol using in situ generated H2O2 over hierarchical Au–Pd titanium silicalite catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 3 (9), pp.2425-2434. (10.1039/c3cy00493g)
• Ryabenkova, Y. et al. 2013. The selective oxidation of 1,2-propanediol to lactic acid using mild conditions and gold-based nanoparticulate catalysts. Catalysis Today 203 , pp.139-145. (10.1016/j.cattod.2012.05.037)

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]
• Brett, G. L. et al. 2012. Oxidative esterification of 1,2-propanediol using gold and gold-palladium supported nanoparticles. Catalysis Science & Technology 2 (1), pp.97-104. (10.1039/c1cy00254f)
• 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)
• Haider, M. et al. 2012. Rubidium- and caesium-doped silicotungstic acid catalysts supported on alumina for the catalytic dehydration of glycerol to acrolein. Journal of Catalysis 286 , pp.206-213. (10.1016/j.jcat.2011.11.004)
• Hammond, C. et al. 2012. Direct catalytic conversion of methane to methanol in an aqueous medium by using copper-promoted Fe-ZSM-5. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 51 (21), pp.5129-5133. (10.1002/anie.201108706)
• 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)
• Kotionova, T. et al. 2012. Oxidative Esterification of Homologous 1,3-Propanediols. Catalysis Letters 142 (9), pp.1114-1120. (10.1007/s10562-012-0872-7)
• Ryabenkova, Y. et al. 2012. The Selective Oxidation of 1,2-Propanediol by Supported Gold-Based Nanoparticulate Catalysts. Topics in Catalysis 55 (19-20), pp.1283-1288. (10.1007/s11244-012-9909-9)

2011

• Bawaked, S. M. et al. 2011. Solvent-free selective epoxidation of cyclooctene using supported gold catalysts: an investigation of catalyst re-use. Green Chemistry 13 (1), pp.127-134. (10.1039/c0gc00550a)
• Bawaked, S. M. et al. 2011. Selective oxidation of alkenes using graphite-supported gold-palladium catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 1 (5), pp.747-759. (10.1039/c1cy00122a)
• Dummer, N. et al. 2011. Reprint of: Oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane and cyclohexene over supported gold, -palladium catalysts. Catalysis Today 160 (1), pp.50-54. (10.1016/j.cattod.2010.12.014)
• Hutchings, G. J. et al. 2011. Selective epoxidation of cyclooctene using graphite-supported gold and gold palladium catalysts. Presented at: 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition Anaheim, CA 27-31 March 2011.
• 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)
• Dummer, N. et al. 2010. Oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane and cyclohexene over supported gold, palladium and gold-palladium catalysts. Catalysis Today 154 (1-2), pp.2-6. (10.1016/j.cattod.2010.03.031)
• 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)
• 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)

2009

• Bawaked, S. M. et al. 2009. Solvent-free selective epoxidation of cyclooctene using supported gold catalysts. Green Chemistry 11 (7), pp.1037-1044. (10.1039/b823286p)
• 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)

2004

• Dummer, N. 2004. Comparison of the heterogeneous enantioselective hydrogenation of 2,3-butanedione over cinchona modified platinum catalysts in three different reactors. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
• Li, X. et al., 2004. Enantioselective hydrogenation using cinchona-modified Pt/γ-Al 2O3 catalysts: Comparison of the reaction of ethyl pyruvate and buta-2,3-dione. Catalysis Letters 96 (3-4), pp.147-151. (10.1023/B:CATL.0000030112.70608.a0)