Professor Graham Hutchings
CBE FRS

Regius Professor of Chemistry

School of Chemistry

: Available for postgraduate supervision

The study of gold nanocrystals as novel active heterogeneous catalysts and their characterisation.
The design of selective oxidation and hydrogenation catalysts and their study using in situ spectroscopy.
Designing novel heterogeneous catalysts

2010

Lin, Z., Weng, W., Kiely, C. J., Dummer, N., Bartley, J. K. and Hutchings, G. J. 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. Recycling nanocatalysts by tuning solvent quality. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 350(2), pp. 443-445. (10.1016/j.jcis.2010.06.064)
Hutchings, G. J. 2010. Metal-cluster catalysts: Access granted. Nature Chemistry 2(12), pp. 1005-1006. (10.1038/nchem.868)
Morgan, K. et al. 2010. TAP studies of CO oxidation over CuMnOX and Au/CuMnOX catalysts. Journal of Catalysis 276(1), pp. 38-48. (10.1016/j.jcat.2010.08.013)
Cole, K. J., Carley, A. F., Crudace, M., Clarke, M., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2010. Copper Manganese Oxide Catalysts Modified by Gold Deposition: The Influence on Activity for Ambient Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation. Catalysis Letters 138(3-4), pp. 143-147. (10.1007/s10562-010-0392-2)
Pritchard, J. C. et al. 2010. Selective oxidation using supported gold and gold palladium nanoparticles prepared by sol-immobilisation. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 636(11), pp. 2034. (10.1002/zaac.201007002)
Xu, C., Enache, D., Lloyd, R., Knight, D. W., Bartley, J. K. and Hutchings, G. J. 2010. Mgo Catalysed Triglyceride Transesterification for Biodiesel Synthesis. Catalysis Letters 138(1-2), pp. 1-7. (10.1007/s10562-010-0365-5)
Lopez-Sanchez, J. A. et al. 2010. Using gold catalysts for upgrading glycerol from biodiesel production: Selective oxidation and synthesis of glycerol carbonate [Abstract]. Presented at: 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, USA, 22-26 August 2010.
Gevaert, T., Owsianik, G., Hutchings, G. J., Everaerts, W., Nilius, B. and De Ridder, D. 2010. Maturation of stretch-induced contractile activity and its muscarinic regulation in isolated whole bladder strips from rat. Neurourology and Urodynamics 29(5), pp. 789-796. (10.1002/nau.20553)
Pritchard, J. C. et al. 2010. Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide and Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation Using Au−Pd Catalysts Prepared by Sol Immobilization. Langmuir 26(21), pp. 16568-16577. (10.1021/la101597q)
Hutchings, G. J. 2010. Dealloying Shows the Way to New Catalysts. Chemsuschem 3(4), pp. 429-430. (10.1002/cssc.201000043)
Dummer, N., Weng, W., Kiely, C., Carley, A. F., Bartley, J. K., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)
Al Otaibi, R., Weng, W., Bartley, J. K., Dummer, N., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)
Al-Otaibi, N. M. K. and Hutchings, G. J. 2010. Aromatization of Isobutene Using H-ZSM-5/Oxide Composite Catalysts. Catalysis Letters 134(3-4), pp. 191-195. (10.1007/s10562-009-0255-x)
He, Q., Thomas, A., Edwards, J. K., Carley, A. F., Hutchings, G. J. and Kiely, C. J. 2010. Identifying Potential Active Species in Au/ZnO CO Oxidation Catalysts [Abstract]. Microscopy and Microanalysis 16(S2), pp. 1188-1189. (10.1017/S1431927610060186)
Taufiq-Yap, Y., Theam, K. L., Hutchings, G. J., Dummer, N. and Bartley, J. K. 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)
Barrea, C., Biard, J., Hutchings, G. J. and Bernard, P. 2010. Prenatal diagnosis of isolated total anomalous systemic venous return to the coronary sinus. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 35(1), pp. 117-119. (10.1002/uog.7516)
Dummer, N., Bawaked, S. M., Hayward, J., Jenkins, R. L. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)
Meenakshisundaram, S. et al. 2010. Oxidation of alcohols using supported gold and gold-palladium nanoparticles. Faraday Discussions 145, pp. 341-356. (10.1039/b908172k)
Myakonkaya, O. et al. 2010. Recovery and reuse of nanoparticles by tuning solvent quality. Chemsuschem 3(3), pp. 339-341. (10.1002/cssc.200900280)
Piccinini, M., Ntainjua Ndifor, E., Edwards, J. K., Carley, A. F., Moulijn, J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2010. Effect of the reaction conditions on the performance of Au-Pd/TiO2 catalyst for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12(10), pp. 2488-2492. (10.1039/b921815g)
Pritchard, J. C. et al. 2010. The effect of catalyst preparation method on the performance of supported Au-Pd catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Green Chemistry 12(5), pp. 915-921. (10.1039/b924472g)
Sithamparappillai, U., Nuno, J. L., Dummer, N., Weng, W., Kiely, C. J., Bartley, J. K. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)
Weng, W., Al Otaibi, R., Dummer, N., Bartley, J. K., Hutchings, G. J. and Kiely, C. J. 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)
Bartley, J. K., Hargreaves, J. S. J., Hutchings, G. J., Rico, J. L., Taylor, S. H., Wells, R. . P. K. and Willock, D. J. 2010. Metal oxides. In: Horvath, I. T. ed. Encyclopedia of Catalysis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, (10.1002/0471227617.eoc139.pub2)

2009

Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Nanocrystalline gold catalysts: A reflection on catalyst discovery and the nature of active sites. Gold Bulletin 42(4), pp. 260-266. (10.1007/BF03214947)
Meenakshisundaram, S. et al. 2009. Oxidation of Glycerol to Glycolate by using Supported Gold and Palladium Nanoparticles. Chemsuschem 2(12), pp. 1145-1151. (10.1002/cssc.200900133)
Hutchings, G. J. 2009. A golden future. Nature Chemistry 1(7), pp. 584-584. (10.1038/nchem.388)
Lee, A. F., Hackett, S., Hutchings, G. J., Lizzit, S., Naughton, J. and Wilson, K. 2009. In situ X-ray studies of crotyl alcohol selective oxidation over Au/Pd(111) surface alloys. Catalysis Today 145(3-4), pp. 251-257. (10.1016/j.cattod.2008.10.034)
Jones, C., Cole, K. J., Taylor, S. H., Crudace, M. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Copper manganese oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation: Effect of calcination on activity. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 305(1-2), pp. 121-124. (10.1016/j.molcata.2008.10.027)
Edwards, J. K., Solsona, B., Ntainjua Ndifor, E., Carley, A. F., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Switching off hydrogen peroxide hydrogenation in the direct synthesis process. Science 323(5917), pp. 1037-1041. (10.1126/science.1168980)
Ntainjua Ndifor, E. et al. 2009. The Effect of Bromide Pretreatment on the Performance of Supported Au–Pd Catalysts for the Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide. ChemCatChem 1(4), pp. 479-484. (10.1002/cctc.200900171)
Bawaked, S. M., Dummer, N., Dimitratos, N., Bethell, D., He, Q., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Solvent-free selective epoxidation of cyclooctene using supported gold catalysts. Green Chemistry 11(7), pp. 1037-1044. (10.1039/b823286p)
Bracey, C., Ellis, P. R. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Application of copper-gold alloys in catalysis: current status and future perspectives. Chemical Society Reviews 38(8), pp. 2231-2243. (10.1039/b817729p)
Dimitratos, N. et al. 2009. Oxidation of glycerol using gold-palladium alloy-supported nanocrystals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11(25), pp. 4952-4961. (10.1039/b904317a)
Dimitratos, N., Lopez-Sanchez, J. A. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Green Catalysis with Alternative Feedstocks. Topics in Catalysis 52(3), pp. 258-268. (10.1007/s11244-008-9162-4)
Dimitratos, N. et al. 2009. Selective formation of lactate by oxidation of 1,2-propanediol using gold palladium alloy supported nanocrystals. Green Chemistry 11(8), pp. 1209-1216. (10.1039/b823285g)
Dimitratos, N. et al. 2009. Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using Au-Pd catalysts prepared by sol immobilisation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11(25), pp. 5142-5153. (10.1039/b900151b)
Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Catalyst Synthesis Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: A Green Route to High Activity Materials. Topics in Catalysis 52(8), pp. 982-987. (10.1007/s11244-009-9248-7)
Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Heterogeneous catalysts-discovery and design. Journal of Materials Chemistry 19(9), pp. 1222-1235. (10.1039/b812300b)
Lu, T. J., Blackburn, S., Dickinson, C., Rosseinsky, M. J., Hutchings, G. J., Axon, S. and Leeke, G. A. 2009. Production of titania nanoparticles by a green process route. Powder Technology 188(3), pp. 264-271. (10.1016/j.powtec.2008.05.006)
Ntainjua Ndifor, E., Piccinini, M., Pritchard, J. C., Edwards, J. K., Carley, A. F., Moulijn, J. A. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Effect of Halide and Acid Additives on the Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide using Supported Gold-Palladium Catalysts. Chemsuschem 2(6), pp. 575-580. (10.1002/cssc.200800257)
Pollington, S. D. et al. 2009. Enhanced selective glycerol oxidation in multiphase structured reactors. Catalysis Today 145(1-2), pp. 169-175. (10.1016/j.cattod.2008.04.020)
Solsona, B., Garcia, T., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H. and Makkee, M. 2009. TAP reactor study of the deep oxidation of propane using cobalt oxide and gold-containing cobalt oxide catalysts. Applied Catalysis a-General 365(2), pp. 222-230. (10.1016/j.apcata.2009.06.016)
Taufiq-Yap, Y. H., Goh, C. K., Hutchings, G. J., Dummer, N. and Bartley, J. K. 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., Dummer, N., Carley, A. F., Bartley, J. K., Hutchings, G. J. and Kiely, C. J. 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., Lin, Z., Dummer, N., Bartley, J. K., Hutchings, G. J. and Kiely, C. J. 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)
Edwards, J. K., Ntainjua Ndifor, E., Carley, A. F., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Direct synthesis of H2O2 from H2 and O2 over gold, palladium, and gold–palladium catalysts supported on acid-pretreated TiO2. Angewandte Chemie 48(45), pp. 8512-8515. (10.1002/anie.200904115)
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)
Conte, M., Carley, A. F., Attard, G. A., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2009. Corrigendum to 'Hydrochlorination of acetylene using supported bimetallic Au-based catalysts' [J. Catal. 257 (2008) 190-198]. Journal of Catalysis 266(1), pp. 164. (10.1016/j.jcat.2009.06.002)

2008

Hutchings, G. J., Brust, M. and Schmidbaur, H. 2008. Instant insight: The wonder of gold. Highlights in Chemical Technology 2008(9)
Conte, M., Carley, A. F., Attard, G. A., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Hydrochlorination of acetylene using supported bimetallic Au-based catalysts. Journal of Catalysis 257(1), pp. 190-198. (10.1016/j.jcat.2008.04.024)
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. CATL 16-Green chemistry using gold catalysis [Abstract]. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 235, pp. 16.
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. FUEL 89-Green catalysis with alternative feedstocks. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 235, pp. 89-FUEL.
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. I&EC 1-Green catalysis with alternative feedstocks. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 235, pp. 1-IEC.
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. PETR 38-Methanol conversion using composite catalysts. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 235, pp. 38-PETR.
Huang, H., Young, N., Williams, B. P., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Purification of chemical feedstocks by the removal of aerial carbonyl sulfide by hydrolysis using rare earth promoted alumina catalysts. Green Chemistry 10(5), pp. 571-577. (10.1039/b717031a)
Conte, M., Carley, A. F. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Reactivation of a carbon-supported gold catalyst for the hydrochlorination of acetylene. Catalysis Letters 124(3-4), pp. 165-167. (10.1007/s10562-008-9583-5)
Edwards, J. K., Carley, A. F., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H-2 and O-2 using supported Au-Pd catalysts. Faraday Discussions 138, pp. 225-239. (10.1039/b705915a)
Edwards, J. K. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Palladium and Gold-Palladium Catalysts for the Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 47(48), pp. 9192-9198. (10.1002/anie.200802818)
Edwards, J. K., Thomas, A., Carley, A. F., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Au-Pd supported nanocrystals as catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2. Green Chemistry 10(4), pp. 388-394. (10.1039/b714553p)
Goh, C. K., Taufiq-Yap, Y. H., Hutchings, G. J., Dummer, N. and Bartley, J. K. 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)
Herzing, A. et al. 2008. Elemental mapping of nanoscale structures in the aberration-corrected analytical electron microscope. Microscopy and Microanalysis 14(S), pp. 1368-1369. (10.1017/S1431927608086674)
Herzing, A. A., Carley, A. F., Edwards, J. K., Hutchings, G. J. and Kiely, C. J. 2008. Microstructural development and catalytic performance of Au-Pd nanoparticles on Al2O3 supports: The effect of heat treatment temperature and atmosphere. Chemistry of Materials 20(4), pp. 1492-1501. (10.1021/cm702762d)
Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J., Carley, A. F., Landon, P. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Identification of active gold nanoclusters on iron oxide supports for CO oxidation. Science 321(5894), pp. 1331-1335. (10.1126/science.1159639)
Herzing, A. A., Watanabe, M., Edwards, J. K., Conte, M., Tang, Z., Hutchings, G. J. and Kiely, C. J. 2008. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy of bimetallic nanoparticles in an aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscope. Faraday Discussions 138, pp. 337-351. (10.1039/b706293c)
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Nanocrystalline gold and gold-palladium alloy oxidation catalysts: a personal reflection on the nature of the active sites. Dalton Transactions(41), pp. 5523-5536. (10.1039/b804604m)
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Supported gold and gold palladium catalysts for selective chemical synthesis. Catalysis Today 138(1-2), pp. 9-14. (10.1016/j.cattod.2008.04.029)
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Reactions of alkynes using heterogeneous and homogeneous cationic gold catalysts. Topics in Catalysis 48(1-4), pp. 55-59. (10.1007/s11244-008-9048-5)
Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Nanocrystalline gold and gold palladium alloy catalysts for chemical synthesis. Chemical Communications(10), pp. 1148-1164. (10.1039/b712305c)
Hutchings, G. J., Brust, M. and Schmidbaur, H. 2008. Gold - an introductory perspective. Chemical Society Reviews 37(9), pp. 1759-1765. (10.1039/b810747p)
Jones, C., Taylor, S. H., Burrows, A., Crudace, M. J., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2008. Cobalt promoted copper manganese oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation. Chemical Communications 2008(14), pp. 1707-1709. (10.1039/b800052m)
Lopez-Sanchez, J. A. et al. 2008. Au-Pd supported nanocrystals prepared by a sol immobilisation technique as catalysts for selective chemical synthesis. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 10(14), pp. 1921-1930. (10.1039/b719345a)
Ntainjua Ndifor, E. et al. 2008. The role of the support in achieving high selectivity in the direct formation of hydrogen peroxide. Green Chemistry 10(11), pp. 1162-1169. (10.1039/b809881f)
Xu, C., Bartley, J. K., Enache, D. I., Knight, D. W., Lunn, M., Lok, M. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)
Edwin, N. N. et al. 2008. The role of the support in achieving high selectivity in the direct formation of hydrogen peroxide. Green Chemistry 10(11), pp. 1162-1169. (10.1039/b809881f)

2007

Conte, M., Davies, T., Carley, A. F., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2007. Selective formation of chloroethane by the hydrochlorination of ethene using zinc catalysts. Journal of Catalysis 252(1), pp. 23-29. (10.1016/j.jcat.2007.09.002)
Enache, D. I. et al. 2007. Multiphase hydrogenation of resorcinol in structured and heat exchange reactor systems. Influence of the catalyst and the reactor configuration. Catalysis Today 128(1-2 SP), pp. 26-35. (10.1016/j.cattod.2007.08.012)
Enache, D. I., Dumas, D., Ellwood, S., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H., Hawker, S. and Stitt, E. H. 2007. Intensification of the solvent-free catalytic hydroformylation of cyclododecatriene: Comparison of a stirred batch reactor and a heat-exchange reactor. Catalysis Today 128(1-2 SP), pp. 18-25. (10.1016/j.cattod.2007.08.011)
Conte, M. et al. 2007. Hydrochlorination of acetylene using a supported gold catalyst: A study of the reaction mechanism. Journal of Catalysis 250(2), pp. 231-239. (10.1016/j.jcat.2007.06.018)
Al-Sayari, S., Carley, A. F., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2007. Au/ZnO and Au/Fe2O3 catalysts for CO oxidation at ambient temperature: Comments on the effect of synthesis conditions on the preparation of high activity catalysts prepared by coprecipitation. Topics in Catalysis 44(1-2), pp. 123-128. (10.1007/s11244-007-0285-9)
Enache, D. I., Barker, D., Edwards, J. K., Taylor, S. H., Knight, D. W., Carley, A. F. and Hutchings, G. J. 2007. Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using titania-supported gold-palladium catalysts: Effect of Au-Pd ratio on catalytic performance. Catalysis Today 122(3-4), pp. 407-411. (10.1016/j.cattod.2007.01.003)
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)
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)
Dimitratos, N., Lopez-Sanchez, J. A., Morgan, D. J., Carley, A. F., Prati, L. and Hutchings, G. J. 2007. Solvent free liquid phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol using Au supported catalysts prepared using a sol immobilization technique. Catalysis Today 122(3-4), pp. 317-324. (10.1016/j.cattod.2007.01.002)
Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2007. Copper manganese based mixed oxides for CO oxidation at ambient temperature. Presented at: 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 19-23 August 2007.
Zhao, Y. et al. 2007. Study of carbon monoxide hydrogenation over supported Au catalysts. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 163, pp. 141-151. (10.1016/S0167-2991(07)80477-0)
Jalama, K. et al. 2007. Effect of the addition of Au on Co/TiO2 catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. Topics in Catalysis 44(1-2), pp. 129-136. (10.1007/s11244-007-0286-8)

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)
Huang, H., Young, N., Williams, B. P., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2006. High temperature COS hydrolysis catalysed by γ-Al2O 3. Catalysis Letters 110(3-4), pp. 243-246. (10.1007/s10562-006-0115-x)
Solsona, B. E., Garcia, T., Jones, C., Taylor, S. H., Carley, A. F. and Hutchings, G. J. 2006. Supported gold catalysts for the total oxidation of alkanes and carbon monoxide. Applied Catalysis A General 312, pp. 67-76. (10.1016/j.apcata.2006.06.016)
Coquet, R., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H. and Willock, D. J. 2006. Calculations on the adsorption of Au to MgO surfaces using SIESTA. Journal of Materials Chemistry 16(20), pp. 1978-1988. (10.1039/b601213b)
Enache, D. I. et al. 2006. Solvent-Free Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Aldehydes Using Au-Pd/TiO2 Catalysts. Science 311(5759), pp. 362-365. (10.1126/science.1120560)
Tang, Z., Bartley, J. K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)
Song, N., Xuan, Z., Bartley, J. K., Taylor, S. H., Chadwick, D. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)

2005

Song, N., Rhodes, C., Bartley, J. K., Taylor, S. H., Chadwick, D. and Hutchings, G. J. 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)
Hughes, M. D. et al. 2005. Tunable gold catalysts for selective hydrocarbon oxidation under mild conditions. Nature 437(7062), pp. 1132-1135. (10.1038/nature04190)
Edwards, J. K., Solsona, B. E., Landon, P., Carley, A. F., Herzing, A., Kiely, C. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2005. Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using TiO2-supported Au-Pd catalysts. Journal of Catalysis 236(1), pp. 69-79. (10.1016/j.jcat.2005.09.015)
Huang, H., Young, N., Williams, B. P., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2005. COS hydrolysis using zinc-promoted alumina catalysts. Catalysis Letters 104(1-2), pp. 17-21. (10.1007/s10562-005-7430-5)
Edwards, J. K. et al. 2005. Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using Au–Pd/Fe2O3catalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry 15(43), pp. 4595-4600. (10.1039/b509542e)
Enache, D. I., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H. and Stitt, E. H. 2005. The hydrogenation of isophorone to trimethyl cyclohexanone using the downflow single capillary reactor. Catalysis Today 105(3-4), pp. 569-573. (10.1016/j.cattod.2005.06.013)
Jeffery, E. L., Mann, R. K., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H. and Willock, D. J. 2005. A density functional theory study of the adsorption of acetone to the (111) surface of Pt: Implications for hydrogenation catalysis. Catalysis Today 105(1), pp. 85-92. (10.1016/j.cattod.2005.04.013)
Zhao, Y. et al. 2005. Study of carbon monoxide hydrogenation over Au supported on zinc oxide catalysts. American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints 50(2), pp. 206-207.
Enache, D. I., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H., Natividad, R., Raymahasy, S., Winterbottom, J. M. and Stitt, E. H. 2005. Experimental evaluation of a three-phase downflow capillary reactor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 44(16), pp. 6295-6303. (10.1021/ie049140y)

2004

Solsona, B. E., Hutchings, G. J., Garcia, T. and Taylor, S. H. 2004. Improvement of the catalytic performance of CuMnOx catalysts for CO oxidation by the addition of Au. New Journal of Chemistry 28(6), pp. 708-711. (10.1039/b315391f)
Zhang, B., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2004. Catalytic synthesis of methanethiol from CO/H2/H2S mixtures using α-Al2O3. New Journal of Chemistry 28(4), pp. 471-476. (10.1039/b312340p)
Caplan, N. A., Hancock, F. E., Bulman Page, P. C. and Hutchings, G. J. 2004. Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysed Carbonyl- and Imino-ene Reactions using Copper bis(oxazoline) Zeolite Y. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43(13), pp. 1685-1688. (10.1002/anie.200352534)
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)

2003

Zhang, B., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2003. Synthesis of methyl mercaptan and thiophene from CO/H2/H 2S using Î±-Al2O3. Catalysis Letters 91(3-4), pp. 181-183. (10.1023/B:CATL.0000007152.91400.95)
Mirzaei, A. A., Shaterian, H. R., Habibi, M., Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2003. Characterisation of copper-manganese oxide catalysts: Effect of precipitate ageing upon the structure and morphology of precursors and catalysts. Applied Catalysis A: General 253(2), pp. 499-508. (10.1016/S0926-860X(03)00563-5)
Taylor, S. H., Hutchings, G. J. and Mirzaei, A. A. 2003. The preparation and activity of copper zinc oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation. Catalysis Today 84(3-4), pp. 113-119. (10.1016/S0920-5861(03)00264-5)
Taylor, S. H., Hutchings, G. J., Palacios-Alcolado, M. and Lee., D. F. 2003. The partial oxidation of propane to formaldehyde using uranium mixed oxide catalysts. Catalysis Today 81(2), pp. 171-178. (10.1016/S0920-5861(03)00110-X)
Mirzaei, A. A., Shaterian, H. R., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2003. Co-precipitated copper zinc oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation: Effect of precipitate aging atmosphere on catalyst activity. Catalysis Letters 87(3-4), pp. 103-108. (10.1023/A:1023416819195)
Mirzaei, A. A., Shaterian, H. R., Joyner, R. W., Stockenhuber, M., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2003. Ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation using copper manganese oxide catalysts: Effect of residual Na+ acting as catalyst poison. Catalysis Communications 4(1), pp. 17-20. (10.1016/S1566-7367(02)00231-5)
Hammond, C. R., Hutchings, G. J., Willock, D. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2003. A study of methane activation by modified gallium- and zinc-based catalysts. Research on Chemical Intermediates 29(7-9), pp. 911-920. (10.1163/156856703322601906)

2002

Hargreaves, J. S. J., Hutchings, G. J., Joyner, R. W. and Taylor, S. H. 2002. A study of the methane-deuterium exchange reaction over a range of metal oxides. Applied Catalysis A: General 227(1-2), pp. 191-200. (10.1016/S0926-860X(01)00935-8)
Whittle, D. M., Mirzaei, A. A., Hargreaves, J. S. J., Joyner, R. M., Kiely, C. J., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2002. Co-precipitated copper zinc oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation: Effect of precipitate ageing on catalyst activity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 4(23), pp. 5915-5920. (10.1039/b207691h)
Harris, R. H., Boyd, V. J., Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2002. Water as a promoter of the complete oxidation of volatile organic compounds over uranium oxide catalysts. Catalysis Letters 78(1-4), pp. 369-372. (10.1023/A:1014916920128)

2001

Cooper, C. A., Hammond, C. R., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H., Willock, D. J. and Tabata, K. 2001. A combined experimental and theoretical approach to the study of methane activation over oxide catalysts. Catalysis Today 71(1-2), pp. 3-10. (10.1016/S0920-5861(01)00446-1)
Taylor, S. H., Harris, R. H., Hutchings, G. J. and Boyd, V. J. 2001. Water as a promoter of VOC destruction over uranium oxide catalysts. Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society 222, pp. U378-U379.
Cooper, C. A., Hammond, C. R., Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H., Willock, D. J. and Tabata, K. 2001. The role of gallium oxide in methane partial oxidation catalysts: an experimental and theoretical study. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 136, pp. 319-324.
Traa, Y., Murphy, D. M., Farley, R. D. and Hutchings, G. J. 2001. An EPR study on the enantioselective aziridination properties of a CuNaY zeolite. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 3(6), pp. 1073-1080. (10.1039/B010083H)

2000

Piaggio, P. et al. 2000. Enantioselective epoxidation of (Z)-stilbene using a chiral Mn(III)-salen complex: effect of immobilisation on MCM-41 on product selectivity. Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2 2000(10), pp. 2008-2015. (10.1039/B005752P)
Taylor, S. H., Heneghan, C. S., Hutchings, G. J. and Hudson, I. D. 2000. Activity and mechanism of uranium oxide catalysts for the oxidative destruction of volatile organic compounds. Catalysis Today 59(3), pp. 249-259. (10.1016/S0920-5861(00)00291-1)
Taylor, S. H., Hutchings, G. J., Mirzaei, A. A., Kiely, C. J. and Whittle, D. 2000. Structure and activity relationships for copper manganese and copper zinc oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation [Abstract]. Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society 219, pp. U534-U534.

1999

Heneghan, C. S., Hutchings, G. J., O'Leary, S. R., Taylor, S. H., Boyd, V. J. and Hudson, I. D. 1999. A temporal analysis of products study of the mechanism of VOC catalytic oxidation using uranium oxide catalysts. Catalysis Today 54(1), pp. 3-12. (10.1016/S0920-5861(99)00162-5)
Taylor, S. H., Hutchings, G. J. and Mirzaei, A. A. 1999. Copper zinc oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation. Chemical Communications(15), pp. 1373-1374. (10.1039/A903426I)
Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 1999. Designing oxidation catalysts. Catalysis Today 49(1-3), pp. 105-113.
Hutchings, G. J., Taylor, S. H. and Hudson, I. D. 1999. Designing heterogeneous oxidation catalysts. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 121, pp. 85-92. (10.1016/S0167-2991(99)80049-4)

1998

Taylor, S. H., Hargreaves, J. S. J., Hutchings, G. J., Joyner, R. W. and Lembacher, C. W. 1998. The partial oxidation of methane to methanol: an approach to catalyst design. Catalysis Today 42(3), pp. 217-224. (10.1016/S0920-5861(98)00095-9)
Hutchings, G. J., Mirzaei, A. A., Joyner, R. W., Siddiqui, M. R. H. and Taylor, S. H. 1998. Effect of preparation conditions on the catalytic performance of copper manganese oxide catalysts for CO oxidation. Applied Catalysis A: General 166(1), pp. 143-152. (10.1016/S0926-860X(97)00248-2)

1997

Hudson, I. D., Henneghan, C. S., Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 1997. New class of uranium oxide catalysts for the oxidative destruction of volatile organic compounds in the vapour phase. Presented at: 90th Annual Meeting Air Waste Management Association, Toronto, Canada, 8-13 June 1997Proceedings of the 1997 Air & Waste Management Association's 90th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Toronto, Canada: Air & Waste Management Association
Hutchings, G. J., Hargreaves, J. S. J., Joyner, R. W. and Taylor, S. H. 1997. A novel approach to the scientific design of oxide catalysts for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 107, pp. 41-46. (10.1016/S0167-2991(97)80314-X)
Hutchings, G. J., Heneghan, C. S., Taylor, S. H. and Hudson, I. D. 1997. The catalytic combustion of volatile chloro-organic compounds using uranium oxide catalysts. Preprints - American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry 42(1), pp. 142-145.

1996

Hutchings, G. J., Heneghan, C. S., Hudson, I. D. and Taylor, S. H. 1996. Uranium-oxide-based catalysts for the destruction of volatile chloro-organic compounds. Nature 384(6607), pp. 341-343. (10.1038/384341a0)

1985

Hutchings, G. J. 1985. Vapor phase hydrochlorination of acetylene: correlation of catalytic activity of supported metal chloride catalysts. Journal of Catalysis 96(1), pp. 292-295. (10.1016/0021-9517(85)90383-5)

The study of gold nanocrystals as novel active heterogeneous catalysts and their characterisation.
The design of selective oxidation and hydrogenation catalysts and their study using in situ spectroscopy.
Designing novel heterogeneous catalysts

Supported gold and gold palladium alloy catalysts have been found to be particularly effective for a number of selective oxidation reactions. Supporting gold on graphite or activated carbon makes catalysts that can oxidise alkenes with molecular oxygen under mild conditions. New gold palladium catalysts have been designed that can be used under inherently safe, non-explosive conditions. The gold palladium nanocrystals have been found to have both core shell structure as well as being homogenous alloys and can give exceptionally high rates of synthesis without making water as a by-product. The same catalysts have been shown to be equally effective for the oxidation of primary alcohols using oxygen under mild solvent-free conditions. We have found that benzyl alcohol can be oxidised using oxygen under mild reaction conditions (100-160 °C) in the absence of solvent to give benzaldehyde in high selectivity will a yield of over 90%. Other alcohols can also be reacted and, in particular, primary alcohols, which are normally very unreactive can readily be oxidised. This work has been extended to new oxidation target reactions, including hydrocarbon oxidation. We have found that toluene can be selectively oxidized to benzoyl benzoate using supported gold palladium alloy catalysts prepared using a sol-immobilisation method. In addition we have found a non complex method for removing residual ligands that can remain on the surface of metal nanoparticles prepared using the sol- immobilsation method. Research in the group is now actively investigating the oxidation of methane and other alkanes.

Links

Highly efficient catalytic production of oximes from ketones using in situ-generated H2O2; making hydrogen peroxide in situ could improve overall process efficiency for production of key nylon precursor.

For more information on specific projects available with Professor Graham Hutchings please review the Catalysis and interfacial science section of our research project themes.

Education and Qualifications:
1972 - BSc in Chemistry with First Class Honours, University College London
1975 - PhD in Biological Chemistry, University College London. Supervisor: Prof C Vernon
2002 - DSc (University of London)

Professional Appointments:
1975 - 1984 ICI Petrochemicals Division
1975 - 1978  Technical Officer, Research Department Wilton, Teeside
1978 - 1981  Plant Manager and Production Support manager, Oil Works, Teeside
1981 - 1983  Senior Research Officer, AECI, Modderfontein, S Africa (Seconded)
1983 - 1984  Chief Research Officer, AECI, Modderfontein, S Africa (Seconded)
1984 - 1987  University of Witwatersrand, S Africa
1984 - 1987  Lecturer (1984-6),Senior Lecturer (1986-7)in Chemistry
1987 - Professor
1987 - 1997  University of Liverpool
1987 - 1994 Assistant Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis
1994 - 1997 Deputy Director and Professor
1997 -  present Cardiff University
1997 - 2006 Head of School and Professor of Physical Chemistry
2006 - 2019 Distinguished Research Professor
2008 - 2019 Director: Cardiff Catalysis Institute
2010 - 2012 Pro Vice-Chancellor Research
2016 - present Regius Professor of Chemistry

Honours and awards

Prizes/ Distinctions
*Langmuir Distinguished Lecturer Award, Division of Colloid and Surface,Science, ACS, August 1996.
*Member of the Fachbeirat of the Fritz-Haber-Institut, Berlin, 1999-2015.
*Member of Sasol (South Africa) Heterogeneous Catalysis Advisory Board : 2000-2009.
*Member of NIOK International Review Group 2000, 2006, 2010 (Chair).
*DGMK 2001 – Kolleg Lectureship, Germany, 2001.
*Invited Professor in Residence at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2003-4.
*IChemE Entech Medal 2004.
*Appointed RAE panel member for Chemistry (Panel 18) 2005-2008.
*RSC 2004 Award for Heterogeneous Catalysis.
*2006 François Gault Lecturer of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies
*I Chem E Impact Award for Applied Catalysis 2005.
*RSC Green Chemistry Lecturer 2007.
*IChemE Environwise Award for Green Chemistry 2007.
*Winner Dow Methane Challenge 24th January 2008.
*Elected Fellow of the Royal Society 2009
*RSC Award for Surfaces and Interfaces 2009
*I Chem E Sustainability Award 2009
*Appointed chair of SCORE 2010-2013
*Elected member Academia Europaea September 2010
*Elected Founding Fellow Learned Society of Wales
*Appointed REF Panel member and Deputy Chair for Chemistry (Panel B8) 2011-2014.
*Appointed President Elect of the Faraday Division of RSC 2010 President 2012-2015.
*IPMI Henry J. Albert Award 2011
*France Great Britain Chemistry Prize 2011
*Dechema Alvin Mittasch Award 2012
*International Association of Catalysis Societies Heinz Heinemann Award 2012
*Thompson Reuters Citation Laureate September 2012
*Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Catalysis Society of South Africa, 2013.
*Royal Society Davy Medal 2013
*Dewar Lectureship, Queen Mary College, London.
*Thompson Reuters Most Cited Scientist Award 2014
*Xingda Lecturer University of Peking 2015
*Institute of Chemical Engineering Innovative Product Global Award 2015
*Cardiff University International Impact Award 2016
*Appointed Inaugural Regius Professor of Chemistry, 2016, in honour of the Queen’s 90^th Birthday
*C N R Rao Award Lecture Bangalore 2017
*Menelaus Medal of the Learned Society of Wales 2017
*Royal Society of Chemistry Industry-Academia Collaboration Award 2017 for the discovery of the gold catalyst for VCM.
*ENI Award for Advanced Environmental Solutions 2017
*Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Lectureship Prize 2018
*Appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018
*Zhang Dayu Lecture DICP, China 2018
*Awarded 2019 Distinguished Scientist CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)