Dr Richard Lewis

2025

• Gao, Z. et al. 2025. Asymmetrically Coordinated Ru-O Site Facilitates H2 Heterolytic Cleavage for Efficient Green Reductive Amination of Octanol to Octylamine: a mechanistic investigation. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy 379, article number: 125708. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125708)
• Lin, D. et al. 2025. Radical-constructed intergrown titanosilicalite interfaces for efficient direct propene epoxidation with H 2 and O 2. Nature Communications 16(1), article number: 5515. (10.1038/s41467-025-60637-0)
• Zhang, L. et al. 2025. Chemo-enzymatic phenol polymerisation via in-situ H2O2 synthesis. Catalysis Today 454, article number: 115292. (10.1016/j.cattod.2025.115292)
• Sharp, G. et al. 2025. Highly efficient benzyl alcohol valorisation via the in situ synthesis of H2O2 and associated reactive oxygen species. Green Chemistry 27(19), pp. 5567-5580. (10.1039/D5GC00680E)
• Sun, Z. et al. 2025. Tailoring an Fe-Ov-Ce triggered phase-reversible oxygen carrier for intensified chemical looping CO2 splitting. Carbon Energy, article number: e70011. (10.1002/cey2.70011)
• Li, R. et al. 2025. Promoting H2O2 direct synthesis through Fe incorporation into AuPd catalysts. Green Chemistry 27(7), pp. 2065-2077. (10.1039/D5GC00134J)

2024

• Ni, F. et al. 2024. The direct synthesis of H2O2 and in situ oxidation of methane: An investigation into the role of the support. Catalysis Today 442, article number: 114910. (10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114910)
• Li, X. et al. 2024. Solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation using spatially separated carbon-supported Au and Pd nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis 14, pp. 16551–16561. (10.1021/acscatal.4c05019)
• Sharp, G. et al. 2024. Benzyl alcohol valorization via the in situ production of reactive oxygen species. ACS Catalysis 14, pp. 15279–15293. (10.1021/acscatal.4c04698)
• Zhang, B. et al. 2024. Ambient-pressure alkoxycarbonylation for sustainable synthesis of ester. Nature Communications 15(1), article number: 7837. (10.1038/s41467-024-52163-2)
• Lin, D., Lewis, R. J., Feng, X. and Hutchings, G. J. 2024. Selective Oxidation by TS-1 coupled with in-situ Synthesised H2O2. Fundamental Research (10.1016/j.fmre.2024.03.023)
• Wang, W., Lewis, R. J., Lu, B., Wang, Q., Hutchings, G. J., Xu, J. and Deng, F. 2024. The role of adsorbed species in 1-butene isomerization: Parahydrogen-induced polarization NMR of Pd-Au catalyzed butadiene hydrogenation. ACS Catalysis 14(4), pp. 2522–2531. (10.1021/acscatal.3c05968)
• Cao, J. et al. 2024. Partially bonded aluminum site on the external surface of post-treated Au/ZSM-5 enhances methane oxidation to oxygenates. ACS Catalysis 14, pp. 1797-1807. (10.1021/acscatal.3c05030)
• Lewis, R. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2024. Selective oxidation using In situ-generated hydrogen peroxide. Accounts of Chemical Research 57(1), pp. 106–119. (10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00581)

2023

• Kovačič, D. et al. 2023. A comparative study of palladium-gold and palladium-tin catalysts in the direct synthesis of H2O2. Green Chemistry 25(24), pp. 10436-10446. (10.1039/d3gc03706a)
• Wang, S. et al. 2023. H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol. Nature Catalysis 6, pp. 895-905. (10.1038/s41929-023-01011-5)
• 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)
• Ni, F., Richards, T., Smith, L., Morgan, D., Davies, T., Lewis, R. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2023. Selective oxidation of methane to methanol via in situ H2O2 synthesis. ACS Organic & Inorganic Au 3(4), pp. 177-183. (10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00001)
• 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)
• Cao, J. et al. 2023. Methane conversion to methanol using Au/ZSM-5 is promoted by carbon. ACS Catalysis 13(11), pp. 7199-7209. (10.1021/acscatal.3c01226)
• Stenner, A. et al. 2023. Chemo-enzymatic one-pot oxidation of cyclohexane via in-situ H2O2 production over supported AuPdPt catalysts. ChemCatChem 15(10), article number: e202300162. (10.1002/cctc.202300162)
• Dummer, N. F. et al. 2023. Methane oxidation to methanol. Chemical Reviews 9, pp. 6359-6411. (10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00439)
• 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)
• Lewis, R. J. et al. 2023. Selective Ammoximation of Ketones via In Situ H2O2 Synthesis. ACS Catalysis 13, pp. 1934-1945. (10.1021/acscatal.2c05799)
• Richards, T., Lewis, R. J., Morgan, D. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2023. The direct synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide over supported Pd-based catalysts: an investigation into the role of the support and secondary metal modifiers. Catalysis Letters 153, pp. 32-40. (10.1007/s10562-022-03967-8)

2022

• Lewis, R. J. et al. 2022. Cyclohexanone ammoximation via in situ H2O2 production using TS-1 supported catalysts. Green Chemistry 24, pp. 9496-9507. (10.1039/D2GC02689A)
• 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)
• Barnes, A., Lewis, R. J., Morgan, D. J., Davies, T. E. and Hutchings, G. J. 2022. Improving catalytic activity towards the direct synthesis of H2O2 through Cu incorporation into AuPd catalysts. Catalysts 12(11), article number: 1396. (10.3390/catal12111396)
• Brehm, J. et al. 2022. Enhancing the Chemo-Enzymatic One-Pot Oxidation of Cyclohexane via in situ H2O2 production over supported Pd-based catalysts. ACS Catalysis 12(19), pp. 11776–11789. (10.1021/acscatal.2c03051)
• Lewis, R. J. et al. 2022. N-heterocyclic carbene modified palladium catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144(34), pp. 15431-15436. (10.1021/jacs.2c04828)
• 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)
• Santos, A., Lewis, R. J., Morgan, D. J., Davies, T. E., Hampton, E., Gaskin, P. and Hutchings, G. J. 2022. The oxidative degradation of phenol via in situ H2O2 synthesis using Pd supported Fe-modified ZSM-5 catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 12(9), pp. 2943-2953. (10.1039/D2CY00283C)
• Lewis, R. J. et al. 2022. Highly efficient catalytic production of oximes from ketones using in situ–generated H2O2. Science 376(6593), pp. 615-620. (10.1126/science.abl4822)
• Fortunato, G. V. et al. 2022. Analysing the relationship between the fields of thermo- and electrocatalysis taking hydrogen peroxide as a case study. Nature Communications 13, article number: 1973. (10.1038/s41467-022-29536-6)
• Paris, C. B., Howe, A. G., Lewis, R. J., Hewes, D., Morgan, D. J., He, Q. and Edwards, J. K. 2022. Impact of the experimental parameters on catalytic activity when preparing polymer protected bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts on activated carbon. ACS Catalysis 12, pp. 4440–4454. (10.1021/acscatal.1c05904)
• 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)
• Barnes, A., Lewis, R. J., Morgan, D. J., Davies, T. E. and Hutchings, G. J. 2022. Enhancing catalytic performance of AuPd catalysts towards the direct synthesis of H2O2 through incorporation of base metals. Catalysis Science & Technology 12, pp. 1986-1995. (10.1039/D1CY01962G)
• Qi, G. et al. 2022. Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2. Nature Catalysis 5 (10.1038/s41929-021-00725-8)
• Brehm, J., Lewis, R. J., Morgan, D. J., Davies, T. E. and Hutchings, G. J. 2022. The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide over AuPd nanoparticles: an investigation into metal loading. Catalysis Letters 152, pp. 254-262. (10.1007/s10562-021-03632-6)

2021

• Lewis, R. J., Ntainjua, E. N., Morgan, D. J., Davies, T. E., Carley, A. F., Freakley, S. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2021. Improving the performance of Pd based catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide via acid incorporation during catalyst synthesis. Catalysis Communications 161, article number: 106358. (10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106358)
• Santos, A., Lewis, R. J., Morgan, D. J., Davies, T. E., Hampton, E., Gaskin, P. and Hutchings, G. J. 2021. The degradation of phenol via in situ H2O2 production over supported Pd-based catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 11(24), pp. 7866-7874. (10.1039/D1CY01897C)
• 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)
• Richards, T. et al. 2021. A residue-free approach to water disinfection using catalytic in situ generation of reactive oxygen species. Nature Catalysis 4, pp. 575-585. (10.1038/s41929-021-00642-w)
• Wilbers, D. et al. 2021. Controlling product selectivity with nanoparticle composition in tandem chemo-biocatalytic styrene oxidation. Green Chemistry 23(11), pp. 4170-4180. (10.1039/D0GC04320F)
• Crombie, C. M. et al. 2021. Enhanced selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol via in situ H2O2 production over supported Pd-based catalysts. ACS Catalysis 11, pp. 2701–2714. (10.1021/acscatal.0c04586)
• 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)
• Crombie, C. M. et al. 2021. The influence of reaction conditions on the oxidation of cyclohexane via the in-situ production of H2O2. Catalysis Letters 151, pp. 164-171. (10.1007/s10562-020-03281-1)
• Crombie, C. M. et al. 2021. The selective oxidation of cyclohexane via In-situ H2O2 production over supported Pd-based catalysts. Catalysis Letters 151, pp. 2762-2774. (10.1007/s10562-020-03511-6)

2020

• Akram, A. et al. 2020. The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide using a combination of a hydrophobic solvent and water. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(24), pp. 8203-8212. (10.1039/D0CY01163K)
• Freakley, S. J. et al. 2020. Gold–palladium colloids as catalysts for hydrogen peroxide synthesis, degradation and methane oxidation: effect of the PVP stabiliser. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(17), pp. 5935-5944. (10.1039/D0CY00915F)
• Crole, D. A., Underhill, R., Edwards, J. K., Shaw, G., Freakley, S. J., Hutchings, G. J. and Lewis, R. J. 2020. The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using Pd-Ni/TiO2 catalysts. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378(2176), article number: 20200062. (10.1098/rsta.2020.0062)
• Gong, X. et al. 2020. Enhanced catalyst selectivity in the direct synthesis of H2O2 through Pt incorporation into TiO2 supported AuPd catalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(14), pp. 4635-4644. (10.1039/D0CY01079K)
• Wang, S., Lewis, R. J., Doronkin, D. E., Morgan, D. J., Grunwaldt, J., Hutchings, G. J. and Behrens, S. 2020. The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using Pd–Ga and Pd–In catalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology 10, pp. 1925-1932. (10.1039/C9CY02210D)

2019

• Lewis, R. J., Bara Estaun, A., Agarwal, N., Freakley, S. J., Morgan, D. J. and Hutchings, G. J. 2019. The direct synthesis of H2O2 and selective oxidation of methane to methanol using HZSM-5 supported AuPd catalysts. Catalysis Letters 149(11), pp. 3066-3075. (10.1007/s10562-019-02876-7)
• Freakley, S. J. et al. 2019. A chemo-enzymatic oxidation cascade to activate C-H bonds with in situ generated H2O2. Nature Communications 10(1), article number: 4178. (10.1038/s41467-019-12120-w)
• Santos Hernandez, A. et al. 2019. The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide over Au-Pd supported nanoparticles under ambient conditions. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 58(28), pp. 12623-12631. (10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02211)
• Lewis, R. et al. 2019. The direct synthesis of H2O2 using TS-1 supported catalysts. ChemCatChem 11(6), pp. 1673-1680. (10.1002/cctc.201900100)
• Alotaibi, F., Al-Mayman, S., Alotaibi, M., Edwards, J. K., Lewis, R. J., Alotaibi, R. and Hutchings, G. J. 2019. Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide using Cs-containing heteropolyacid-supported palladium-copper catalysts. Catalysis Letters 149(4), pp. 998-1006. (10.1007/s10562-019-02680-3)
• Hutchings, G. J. and Lewis, R. 2019. A review of recent advances in the direct synthesis of H2O2. ChemCatChem 11(1), pp. 298-308. (10.1002/cctc.201801435)

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)

2017

• Lewis, R., Edwards, J., Freakley, S. and Hutchings, G. 2017. Solid acid additives as recoverable promoters for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56(45), pp. 13287-13293. (10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01800)

2016

• Lewis, R. J. 2016. The application of Cs-exchanged tungstophosphoric acid as an additive in the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide and the use of Au-Pd/TS-1 in a one-pot approach to cyclohexanone oxime production. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2015

• Freakley, S. J., Lewis, R. J., Morgan, D. J., Edwards, J. K. and Hutchings, G. J. 2015. Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide using Au-Pd supported and ion-exchanged heteropolyacids precipitated with various metal ions. Catalysis Today 248, pp. 10-17. (10.1016/j.cattod.2014.01.012)
• Edwards, J. K., Freakley, S. J., Lewis, R. J., Pritchard, J. C. and Hutchings, G. J. 2015. Advances in the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from hydrogen and oxygen. Catalysis Today 248, pp. 3-9. (10.1016/j.cattod.2014.03.011)