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Dr Samuel Pattisson
Postdoctoral Research Associate (with Prof Graham Hutchings)
Overview
My research is focused on the development, evaluation and characterisation of novel heterogeneous catalysts for a range of academically and industrially relevant reactions. My principle interests lie in the use of these materials for both the selective and total oxidation of organic molecules for the respective production of value added products and environmental protection.
For more information please refer to the "Research" tab
Publication
2024
- 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)
- 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)
- Kim, B., Daniel, I., Douthwaite, M., Pattisson, S., Hutchings, G. J. and McIntosh, S. 2024. Tafel analysis predicts cooperative redox enhancement effects in thermocatalytic alcohol dehydrogenation. ACS Catalysis 14, pp. 8488-8493. (10.1021/acscatal.3c06103)
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)
- 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)
- Lazaridou, A., Smith, L. R., Pattisson, S., Dummer, N. F., Smit, J. J., Johnston, P. and Hutchings, G. J. 2023. Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction. Nature Reviews Chemistry (10.1038/s41570-023-00470-5)
- Delarmelina, M., Dlamini, M., Pattisson, S., Davies, P. R., Hutchings, G. and Catlow, C. 2023. The effect of dissolved chlorides on the photocatalytic degradation properties of titania in wastewater treatment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25, pp. 4161-4176. (10.1039/D2CP03140J)
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)
- 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)
- Hutchings, G. J., Davies, P. R., Pattisson, S., Davies, T. E., Morgan, D. J. and Dlamini, M. W. 2022. Facile synthesis of a porous 3D g-C3N4 photocatalyst for the degradation of organics in shale gas brines. Catalysis Communications 169, article number: 106480. (10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106480)
- 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)
- Miedziak, P. J., Pattisson, S., Edwards, J. K., Tarbit, B., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2022. The over-riding role of autocatalysis in alllylic oxidation. Catalysis Letters 152, pp. 1003-1008. (10.1007/s10562-021-03707-4)
- 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)
- 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)
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)
- 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)
- Dawson, S. R. et al. 2021. Sulfur promotion in Au/C catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination. Small 17(16), article number: 2007221. (10.1002/smll.202007221)
- Chachvalvutikul, A., Luangwanta, T., Pattisson, S., Hutchings, G. J. and Kaowphong, S. 2021. Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and hydrogen production by a visible light-responsive Bi2WO6/ZnIn2S4 heterojunction. Applied Surface Science 544, article number: 148885. (10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148885)
2020
- Pattisson, S., Rogers, O., Whiston, K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Low temperature solvent-free allylic oxidation of cyclohexene using graphitic oxide catalysts. Catalysis Today 357, pp. 3-7. (10.1016/j.cattod.2019.04.053)
- 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)
- Rogers, O., Pattisson, S., Engel, R. V., Jenkins, R. L., Whiston, K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Adipic acid formation from cyclohexanediol using platinum and vanadium catalysts: elucidating the role of homogeneous vanadium species. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(13), pp. 4210-4218. (10.1039/D0CY00914H)
- Richards, N. et al. 2020. Structure-sensitivity of alumina supported palladium catalysts for N2O decomposition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 264, article number: 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)
- Pudkon, W. et al. 2020. Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production and Cr(vi) reduction of a ZnIn2S4/MoS2 heterojunction synthesized by the biomolecule-assisted microwave heating method. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(9), pp. 2838-2854. (10.1039/D0CY00234H)
- 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)
- Caswell, T., Dlamini, M. W., Miedziak, P. J., Pattisson, S., Davies, P. R., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Enhancement in the rate of nitrate degradation on Au- and Ag-decorated TiO2 photocatalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(7), pp. 2083-2091. (10.1039/C9CY02473E)
- Rucinska, E., Pattisson, S., Miedziak, P. J., Brett, G. L., Morgan, D. J., Sankar, M. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: An optimization of metal ratio and investigation of the deactivation mechanism under autoxidation conditions. Topics in Catalysis 63, pp. 99-112. (10.1007/s11244-020-01231-0)
2019
- Dai, X. et al. 2019. Efficient elimination of chlorinated organics on a phosphoric acid modified CeO2 catalyst: a hydrolytic destruction route. Environmental Science and Technology 53(21), pp. 12697-12705. (10.1021/acs.est.9b05088)
- Pudkon, W. et al. 2019. Microwave synthesis of ZnIn2S4/WS2 composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production and hexavalent chromium reduction. Catalysis Science and Technology 9(20), pp. 5698-5711. (10.1039/C9CY01553A)
- 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
- Weng, X., Meng, Q., Liu, J., Jiang, W., Pattisson, S. and Wu, Z. 2018. Catalytic oxidation of chlorinated organics over lanthanide perovskites: effects of phosphoric acid etching and water vapor on chlorine desorption behavior. Environmental Science & Technology 53(2), pp. 884-893. (10.1021/acs.est.8b04582)
- Rogers, O., Pattisson, S., Macginley, J., Engel, R., Whiston, K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. 2018. The low temperature solvent-free aerobic oxidation of cyclohexene to cyclohexane diol over highly active Au/Graphite and Au/Graphene catalysts. Catalysts 8(8), pp. 311. (10.3390/catal8080311)
- Rucinska, E. et al. 2018. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: an investigation of autoxidation and catalysis. Catalysis Science and Technology 8(11), pp. 2987-2997. (10.1039/C8CY00155C)
- Engel, R. V. et al. 2018. Oxidative carboxylation of 1-decene to 1,2-decylene carbonate. Topics in Catalysis 61(5-6), pp. 509-518. (10.1007/s11244-018-0900-y)
2017
- Al-Rifai, N. et al. 2017. Deactivation behaviour of supported gold palladium nanoalloy catalysts during the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol in a micro-packed bed reactor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56(45), pp. 12984-12993. (10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01159)
- 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
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2016. Tuning graphitic oxide for initiator- and metal-free aerobic epoxidation of linear alkenes. Nature Communications 7, article number: 12855. (10.1038/ncomms12855)
2015
- Pattisson, S. D. 2015. From support to carbocatalyst: the aerobic and solvent free epoxidation of dec-1-ene using graphitic oxide as a catalyst. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2012
- Smith, K., Al-Khalaf, A. K. H., El-Hiti, G. A. and Pattisson, S. D. 2012. Highly regioselective di-tert-amylation of naphthalene over reusable H-mordenite zeolite. Green Chemistry 14(4), pp. 1103-1110. (10.1039/c2gc16443d)
Articles
- 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)
- 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)
- Kim, B., Daniel, I., Douthwaite, M., Pattisson, S., Hutchings, G. J. and McIntosh, S. 2024. Tafel analysis predicts cooperative redox enhancement effects in thermocatalytic alcohol dehydrogenation. ACS Catalysis 14, pp. 8488-8493. (10.1021/acscatal.3c06103)
- 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)
- 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)
- Lazaridou, A., Smith, L. R., Pattisson, S., Dummer, N. F., Smit, J. J., Johnston, P. and Hutchings, G. J. 2023. Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction. Nature Reviews Chemistry (10.1038/s41570-023-00470-5)
- Delarmelina, M., Dlamini, M., Pattisson, S., Davies, P. R., Hutchings, G. and Catlow, C. 2023. The effect of dissolved chlorides on the photocatalytic degradation properties of titania in wastewater treatment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25, pp. 4161-4176. (10.1039/D2CP03140J)
- 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)
- 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)
- Hutchings, G. J., Davies, P. R., Pattisson, S., Davies, T. E., Morgan, D. J. and Dlamini, M. W. 2022. Facile synthesis of a porous 3D g-C3N4 photocatalyst for the degradation of organics in shale gas brines. Catalysis Communications 169, article number: 106480. (10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106480)
- 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)
- Miedziak, P. J., Pattisson, S., Edwards, J. K., Tarbit, B., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2022. The over-riding role of autocatalysis in alllylic oxidation. Catalysis Letters 152, pp. 1003-1008. (10.1007/s10562-021-03707-4)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Dawson, S. R. et al. 2021. Sulfur promotion in Au/C catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination. Small 17(16), article number: 2007221. (10.1002/smll.202007221)
- Chachvalvutikul, A., Luangwanta, T., Pattisson, S., Hutchings, G. J. and Kaowphong, S. 2021. Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and hydrogen production by a visible light-responsive Bi2WO6/ZnIn2S4 heterojunction. Applied Surface Science 544, article number: 148885. (10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148885)
- Pattisson, S., Rogers, O., Whiston, K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Low temperature solvent-free allylic oxidation of cyclohexene using graphitic oxide catalysts. Catalysis Today 357, pp. 3-7. (10.1016/j.cattod.2019.04.053)
- 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)
- Rogers, O., Pattisson, S., Engel, R. V., Jenkins, R. L., Whiston, K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Adipic acid formation from cyclohexanediol using platinum and vanadium catalysts: elucidating the role of homogeneous vanadium species. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(13), pp. 4210-4218. (10.1039/D0CY00914H)
- Richards, N. et al. 2020. Structure-sensitivity of alumina supported palladium catalysts for N2O decomposition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 264, article number: 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)
- Pudkon, W. et al. 2020. Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production and Cr(vi) reduction of a ZnIn2S4/MoS2 heterojunction synthesized by the biomolecule-assisted microwave heating method. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(9), pp. 2838-2854. (10.1039/D0CY00234H)
- 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)
- Caswell, T., Dlamini, M. W., Miedziak, P. J., Pattisson, S., Davies, P. R., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Enhancement in the rate of nitrate degradation on Au- and Ag-decorated TiO2 photocatalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(7), pp. 2083-2091. (10.1039/C9CY02473E)
- Rucinska, E., Pattisson, S., Miedziak, P. J., Brett, G. L., Morgan, D. J., Sankar, M. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: An optimization of metal ratio and investigation of the deactivation mechanism under autoxidation conditions. Topics in Catalysis 63, pp. 99-112. (10.1007/s11244-020-01231-0)
- Dai, X. et al. 2019. Efficient elimination of chlorinated organics on a phosphoric acid modified CeO2 catalyst: a hydrolytic destruction route. Environmental Science and Technology 53(21), pp. 12697-12705. (10.1021/acs.est.9b05088)
- Pudkon, W. et al. 2019. Microwave synthesis of ZnIn2S4/WS2 composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production and hexavalent chromium reduction. Catalysis Science and Technology 9(20), pp. 5698-5711. (10.1039/C9CY01553A)
- 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)
- Weng, X., Meng, Q., Liu, J., Jiang, W., Pattisson, S. and Wu, Z. 2018. Catalytic oxidation of chlorinated organics over lanthanide perovskites: effects of phosphoric acid etching and water vapor on chlorine desorption behavior. Environmental Science & Technology 53(2), pp. 884-893. (10.1021/acs.est.8b04582)
- Rogers, O., Pattisson, S., Macginley, J., Engel, R., Whiston, K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. 2018. The low temperature solvent-free aerobic oxidation of cyclohexene to cyclohexane diol over highly active Au/Graphite and Au/Graphene catalysts. Catalysts 8(8), pp. 311. (10.3390/catal8080311)
- Rucinska, E. et al. 2018. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: an investigation of autoxidation and catalysis. Catalysis Science and Technology 8(11), pp. 2987-2997. (10.1039/C8CY00155C)
- Engel, R. V. et al. 2018. Oxidative carboxylation of 1-decene to 1,2-decylene carbonate. Topics in Catalysis 61(5-6), pp. 509-518. (10.1007/s11244-018-0900-y)
- Al-Rifai, N. et al. 2017. Deactivation behaviour of supported gold palladium nanoalloy catalysts during the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol in a micro-packed bed reactor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56(45), pp. 12984-12993. (10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01159)
- 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)
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2016. Tuning graphitic oxide for initiator- and metal-free aerobic epoxidation of linear alkenes. Nature Communications 7, article number: 12855. (10.1038/ncomms12855)
- Smith, K., Al-Khalaf, A. K. H., El-Hiti, G. A. and Pattisson, S. D. 2012. Highly regioselective di-tert-amylation of naphthalene over reusable H-mordenite zeolite. Green Chemistry 14(4), pp. 1103-1110. (10.1039/c2gc16443d)
Thesis
- Pattisson, S. D. 2015. From support to carbocatalyst: the aerobic and solvent free epoxidation of dec-1-ene using graphitic oxide as a catalyst. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
I supervise and conduct research on the following projects in collaboration with multiple academic and industrial partners:
Industrial Collaborations
- Adipic acid production utilising green oxidation procedures (INVISTA)
- Gold catalysed production of VCM from acetylene hydrochlorination (JM)
- Production of fragrance molecules by oxidation (IFF)
- Catalytic abatement of organic molecules within PET (Colormatrix)
Academic Projects
- Investigation of metal-free carbocatalysts for oxidation reactions
- Selective oxidation of biomass molecules for production of value-added projects
- Synthesis and evaluation of novel MOF materials with Hiearchical porosity (Bristol University)
- Novel photocatalysts for the abatement of organic pollutants and hydrogen production (Chiang Mai University)
Biography
- 2015: PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Cardiff University
- 2011: MSc in Catalysis, Cardiff University
- 2010: BSc in Chemistry, Cardiff University
Committees and reviewing
Reviewer/Referee: ACS Catalysis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Catalysis Science and Technology, Journal of Catalysis, Gold Bulletin, Scientific Reports