Dr Louise Smith

2026

• Lawes, N. et al. 2026. The important role of alloy–oxide interfaces in controlling methanol formation in CO2 hydrogenation. ACS Catalysis (10.1021/acscatal.5c06703)

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)
• Smith, L. R. et al. 2025. Atom-by-atom assembly reveals structure–performance control in PdCu catalysts for CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol. Chemical Science 47 , pp.22554-22564. (10.1039/d5sc06681f)
• Smith, L. R. et al. 2025. Direct formation of the atomic Pd-ZnO interface by magnetron sputtering primed for methanol production from CO2. ACS Catalysis 15 (17), pp.15502-15508. (10.1021/acscatal.5c04822)
• 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)
• Weilhard, A. et al., 2025. A descriptor guiding the selection of catalyst supports for ammonia synthesis. Chemical Science 16 (11), pp.4851-4851. (10.1039/D4SC08253B)

2024

• Hutchings, G. J. , Smith, L. R. and Sun, Z. 2024. A smart design of non-noble catalysts for sustainable propane dehydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 63 (51) e202416080. (10.1002/anie.202416080)
• 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)
• 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 114910. (10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114910)

2023

• Lazaridou, A. et al. 2023. Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction. Nature Reviews Chemistry (10.1038/s41570-023-00470-5)
• Ni, F. et al. 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)

2022

• 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)
• 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)
• Smith, L. R. et al. 2022. Recent advances on the valorization of glycerol into alcohols. Energies 15 (17) e6250. (10.3390/en15176250)
• 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)

2020

• Aldridge, J. K. et al. 2020. Ambient temperature CO oxidation using palladium-platinum bimetallic catalysts supported on tin oxide/alumina. Catalysts 10 (11) 1223. (10.3390/catal10111223)
• 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)
• Smith, L. R. 2020. Gas-phase conversions of glycerol to methanol over ceria-based catalysts. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.

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

• Tian, M. et al., 2018. Catalytic oxidation of 1,2-dichloroethane over three-dimensional ordered meso-macroporous Co 3 O 4 /La 0.7 Sr 0.3 Fe 0.5 Co 0.5 O 3 : destruction route and mechanism. Applied Catalysis A: General 553 (5), pp.1-14. (10.1016/j.apcata.2018.01.013)