Research project

A Russell - Catalysis Hub

Research groups:

Electrochemistry
Lead researchers:

Professor Andrea Russell
Other researchers:

Professor Robert Raja
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Andrea Russell

Professor of Physical Electrochemistry

Research interests

Structure/property relationships in electrocatalysts
Development and application of syncrotron based spectroscopic techniques for operando characterisation of electrocatalysts, electrode structures, and electrochemical interfaces
Development and application of vibrational spectroscopies (IR and Raman) to study electrochemical interfaces and reactions

Connect with Andrea

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Robert Raja

Prof of Materials Chemistry & Catalysis

Research interests

Heterogeneous Catalysis
Sustainable Chemistry
Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation

Connect with Robert

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Electrochemistry

A well-established world-class group researching energy charge transfer that affects many facets of life.

Research outputs

Insight into molecular behaviour in microporous catalysis using quasielastic neutron scattering

Stewart Parker, Richard Catlow, Ian Silverwood, Russell Howe, Santosh Matam, Stephanie Chapman, Robert Raja, Misbah Sarwar, Iain Hitchcock, Andrew York & Alexander J. O'Malley, 2018

Type: conference

Effects of heat treatment atmosphere on the structure and activity of Pt3Sn nanoparticle electrocatalysts

Haoliang Huang, Abu Bakr Ahmed Amine Nassr, Veronica Celorrio, S.F. Rebecca Taylor, Vinod Kumar Puthiyapura, Christopher Hardacre, Dan J.L. Brett & Andrea E. Russell, 2018, Faraday Discussions

DOI: 10.1039/C7FD00221A

Type: article

Utilisation of gold nanoparticles on amine-functionalised UiO-66 (NH2-UiO-66) nanocrystals for selective tandem catalytic reactions

Christopher Hinde, William Webb, Benny Kia Jia Chew, Hui Ru Tan, Wen-Hua Zhang, Andy Hor & Robert Raja, 2016, Chemical Communications, 2016(39), 6557-6560

DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02169G

Type: article

Rationalising the role of solid-acid sites in the design of versatile single-site heterogeneous catalysts for targeted acid-catalysed transformations

Enrica Gianotti, Maela Manzoli, Matthew Potter, Vasudev N. Shetti, Danni Sun, James Paterson, Thomas M. Mezza, Alan Levy & Robert Raja, 2014, Chemical Science, 5(5), 1810-1819

DOI: 10.1039/C3SC53088D

Type: article

Predictive design of engineered multifunctional solid catalysts

Robert Raja, Matthew Potter & Stephanie Newland, 2014, Chemical Communications, 50(45), 5940-5957

DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00834k

Type: article