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A Russell - Catalysis Hub

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: A.E.Russell@soton.ac.uk

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: R.Raja@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

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
Iridium–Bismuth cluster complexes yield bimetallic nano-catalysts for the direct oxidation of 3-picoline to niacin
Richard D. Adams, Mingwei Chen, Gaya Elpitiya, Matthew Potter & Robert Raja, 2013, ACS Catalysis, 3(12), 3106-3110
DOI: 10.1021/cs400880k
Type: article
Probing the origin of in situ generated nanoparticles as sustainable oxidation catalysts
Christopher S. Hinde, Sivan Van Aswegen, Gillian Collins, Justin D. Holmes, T.S. Andy Hor & Robert Raja, 2013, Dalton Transactions, 42(35), 12600-12605
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT50606A
Type: article
Investigating site-specific interactions and probing their role in modifying the acid-strength in framework architectures
Matthew Potter, Danni Sun, Enrica Gianotti, Maela Manzoli & Robert Raja, 2013, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(32), 13288-13295
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51182K
Type: article
Toward understanding the catalytic synergy in the design of bimetallic molecular sieves for selective aerobic oxidations
Rebecca M. Leithall, Vasudev N. Shetti, Sara Maurelli, Mario Chiesa, Enrica Gianotti & Robert Raja, 2013, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(8), 2915-2918
DOI: 10.1021/ja3119064
Type: article