Congratulations to Professor Christopher Hardacre who has won the Royal Society of Chemistry 2022 Tilden Prize! For outstanding contributions to the areas of liquid and gas phase heterogeneous catalysis. Professor Hardacre’s group focuses on the use of solids as catalysts for the production of commodity and fine chemicals and the removal of…
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is the world’s third most produced polymer after polyethylene and polypropylene. Until recently the formation of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), the precursor to PVC, has relied on the use of a highly toxic mercuric chloride catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination. This exhibit summarises the successful development of a…
The research investigated using the Hub funding remains at an early stage as would be expected with EPSRC funded fundamental research. Nonetheless, the target area – making useful products from carbon dioxide, is one in which there is potential for both environmental and commercial impact. It is relevant to note…
The UK’s ambition to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 will not be possible without new and innovative catalysis. We will be presenting at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition activities and displays that highlight to the public; (1) How integrated petroleum products are currently to our daily lives,…
UK Catalysis Hub researchers including; Prof. Richard Catlow, Prof. Graham Hutchings, Prof. Christopher Hardacre and Prof. Andrew Beale are collaborating with Prof. Anatoly Zayats from King’s College London to investigate steering of chemical processes with plasmonic nanostructures. This multidisciplinary research programme combines the expertise of King’s and Imperial College London and UK Catalysis…
When: 20 October 2022, 09:40 – 16:30 BSTWhere: Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Didcot, OX11 0FA The sixth UK Emission Control Workshop took place on the 20th of October 2022. This interactive workshop offered an open forum for technical discussion about the current challenges facing the automotive industry…
When: 22 September, 10am – 4pmWhere: Meeting Room 1 &2, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FA & Online The Harwell XPS & UK Catalysis Hub Workshop took place on Thursday September 22 at the Research Complex at Harwell. Attendees gathered for a day long…
When: 20 & 21 June 2022Where: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX On the 20th and 21st of June 2022 the UK Catalysis Hub held its annual summer conference and networking meeting. The Conference took place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. The event was a hybrid event with the…
Closing the anthropogenic carbon cycle requires selective valorization of CO2 and efficient methods for capture and concentration from dilute streams. The first part of the talk will discuss the challenge of product selectivity in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to renewable fuels. Desirable CO2 reduction products require proton equivalents, but key catalytic intermediates in CO2 reduction can…
Dr Alexander O’Malley has received this year’s BTM Willis Prize for outstanding neutron scattering science, for his novel and influential applications of neutron spectroscopy in catalytic science. The BTM Willis prize is named in honour of Prof. Terry Willis – founder of the UK Neutron Scattering Group, and the well-known…
