Bowker, Mike - Cardiff University

个人简介

PhD in Surface Science, University of Liverpool, 1977, supervisor Prof David King Research Fellow, Dept. Chem. Eng., Stanford University, California, with Prof R.J. Madix 1977-9, working on catalytic reactions on well-defined surfaces. Senior Research Scientist, ICI Corporate Laboratory, Runcorn, England 1979-87. Working on various aspects of industrial catalysis, using traditional catalytic methods and surface science. Reactions included ethylene epoxidation, ammonia synthesis, methanol synthesis, shift reaction and others. Founding Assistant Director, Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis,Dept. Chemistry, University of Liverpool. 1987-93. Developing this centre from foundation. Covering a range of catalytic processes and surface science. Principal Scientist, IRC in Surface Science, 1988-95. Again, a founding member of this centre, leading a team devoted to the study of adsorption, reactions and structure of well-defined surfaces. Professor and Head of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, 1993-2003. Responsible for organising Physical Chemistry teaching, researching aspects of surface science and catalysis and developing physical chemistry research in the department. Professor of Surface Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, 2003. Head of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surfaces Group. Development of surface science of nano particles. Focus on Slective oxidation catalysis and photocatalysis. Founder of the Wolfson Nanoscience Laboratory, 2006. Appointed Deputy Director, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, 2009

研究领域

Catalysis, particularly selective oxidation and photocatalysis, the latter mainly for hydrogen production. Fundamental research into the preparation and characteristics of catalysts used for environmental protection, especially for the removal of pollutants from cars Nanofabrication and nanoengineering Nanofabrication of model catalysts, consisting of nanoparticles anchored to oxide surfaces, and imaging them with scanning tunnelling microscopy Investigation of the atomic-scale structure and reactivity of crystalline surfaces The work of my group is aimed at gaining an understanding aspects of heterogeneous catalysis. This especially involves aspects of the structure and reactivity of anchored nanoparticles, that is, small metal particles (e.g. Au, Pd, Pt) bound to inorganic surfaces. This is of great importance in relation to the understanding of nanostructures generally, but it is also of practical relevance - for example, we work on iron molybdate catalysts for the selective oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde, and on the production of new fuels (especially hydrogen) using photocatalysis. We use a wide range of experimental methods and have recently made significant new investments in equipment. We have the ability to image surfaces and nanoparticles at the atomic scale using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and examples of this type of work are shown below. Members of the group regularly give presentations at scientific meetings in the UK and abroad.

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Bahruji, H.et al. 2017. PdZn catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol using chemical vapour impregnation (CVI). Faraday Discussions (10.1039/C6FD00189K) pdf Sharpe, R., Counsell, J. D. and Bowker, M. 2017. Pd segregation to the surface of Au on Pd(111) and on Pd/TiO2(110). Surface Science 656, pp. 60-65. (10.1016/j.susc.2016.10.005) pdf Jones, W.et al. 2017. A comparison of photocatalytic reforming reactions of methanol and triethanolamine with Pd supported on titania and graphitic carbon nitride. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.01.042) pdf Bahruji, H.et al. 2016. Pd/ZnO catalysts for direct CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Journal of Catalysis 343, pp. 133-146. (10.1016/j.jcat.2016.03.017) pdf Chutia, A.et al. 2016. Adsorption of formate species on Cu(h,k,l) low index surfaces. Surface Science 653, pp. 45-54. (10.1016/j.susc.2016.05.002) pdf Caravaca, A.et al. 2016. H2production by the photocatalytic reforming of cellulose and raw biomass using Ni, Pd, Pt and Au on titania. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science 472(2191), pp. 20160054., article number: 20160054.. (10.1098/rspa.2016.0054) pdf Brookes, C., Bowker, M. and Wells, P. B. 2016. Catalysts for the selective oxidation of methanol. Catalysts 6(7), article number: 92. (10.3390/catal6070092) pdf Yeo, B.et al. 2016. The surface of iron molybdate catalysts used for the selective oxidation of methanol. Surface Science 648, pp. 163-169. (10.1016/j.susc.2015.11.010) pdf Yang, Q.et al. 2016. Exploring the mechanisms of metal co-catalysts in photocatalytic reduction reactions: Is Ag a good candidate?. Applied Catalysis A: General 518, pp. 213-220. (10.1016/j.apcata.2015.10.023) Rogers, S.et al. 2016. The adsorbed state of a thiol on palladium nanoparticles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, pp. 17265-17271. (10.1039/C6CP00957C) pdf Bowker, M. 2016. The role of precursor states in adsorption, surface reactions and catalysis. Topics in Catalysis 59(8-9), pp. 663-670. (10.1007/s11244-016-0538-6) pdf Bowker, M. and Waugh, K. C. 2016. From surface science to catalysis: The importance of methoxy and formate species on Cu single crystals and industrial catalysts. Surface Science 650, pp. 93-102. (10.1016/j.susc.2016.01.001)