Wells, Peter - University of Southampton

个人简介

Peter Wells joined the University of Southampton in August 2016 as Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, a joint appointment with Diamond Light Source. Before for taking up this role, Peter worked for University College London, and was based full time at the Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) establishing a new national catalysis initiative, the EPSRC UK Catalysis Hub. Prior to this, Peter obtained a MChem in Chemistry (University of Surrey, 2003), a PhD in the preparation and characterisation of tailored metal nanoparticles, (University of Southampton, 2007), and was Senior Research Fellow, working for Professor John Evans (University of Southampton, 2007-2011). Peter’s research focuses on the development of operando spectroscopic methods and controlled catalyst preparation, both essential tools in understanding the complex properties of catalysts. These studies make extensive use of synchrotron radiation facilities, both in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, and strong collaboration with the UK Catalysis Hub.

研究领域

Current research interests include: 1) Applications of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in all areas of catalysis; electrocatalysis, bio-catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, and heterogeneous catalysis 2) Development of combined spectroscopic (e.g. vibrational and X-ray absorption spectroscopies) techniques for operando studies of catalytic systems. 3) The preparation of tailored catalyst structures, both multi-component oxides and supported metal nanoparticles. 4) Upgrading of bio-derived feedstocks to useful platform molecules.

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Tailoring gold nanoparticle characteristics and the impact on aqueous-phase oxidation of glycerol - Rogers, Scott M., Catlow, C. Richard A., Chan-Thaw, Carine E., Gianolio, Diego, Gibson, Emma K., Gould, Anna L., Jian, Nan, Logsdail, Andrew J., Palmer, Richard E., Prati, Laura, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Villa, Alberto and Wells, Peter Published:2015Publication:ACS CatalysisVolume:5, (7)Page Range:4377-4384doi:10.1021/acscatal.5b00754 Restructuring of AuPd nanoparticles studied by a combined XAFS/DRIFTS approach - Gibson, Emma K., Beale, Andrew M., Catlow, C. Richard A., Chutia, Arunabhiram, Gianolio, Diego, Gould, Anna, Kroner, Anna, Mohammed, Khaled M.H., Perdjon, Michal, Rogers, Scott M. and Wells, Peter Published:2015Publication:Chemistry of MaterialsVolume:27, (10)Page Range:3714-3720doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00866 In situ spectroscopic investigations of MoOx/Fe2O3catalysts for the selective oxidation of methanol - Brookes, Catherine, Bowker, Michael, Gibson, Emma K., Gianolio, Diego, Mohammed, Khaled M.H., Parry, Stephen, Rogers, Scott M., Silverwood, Ian P. and Wells, Peter Published:2016Publication:Catalysis Science & TechnologyVolume:6, (3)Page Range:722-730doi:10.1039/C5CY01175B Molybdenum oxide on Fe2O3Core–shell catalysts: probing the nature of the structural motifs responsible for methanol oxidation catalysis - Brookes, C., Wells, P., Cibin, G., Dimitratos, N., Jones, W., Morgan, D.J. and Bowker, M. Published:2013Publication:ACS CatalysisVolume:4, (1)Page Range:243-250doi:10.1021/cs400683e