Simon J. Freakley

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the resulting methanol incorporated a substantial fraction of gas-phase O2, suggesting that the controlled breakdown of H2O2 activates methane, which subsequently incorporates molecular oxygen through a radical process.

TL;DR: It is shown that the addition of tin to palladium catalysts coupled with an appropriate heat treatment cycle switches off the sequential hydrogenation and decomposition reactions, enabling selectivities of >95% toward H2O2.

TL;DR: An in situ x-ray absorption fine structure study of gold/carbon (Au/C) catalysts under acetylene hydrochlorination reaction conditions is performed and it is demonstrated that highly active catalysts comprise single-site cationic Au entities whose activity correlates with the ratio of Au(I):Au(III) present.

TL;DR: In this article, the X-ray photoelectron spectra of metallic iridium and the technologically important iridium compounds, IrO2 and IrCl3, have been studied and the results not only improve the accuracy of published data but also expand the binding energy database of other iridium core-levels.

TL;DR: Through treatment of the support with acids prior to the deposition of the gold-palladium bimetallic particles, the author can obtain a catalyst that can make hydrogen peroxide at a very high rate without decomposing or hydrogenating the product.