Sustainable Chemistry
Michael Forde – Lecturer
Selected Publications
1. Su, R.; Forde, M. M.; He, Qian; Shen, Y.; Wang, X.; et. Al. Well-controlled metal co-catalysts synthesised by chemical vapour impregnation for photocatalytic hydrogen production and water purification Dalton Transactions 2014, 43 (40), 14976-14982.
2. Forde M. M.; Armstrong, R. D.; Mc Vicker, R.; Wells, P.P.; et. Al. Light alkane oxidation using catalysts prepared by chemical vapour impregnation: tuning alcohol selectivity through catalyst pre-treatment Chemical Science 2014, 5, 3603-3616
3. Forde, M.M.; Kesavan, L.; Bin Saiman, M.I.; He, Q.; Dimitratos, N.; Lopez-Sanchez, J.A.; Jenkins, R.L.; Taylor, S.H.; Kiely, C.J.; Hutchings, G. J. High Activity Redox Catalysts Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Impregnation ACS Nano 2014, 8, 957-969.
4. Forde, M.M; Armstrong, R.D.; Hammond, C.; He, Q.; Jenkins, R.L.; Kondrat, S.A.; Dimitratos, N.; Lopez-Sanchez, J.A.; Taylor, S.H.; Willock, D.; Kiely, C.J.; Hutchings, G.J. Partial Oxidation of Ethane to Oxygenates Using Fe- and Cu-Containing ZSM-5 Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 11087–11099
5. Ab Rahim, M.H.; Forde, M.M.; Jenkins, R.L.; Hammond, C.; He,Q.; et. Al. Oxidation of Methane to Methanol with Hydrogen Peroxide Using Supported Gold–Palladium Alloy Nanoparticles Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013 52, 1280– 1284
6. Hammond, C., Forde, M. M., Ab Rahim, M. H., Thetford, A., He, Q., et. Al. Direct Catalytic Conversion of Methane to Methanol in an Aqueous Medium by using Copper-Promoted Fe-ZSM5 Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 5129–5133
Research Interests
Our focus is sustainable catalysis to support renewable chemicals and fuels using well-designed nanomaterials under mild heterogeneous catalysis systems. Currently, we are involved with methane oxidation, furfural, glycerol and levulinic acid transformations under the thermocatalytic and photocatalytic protocol. Our primary aim is to understand how structure affects reactivity at the molecular scale, using that information to engineer effective catalysts for biomass transformations. Thus our group is heavily involved in operando surface science studies and detailed materials characterisation.
An equally important research area in our group is chemical education with a specific focus on using immersive learning (3D holography and VR) to increase student motivation and performance.
