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Profiles
Dr Lee Durndell
Lecturer in Chemistry
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
PhD Supervisor
Undergraduate Chemistry Stage 1 Lead
Teaching on the following modules:
- CHM1011 - Practice of Chemistry
- CHM1014 - Solving Chemical Problems
- CHM1017 - Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM2011 - Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM2014 - Analytical Chemistry 1
- CHM2016 - Research Skills
- CHM3011/2 - Chemistry Project
- CHM3014 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Qualifications
- 2015 - PhD in Surface Science and Heterogeneous Catalysis from Cardiff/Aston University - “An investigation into support effects on the Pt-catalysed selective transformation of α,β-unsaturated substrates.”
- 2011 - MChem in Chemistry with Industrial experience, Cardiff University
Professional membership
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the Society of Chemical Industry
Roles on external bodies
Secretary for the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Division (Southwest Region)
Research
Research
Research interests
- Functionalisation and characterisation of hierarchical nanomaterials
- Catalysis
- Tracking and analysing the degradation pathways of microplastics in the environment
- Electric vehicle battery deployment and recycling
- Decarbonisation of the marine sector
Grants & contracts
'Innovate UK Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 - Feasibility (2023) "Virtual Bunkering for Electric Vessels (VBEV)" L. J. Durndell (PI), £315,630
NERC Highlight Topics (2020-2024), "Biodegradable Bioplastics - Assessing Environmental Risk (BIO-PLASTIC-RISK)," R. Thompson (PI), L. J. Durndell (Co-I), £1,082,438
NERC (2019-2022), "Current and Future Effects of Microplastics on Marine Shelf Ecosystems (MINIMISE)," R. Thompson (PI), L. J. Durndell (Co-I), £723,951
RSC Researcher Mobility Grant (M19-1518 - 2020-1), L. J. Durndell (PI), £5,000
RSC Research Fund Grant (R19-2791 - 2020-1), L. J. Durndell (PI), £4,000
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'A thermoanalytical insight into the composition of biodegradable polymers and commercial products by EGA-MS and Py-GC-MS' Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis , DOI Open access
(2023) 'WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>/ZrO<sub><i>x</i></sub> functionalised periodic mesoporous organosilicas as water-tolerant catalysts for carboxylic acid esterification' Sustainable Energy & Fuels 7, (7) 1677-1686 , DOI
(2023) 'Isolated PdO sites on SiO2-supported NiO nanoparticles as active sites for allylic alcohol selective oxidation' Catalysis Science & Technology , DOI
(2023) 'Correction: WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>/ZrO<sub><i>x</i></sub> functionalised periodic mesoporous organosilicas as water-tolerant catalysts for carboxylic acid esterification' Sustainable Energy & Fuels 7, (9) 2308-2308 , DOI
(2022) 'Continuous-flow synthesis of mesoporous SBA-15' Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 329, 111535-111535 , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Liquid phase catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ethyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone over ZrO<sub>2</sub>/SBA-15' Catalysis Science & Technology 12, (18) 5611-5619 , DOI
(2020) 'Publisher Correction: A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions' Nature Catalysis 3, (11) 960-960 , DOI
(2020) 'A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions' Nature Catalysis 3, (11) 921-931 , DOI
(2020) 'Hydrodeoxygenation of anisole over Pt/Al‐SBA‐15: metal‐acid synergy' ChemSusChem , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Ethanol Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production Over Hierarchical Macroporous Mesoporous SBA-15 Supported Nickel Nanoparticles' Topics in Catalysis , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Platinum catalysed aerobic selective oxidation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamic acid' Catalysis Today 333, 161-168 , DOI
(2019) 'Cascade aerobic selective oxidation over contiguous dual catalyst beds in continuous flow' ACS Catalysis , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Structure‐reactivity relations in Ru catalysed furfural hydrogenation' ChemCatChem , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Unravelling mass transport in hierarchically porous catalysts' Journal of Materials Chemistry A , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Citrate-mediated sol–gel synthesis of Al-substituted sulfated zirconia catalysts for α-pinene isomerization' Molecular Catalysis 458, 206-212 , DOI
(2018) 'Size-Dependent Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of Cu<sub>2</sub>
O Nanocubes' ChemCatChem 10, (16) 3554-3563 , DOI
(2018) 'Tunable Silver-Functionalized Porous Frameworks for Antibacterial Applications' Antibiotics 7, (3) 55-55 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'On the Impact of the Preparation Method on the Surface Basicity of Mg–Zr Mixed Oxide Catalysts for Tributyrin Transesterification' Catalysts 8, (6) 228-228 , DOI
(2018) 'Magnetically-separable Fe3O4@SiO2@SO4-ZrO2 core-shell nanoparticle catalysts for propanoic acid esterification' Molecular Catalysis 449, 137-141 , DOI
(2017) 'Delaminated CoAl-Layered Double Hydroxide@TiO<sub>2</sub>Heterojunction Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>' Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 35, (1) 1700317-1700317 , DOI
(2017) 'Impact of Macroporosity on Catalytic Upgrading of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil by Esterification over Silica Sulfonic Acids' ChemSusChem 10, (17) 3506-3511 , DOI
(2017) 'A magnetically-separable H 3 PW 12 O 40 @Fe 3 O 4 /EN-MIL-101 catalyst for the one-pot solventless synthesis of 2H-indazolo[2,1- b ] phthalazine-triones' Molecular Catalysis 440, 96-106 , DOI
(2017) 'P25@CoAl layered double hydroxide heterojunction nanocomposites for CO2 photocatalytic reduction' Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 209, 394-404 , DOI
(2017) 'Tailored mesoporous silica supports for Ni catalysed hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming' Catalysis Communications 91, 76-79 , DOI
(2017) 'Acetic Acid Ketonization over Fe
<sub>3</sub>
O
<sub>4</sub>
/SiO
<sub>2</sub>
for Pyrolysis Bio‐Oil Upgrading' ChemCatChem 9, (9) 1648-1654 , DOI
(2017) 'Tunable Ag@SiO<sub>2</sub> core–shell nanocomposites for broad spectrum antibacterial applications' RSC Advances 7, (38) 23342-23347 , DOI
(2016) 'A new application for transition metal chalcogenides: WS2 catalysed esterification of carboxylic acids' Catalysis Communications 91, 16-20 , DOI
(2016) 'Platinum-Catalyzed Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of <scp>d</scp>-Glucose to <scp>d</scp>-Sorbitol' ACS Catalysis 6, (11) 7409-7417 , DOI
(2016) 'Highly selective hydrogenation of furfural over supported Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions' Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 180, 580-585 , DOI
(2016) 'Influence of alkyl chain length on sulfated zirconia catalysed batch and continuous esterification of carboxylic acids by light alcohols' Green Chemistry 18, (20) 5529-5535 , DOI
(2016) 'Niobic acid nanoparticle catalysts for the aqueous phase transformation of glucose and fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural' Catalysis Science & Technology 6, (19) 7334-7341 , DOI
(2016) 'Photodeposition as a facile route to tunable Pt photocatalysts for hydrogen production: on the role of methanol' Catalysis Science & Technology 6, (1) 81-88 , DOI
(2015) 'Selectivity control in Pt-catalyzed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation' Scientific Reports 5, (1) , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Platinum-catalysed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation in continuous flow' RSC Advances 5, (97) 80022-80026 , DOI
(2015) 'Selective palladium-catalysed aerobic oxidation of alcohols' RSC Green Chemistry 2015-January, (28) 92-132
(2014) 'Alumina-grafted SBA-15 as a high performance support for Pd-catalysed cinnamyl alcohol selective oxidation' Catalysis Today 229, 46-55 , DOI
(2014) 'Selective oxidation of allylic alcohols over highly ordered Pd/meso-Al2O3 catalysts' Catalysis Communications 44, 40-45 , DOI
(2013) 'Tunable Pt nanocatalysts for the aerobic selox of cinnamyl alcohol' Nanoscale 5, (12) 5412-5412 , DOI
Chapters
(2020) 'Chemical Catalysts for Biomass Upgrading'
(2019) 'Catalytic Upgrading of Holocellulose‐Derived
<scp>C</scp>
<sub>5</sub>
and
<scp>C</scp>
<sub>6</sub>
Sugars' Wiley 145-205 , DOI
(2014) 'Selective Palladium-Catalysed Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols' Transition Metal Catalysis in Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation The Royal Society of Chemistry 92-132 , DOI
(2014) 'Selective Palladium-Catalysed Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols' in Cardona F; Parmeggiani C Transition Metal Catalysis in Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation Royal Society of Chemistry 92-132 , DOI
Presentations and posters
'Metal–Acid Synergy: Hydrodeoxygenation of Anisole over Pt/Al‐SBA‐15' , DOI
Other Publications
Metal–Acid Synergy: Hydrodeoxygenation of Anisole over Pt/Al‐SBA‐15. , DOI