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Donald Bethell is a researcher affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly focus lies primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Energy, with specific attention to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientific work of Donald Bethell is centered on catalytic processes and energy conversion techniques. Key topics of interest include catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, oxidative organic chemistry reactions, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysis for biomass conversion, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, and advanced battery technologies research.

Bethell's recent publications demonstrate involvement in research on catalyst development and reaction mechanisms, with a focus on gold and palladium-based catalysts used in oxidation reactions and methane conversion. Significant recent papers include:

  • "Au-Pd separation enhances bimetallic catalysis of alcohol oxidation", 2022, Nature
  • "Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2", 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • "Enhancing the understanding of the glycerol to lactic acid reaction mechanism over AuPt/TiO2 under alkaline conditions", 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Insights into the Effect of Metal Ratio on Cooperative Redox Enhancement Effects over Au- and Pd-Mediated Alcohol Oxidation", 2023, ACS Catalysis
  • "Methane Conversion to Methanol Using Au/ZSM-5 is Promoted by Carbon", 2023, ACS Catalysis

Donald Bethell frequently publishes in scientific journals including Nature Catalysis, ACS Catalysis, Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics, and Catalysis Science & Technology.

  • Nature Catalysis
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Nature
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Catalysis Science & Technology

The scholar often collaborates with researchers such as Graham J. Hutchings, Richard J. Lewis, David Morgan, Christopher J. Kiely, and Mark Douthwaite. These co-authors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Bethell, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

  • Graham J. Hutchings
  • Richard J. Lewis
  • David Morgan
  • Christopher J. Kiely
  • Mark Douthwaite

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of thiol-derivatised gold nanoparticles in a two-phase liquid-liquid system

    Mathias Brust;Merryl Walker;Donald Bethell;David J. Schiffrin

  • Synthesis and reactions of functionalised gold nanoparticles

    Mathias Brust;J. Fink;D. Bethell;D. J. Schiffrin

  • A nanometre-scale electronic switch consisting of a metal cluster and redox-addressable groups

    David I. Gittins;Donald Bethell;David J. Schiffrin;Richard J. Nichols

  • Novel gold‐dithiol nano‐networks with non‐metallic electronic properties

    Mathias Brust;David J. Schiffrin;Donald Bethell;Christopher J. Kiely

  • Spontaneous ordering of bimodal ensembles of nanoscopic gold clusters

    C. J. Kiely;J. Fink;M. Brust;D. Bethell

  • Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticle Thin Films with Nonmetallic Optical and Electronic Properties

    Mathias Brust;Donald Bethell;and Christopher J. Kiely;David J. Schiffrin

  • Self-Organization of Nanosized Gold Particles

    John Fink;Christopher J. Kiely;Donald Bethell;David J. Schiffrin

  • Redox state dependence of single molecule conductivity

    Wolfgang Haiss;Harm van Zalinge;Simon J Higgins;Donald Bethell

  • From monolayers to nanostructured materials: an organic chemist's view of self-assembly

    D. Bethell;M. Brust;D.J. Schiffrin;C. Kiely

  • Measurement of single molecule conductivity using the spontaneous formation of molecular wires

    Wolfgang Haiss;Richard J. Nichols;Harm van Zalinge;Simon J. Higgins

  • Long-range electron tunnelling in oligo-porphyrin molecular wires

    Gita Sedghi;Víctor M. García-Suárez;Víctor M. García-Suárez;Louisa J. Esdaile;Harry L. Anderson

  • Tuning of catalytic sites in Pt/TiO2 catalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene

    Margherita Macino;Alexandra J. Barnes;Sultan M. Althahban;Sultan M. Althahban;Ruiyang Qu

  • The benzaldehyde oxidation paradox explained by the interception of peroxy radical by benzyl alcohol

    Meenakshisundaram Sankar;Ewa Nowicka;Emma Carter;Damien M. Murphy

  • The fate of sulfur-bound hydrogen on formation of self-assembled thiol monolayers on gold: (1)H NMR spectroscopic evidence from solutions of gold clusters.

    Masihul Hasan;Donald Bethell;Mathias Brust

  • Single molecule conductance of porphyrin wires with ultralow attenuation.

    Gita Sedghi;Katsutoshi Sawada;Louisa J. Esdaile;Markus Hoffmann

  • Ordered Colloidal Nanoalloys

    C. J. Kiely;J. Fink;J. G. Zheng;M. Brust

  • The experimental determination of the conductance of single molecules.

    Richard J. Nichols;Wolfgang Haiss;Simon J. Higgins;Edmund Leary;Edmund Leary

  • Zeolite Catalysts as Solid Solvents in Fine Chemicals Synthesis: 1. Catalyst Deactivation in the Friedel–Crafts Acetylation of Anisole

    E.G. Derouane;C.J. Dillon;D. Bethell;S.B. Derouane-Abd Hamid

  • Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using Au-Pd catalysts prepared by sol immobilisation

    Nikolaos Dimitratos;Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez;David John Morgan;Albert Frederick Carley

  • Zeolite Catalysts as Solid Solvents in Fine Chemicals Synthesis: 2. Competitive Adsorption of the Reactants and Products in the Friedel–Crafts Acetylations of Anisole and Toluene

    E.G. Derouane;G. Crehan;C.J. Dillon;D. Bethell

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham J. Hutchings
Graham J. Hutchings Cardiff University
Philip C. Bulman Page
Philip C. Bulman Page University of East Anglia
David J. Schiffrin
David J. Schiffrin University of Liverpool
Christopher J. Kiely
Christopher J. Kiely Lehigh University
Richard J. Nichols
Richard J. Nichols University of Liverpool
David W. Knight
David W. Knight Cardiff University
Mathias Brust
Mathias Brust University of Liverpool
Simon J. Higgins
Simon J. Higgins University of Liverpool
Nikolaos Dimitratos
Nikolaos Dimitratos University of Bologna
Richard G. Compton
Richard G. Compton University of Oxford

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