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Jennifer K. Edwards

Jennifer K. Edwards

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Overview

Jennifer K. Edwards is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry, with specific attention to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Organic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics covered in their work focus on catalytic processes and oxidation reactions, including catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, oxidative organic chemistry reactions, and advanced oxidation water treatment.

Jennifer K. Edwards has contributed to several academic journals, with frequent publications in:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Catalysis Letters
  • Green Chemistry
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Science

Collaborators frequently appearing alongside Edwards include:

  • Graham J. Hutchings
  • Richard J. Lewis
  • David Morgan
  • Thomas E. Davies
  • Simon J. Freakley

Key recent publications by Jennifer K. Edwards include:

  • Highly efficient catalytic production of oximes from ketones using in situ-generated H 2 O 2, 2022, Science
  • Enhanced Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol via In Situ H2O2 Production over Supported Pd-Based Catalysts, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • A residue-free approach to water disinfection using catalytic in situ generation of reactive oxygen species, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Selective Ammoximation of Ketones via In Situ H2O2 Synthesis, 2023, ACS Catalysis
  • Cyclohexanone ammoximation via in situ H2O2 production using TS-1 supported catalysts, 2022, Green Chemistry

The work of Edwards centers extensively on catalytic processes employing in situ generation of reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), encompassing catalytic production, selective oxidation, ammoximation of ketones, and applications in water disinfection.

Best Publications

  • Solvent-Free Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Aldehydes Using Au-Pd/TiO2 Catalysts

    Dan I. Enache;Jennifer K. Edwards;Philip Landon;Benjamin Solsona-Espriu

  • Switching Off Hydrogen Peroxide Hydrogenation in the Direct Synthesis Process

    Jennifer K. Edwards;Benjamin Solsona;Edwin Ntainjua N;Albert F. Carley

  • Palladium-tin catalysts for the direct synthesis of H2O2 with high selectivity

    Simon J. Freakley;Qian He;Qian He;Jonathan H. Harrhy;Li Lu

  • Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using TiO2-supported Au-Pd catalysts

    Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Benjamin Espriu Solsona;Philip Landon;Albert Frederick Carley

  • Palladium and gold-palladium catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide.

    Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Graham John Hutchings

  • Highly efficient catalytic production of oximes from ketones using in situ–generated H2O2

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  • Advances in the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from hydrogen and oxygen

    Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Simon J. Freakley;Richard J. Lewis;James C. Pritchard

  • Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using Au–Pd/Fe2O3 catalysts

    Jennifer K. Edwards;Benjamin Solsona;Philip Landon;Albert F. Carley

  • Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide and Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation Using Au−Pd Catalysts Prepared by Sol Immobilization†

    James Charles Pritchard;Lokesh Kesavan;Marco Piccinini;Qian He

  • Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using supported Au–Pd catalysts

    Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Albert Frederick Carley;A. A. Herzing;Christopher John Kiely

  • Direct Synthesis of H2O2 from H2 and O2 over Gold, Palladium, and Gold–Palladium Catalysts Supported on Acid-Pretreated TiO2†

    Jennifer K. Edwards;Edwin Ntainjua N;Albert F. Carley;Andrew A. Herzing;Andrew A. Herzing

  • Strategies for designing supported gold-palladium bimetallic catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide.

    Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Simon J. Freakley;Albert Frederick Carley;Christopher J. Kiely

  • Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from H2 and O2 Using Al2O3 Supported Au−Pd Catalysts

    Benjamin E. Solsona;Jennifer K. Edwards;Philip Landon;Albert F. Carley

  • Au–Pd supported nanocrystals as catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2

    Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Adrian Thomas;Albert Frederick Carley;Andrew A. Herzing

  • Au–Pd supported nanocrystals prepared by a sol immobilisation technique as catalysts for selective chemical synthesis

    Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez;Nikolaos Dimitratos;Peter Miedziak;Edwin Ntainjua

  • Oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported gold-palladium nanoparticles

    Peter John Miedziak;Qian He;Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Stuart Hamilton Taylor

  • Synthesis of Stable Ligand-free Gold–Palladium Nanoparticles Using a Simple Excess Anion Method

    Meenakshisundaram Sankar;Qian He;Moataz Morad;James Pritchard

  • Aberration corrected analytical electron microscopy studies of sol-immobilized Au + Pd, Au{Pd} and Pd{Au} catalysts used for benzyl alcohol oxidation and hydrogen peroxide production.

    R. C. Tiruvalam;James Charles Pritchard;Nikolaos Dimitratos;Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez

  • The Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide Using Platinum‐Promoted Gold–Palladium Catalysts

    Jennifer Kelly Edwards;James Pritchard;Li Lu;Marco Piccinini

  • Enhanced Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol via In Situ H2O2 Production over Supported Pd-Based Catalysts

    Caitlin M. Crombie;Richard J. Lewis;Rebekah L. Taylor;David J. Morgan

  • Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol with oxygen using zeolite-supported Au and Au–Pd catalysts

    Gang Li;Gang Li;Dan I. Enache;Jennifer Edwards;Albert F. Carley

  • Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using titania-supported gold–palladium catalysts: Effect of Au–Pd ratio on catalytic performance

    Dan Ion Enache;D. Barker;Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Stuart Hamilton Taylor

  • Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy of bimetallic nanoparticles in an aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscope.

    Andrew A. Herzing;Masashi Watanabe;Masashi Watanabe;Jennifer Kelly Edwards;Marco Conte

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham J. Hutchings
Graham J. Hutchings Cardiff University
Albert Frederick Carley
Albert Frederick Carley Cardiff University
Christopher J. Kiely
Christopher J. Kiely Lehigh University
Qian He
Qian He National University of Singapore
David J. Morgan
David J. Morgan Cardiff University
Andrew A. Herzing
Andrew A. Herzing National Institute of Standards and Technology
David W. Knight
David W. Knight Cardiff University
Stuart Hamilton Taylor
Stuart Hamilton Taylor Cardiff University
Nikolaos Dimitratos
Nikolaos Dimitratos University of Bologna
Jacob A. Moulijn
Jacob A. Moulijn Delft University of Technology

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