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Michael Bowker is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemical engineering, with particular attention to materials chemistry and catalysis. The scientist's work spans several related subfields including renewable energy, sustainability, process chemistry and technology, and mechanical engineering.

Their scholarly contributions address a range of topics centered around catalytic processes in materials science, catalysts for methane reforming, catalysis and oxidation reactions, advanced photocatalysis techniques, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

Frequent publication venues for Michael Bowker include:

  • Faraday Discussions
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • ChemCatChem
  • Catalysts

Some of the recent papers featuring Michael Bowker's research are:

  • "Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The Critical Role of βPdZn Alloy in Pd/ZnO Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol," 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • "The Role of Metal Nanoparticles in Promoting Photocatalysis by TiO2," 2022, Topics in Current Chemistry

Other notable publications where Michael Bowker is listed as an author include work in the areas of photocatalytic oxygen reduction and methanol synthesis using supported Pd alloy catalysts.

Key collaborators frequently working alongside Michael Bowker include:

  • Graham J. Hutchings
  • Stuart H. Taylor
  • Nicholas F. Dummer
  • Jonathan Ruiz Esquius
  • Thomas J. A. Slater

Best Publications

  • Surface Oxidation and Reduction of CuO and Cu2O Studied Using XPS and XAES

    S. Poulston;P. M. Parlett;P. Stone;M. Bowker

  • Pd/ZnO catalysts for direct CO2 hydrogenation to methanol

    Hasliza Bahruji;Michael Bowker;Graham John Hutchings;Nikolaos Dimitratos

  • XPS, UPS and thermal desorption studies of alcohol adsorption on Cu(110): I. Methanol

    M. Bowker;R.J. Madix

  • The mechanism of methanol synthesis on copper/zinc oxide/alumina catalysts

    M. Bowker;R.A. Hadden;R.A. Hadden;H. Houghton;J.N.K. Hyland

  • Oxygen induced adsorption and reaction of H2, H2O, CO and CO2 on single crystal Ag(110)

    M. Bowker;M.A. Barteau;R.J. Madix

  • Methanol Synthesis from CO2 Hydrogenation.

    Michael Bowker;Michael Bowker

  • XPS, UPS and thermal desorption studies of the reactions of formaldehyde and formic acid with the Cu(110) surface

    M. Bowker;R.J. Madix

  • Mechanism and kinetics of methanol synthesis on zinc oxide

    Michael Bowker;Hilary Houghton;Kenneth C. Waugh

  • Two ( 1 × 2 ) Reconstructions of TiO 2 (110): Surface Rearrangement and Reactivity Studied Using Elevated Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

    R. A. Bennett;P. Stone;N. J. Price;M. Bowker

  • XPS, UPS and thermal desorption studies of alcohol adsorption on Cu(110): II. Higher alcohols

    M. Bowker;R.J. Madix

  • The basis and applications of heterogeneous catalysis

    Michael Bowker

  • Acid-base reactions on solid surfaces: The reactions of HCOOH, H2CO, and HCOOCH3 with oxygen on Ag(110)

    M.A. Barteau;M. Bowker;R.J. Madix

  • Adsorbate diffusion on single crystal surfaces: I.The influence of lateral interactions

    Michael Bowker;David A King

  • Catalysis at the metal-support interface: exemplified by the photocatalytic reforming of methanol on Pd/TiO2

    Michael Bowker;David James;Peter Stone;Roger Bennett

  • Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of oxygen adsorption on Cu(111)

    T. Matsumoto;R.A. Bennett;P. Stone;T. Yamada

  • Methanol oxidation on Cu(110)

    S.M. Francis;F.M. Leibsle;S. Haq;N. Xiang

  • New insights into the mechanism of photocatalytic reforming on Pd/TiO2

    Hasliza Bahruji;Hasliza Bahruji;Michael Bowker;Philip Rosser Davies;Fabien Pedrono

  • The adsorption of chlorine and chloridation of Ag(111)

    M. Bowker;K.C. Waugh

  • The photocatalytic reforming of methanol

    Layla Saeed Al-Mazroai;Michael Bowker;Philip Davies;Amanda Dickinson

  • Sustainable hydrogen production by the application of ambient temperature photocatalysis

    Michael Bowker

  • The photocatalytic reforming of methanol

    Amanda Dickinson;David James;Neil Perkins;Tim Cassidy

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham J. Hutchings
Graham J. Hutchings Cardiff University
David J. Morgan
David J. Morgan Cardiff University
Nikolaos Dimitratos
Nikolaos Dimitratos University of Bologna
Albert Frederick Carley
Albert Frederick Carley Cardiff University
Robert J. Madix
Robert J. Madix Harvard University
Sam Haq
Sam Haq University of Liverpool
Avelino Corma
Avelino Corma Universitat Politècnica de València
Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Stewart F. Parker
Stewart F. Parker Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Bert M. Weckhuysen Utrecht University

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