Research Topics

Selected Publications

7.	In situ transformation of tin microparticles to nanoparticles on nanotextured carbon support boosts the efficiency of the electrochemical CO₂ reduction. Burwell, T., Thangamuthu, M., Besley, E., Chen, Y., Pyer, J., Fernandes, J. A., Lanterna, A., Licence, P., Aliev, G., Theis, W. and Khlobystov, A. N. ACS Applied Energy Materials 8, 2281-2290 (2025).
6.	A descriptor guiding the selection of catalyst supports for ammonia synthesis. Weilhard, A., Popov, I., Kohlrausch, E. C., Aliev, G., Blankenship, L. S., Norman, L. T., Ghaderzadeh, S., Smith, L., Isaacs, M., O'Shea, J., Lanterna, A., Theis, W., Morgan, D., Hutchings, G. J., Besley, E., Khlobystov, A. N. and Fernandes, J. A. Chemical Science 16, 4851-4859 (2025).
5.	Evolution of amorphous ruthenium nanoclusters into stepped truncated nano-pyramids on graphitic surfaces boosts hydrogen production from ammonia. Chen, Y., Young, B. J., Aliev, G. N., Kordatos, A., Popov, I., Ghaderzadeh, S., Liddy, T., Cull, W. J., Kohlrausch, E. C., Weilhard, A., Hutchings, G. J., Besley, E., Theis, W., Fernandes, J. A. and Khlobystov, A. N. Chemical Science 16, 2648-2660 (2025).
4.	Direct formation of copper nanoparticles from atoms at graphitic step-edges lowers overpotential and improves selectivity of electrocatalitic CO2 reduction. Burwell, T., Thangamuthu, M., Aliev, G. N., Ghaderzadeh, S., Kohlrausch, E. C., Chen, Y., Theis, W., Norman, L. T., Fernandes, J. A., Besley, E., Licence, P. and Khlobystov, A. N. Communications Chemistry 7, 140 (2024).
3.	Comparison of atomic scale dynamics for the middle and late transition metal nanocatalysts. Cao, K., Zoberbier, T., Biskupek, J., Botos, A., McSweeney, R. L., Kurtoglu, A., Stopiello, C. T., Markevich, A. V., Besley, E., Chamberlain, T. W., Kaiser, U. and Khlobystov, A. N. Nature Communications 9, 3382 (2018).
2.	Growth of single-layer boron nitride dome-shaped nanostructures catalysed by iron clusters. La Torre, A., Åhlgren, E. H., Fay, M. W., Ben Romdhane, F., Skowron, S. T., Parmenter, C., Davies, A. J., Jouhannaud, J., Pourroy, G., Khlobystov, A. N., Brown, P. D., Besley, E. and Banhart, F. Nanoscale 8, 15079 - 15085 (2016).
1.	Transition metal complexes of a salen-fullerene diad: redox and catalytically active nanostructures for delivery of metals in nanotubes. Lebedeva, M. A., Chamberlain, T. W., Davies E. S., Mancel, D., Thomas, B. E., Suyetin, M., Bichoutskaia, E., Schröder, M. and Khlobystov, A. N. European Journal of Chemistry, 19, 11999-12008 (2013).