Personal profile
Research interests
My research is on developing, and understanding, sustainable chemical technologies. Particularly I focus on developing porous materials for heterogeneous catalysts, carbon capture and utilisation and also for developing synchrotron-based characterisaton methods to understand these materials and how they behave.
Areas of research that are of particular interest to me at the moment are:
- Combining CO2 Capture and Utilisation
- New ways of incorporating Computational Fluid Dynamics into Catalytic Processes
- Understanding Catalyst Degradation
- Characterising Materials under Working Reaction Conditions
Keywords
- QD Chemistry
- Catalysis
- Carbon Dioxide
- Spectroscopy
- Porous materials
- X-ray
- Neutron
- Synchrotron
- Zeolites
- Sustainability
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Royal Society Research Fund - Designing atomic-scale active sites in solid acid catalysts
Potter, M. (PI)
1/03/25 → 28/02/26
Project: Research council
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Unravelling CO2 capture and utilisation mechanisms of new materials with NMR and IR - RSC Research Fund
Potter, M. (PI)
11/11/24 → 10/11/25
Project: UK charity
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Applying Advanced 2D GCxGC Methods to Explore Catalytic Polymer Cracking Technology
Potter, M. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: UK charity
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Unveiling active sites and the cooperative role of non-thermal plasma and copper–zinc catalysts in the hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol
Xu, S., Potter, M. E., Simancas, R., Costley-Wood, L., Qiu, B., Liu, X., Stere, C., Molina, M. A., Farooq, D., Tuna, F., Zhang, D., Zhang, S., Chen, H., Ding, S., Wang, X., Chansai, S., Lindley, M., Haigh, S. J., Ibraliu, A. & Lan, L. & 10 others, , 28 Feb 2026, In: Nature Catalysis. 9, 2, p. 134-147 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental and computational optimisation of methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether
Walerowski, M. G., Kyrimis, S., Potter, M. E., Oakley, A. E., Carravetta, M., Armstrong, L.-M. & Raja, R., 3 Apr 2025, In: Catalysis Science & Technology. 15, 10, p. 3216-3225 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Operando infrared and inelastic neutron scattering studies of zeolite catalysed low-density polyethylene degradation
Campbell, E., Morton, K. S. C., O’Malley, A. J., Dann, S. E., Moreau, P., Silverwood, I. P., Kondrat, S. A., Beale, A. M. & Potter, M. E., 1 Apr 2025, In: Chemical Communications. 61, 36, p. 6603-6606 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Operando infrared spectroscopy to probe the importance of framework selection in silicon-doped aluminophosphates, SAPO-5, SAPO-11, SAPO-18, and SAPO-34, for acid catalysed dimethyl ether formation
Walerowski, M. G., Oakley, A. E., Carravetta, M., Raja, R., Armstrong, L. M. & Potter, M. E., 30 Nov 2025, In: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 397, 113783.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chemical Imaging of Carbide Formation and Its Effect on Alcohol Selectivity in Fischer Tropsch Synthesis on Mn-Doped Co/TiO2 Pellets
Farooq, D., Potter, M. E., Stockenhuber, S., Pritchard, J., Vamvakeros, A., Price, S. W. T., Drnec, J., Ruchte, B., Paterson, J., Peacock, M. & Beale, A. M., 16 Aug 2024, In: ACS Catalysis. 14, 16, 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Images of Research 2024 Exhibition
Abdelmagid, T. (Participant), Pinto, F. (Participant) & Potter, M. (Participant)
4 Dec 2024Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Other academic event (organisation, presentation, attendance)
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Breathing Materials (BreMa): Regenerative catalysts for healthier exhalative structures
Abdelmagid, T. (Supervisor), Pinto, F. (Supervisor) & Potter, M. (Supervisor)
10 Jun 2024 → 10 Aug 2024Activity: External examination and supervision › External supervision / mentoring