Dr Justin Hargreaves

Justin Hargreaves
  • Senior Lecturer (Chemistry)

telephone: 01413305947
email: Justin.Hargreaves@glasgow.ac.uk


Research Interests

Heterogeneous catalysis
Materials chemistry


More details are available on the personal Research Pages.

Research Topics

Heterogeneous Catalysis
Alkane Activation
Solid-State Chemistry of Oxide and Nitride Materials
Catalytic Processes
Nitrogen Activation

Publication Highlights

"Waste materials - catalytic opportunities: an overview of the application of large scale waste materials as resources for catalytic applications" M. Balakrishnan, V. S. Batra, J. S. J. Hargreaves and I. D. Pulford, Green Chemistry, 13, 2011,16.

"Hydrogen production from methane in the presence of red mud - making mud magnetic", M. Balakrishnan, V. S. Batra, J. S. J. Hargreaves, A. Monaghan, I. D. Pulford, J. L. Rico and S. Sushil, Green Chemistry, 11, 2009, 42.

"An investigation into the nature and reactivity of the carbonaceous species deposited on mordenite by reaction with methanol", L. J. France, D. C. Apperley, E. J. Ditzel, J. S. J. Hargreaves, J. P. Lewicki, J. J. Liggat and D. Todd, Catalysis Science and Technology, 2011, DOI:10.1039/C1CY00103E.

"Chitosan as a potential ammendment to remediate metal contaminated soil - A characterisation study", A. Kamari, I. D. Pulford and J. S. J. Hargreaves, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 82, 2011, 71.

"Alternative catalytic materials: carbides, nitrides, phosphides and amorphous boron alloys". A-M Alexander and J S J Hargreaves, Chemical Society Reviews, 39, 2010, 4388.

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Number of items: 48.

2013

Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2013) Heterogeneous catalysis with metal nitrides. Coordination Chemistry Reviews . ISSN 0010-8545 (doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2012.10.005) (In Press)

2012

Alexander, A.-M., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Mitchell, C. (2012) The reduction of various nitrides under hydrogen: Ni3N, Cu3N, Zn3N2 and Ta3N5. Topics in Catalysis, 55 (14-15). pp. 1046-1053. ISSN 1022-5528 (doi:10.1007/s11244-012-9890-3)

Hargreaves, J.S.J. [volume editor] (2012) Catalysis with carbides, nitrides and phosphides [volume part]. Topics in Catalysis, 55 (14-15). ISSN 1022-5528 (doi:10.1007/s11244-012-9879-y)

Kamari, A., Pulford, I.D., and Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2012) Metal accumulation in lolium perenne and brassica napus as affected by application of chitosans. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 14 (9). pp. 894-907. ISSN 1522-6514 (doi:10.1080/15226514.2011.636401)

AlShalwi, M., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Liggat, J.J., and Todd, D. (2012) The reactivity of lattice carbon and nitrogen species in molybdenum (oxy)carbonitrides prepared by single-source routes. Materials Research Bulletin, 47 (5). pp. 1251-1256. ISSN 0025-5408 (doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.01.022)

Batra, V.S., and Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2012) Catalysis Today: Alternative sources of catalytic materials [volume editors]. Catalysis Today, 190 (1). ISSN 0920-5861 (doi:10.1007/s11244-012-9879-y)

Pulford, I.D., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Ďurišová, J., Kramulova, B., Girard, C., Balakrishnan, M., Batra, V.S., and Rico, J.L. (2012) Carbonised red mud – A new water treatment product made from a waste material. Journal of Environmental Management, 100 . pp. 59-64. ISSN 0301-4797 (doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.11.016)

2011

Balakrishnan, M. , Batra, V.S., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Pulford, I.D. (2011) Waste materials – catalytic opportunities: an overview of the application of large scale waste materials as resources for catalytic applicatio. Green Chemistry, 13 (1). pp. 16-24. ISSN 1463-9262 (doi:10.1039/C0GC00685H)

France, L.J., Apperley, D.C., Ditzel, E.J., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Lewicki, J.P., Liggat, J.J., and Todd, D. (2011) An investigation of the nature and reactivity of the carbonaceous species deposited on mordenite by reaction with methanol. Catalysis Science and Technology, 1 . pp. 932-939. ISSN 2044-4753 (doi:10.1039/C1CY00103E)

Gregory, D.H., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Hunter, S.M. (2011) On the regeneration of Co3Mo3N from Co6Mo6N with N2. Catalysis Letters, 141 (1). pp. 22-26. ISSN 1011-372X (doi:10.1007/s10562-010-0464-3)

Kamari, A., Pulford, I., and Hargreaves, J. (2011) Chitosan as a potential soil amendment to remediate metal contaminated soil – a characterisation study. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 82 (1). pp. 71-80. ISSN 0927-7765 (doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2010.08.019 )

Kamari, A., Pulford, I.D., and Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2011) Binding of heavy metal contaminants onto chitosans – An evaluation for remediation of metal contaminated soil and water. Journal of Environmental Management, 92 (10). pp. 2675-2682. ISSN 0301-4797 (doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.06.005)

2010

Sushil, S. et al. (2010) Carbon deposition and phase transformations in red mud on exposure to methane. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 180 (1-3). pp. 409-418. ISSN 0304-3894 (doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.046)

Cairns, A.G., Gallagher, J.G., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Mckay, D., Rico, J.L., and Wilson, K. (2010) The effect of low levels of dopants upon the formation and properties of beta-phase molybdenum nitride. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 183 (3). pp. 613-619. ISSN 0022-4596 (doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2009.12.018)

Alexander, A.M., and Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2010) Alternative catalytic materials: carbides, nitrides, phosphides and amorphous boron alloys. Chemical Society Reviews, 39 (11). pp. 4388-4401. ISSN 0306-0012 (doi:10.1039/b916787k )

Bartley, J.K., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Hutchings, G.J., Rico, J.L., Taylor, S.H., Wells, R.P.K., and Willock, D.J. (2010) Metal oxides. In: Horváth, I.T. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Catalysis. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., USA. ISBN 9780471227618

Hunter, S.M., Mckay, D., Smith, R.I., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Gregory, D.H. (2010) Topotactic nitrogen transfer: structural transformation in cobalt molybdenum nitrides. Chemistry of Materials, 22 (9). pp. 2898-2907. ISSN 0897-4756 (doi:10.1021/cm100208a)

Kamari, A., Pulford, I.D., and Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2010) Chitosan Assisted Phytoextraction of Heavy Metal from Lead/Zinc Tailings using Lolium perenne – A Preliminary Study. In: 15th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, 19-23 September, 2010., Gdansk, Poland.

2009

Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2009) Preface. Topics in Catalysis, 52 (11). p. 1471. ISSN 1022-5528 (doi:10.1007/s11244-009-9283-4)

Hargreaves, J.S.J., Howe, R.F., Mckay, D., Morrison, E., Rico, J.L., and Stockenhuber, M. (2009) Nitridation of MoO3/HZSM-5 and Fe-MoO3/HZSM-5. Topics in Catalysis, 52 (11). pp. 1559-1565. ISSN 1022-5528 (doi:10.1007/s11244-009-9288-z)

Cairns, A.G., Gallagher, J.G., Hargreaves, J.S.J., McKay, D., Morrison, E., Rico, J.L., and Wilson, K. (2009) The influence of precursor source and thermal parameters upon the formation of beta-phase molybdenum nitride. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 479 (1-2). pp. 851-854. ISSN 0925-8388 (doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.01.065)

Hargreaves, J.S.J., and McKay, D. (2009) A comparison of the reactivity of lattice nitrogen in Co3Mo3N and Ni2Mo3N catalysts. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 305 (1-2). pp. 125-129. ISSN 1381-1169 (doi:10.1016/j.molcata.2008.08.006)

Brown, A.S.C., and Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2009) Methane combustion in the presence of zirconia-based catalysts. Topics in Catalysis, 52 (5). pp. 458-463. ISSN 1022-5528 (doi:10.1007/s11244-009-9185-5)

Ormsby, G., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Ditzel, E.J. (2009) A methanol-only route to acetic acid. Catalysis Communications, 10 (9). pp. 1292-1295. ISSN 1566-7367 (doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2009.02.005)

Alghamdi, K., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Jackson, S.D. (2009) Base catalysis with metal oxides. In: Jackson, S.D. and Hargreaves, J.S.J. (eds.) Metal Oxide Catalysis. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany. ISBN 9783527318155

Balakrishnan, M., Batra, V.S., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Monaghan, A., Pulford, I.D., Rico Cerda, J.L., and Sushil, S. (2009) Hydrogen production from methane in the presence of red mud - making mud magnetic. Green Chemistry, 11 . pp. 42-47. ISSN 1463-9262 (doi:10.1039/b815834g)

Hargreaves, J. S. J., Howe, R. F., McKay, D., Morrison, E., Rico Cerda, J. L., and Stockenhuber, M. (2009) Nitridation of MoO3/HZSM-5 and Fe-MoO3/HZSM-5. Topics in Catalysis, 52 (11). pp. 1559-1565. ISSN 1022-5528 (doi:10.1007/s11244-009-9288-z)

Hargreaves, J.S.J., and McKay, D. (2009) A comparison of the reactivity of lattice nitrogen in Co3Mo3N and Ni2Mo3N catalysts. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 305 (1-2). pp. 125-129. ISSN 1381-1169 (doi:10.1016/j.molcata.2008.08.006)

2008

Long, D.L., Song, Y.F., Wilson, E.F., Kogerler, P., Guo, S.X., Bond, A.M., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Cronin, L. (2008) Capture of periodate in a {W18O54} cluster cage yielding a catalytically active polyoxometalate [H3W18O56(IO6)](6-) embedded with high-valent iodine. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 47 (23). pp. 4384-4387. ISSN 1433-7851 (doi:10.1002/anie.200800041)

McKay, D., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Rico, J.L., Rivera, J.L., and Sun, X.L. (2008) The influence of phase and morphology of molybdenum nitrides on ammonia synthesis activity and reduction characteristics. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181 (2). pp. 325-333. ISSN 0022-4596 (doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2007.12.001)

2007

Burns, S, Gallagher, JG, Hargreaves, JSJ, and Harris, PJF (2007) Direct observation of carbon nanotube formation in Pd/H-ZSM-5 and MoO3/H-ZSM-5 based methane activation catalysts. Catalysis Letters, 116 . pp. 122-127. (doi:10.1007/s10562-007-9125-6)

Burns, S, Hargreaves, JSJ, and Hunter, SM (2007) On the use of methane as a reductant in the synthesis of transition metal phosphides. Catalysis Communications, 8 . pp. 931-935. (doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2006.10.001)

Burns, S, Hargreaves, JSJ, Stockenhuber, M, and Wells, RPK (2007) An al K-edge EXAFS study of MoO3/H-ZSM-5 catalyst precursors. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 104 . pp. 97-102. (doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2007.01.019)

Mckay, D., Gregory, D.H., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Hunter, S.M., and Sun, X.L. (2007) Towards nitrogen transfer catalysis: reactive lattice nitrogen in cobalt molybdenum nitride. Chemical Communications, 29 . pp. 3051-3053. ISSN 1359-7345 (doi:10.1039/b707913c)

2006

Hargreaves, J.S.J., and McKay, D. (2006) Nitrides and oxynitrides as catalysts. In: Spivey, J.J. (ed.) Catalysis. Series: Specialist Periodical Reports, 19 . Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780854042395

Burns, S, Hargreaves, JSJ, Pal, P, Parida, KM, and Parija, S (2006) The effect of dopants on the activity Of MoO3/ZSM-5 catalysts for the dehydroaromatisation of methane. Catalysis Today, 114 . pp. 383-387. (doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2006.02.030)

Burns, S., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Pal, P., Parida, K.M., and Parija, S. (2006) Using phosphorus doping of MoO3/ZSM-5 to modify performance in methane dehydroaromatisation. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 245 . pp. 141-146. ISSN 1381-1169 (doi:10.1016/j.molcata.2005.09.041)

Lee, AF, Hackett, SFJ, Hargreaves, JSJ, and Wilson, K (2006) On the active site in heterogeneous palladium selox catalysts. Green Chemistry, 8 . pp. 549-555. (doi:10.1039/b601984f)

Mckay, D, Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Howe, R.F. (2006) XPS evidence for molybdenum nitride formation in ZSM-5. Catalysis Letters, 112 . pp. 109-113. ISSN 1011-372X (doi:10.1007/s10562-006-0172-1)

2005

Hargreaves, J.S.J. (2005) Powder X-ray diffraction and heterogeneous catalysis. Crystallography Reviews, 11 (1). pp. 21-34. ISSN 0889-311X (doi:10.1080/08893110500078324)

Mellor, IM, Burrows, A, Coluccia, S, Hargreaves, JSJ, Joyner, RW, Kiely, CJ, Martra, G, Stockenhuber, M, and Tang, WM (2005) Probing possible structure sensitivity in the exchange of isotopic oxygen with the surface of MgO. Journal of Catalysis, 234 . pp. 14-23. (doi:10.1016/j.jcat.2005.05.015)

2003

Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Lapkin, A.A. (2003) Catalyst life cycle - preface. Catalysis Today, 81 (4). p. 529. ISSN 0920-5861 (doi:10.1016/S0920-5861(03)00151-2)

Rico, J.L., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Derouane , E.G. (2003) Direct transformation of methane to higher hydrocarbons in presence or absence of carbon monoxide. In: Jackson, S.D., Hargreaves, J.S.J. and Lennon, D. (eds.) Catalysis in Application. Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 253-259.

2002

Hargreaves, J (2002) Co-precipitated copper zinc oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation: effect of precipitate ageing on catalyst activity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 4 (23). pp. 5915-5920.

Hargreaves, J. (2002) A study of the methane-deuterium exchange reaction over a range of metal oxides. Applied Catalysis A: General, 227 (01-Feb). pp. 191-200. ISSN 0926-860X

2001

Brown, A.S.C., Hargreaves, J.S.J., and Palacios, M-L. (2001) The influence of "superacidic" modification on ZrO2 and Fe2O3 catalysts for methane combustion. In: Sherrington, D.C. and Kybett, A.P. (eds.) Supported Catalysts and Their Applications. Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 152-165. ISBN 9781847551962

Burton, I.D., Hargreaves, J.S.J., Nicholson, D.G., Nilsen, M.H., and Stockenhuber, M. (2001) An X-ray absorption study on copper-containing AlPO4-5 for selective catalytic reduction of NOX by propene. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11 (5). pp. 1441-1446. ISSN 0959-9428 (doi:10.1039/b009024g)

Hargreaves, J (2001) Surface morphology and reactivity of microcrystalline MgO - Single and multiple acid-base pairs in low coordination revealed by FTIR spectroscopy of adsorbed CO, CD3CN and D-2. Catalysis Today, 70 (01-Mar). pp. 121-130.

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Teaching

Level 1 - Transition Metals


Level 2- Solid State Chemistry


Level 4 - Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms

Awards

PhD (Liverpool)

Selected Recent Talks

"Metal nitrides - reservoirs of activated nitrogen?" (invited keynote) International Conference on the Frontiers of Catalytic Science and Technology for the 21st Century, Dalian, China, June 2010

"The production of hydrogen and "magnetic" carbon in the cracking of hydrocarbons with red mud", 42nd IUPAC Congress, Glasgow, August 2009.

"Binary, ternary and quaternary nitrides as sources of activated nitrogen" (invited) Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, May 2011.

"Waste materials - catalytic resources", (invited) Chemical Engineering, Heriot Watt, January 2011.

"Nitrogen transfer and ammonia synthesis activity of metal nitrides" (invited), Catworkshop, Bhubaneswar, India, February 2008.

External Appointments & Positions

Editor, Applied Catalysis A: General

UK representative International Association of Catalysis Societies

Member Scientific Advisory Board, 14th International Congress of Catalysis, Seoul July 2008 and Treasurer of Europacat X Meeting to be held in 2011.

Committee Member RSC Surface Reactivity and Catalysis Subject Group, 2009-, RSC Thermal Methods Group 2007-2010, British Zeolite Association 2011-

Chairman, RSC Glasgow and West of Scotland Local Section

Editorial Board Member (i) Catalysis Communications, (ii) Recent 
Patents on Materials Science and (iii) Journal of Chemical Technology 
and Biotechnology