Publications

Heterogeneous M-N-C Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation Reactions: Lessons from Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts
Jason S. Bates*, Mathew R. Johnson, Fatemeh Khamespanah, Thatcher W. Root, Shannon S. Stahl*
Chemical Reviews 2023, 123, 6233–6256 (PDF)

Molecular Catalyst Synthesis Strategies to Prepare Atomically Dispersed Fe-N-C Heterogeneous Catalysts
Jason S. Bates, Fatemeh Khamespanah, David A. Cullen, Abdulhadi A. Al-Omari, Melissa N. Hopkins, Jesse J. Martinez, Thatcher W. Root, Shannon S. Stahl*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 18797–18802  (PDF | SI | ChemRxiv)

Chemical and Electrochemical O2 Reduction on Earth-Abundant M-N-C Catalysts and Implications for Mediated Electrolysis
Jason S. Bates, Sourav Biswas, Sung-Eun Suh, Mathew R. Johnson, Biswajit Mondal, Thatcher W. Root*, Shannon S. Stahl*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 922–927 (PDF | SI)

Kinetic Effects of Molecular Clustering and Solvation by Extended Networks in Zeolite Acid Catalysis
Jason S. Bates, Rajamani Gounder*
Chemical Science 2021, 12, 4699–4708 (PDF)

Structural Interconversion Between Agglomerated Palladium Domains and Mononuclear Pd(II) Cations in Chabazite Zeolites
Trevor M. Lardinois, Jason S. Bates, Harrison Lippie, Christopher K. Russell, Jeffrey T. Miller, Harry M. Meyer III, Kinga A. Unocic, Vitaly Prikhodko, Xinyi Wei, Christine K. Lambert, Andrew “Bean” Getsoian, Rajamani Gounder*
Chemistry of Materials 2021, 33, 1698–1713 (PDF | SI)

Clustering of Alkanols Confined in Chabazite Zeolites: Kinetic Implications for Dehydration of Methanol-Ethanol Mixtures
Jason S. Bates, Rajamani Gounder*
Journal of Catalysis 2020, 390, 178–183 (PDF | SI)

Opportunities in Catalysis over Metal-Zeotypes Enabled by Descriptions of Active Centers Beyond Their Binding Site
James W. Harris*, Jason S. Bates, Brandon C. Bukowski, Jeffrey Greeley, Rajamani Gounder
ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 9476­–9495 (PDF)

Rigid Arrangements of Ionic Charge in Zeolite Frameworks Conferred by Specific Al Distributions Preferentially Stabilize Alkanol Dehydration Transition States
Alexander J. Hoffman, Jason S. Bates, John R. Di Iorio, Steven V. Nystrom, Claire T. Nimlos, Rajamani Gounder*, David Hibbitts*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 18686–18694 (PDF | SI)

Structure and Solvation of Confined Water and Water-Ethanol Clusters within Microporous Brønsted Acids and their Effects on Ethanol Dehydration Catalysis
Jason S. Bates^, Brandon C. Bukowski^, Jeffrey Greeley*, Rajamani Gounder*
Chemical Science 2020, 11, 7102–7122 (PDF | SI); Correction to Figure 7a (PDF)

Defect-Mediated Ordering of Condensed Water Structures in Microporous Zeolites
Brandon C. Bukowski, Jason S. Bates, Rajamani Gounder, Jeffrey Greeley*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 16422–16426 (PDF | SI)

Distinct Catalytic Reactivity of Sn Substituted in Framework Locations and at Defect Grain Boundaries in Sn-Zeolites
Jason S. Bates, Brandon C. Bukowski, James W. Harris, Jeffrey Greeley, Rajamani Gounder*
ACS Catalysis 2019, 9, 6146–6168 (PDF | SI)

Deactivation of Sn-Beta Zeolites Caused by Structural Transformation of Hydrophobic to Hydrophilic Micropores During Aqueous-Phase Glucose Isomerization
Michael J. Cordon, Jacklyn N. Hall, James W. Harris, Jason S. Bates, Son-Jong Hwang, Rajamani Gounder*
Catalysis Science & Technology 2019, 9, 1654–1668 (PDF | SI)

Dominant Role of Entropy in Stabilizing Sugar Isomerization Transition States within Hydrophobic Zeolite Pores
Michael J. Cordon, James W. Harris, Juan Carlos Vega-Vila, Jason S. Bates, Sukhdeep Kaur, Mohit Gupta, Megan E. Witzke, Evan C. Wegener, Jeffrey T. Miller, David W. Flaherty, David D. Hibbitts, Rajamani Gounder*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 14244–14266 (PDF | SI)

First Principles, Microkinetic, and Experimental Analysis of Lewis Acid Site Speciation During Ethanol Dehydration on Sn-Beta Zeolites
Brandon C. Bukowski, Jason S. Bates, Rajamani Gounder, Jeffrey Greeley*
Journal of Catalysis 2018, 365, 261–276 (PDF | SI)

Influence of Confining Environment Polarity on Ethanol Dehydration Catalysis by Lewis Acid Zeolites
Jason S. Bates, Rajamani Gounder*
Journal of Catalysis 2018, 365, 213–226 (PDF | SI)

Synthesis of Atomically Dispersed M-N-C Catalysts via Selective Metalation
Shannon S. Stahl, Jason S. Bates
U. S. Patent Application No. 17/885,205 (2022)

Structure and Solvation of Confined Water and Alkanols in Zeolite Acid Catalysis
Jason S. Bates
PhD Thesis (2019)