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Frontispiece: Nanoscale Perovskites as Catalysts and Supports for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
Author(s) -
Li Luyao,
Tan Sha,
Salvatore Kenna L.,
Wong Stanislaus S.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201983361
Subject(s) - catalysis , methanol , electrocatalyst , perovskite (structure) , alkaline earth metal , transition metal , oxygen reduction reaction , inorganic chemistry , materials science , metal , methanol fuel , fuel cells , nanoscopic scale , direct methanol fuel cell , chemical engineering , alkaline fuel cell , chemistry , nanotechnology , ion , ion exchange , electrochemistry , electrode , metallurgy , organic chemistry , anode , engineering
Perovskite oxides with a chemical formula of ABO 3 (in which A=either alkaline, alkaline‐earth, or rare‐earth metal ions and B=d‐block transition metals) have been widely investigated because of their inherently unusual and simultaneously desirable electronic and magnetic properties. These materials may act as cost‐effective, more earth‐abundant, and high‐performance alternatives to commercial Pt/Pd‐based catalysts for electrocatalysis. In their Review article on page 7779 ff., S. S. Wong et al. highlight advances in the use of perovskite metal oxides as both catalysts and catalyst supports towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) within a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) configuration.