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Cover Picture: Electrooxidation of Ethylene Glycol and Glycerol on Pd‐(Ni‐Zn)/C Anodes in Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells (ChemSusChem 3/2013)
Author(s) -
Marchionni Andrea,
Bevilacqua Manuela,
Bianchini Claudio,
Chen YanXin,
Filippi Jonathan,
Fornasiero Paolo,
Lavacchi Alessandro,
Miller Hamish,
Wang Lianqin,
Vizza Francesco
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201390011
Subject(s) - electrocatalyst , ethylene glycol , anode , palladium , oxygenate , glycerol , chemistry , alcohol , catalysis , alcohol fuel , selectivity , inorganic chemistry , electrochemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , electrode , organic chemistry , methanol , engineering
The cover image highlights the research carried out by the group of Francesco Vizza at ICCOM‐CNR in Florence, which is reported on page 518. It shows a direct alcohol fuel cell (DAFC) that converts alcohols into various oxygenate products, providing at the same time excellent power densities, thus exploiting the ability of the anode electrocatalyst to bring about the partial oxidation of either ethylene glycol (EG) or glycerol (G) with high selectivity and fast kinetics. The power densities obtained in the temperature range from 20 to 80 °C, with palladium loadings at the anode as low as 1 mg cm −2 , show that Pd‐(Ni‐Zn)/C can be classified as the best performing palladium‐based electrocatalyst ever reported for EG and G electro‐oxidation.