Ionically conducting ceramics as active catalyst supports

P. VERNOUX; L. LIZARRAGA; M.N. TSAMPAS; F.M. SAPOUNTZI; A. DE LUCAS-CONSUEGRA; J.L. VALVERDE; S. SOUENTIE; C.G. VAYENAS; D. TSIPLAKIDES; S. BALOMENOU; E.A. BARANOVA

CHEMICAL REVIEWS.

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Lugar: Washington; Año: 2013 vol. 113 p. 8192 - 8260

0009-2665

Electrochemistry and heterogeneous catalysis on metals are usually treated as different branches of physical chemistry, while similar concepts are developed to model their kinetics and similar surface science techniques are used to investigate their fundamental aspects at the atomic level. There is thus increasing evidence that they are much more closely related than originally thought. The situation is to some extent analogous to that existing between electrochemistry and corrosion science many decades ago. The urgent need for developing economically viable fuel cells has brought the electrochemical and catalytic communities closer than ever before. Ionically conducting ceramics have played and will play a significant role in this direction.