Cover Picture: Electrooxidation of Ethylene Glycol and Glycerol on Pd‐(Ni‐Zn)/C Anodes in Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells (ChemSusChem 3/2013). Issue 3 (4th March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marchionni, Andrea; Bevilacqua, Manuela; Bianchini, Claudio; Chen, Yan‐Xin; Filippi, Jonathan; Fornasiero, Paolo; Lavacchi, Alessandro; Miller, Hamish; Wang, Lianqin; Vizza, Francesco
• Is Part Of: ChemSusChem. Volume 6:Issue 3(2013:Mar.)
• Page Start: 389
• Page End: 389
• Publication Date: 2013-03-04
• Subjects: Green chemistry -- Periodicals; Sustainable engineering -- Periodicals; Chemistry -- Periodicals; Chemical engineering -- Periodicals; 660
• DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201390011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1864-5631

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="graphical" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <bold>The cover image</bold> highlights the research carried out by the group of Francesco Vizza at ICCOM‐CNR in Florence, which is reported on <ext-link ext-link-type="doi" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">page 518.</ext-link> 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.<boxed-text content-type="graphic" position="anchor" orientation="portrait"><graphic position="anchor" mimetype="image" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgg1v7m9s90" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" /></boxed-text></p> </abstract>