Affiliation: | (1) Departamento de Engenharia Cerâmica e do Vidro, CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;(2) Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio, CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus Cantoblanco, Camino de Valdelatas s/n, 28049 Madrid, Spain |
Abstract: | Metals and ceramics can behave as active electrocatalyst materials, particularly in hydrocarbon oxidation in anodic reaction fuel cells. Combustion synthesis is a very reliable, fruitful and rapid synthesis method to produce metals, ceramics and cermets with low particle size and high specific surface area. This work describes the preparation of nanoparticle Pt/Ru alloys, ceramic perovskites such as Sm0.95CoO3–, and Sm0.95CoO3–/Pt cermets, and shows how promising these materials can be in the role of electrochemically active materials.Presented at the OSSEP Workshop Ionic and Mixed Conductors: Methods and Processes, Aveiro, Portugal, 10–12 April 2003 |