Carbon-based catalysts: Synthesis and applications

• Published in: Comptes rendus. Chimie Vol. 18; no. 11; pp. 1229 - 1241
• Main Authors: Jesús Lázaro, María, Ascaso, Sonia, Pérez-Rodríguez, Sara, Calderón, Juan Carlos, Gálvez, María Elena, Jesús Nieto, María, Moliner, Rafael, Boyano, Alicia, Sebastián, David, Alegre, Cinthia, Calvillo, Laura, Celorrio, Veronica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier SAS 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Carbon supported catalysts; Direct alcohol fuel cells; Electroreduction of CO2; Novel carbon materials; NOx reduction; Novel carbon materials; Carbon supported catalysts; NOx reduction; Electroreduction of CO2; Direct alcohol fuel cells
• ISSN: 1631-0748; 1878-1543; 1878-1543
• DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2015.06.006

This paper summarizes the main results obtained by the Fuel Combustion Group in three applications: (1) carbon-based catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) process of NOx, (2) Pt and Pt–Ru catalysts for direct alcohol fuel cells, (3) carbon-supported catalysts for the electroreduction of CO2. Concerning the first aspect, low-cost catalysts able to work at lower temperatures have been prepared and compared with commercial catalysts; for the second one, new catalysts for methanol and ethanol electrochemical oxidation exhibiting current densities that are double those of the commercial ones have been developed; as regards the third one, carbon-supported catalysts for the electroreduction of CO2 based on Fe and Pd were synthesized and tested. Formic acid was obtained as the main product on all Fe/C electrodes.