Abstract
The development of stable and low-cost catalysts for hydrogen (H_2) production from ethanol is one of the main problems to be solved for large scale use of direct-ethanol fuel cells, which is energeticaly more efficient than combustion motors. Using a simple picture, a basic catalysts, e.g., transition-metals (TMs) supported on oxides, act by rearranging the electrons of the adsorbate mol…