Enzyme-based electrodes in fuel cells

Energy & Environmental Science Issue 9 coversIssue 9 outside cover


The outside front cover features a Communication article on new enzyme-based electrodes for biofuel cells. The catalytic current was found to be 13-fold higher compared to conventional flat electrodes.

Designing highly efficient enzyme-based carbonaceous foams electrodes for biofuel cells
Victoria Flexer, Nicolas Brun, Rénal Backov and Nicolas Mano
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 1302-1306
DOI: 10.1039/C003488F

Issue 9 inside coverThe inside front cover highlights the Minireview by Jun Chen and colleagues, which discusses the use of carbon nanotubes as catalyst supports in PEM fuel cells:

Carbon nanotube architectures as catalyst supports for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Weimin Zhang, Peter Sherrell, Andrew I. Minett, Joselito M. Razal and Jun Chen
Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 1286-1293
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00139B

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