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Perovskites in catalysis and electrocatalysis.

Jonathan Hwang¹, Reshma R Rao², Livia Giordano^2,3

¹Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Perovskite oxides are versatile earth-abundant catalysts for critical chemical and electrochemical reactions. This review details their design and application in energy and environmental technologies.

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Materials Science
Catalysis
Electrochemistry

Background:

Heterogeneous catalysts are crucial for energy storage, emissions control, and synthesis.
Developing active, stable, and earth-abundant catalysts is a key industrial and technological challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To review perovskite oxides as a promising class of heterogeneous catalysts.
To provide a framework for rationalizing activity trends and guiding catalyst design.
To explore the role of electronic structure in perovskite electrocatalysis.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on perovskite oxide catalysts.
Analysis of structure-property relationships in perovskite materials.
Examination of electronic structure principles for catalyst design.

Main Results:

Perovskite oxides show potential for diverse (electro)chemical conversions (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen chemistries).
A framework exists for predicting and optimizing perovskite catalyst performance.
Understanding electronic structure offers fundamental insights into oxygen electrocatalysis.

Conclusions:

Perovskite oxides offer a tunable platform for next-generation catalysts.
Rational design based on electronic structure is key to advancing catalytic applications.
Future opportunities lie in expanding compositional and reaction scope through experimental and computational efforts.