Perovskites and Related Mixed Oxides ― Concepts and Applications

This comprehensive handbook and ready reference details all the main achievements in the field of perovskite-based and related mixed-oxide materials. The authors discuss, in an unbiased manner, the potentials as well as the challenges related to their use, thus offering new perspectives for research and development on both an academic and industrial level.
The first volume begins by summarizing the different synthesis routes from molten salts at high temperatures to colloidal crystal template methods, before going on to focus on the physical properties of the resulting materials and their related applications in the fields of electronics, energy harvesting, and storage as well as electromechanics and superconductivity. The second volume is dedicated to the catalytic applications of perovskites and related mixed oxides, including, but not limited to total oxidation of hydrocarbons, dry reforming of methane and denitrogenation. The concluding section deals with the development of chemical reactors and novel perovskite-based applications, such as fuel cells and high-performance ceramic membranes. Throughout, the contributions clearly point out the intimate links between structure, properties and applications of these materials, making this an invaluable tool for materials scientists and for catalytic and physical chemists.

Pascal Granger is Head of the Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry Department at the University of Lille, France. He obtained his PhD in Applied Chemistry from the University of Poitiers, France, and did postdoctoral research at the University of Lille before he became Full Professor there in 2003. Pascal Granger investigates the mechanisms and kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions and is involved in the development of spectroscopic characterizations of DeNOx and DeN2O abatement processes. He is author and co-author of 85 publications in refereed international journals and of one book.

Vasile I. Parvulescu is Director of the Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis at the University of Bucharest, Romania. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bucharest for a work on the selectivity of bi- and multi-metal catalysts in hydrogenation of aromatic hydrocarbons. After several years as senior researcher at the Institute for Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals in Bucharest, he rejoined the University of Bucharest in 1992 where he became full professor in 1999. His current interest concerns the study of heterogeneous catalysts for green and fine chemistry as well as for environmental protection. He authored more than 240 papers, 25 patents and 4 books.

Serge Kaliaguine is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Laval in Quebec, Canada. He has developed a strong expertise in the fields of zeolites and mesoporous molecular sieves and perovskites and other mixed oxides for which he developed a novel reactive grinding technology for industrial applications. He is also involved in the preparation of composite proton conducting membranes. Serge Kaliaguine is co-author of more than 300 peer-reviewed publications in the field of applied chemistry, chemical engineering and polymer chemistry.

Wilfrid Prellier is Senior CNRS Researcher in the CRISMAT Laboratory at the University of Caen, France. After his PhD in Chemistry he held postdoctoral positions at the University of Orsay, France, and at the University of Maryland, USA. His fields of interest are thin film growth and material physics of complex oxides, oxide heterostructures and multilayers. He is author and co-author of more than 180 publications in refereed international journals and gave more than 50 invited talks at international conferences. In 2013 Wilfrid Prellier received the prize of the Solid State Division from the French Chemical Society.