Electrocatalysis: understanding the success of DSA (R)

The 'legend' of DSA(R) (Dimensionally Stable Anodes), one of the greatest t echnological breakthrough of the past 50 years of electrochemistry, is revi ewed with the aim to emphasise the reasons for their success. In this respe ct, the industrial success, which came first, was due to factors differing from those responsible for the successive boom of fundamental research on t he same materials. This article scrutinises these factors highlighting the aspects which make these materials so much intriguing. (C) 2000 Elsevier Sc ience Ltd. All rights reserved.