AbstractsA new catalyst development strategy, featuring an energy efficient and rapid synthesis technique so-called solution combustion (SC), and an high throughput electro-catalysts screening system (NuVant), is proposed. Under this strategy, a library of conductive perovskites were synthesized and tested as anode electrodes in the Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell conditions. It was found that a variety of Ru-based perovskites showed considerable electro-catalytic activity for ethanol oxidation. Further, it was demonstrated that the composite perovskite-platinum catalysts with low noble metal loading prepared directly by SC method exhibit comparable performance with standard Pt-Ru alloy.