THIN FILM CATALYTIC MATERIAL FOR USE IN FUEL

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A catalytic material comprising (i) a support material and (ii) a thin film catalyst coating having an inner face adjacent to the support material and an outer face, the thin film catalyst coating having a mean thickness of < 8 nm, and wherein at least 40% of the support material surface area is covered by the thin film catalyst coating; and wherein the thin film catalyst coating comprises a first metal, selected from the platinum group metals, and one or more second metals, selected from the group consisting of transition metals, rare earth metals, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, Group IVA metals and Goup VA metals, and wherein the atomic percentage of first metal in the thin film catalyst coating is not uniform through the thickness of the thin film catalyst coating, is disclosed.