Electrocatalysts for Low Temperature Fuel Cells: Fundamentals and Recent Trends

Meeting the need for a text on solutions to conditions which have so far been a drawback for this important and trend–setting technology, this monograph places special emphasis on novel, alternative catalysts of low temperature fuel cells. Comprehensive in its coverage, the text discusses not only the electrochemical, mechanistic, and material scientific background, but also provides extensive chapters on the design and fabrication of electrocatalysts. A valuable resource aimed at multidisciplinary audiences in the fields of academia and industry. INDICE: 1. Principle of low temperature fuel cells using an ionic membrane Claude Lamy .1.1. Introduction .1.2. Thermodynamic data and theoretical energy efficiency under equilibrium (j = 0) .1.3. Electrocatalysis and the rate of electrochemical reactions .1.4. Influence of the properties of the PEMFC components on the polarization curves .1.5. Representative examples of low temperature fuel cells .1.6. Conclusions and outlook .References .2. Research advancements in low temperature fuel cells N. Rajalakshmi, R. Imran Jafri, and K. S. Dhathathreyan .2.1. Introduction .2.2. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells .2.3. Anion exchange membrane alkaline fuel cells .2.4. Direct borohydride fuel cells .2.5. Regenerative fuel cells .2.6. Conclusions and outlook .References .3. Electrocatalytic reactions involved in low temperature fuel cells Claude Lamy .3.1. Introduction .3.2. Preparation and characterization of Pt–based pluri–metallic electrocatalysts .3.3. Mechanisms of electrocatalytic reactions involved in low temperature fuel cells .3.4. Conclusions and outlook .References .4. Direct hydrocarbon low temperature fuel cell Ayan Mukherjee and Suddhasatwa Basu .4.1. Introduction .4.2. Direct methanol fuel cell .4.3. Direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) .4.4. Direct ethylene glycol fuel cell (DEGFC) .4.5. Direct formic acid fuel cell .4.6. Direct glucose fuel cell .4.7. Commercialization status .4.8. Conclusions and outlook .References .5. The oscillatory electro–oxidation of small organic molecules Hamilton Varela, M. V. F. Delmonde and Alana A. Zülke .5.1. Introduction .5.2. In situ and on line approaches .5.3. The effect of temperature .5.4. Modified surfaces .5.5. Conclusions and outlook .References .6. Degradation mechanism of membrane fuel cells with monoplatinum and multicomponent cathode catalysts Mikhail R. Tarasevich, Vera A. Bogdanovskaya .6.1. Introduction .6.2. Synthesis and methods of studying catalytic systems under model conditions .6.3. Characteristics of commercial and synthesized catalysts .6.4. Methods of testing catalysts within FC MEAs .6.5. Mechanism of degradation phenomena in MEAs with commercial Pt/C catalysts .6.6. Characteristics of MEAs with 40Pt/CNT–T–based cathodes .6.7. Characteristics of MEAs with 50PtCoCr/C–based cathodes .6.8. Conclusions and outlook .References .7. Recent developments in electrocatalysts and hybrid electrocatalyst–support systems for polymer electrolyte fuel cells Surbhi Sharma .7.1. Introduction .7.2. Current state of Pt and non–Pt electrocatalysts–support systems for PEFC .7.3. Novel Pt electrocatalysts .7.4. Pt–based electrocatalysts on novel carbon supports .7.5. Pt–based electrocatalysts on novel carbon–free supports .7.6. Pt free metal electrocatalysts .7.7. Influence of support: Electrocatalyst–support interactions and effect of surface functional groups .7.8. Hybrid catalyst–support systems .7.9. Conclusions and outlook .References .8. Role of catalyst supports: Graphene–based novel electrocatalysts Chunmei Zhang and Wei Chen .8.1. Introduction .8.2. Graphene–based cathode catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) .8.3. Graphene–based anode catalysts .8.4. Conclusions and outlook .References .9. Recent progress in non–noble metal electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction for alkaline fuel cells Xin Deng, Qinggang He .9.1. Introduction .9.2. Non–noble metal electrocatalysts .9.3. Conclusions and outlook .References .10. Anode electrocatalysts for direct borohydride and ammonia borane fuel cells Pierre–Yves Olu, Anicet Zadick, Nathalie Job and Marian Chatenet .10.1. Introduction .10.2. Direct borohydride and ammonia borane fuel cells .10.3. Mechanistic investigations of BOR and BH3OR at noble electrocatalysts .10.4. Towards ideal anode of DBFC and DABFC .10.5. Durability of DBFC and DABFC electrocatalysts .10.6. Conclusions and outlook .References .11. Recent advances in nanostructured electrocatalysts for low temperature direct alcohol fuel cells S.Ghosh, T.Maiyalagan and R.N. Basu .11.1. Introduction .11.2. Fundamentals of electrooxidation of organic molecules for fuel cells .11.3. Investigation of electrocatalytic properties of nanomaterials .11.4. Anode electrocatalysts for direct methanol or ethanol fuel cells .11.5. Anode catalysts for direct polyol fuel cells (ethylene glycol, glycerol) .11.6. Conclusions and outlook .References .12. Electrocatalysis of facet controlled noble metal nanomaterials for low temperature fuel cells Shouzhong Zou, Xiaojun Liu and Wenyue Li .12.1. Introduction .12.2. Synthesis of shape–controlled noble metal nanomaterials .12.3. Applications of shape–controlled noble metal nanomaterials as catalysts for low temperature fuel cells .12.4. Conclusions and outlook .References .13. Heteroatom–doped nanostructured carbon materials as ORR electrocatalysts for low temperature fuel cells .T. Maiyalagan, S. Maheswari and Viswanathan S. Saji .13.1. Introduction .13.2. Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol tolerant ORR catalysts .13.3. Heteroatom–doped nanostructured carbon materials .13.4. Heteroatom–doped carbon–based nanocomposites .13.5. Conclusions and outlook .References .14. Transition metal oxide, oxynitride, and nitride electrocatalysts with and without supports for polymer electrolyte fuel cell cathodes Mitsuharu Chisaka .14.1. Introduction .14.2. Transition metal oxide and oxynitride electrocatalysts .14.3. Transition metal nitride electrocatalysts .14.4. Carbon–support free electrocatalysts .14.5. Conclusions and outlook .References .15. Spectroscopy and microscopy for characterization of fuel cell catalysts Chilan Ngo, Michael J. Dzara, Sarah Shulda and Svitlana Pylypenko .15.1. Introduction .15.2. Electron microscopy .15.3. Electron spectroscopy: Energy–dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) .15.4. X–ray spectroscopy .15.5. Gamma spectroscopy: Mossbauer .15.6. Vibrational spectroscopy: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy .15.7. Complementary techniques .15.8. Conclusions and outlook .References .16. Rational catalyst design methodologies Principles and factors affecting the catalyst design Sergey Stolbov and Marisol Alcántara Ortigoza .16.1. Introduction .16.2. Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) .16.3. Recent progress in search for efficient ORR catalysts .16.4. Physics and chemistry behind ORR .16.5. Rational design of ORR catalysts .16.6. Rationally designed ORR catalysts addressing cost–effectiveness .16.7. Conclusions and outlook .References .17. Effect of gas diffusion layer structure on the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel Cell Branko N. Popov, Sehkyu Park and Jong–Won Lee .17.1. Introduction .17.2. Structure of gas diffusion layer .17.3. Carbon materials .17.4. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic treatments .17.5. Microporous layer thickness .17.6. Microstructure modification .17.7. Conclusions and outlook .References .18. Efficient design and fabrication of porous metallic electrocatalysts Yaovi Holade, Anaïs Lehoux, Hynd Remita, Kouakou B. Kokoh and Te ko W. Napporn .18.1. Introduction .18.2. Advances in the design and fabrication of nanoporous metallic materials .18.3. Nanoporous metallic materials at work in electrocatalysis .18.4. Conclusions and outlook .References .19. Design and fabrication of dealloying driven nanoporous metallic electrocatalyst Zhonghua Zhang and Ying Wang .19.1. Introduction .19.2. Design of precursors for dealloying–driven nanoporous metallic electrocatalysts .19.3. Microstructural modulation of dealloying–driven nanoporous metallic electrocatalysts .19.4. Catalytic properties of dealloying–driven nanoporous metallic electrocatalysts .19.5. Conclusions and outlook .References .20. Recent advances of platinum monolayer electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction Kotaro Sasaki, Kurian A. Kuttiyiel, Jia X. Wang, Miomir B. Vukmirovic and Radoslav R. Adzic .20.1. Introduction .20.2. Pt ML on Pd core electrocatalysts (PtML/Pd/C) .20.3 Pt ML on PdAu core electrocatalyst (PtML/PdAu/C) .20.4. Further improving activity and stability of Pt ML electrocatalysts .20.5. Conclusions and outlook .References

• ISBN: 978-3-527-34132-0
• Editorial: Wiley VCH
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• Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2017
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