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Non-Noble Metal Fuel Cell Catalysts.
Written and edited by top fuel cell catalyst scientists and engineers from both industry and academia, this is the first book to provide a complete overview of this hot topic. It covers the synthesis, characterization, activity validation and modeling of different non-noble metal electrocatalysts, a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Non-Noble Metal Fuel Cell Catalysts; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Electrocatalysts for Acid Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells
- an Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Acid PEM Fuel Cell Background and Fundamentals; 1.2.1 Acid PEM Fuel Cell Overview
- History, Status, and Advantages; 1.2.2 Acid PEM Fuel Cell Reactions
- Thermodynamics and Kinetics; 1.3 Acid PEM Fuel Cell Catalysis for Cathode O2 Reduction Reaction; 1.3.1 Electrochemical Thermodynamics of O2 Reduction Reaction; 1.3.2 Pt-Based Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.
- 1.3.3 Electrochemical Kinetics and Mechanism of the O2 Reduction Reaction Catalyzed by Pt Catalysts1.4 Catalyst Challenges and Perspective in Acid PEM Fuel Cells; 1.4.1 Pt Catalyst Cost Analysis and Major Challenges; 1.4.2 Sustainability; 1.4.3 Major Technical Challenges for Non-noble Metal Catalysts and Mitigation Strategies; 1.4.4 Non-noble Metal Catalyst Overview; 1.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Heat-Treated Transition Metal-NxCy Electrocatalysts for the O2 Reduction Reaction in Acid PEM Fuel Cells; 2.1 Introduction.
- 2.1.1 Why the Search for Non-precious Metal Catalysts for O2 Reduction?2.1.2 Activity, Power Performance, and Durability Constraints on Me/N/C Catalysts; 2.1.3 Milestones Achieved by Me/N/C Catalysts over the Last 50 Years; 2.1.3.1 Milestone 1; 2.1.3.2 Milestone 2; 2.1.3.3 Milestone 3; 2.1.3.4 Milestone 4; 2.1.3.5 Milestone 5; 2.2 Synthesis Approaches for Heat-Treated Me/N/C Catalysts; 2.2.1 The Supported-Macrocycle Approach; 2.2.2 The Templating Method; 2.2.3 The Foaming Agent Approach; 2.2.4 The N Molecule or Metal-Ligand Approach; 2.2.5 The N-Polymer Approach.
- 2.2.6 Gaseous N-Precursor Approach (NH3 and CH3CN)2.2.7 Thermally Decomposable Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF); 2.3 Important Parameters for Highly Active Me/N/C Catalysts; 2.3.1 Pyrolysis Temperature; 2.3.1.1 Metal Macrocycles Supported on Carbon and Pyrolyzed in Inert Atmosphere; 2.3.1.2 Separate Metal and Nitrogen Precursors or Metal-Ligand Complexes Impregnated on a Carbon Support and Pyrolyzed in Inert or Reactive Atmosphere; 2.3.2 The Transition Metal; 2.3.2.1 Binary Metal Catalysts; 2.3.2.2 Metal Concentration.
- 2.3.3 The Nitrogen Content and Speciation by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)2.3.4 The Carbon Support/Host; 2.4 Nature of the Active Sites; 2.4.1 Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy; 2.4.2 X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure; 2.4.2.1 Studies on Pyrolyzed Macrocycles; 2.4.2.2 Studies on Catalysts Synthesized from Separate Metal, N and C Precursors; 2.4.3 Mössbauer Spectroscopy; 2.4.3.1 Studies on FePc and Fe- Porphyrin, Unpyrolyzed or Pyrolyzed at T <500 °C; 2.4.3.2 Studies on Fe Macrocycles Pyrolyzed at T e"700 °C.