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Rotating electrode methods and oxygen reduction electrocatalysts /

This book provides the latest information and methodologies of rotating disk electrode and rotating ring-disk electrode (RDE/RRDE) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). It is an ideal reference for undergraduate and graduate students, scientists, and engineers who work in the areas of energy, electro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Xing, Wei (Editor ), Yin, Geping (Editor ), Zhang, Jiujun (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, MA : Elsevier, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Rotating Electrode Methods and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts; Copyright; Contents; Preface ; Biography; List of Contributors; CHAPTER 1
  • OXYGEN SOLUBILITY, DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT, AND SOLUTION VISCOSITY; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Physical and Chemical Properties of Oxygen; 1.3. Oxygen Solubility in Aqueous Solutions; 1.4. O2 Diffusion Coefficients in Aqueous Solution; 1.5. Viscosity of Aqueous Solution; 1.6. Oxygen Solubility and Diffusion Coefficient in Nafion Membranes; 1.7. Chapter Summary; References.
  • CHAPTER 2
  • ELECTRODE KINETICS OF ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTION AND REACTANT TRANSPORT IN ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Kinetics of Electrode Electron-Transfer Reaction; 2.3. Kinetics of Reactant Mass Transport Near Electrode Surface3,4; 2.4. Effect of Reactant Transport on the Electrode Kinetics of Electron-Transfer Reaction; 2.5. Kinetics of Reactant Transport Nearand within Porous Matrix Electrode Layer6; 2.6. Chapter Summary; References; CHAPTER 3
  • ELECTROCATALYSTS AND CATALYST LAYERS FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; 3.1. Introduction.
  • 3.2. Concepts of Catalytic Activityand Stability3.3. Current Research Effort in ORR Electrocatalysis; 3.4. Electrocatalysts Synthesis andCharacterization; 3.5. Catalyst Layers, Fabrication, and Characterization; 3.6. Chapter Summary; References; CHAPTER 4
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Electrochemical Thermodynamics and Electrode Potential of ORR; 4.3. Electrochemical Kinetics and Mechanism of ORR; 4.4. ORR on Carbon Materials; 4.5. ORR on Macrocyclic Transition Metal Complexes; 4.6. Fundamental Understanding of ORR Mechanisms.
  • 4.7. Importance of ORR in Fuel Cells4.8. Chapter Summary; References; CHAPTER 5
  • ROTATING DISK ELECTRODE METHOD; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Rotating Disk Electrode Theory1,2; 5.3. Experimental Measurements of Rotating Disk Electrode; 5.4. Chapter Summary; References; CHAPTER 6
  • ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE METHOD; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Theory of Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode Technique1; 6.3. RRDE Collection Efficiency; 6.4. RRDE Instrumentation; 6.5. RRDE Measurements; 6.6. RRDE Data Analysis for ORR; 6.7. Chapter Summary; References.
  • CHAPTER 7
  • APPLICATIONS OF RDE AND RRDE METHODS IN OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION7.1. Introduction; 7.2. RDE/RRDE Study for ORR on Pt-based Electrode Surfaces; 7.3. RDE/RRDE Study for ORR on Carbon-Based Electrode Surfaces; 7.4. Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Monolayer Substances-Modified Carbon Electrode Surfaces; 7.5. RDE/RRDE Study for ORR on the Surfaces of Supported Pt Particle- and Pt Alloy Particle-Based Catalyst Layer; 7.6. RDE/RRDE Study for ORR on the Surfaces of Non-Noble Metal Catalyst Layer; 7.7. Chapter Summary; References; INDEX.