Nanomaterials for Fuel Cell Catalysis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Electrochemistry Fundamentals: Nanomaterials Evaluation and Fuel Cells

   • Neil V. Rees

   Pages 1-29

3. Recent Advances in the Use of Shape-Controlled Metal Nanoparticles in Electrocatalysis

   • Francisco J. Vidal-Iglesias, José Solla-Gullón, Juan M. Feliu

   Pages 31-92

4. Pt-Containing Heterogeneous Nanomaterials for Methanol Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reactions

   • Hui Liu, Feng Ye, Jun Yang

   Pages 93-168

5. Synthesis and Electrocatalysis of Pt-Pd Bimetallic Nanocrystals for Fuel Cells

   • Ruizhong Zhang, Wei Chen

   Pages 169-223

6. Integrated Studies of Au@Pt and Ru@Pt Core-Shell Nanoparticles by In Situ Electrochemical NMR, ATR-SEIRAS, and SERS

   • Dejun Chen, Dianne O. Atienza, YuYe J. Tong

   Pages 225-251

7. Recent Development of Platinum-Based Nanocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

   • David Raciti, Zhen Liu, Miaofang Chi, Chao Wang

   Pages 253-280

8. Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Nanoparticle Catalysts in Oxygen Reduction by Interfacial Engineering

   • Christopher P. Deming, Peiguang Hu, Ke Liu, Shaowei Chen

   Pages 281-307

9. Primary Oxide Latent Storage and Spillover for Reversible Electrocatalysis in Oxygen and Hydrogen Electrode Reactions

   • Milan M. Jaksic, Angeliki Siokou, Georgios D. Papakonstantinou, Jelena M. Jaksic

   Pages 309-365

10. Metal-Organic Frameworks as Materials for Fuel Cell Technologies

    • Henrietta W. Langmi, Jianwei Ren, Nicholas M. Musyoka

    Pages 367-407

11. Sonoelectrochemical Production of Fuel Cell Nanomaterials

    • Bruno G. Pollet, Petros M. Sakkas

    Pages 409-433

12. Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell on Carbon Supported Pt Based Nanocatalysts

    • T. S. Almeida, N. E. Sahin, P. Olivi, T. W. Napporn, G. Tremiliosi-Filho, A. R. de Andrade et al.

    Pages 435-475

13. Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: Nanostructured Materials for the Electrooxidation of Alcohols in Alkaline Media

    • Hamish Andrew Miller, Francesco Vizza, Alessandro Lavacchi

    Pages 477-516

14. Effects of Catalyst-Support Materials on the Performance of Fuel Cells

    • Paul M. Ejikeme, Katlego Makgopa, Kenneth I. Ozoemena

    Pages 517-550

15. Applications of Nanomaterials in Microbial Fuel Cells

    • R. Fogel, J. L. Limson

    Pages 551-575

16. Back Matter

    Pages 577-583

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Global experts provide an authoritative source of information on the use of electrochemical fuel cells, and in particular discuss the use of nanomaterials to enhance the performance of existing energy systems. The book covers the state of the art in the design, preparation, and engineering of nanoscale functional materials as effective catalysts for fuel cell chemistry, highlights recent progress in electrocatalysis at both fuel cell anode and cathode, and details perspectives and challenges in future research.

• catalysis
• fuel cell electrochemistry
• platinum-based catalysts
• electrode electrocatalysis
• oxygen reduction reaction
• transition-metal oxides
• metal-free catalysts

• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa

  Kenneth I. Ozoemena

• Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, SANTA CRUZ, USA

  Shaowei Chen

Kenneth Ozoemena is from CSIR Materials Science and Manufacturing in Pretoria, South Africa. Shaowei Chen is from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.

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