Overview
- Provides a basic knowledge of electrocatalysis, an understanding of existing problems of fuel cells’ power sources and their application; and a discussion of syntheses, characterization, and tuning catalytic properties of new groundbreaking Pt monolayer electrocatalysts
- Describes in detail examples for oxygen reduction, hydrogen, methanol and ethanol oxidation reactions
- Examines the enormous environmental benefit expected from automotive application of the H2/O2 fuel cell given its benign reaction products of electric current and water
- The first book on the important subject of platinum monolayer electrocatalysts, which has a major impact on research and development of new catalysts
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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About this book
This book describes a science and technology of a new type of electrocatalysts consisting of a single atomic layer of platinum on suitable supports. This development helped overcome three major obstacles—catalysts‘ cost, activity, and stability—for a broad range of fuel cell applications.
The volume begins with a short introduction to the science of electrocatalysis, covering four reactions important for energy conversion in fuel cells. A description follows of the properties of metal monolayers on electrode surfaces, and underpotential deposition of metals. The authors then describe the concept of Pt monolayer electrocatalysts and its implications and their synthesis by galvanic displacement of less-noble metal monolayers and other methods. The main part of the book presents a discussion of catalysts’ characterization and catalytic properties of Pt monolayers for the four main reactions of electrochemical energy conversion: oxygen reduction and oxidation of hydrogen, methanol and ethanol. The book concludes with a treatment of scale-up syntheses, fuel cell tests, catalysts’ stability and application prospects.Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Nebojsa Marinkovic obtained his PhD in Physical chemistry in 1992 at University of Belgrade. After postdoctoral experiences at University of Louisville and University of California, Davis he moved to Brookhaven National Laboratory to study electrocatalytic processes on noble metals. Currently he is an associate scientist at Columbia University and a member of Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium, a contributing user group that supports research at National Synchrotron Light Source II at BNL. He is also adjunct associate professor of chemistry at State University of New York at Riverhead.
Nebojsa Marinkovic’s research involves promoting and utilization of synchrotron-based methods to nano-scale metal and metal oxide materials of interest for catalytic reactions, particularly those that can be integrated with complementary benchtop techniques for in-situ experiments. He authored over 100 scientific papers and book chapters, served a section editor for Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry and gave numerous invited lectures and presentations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts
Authors: Radoslav Adzic, Nebojsa Marinkovic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49566-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49565-7Published: 12 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49568-8Published: 13 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-49566-4Published: 11 August 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 167
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour
Topics: Catalysis, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)