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Methods for Electrocatalysis

Advanced Materials and Allied Applications

  • Presents the history, progress and development of electrocatalysis
  • Special chapter on photochemical water-splitting
  • Highlights the current technical issues in electrocatalysis

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Earth Abundant Electrocatalyst

    • Kartick Chandra Majhi, Paramita Karfa, Rashmi Madhuri
    Pages 1-28
  3. Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalysis

    • Muhammad Usman, Qi-Long Zhu
    Pages 29-66
  4. Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting

    • Robson R. Guimaraes, Josue M. Gonçalves, Olle Björneholm, C. Moyses Araujo, Arnaldo Naves de Brito, Koiti Araki
    Pages 67-111
  5. Electrocatalysis: Application of Nanocomposite Materials

    • Manorama Singh, Ankita Rai, Vijai K. Rai
    Pages 113-123
  6. Polymer Electrocatalysis

    • M. Ramesh, M. Muthukrishnan
    Pages 125-147
  7. Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    • A. Brouzgou
    Pages 149-169
  8. Electrocatalysts for Photochemical Water-Splitting

    • Shankara S. Kalanur, Hyungtak Seo
    Pages 171-199
  9. Cationic Electrocatalysis in Effecting the Electrosynthesis of Tungsten Carbide Nanopowders in Molten Salts

    • I. A. Novoselova, I. N. Skryptun, A. A. Omelchuk, V. V. Soloviev
    Pages 221-239
  10. Microalgae-Based Systems Applied to Bioelectrocatalysis

    • Rosangela R. Dias, Rafaela B. Sartori, Ihana A. Severo, Mariany C. Deprá, Leila Q. Zepka, Eduardo Jacob-Lopes
    Pages 241-261
  11. Current Trends in Electrodeposition of Electrocatalytic Coatings

    • V. S. Protsenko, F. I. Danilov
    Pages 263-299
  12. Carbon Based Electrocatalysts

    • Sonal Singh, Rishabh Sharma, Manika Khanuja
    Pages 301-309
  13. State-of-the-Art Advances and Perspectives for Electrocatalysis

    • Kabelo E. Ramohlola, Mpitloane J. Hato, Gobeng R. Monama, Edwin Makhado, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha, Kwena D. Modibane
    Pages 311-352
  14. Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    • Rizwan Haider, Xianxia Yuan, Muhammad Bilal
    Pages 375-400
  15. Characterization of Electrocatalyst

    • Jayashree Swaminathan, Ashokkumar Meiyazhagan
    Pages 425-451

About this book

This book explores key parameters, properties and fundamental concepts of electrocatalysis. It also discusses the engineering strategies, current applications in fuel-cells, water-splitting, metal-ion batteries, and fuel generation. This book elucidates entire category viewpoints together with industrial applications. Therefore, all the sections of this book emphasize the recent advances of different types of electrocatalysts, current challenges, and state-of-the-art studies through detailed reviews. This book is the result of commitments by numerous experts in the field from various backgrounds and expertise and appeals to industrialists, researchers, scientists and in addition understudies from various teaches. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Inamuddin

  • of Nanosystem & Hierarchical Fabrication, Cas Key Laboratory, Beijing, China

    Rajender Boddula

  • Department of Chemsitry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah M. Asiri

About the editors

Dr. Inamuddin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electrochemistry and, more specifically, Renewable Energy and Environment. He is a life member of the Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. His research interest includes ion exchange materials, sensor for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors and bending actuators.

Dr Rajender Boddula is currently working as CAS-PIFI Fellow in the CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystems and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China.His academic honors include University Grants Commission National Fellowship and many merit scholarships, study-abroad fellowships from Australian Endeavour Research fellowship and CAS-PIFI. His specialized areas of energy conversion and storage technologies, which include nanomaterials, graphene, polymer composites, heterogeneous catalysis, photoelectrocatalytic water splitting, biofuel cell, and supercapacitor applications.

Prof. Abdullah M. Asiri is the Head of the Chemistry Department at King Abdulaziz University since October 2009 and he is the founder and the Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) since 2010 till now. He is a Professor of Organic Photochemistry. Prof. Asiri is involved in many committees at the KAU level and also on the national level, he took a major roll in the Advanced materials committee working for KACST to identify the National plan for science and technology in 2007. Prof. Asiri played a major role in advancing the chemistry education and research in KAU, he has been awarded the best Researchers from KAU for the past five years. He also awarded the Young Scientist award from the Saudi Chemical society in 2009, and alsothe first prize for the distinction in science from the Saudi chemical society in 2012. He also received a recognition certificate from the American Chemical society (Gulf region Chapter) for the advancement of chemical science in the Kingdome. Also he received a Scopus certificate for the most Publishing Scientist in Saudi Arabia in chemistry in 2008. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Pigments and Resin Technology (UK), Organic Chemistry in Sight (New Zealand), Designed Monomers & Polymers and Journal of Single Molecule Research . He is the Vice- President of Saudi Chemical Society (Western Province Branch).  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Methods for Electrocatalysis

  • Book Subtitle: Advanced Materials and Allied Applications

  • Editors: Inamuddin, Rajender Boddula, Abdullah M. Asiri

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27161-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27160-2Published: 04 January 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27163-3Published: 26 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27161-9Published: 02 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 473

  • Topics: Energy Materials, Catalysis, Renewable and Green Energy, Electrochemistry

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eBook USD 189.00
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Softcover Book USD 249.99
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