Electrocatalysis for Membrane Fuel Cells - Methods, Modeling, and Applications

Presenting comprehensively the field of electrocatalysis for fuel cells, including different systems, effective characterization methods, classes of electrocatalytic materials and more. A high-quality reference for everyone working in this field.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Overview of Systems
Chapter 1 System-Level Constraints on Fuel Cell Materials and Electrocatalysts
Chapter 2 Fuel cell design from the atom to the automobile
Basics-Fundamentals
Chapter 3 Electrochemical Fundamentals
Chapter 4 Quantifying the kinetic parameters of fuel cell reactions
Chapter 5 Adverse and Beneficial functions of Surface Layers formed on Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts
State of the art
Chapter 6 Design of PGM-free ORR Catalysts: from Molecular to the State-of-the-Art
Chapter 7 Recent advances in Electrocatalysts for hydrogen oxidation reaction in Alkaline Electrolytes
Membranes for Fuel Cells
Chapter 8 Supports for Oxygen Reduction Catalysts: Understanding and Improving Structure, Stability and Activity
Physical Chemical Characterization
Chapter 9 Understanding the electrocatalytic reaction in the fuel cell by tracking the dynamics of the catalyst by X-ray
absorption spectroscopy
Modeling
Chapter 10 Unraveling local electrocatalytic conditions with theory and computation
Protocols
Chapter 11 Quantifying the Activity of Electrocatalysts
Chapter 12 Durability of Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts and Methods for Performance Assessment
Systems
Chapter 13 Modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
Chapter 14 Physics-based modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: From cell to automotive systems