Fuel Cell Catalysis A Surface Science Approach

by Koper, Marc; Wieckowski, Andrzej

• ISBN13: 9780470131169
• ISBN10: 0470131160
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-20
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

Fuel cells represent an important alternative energy source. This seminal work brings together world leaders in the field to provide a unique combination of state-of-the-art theory and computational and experimental methods, emphasizing molecular understanding of fuel cell catalysis. It covers fundamental principles and future challenges. It discusses research themes in the surface science approach to catalytic reactions at the solid-liquid and solid-membrane interface relevant to fuel cells. This is a core reference for electrochemists, electrocatalysis researchers, surface and physical chemists, chemical and automotive engineers, and researchers in academia, research institutes, and industry.

Author Biography

Marc T. M. Koper obtained his PhD (cum laude) with Professor J. H. Sluyters from Utrecht University in 1994 on "Far-from-equilibrium phenomena in electrochemical systems: instabilities, oscillations and chaos." He is currently a Full Professor in Fundamental Surface Science at Leiden University, where he studies electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, electrochemical surface science, and theoretical and computational electrochemistry.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Wiley Series on Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Brief History and a Critical Examination of Present Theory and Diagnostics	p. 1
Electrochemical Electron Transfer: From Marcus Theory to Electrocatalysis	p. 31
Electrocatalysis and Catalyst Screening from Density Functional Theory Calculations	p. 57
First-Principles Simulation of the Active Sites and Reaction Environment in Electrocatalysis	p. 93
Ab Initio Atomistic Thermodynamics for Fuel Cell Catalysis	p. 129
Mechanisms of the Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide and Small Organic Molecules at Metal Electrodes	p. 159
Clues for the Molecular-Level Understanding of Electrocatalysis on Single-Crystal Platinum Surfaces Modified by p-Block Adatoms	p. 209
Electrochemistry at Well-Characterized Bimetallic Surfaces Vojislav	p. 245
Recent Development in the Electrocatalysis of the O2 Reduction Reaction	p. 271
Electrocatalysis at Platinum and Bimetallic Alloys	p. 317
Electrocatalysis for the Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell	p. 343
Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Studies of Surface Intermediates Involved in Fuel Cell Electrocatalysis	p. 375
Methanol, Formaldehyde, and Formic Acid Adsorption/Oxidation on a Carbon-Supported Pt Nanoparticle Fuel Cell Catalyst: A Comparative Quantitative DEMS Study	p. 411
The Effect of Structurally Well-Defined Pt Modification on the Electronchemical and Electrocatalytic Properties of Ru(0001) Electrodes	p. 465
Size Effects in Electrocatalysis of Fuel Cell Reactions on Supported Metal Nanoparticles	p. 507
Support and Particle Size Effects in Electrocatalysis	p. 567
Electrocatalysis for Fuel Cells at Enzyme-Modified Electrodes	p. 593
Metalloporphyrin Catalysts of Oxygen Reduction	p. 637
Index	p. 695
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