Fuel Cell Catalysis: A Surface Science Approach

by Editor: Marc Koper (Leiden University ); Andrzej Wieckowski

• ISBN13: 9780470463741
• ISBN10: 0470463740
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• 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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Preface to the Wiley Series on Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry ix

List of Contributors

Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Brief History and a Critical Examination of Present Theory and Diagnostics

Electrochemical Electron Transfer: From Marcus Theory to Electrolysis

Electrocatalysis and Catalyst Screening from Density Functional Theory Calculations

First-Principles Simulation of the Active Sites and Reaction Environment in Electrocatalysis

Ab Initio Atomistic Thermodynamics for Fuel Cell Catalysis

Mechanisms of the Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide and Small Organic Molecules at Metal Electrodes

Clues for the Molecular-Level Understanding of Electrocatalysis on Single-Crystal Platinum Surfaces Modified by p-Block Adatoms

Electrochemistry at Well-Characterized Bimetallic Surfaces

Recent Developments in the Electrocatalysis of the O2 Reduction Reaction

Electrocatalysis at Platinum and Bimetallic Alloys

Electrocatalysis for the Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell

Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Studies of Surface Intermediates Involved in Fuel Cell Electrocatalysis

Methanol, Formaldehyde, and Formic Acid Adsorption/Oxidation on a Carbon-Supported Pt Nanoparticle Fuel Cell Catalyst: A Comparative Quantitative DEMS Study

The Effect of Structurally Well-Defined Pt Modification on the Electrochemical and Electrocatalytic Properties of Ru(0001) Electrodes

Size Effects in Electrocatalysis of Fuel Cell Reactions on Supported Metal Nanoparticles

Support and Particle Size Effects in Electrocatalysis

Electrocatalysis for Fuel Cells at Enzyme-Modified Electrodes

Metalloporphyrin Catalysts of Oxygen Reduction

Index

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