With interdisciplinary perspectives from internationally renowned experts, Noble-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Energy is one of the most authoritative references to focus solely on state-of-the-art knowledge of noble-metal-free electrocatalysts, as well as their nanostructures and unique properties. The chapters within contain cutting-edge breakthroughs, horizons, and insights into functional materials for energy applications.
This book contains over 3000 references and 200 figures, and is a highly valuable resource for scientists, students, and engineers working in the fields of electrochemistry, catalysis, fuel cells, batteries, and supercapacitors.
Contents:
- Preface
- About the Editors
- Elementary Knowledge and Evaluation Criteria of Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions (Dan Li, Qingsheng Gao, and Lin Ma)
- Noble-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting — Metal Chalcogenides (Daniel Siegmund and Ulf-Peter Apfel)
- Layered Transition Metal Disulfide Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions (Lin Ma, Limei Xu, Thitima Rujiralai, Xiaoping Zhou, and Xuyao Xu)
- Alkaline Water Splitting by Metal-Chalcogenide-based Electrocatalysts (Arumugam Sivanantham and Sangaraju Shanmugam)
- Structural Design of Nanostructured Nickel Sulfides Toward Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions (Liuqing He, Qijie Mo, and Qingsheng Gao)
- Tuning Nanoarchitecture and Electronic Configuration of Transition-Metal Phosphides Toward Water Splitting (Qijie Mo, Etogo Christian Atangana, Qingsheng Gao, and Lei Zhang)
- Molybdenum Carbides Nanostructures for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions (Sinong Wang)
- Heteroatom Doping into Metal Carbides Toward Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reactions (Xing Yin, Lichun Yang, and Qingsheng Gao)
- Heterostructures of Transition-Metal Carbides as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions (Wenbiao Zhang and Qingsheng Gao)
- Heteroatom(s)-doped Carbons as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (Yuying Meng)
- Single-Atom Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reactions (Zhaojie Li and Qingsheng Gao)
- Synthesis Strategies, Characterizations, and Catalytic Mechanism of Fe–N–C Electrocatalysts for Cathodic Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Fuel Cell (Xiang-Hui Yan and Hao Xu)
- A Mini-Review on High-Efficiency Nanocatalysts for Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol and Ethanol (Yang Yang and Qingsheng Gao)
- Index
Readership: Physicists, Chemists, Materials Scientists, advanced graduate students, professional scientists looking to change specialties.
Key Features:
- An authoritative reference that should stand out amongst the competition
