NOBLE-METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR HYDROGEN ENERGY

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