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1 Principle of Low-Temperature Fuel Cells Using an Ionic Membrane |
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1.2 Thermodynamic Data and Theoretical Energy Efficiency under Equilibrium (j=0) |
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1.2.1 Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell |
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1.2.2 Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell |
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1.3 Electrocatalysis and the Rate of Electrochemical Reactions |
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1.3.1 Establishment of the Butler-Volmer Law (Charge Transfer Overpotential) |
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1.3.2 Mass Transfer Limitations (Concentration Overpotential) |
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1.3.3 Cell Voltage versus Current Density Curves |
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1.3.4 Energy Efficiency under Working Conditions (j not equal 0) |
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1.3.4.1 Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell |
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1.3.4.2 Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell |
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1.4 Influence of the Properties of the PEMFC Components (Electrode Catalyst Structure, Membrane Resistance, and Mass Transfer Limitations) on the Polarization Curves |
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1.4.1 Influence of the Catalytic Properties of Electrodes |
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1.4.2 Influence of the Membrane-specific Resistance |
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1.4.3 Influence of the Mass Transfer Limitations |
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1.5 Representative Examples of Low-Temperature Fuel Cells |
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1.5.1 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for Portable Electronics |
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1.5.2 Hydrogen/air PEMFC for the Electrical Vehicle |
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1.6 Conclusions and Outlook |
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2 Research Advancements in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells |
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2.2 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
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38 | (12) |
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41 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Ideal Properties for Electrocatalyst, Catalyst Support, and Current Collectors for Market Entry |
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2.2.3 Role of Nanomaterials in Bringing Down Pt Loading |
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2.2.4 Types of Catalyst Supports (Activated Carbon, CNT, Graphene, etc.) |
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2.2.5 Non-Pt-Based Catalysts |
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2.2.6 Catalyst Corrosion and Fuel Cell Life (Protocols for Testing) |
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2.2.7 Type of Fuels (Alcohols) |
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46 | (4) |
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2.3.1 Fuels for Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (1) |
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2.4 Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells |
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2.4.1 Catalyst Development |
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2.5 Regenerative Fuel Cells |
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2.6 Conclusions and Outlook |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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3 Electrocatalytic Reactions Involved in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells |
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3.2 Preparation and Characterization of Pt-based Plurimetallic Electrocatalysts |
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3.2.1 Preparation Methods of the Catalysts |
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3.2.1.1 Electrochemical Deposition |
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3.2.1.2 Impregnation-Reduction Methods |
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3.2.1.3 Colloidal Methods |
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3.2.1.4 Carbonyl Complex Route |
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3.2.1.5 Plasma-enhanced PVD |
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3.2.2 Characterization of Catalysts and Determination of Reaction Mechanisms by Physicochemical Methods |
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3.2.2.1 Physicochemical Characterizations |
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3.2.2.2 Electrochemical Measurements: Cyclic Voltammetry and CO Stripping |
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3.2.2.3 Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (EMIRS, FTIRS) |
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3.2.2.4 Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry |
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86 | (2) |
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3.2.2.5 Chromatographic Techniques |
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3.3 Mechanisms of the Electrocatalytic Reactions Involved in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells |
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3.3.1 Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrogen |
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3.3.2 Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dioxygen |
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3.3.3 Electrocatalysis of CO Oxidation |
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3.3.4 Oxidation of Alcohols in a Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell (DMFC, DEFC) |
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3.3.4.1 Oxidation of Methanol |
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3.3.4.2 Oxidation of Ethanol |
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102 | (3) |
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3.4 Conclusions and Outlook |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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4 Direct Hydrocarbon Low-Temperature Fuel Cell |
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113 | (1) |
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4.2 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell |
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114 | (5) |
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116 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Catalyst for Methanol Electrooxidation |
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4.3 Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell |
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119 | (6) |
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4.3.1 Proton Exchange Membrane-based DEFC |
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4.3.2 Anion Exchange Membrane-based DEFC |
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4.3.4 Catalyst for Ethanol Electrooxidation |
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4.4 Direct Ethylene Glycol Fuel Cell |
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125 | (4) |
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4.4.1 Proton Exchange Membrane-based DEGFC |
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4.4.2 Anion Exchange Membrane-based DEGFC |
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4.4.3 Catalyst for Ethylene Glycol Electrooxidation |
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4.5 Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell |
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129 | (2) |
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4.5.1 Catalyst for Formic Acid Electrooxidation |
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130 | (1) |
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4.6 Direct Glucose Fuel Cell |
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4.7 Commercialization Status of DHFC |
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132 | (2) |
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4.8 Conclusions and Outlook |
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134 | (3) |
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5 The Oscillatory Electrooxidation of Small Organic Molecules |
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5.2 In Situ and Online Approaches |
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147 | (5) |
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5.3 The Effect of Temperature |
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152 | (3) |
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5.5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (7) |
6 Degradation Mechanism of Membrane Fuel Cells with Monoplatinum and Multicomponent Cathode Catalysts |
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165 | (32) |
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165 | (1) |
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6.2 Synthesis and Experimental Methods of Studying Catalytic Systems under Model Conditions |
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166 | (3) |
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6.2.1 Synthesis Methods Followed |
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6.2.1.1 Polyol Technique of Synthesis of Pt/C Catalysts |
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167 | (1) |
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6.2.1.2 Thermochemical Method of Synthesis of Bi-and Trimetallic Catalysts |
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167 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Electrochemical Research Methods |
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6.2.3 Structural Research Methods |
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168 | (1) |
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6.3 Characteristics of Commercial and Synthesized Catalysts |
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169 | (10) |
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6.3.1 Corrosion Stability of CMs (Supports) |
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6.3.1.1 Electrochemical Corrosion Exposure |
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6.3.1.2 Chemical Corrosion Exposure |
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171 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Electrochemical and Structural Characteristics of Catalytic Systems |
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171 | (28) |
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6.3.2.1 Monometallic Catalysts with Pt Content of 20 and 40 wt.% |
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171 | (3) |
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6.3.2.2 Bimetallic Catalytic Systems (PtM) |
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174 | (1) |
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6.3.2.3 Trimetallic Catalysts (PtCoCr/C) |
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175 | (4) |
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6.4 Methods of Testing Catalysts within FC MEAs |
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179 | (2) |
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6.5 Mechanism of Degradation Phenomenon in MEAs with Commercial Pt/C Catalysts |
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181 | (6) |
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6.6 Characteristics of MEAs with 40Pt/CNT-T-based Cathode |
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187 | (1) |
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6.7 Characteristics of MEAs with 50PtCoCr/C-based Cathodes |
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188 | (4) |
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6.8 Conclusions and Outlook |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (4) |
7 Recent Developments in Electrocatalysts and Hybrid Electrocatalyst Support Systems for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells |
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197 | (44) |
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197 | (1) |
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7.2 Current State of Pt and Non-Pt Electrocatalysts Support Systems for PEFC |
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7.3 Novel Pt Electrocatalysts |
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199 | (4) |
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7.3.1 1D, 2D, and 3D Nanostructures |
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200 | (3) |
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7.4 Pt-based Electrocatalysts on Novel Carbon Supports |
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203 | (4) |
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7.4.1 Mesoporous Carbon Supports |
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203 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Carbon Nanotube Supports |
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7.4.3 Graphene-based Supports |
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7.5 Pt-based Electrocatalysts on Novel Carbon-free Supports |
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207 | (6) |
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7.5.1 Tungsten Oxides and Carbides |
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207 | (1) |
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7.5.3 Titanium Nitride Supports |
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210 | (1) |
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7.5.4 Doped Metal-based Supports |
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7.5.4.2 Doped Titanium Dioxide |
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212 | (1) |
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7.6 Pt-free Metal Electrocatalysts |
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213 | (1) |
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7.6.1 Metal on Novel Carbon Supports |
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213 | (1) |
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7.6.2 Metal on Novel Carbon-free Supports |
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214 | (1) |
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7.7 Influence of Support: Electrocatalyst-Support Interactions and Effect of Surface Functional Groups |
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214 | (4) |
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7.7.1 Enhancing Electrocatalytic Activity |
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7.7.2 Enhancing CO Tolerance |
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7.8 Hybrid Catalyst Support Systems |
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218 | (5) |
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7.8.1 Carbon-enriched Metal-based Supports |
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218 | (3) |
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7.8.2 Polymers in Catalyst Support Systems |
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7.8.3 Polyoxometalates Liquid Catholytes |
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222 | (1) |
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7.9 Conclusions and Outlook |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (17) |
8 Role of Catalyst Supports: Graphene Based Novel Electrocatalysts |
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8.2 Graphene-based Cathode Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
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243 | (7) |
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8.2.1 Graphene-supported Nonnoble Metal ORR Catalysts |
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244 | (2) |
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8.2.1.1 Transition Metal-Nitrogen (N) Graphene Catalysts |
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8.2.1.2 Graphene-supported Metal Oxide/Sulfide Nanocomposites |
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8.2.2 Graphene-supported Noble Metal Catalysts |
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246 | (4) |
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8.2.2.1 Graphene-supported Pt/Pt-alloy ORR Catalysts |
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247 | (3) |
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8.2.2.2 Graphene-supported Other Metal Alloys as ORR Catalysts |
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250 | (1) |
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8.3 Graphene-based Anode Catalysts |
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8.3.1 Graphene-based Catalysts for Methanol Oxidation Reaction |
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251 | (2) |
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8.3.2 Graphene-based Catalysts for Ethanol Oxidation Reaction |
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253 | (1) |
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8.3.3 Graphene-based Catalysts for Formic Acid Oxidation Reaction |
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254 | (2) |
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8.4 Conclusions and Outlook |
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256 | (1) |
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9 Recent Progress in Nonnoble Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction for Alkaline Fuel Cells |
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267 | (50) |
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9.1.1 Alkaline Fuel Cells |
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267 | (2) |
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9.1.2 Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
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269 | (3) |
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9.2 Nonnoble Metal Electrocatalysts |
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9.2.1 Carbon-supported Metal-Nb Matrix |
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272 | (8) |
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9.2.1.1 Fundamental Overview |
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9.2.1.2 Proposed Active Sites |
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273 | (3) |
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9.2.1.3 Synthesis Methods |
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9.2.2 Transition Metal Oxides |
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280 | (3) |
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9.2.3 Transition Metal Chalcogenides |
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283 | (2) |
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9.2.4 Transition Metal Carbides/Nitrides/Oxynitrides |
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285 | (2) |
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9.2.4.1 Transition Metal Carbides |
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285 | (1) |
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9.2.4.2 Transition Metal Nitrides/Oxynitrides |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (2) |
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9.2.6 Metal-free Electrocatalysts |
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289 | (29) |
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9.2.6.1 Carbon Nanotube-based Metal-free Electrocatalysts |
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289 | (4) |
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9.2.6.2 Graphene-based Metal-free Electrocatalysts |
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293 | (1) |
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9.2.6.3 Other Types of Metal-free Carbon Electrocatalysts |
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294 | (2) |
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9.3 Conclusions and Outlook |
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296 | (3) |
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299 | (18) |
10 Anode Electrocatalysts for Direct Borohydride and Direct Ammonia Borane Fuel Cells |
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317 | (30) |
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317 | (1) |
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10.2 Direct Borohydride (and Ammonia Borane) Fuel Cells |
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318 | (2) |
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10.2.1 Basics of DBFC and DABFC |
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318 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Main Issues of the DBFC and DABFC |
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319 | (1) |
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10.3 Mechanistic Investigations of BOR and BH3OR at Noble Electrocatalysts |
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320 | (9) |
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10.3.1 Different Families of (Electro)Catalysts for the BOR |
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320 | (3) |
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10.3.2 BOR Mechanism at Pt Surfaces |
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323 | (1) |
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10.3.3 The issue of H2 Generation (and Possible Oxidation) during the BOR |
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324 | (1) |
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10.3.4 Effects of the Mass Transfer, Pt Loading, and Active Layer Thickness on the BOR |
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325 | (3) |
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10.3.5 Does the BH3OR Mechanism Differ from the BOR? |
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328 | (1) |
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10.4 Toward Ideal Anode of DBFC and DABFC |
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329 | (7) |
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10.4.1 Practical Benchmarks for the Evaluation of Anode Electrocatalyst Materials |
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330 | (3) |
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10.4.1.1 Rotating Disk Electrode Studies in Half-Cell Configuration |
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330 | (1) |
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10.4.1.2 Hydrogen Evolution and Faradaic Efficiency of the Electrocatalysts |
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331 | (2) |
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10.4.2 Performances of DBFC and DABFC Unit Cells |
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333 | (2) |
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10.4.3 Toward Optimal BOR and ABOR Electrocatalysts? |
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335 | (1) |
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10.5 Durability of DBFC and DABFC Electrocatalysts |
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336 | (3) |
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10.5.2 From Accelerated Stress Tests |
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336 | (3) |
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10.6 Conclusions and Outlook |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (7) |
11 Recent Advances in Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Low-Temperature Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells |
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347 | (26) |
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347 | (1) |
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11.2 Fundamentals of Electrooxidation of Organic Molecules for Fuel Cells |
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348 | (4) |
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11.3 Investigation of Electrocatalytic Properties of Nanomaterials |
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352 | (1) |
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11.4 Anode Electrocatalysts for Direct Methanol or Ethanol Fuel Cells |
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353 | (6) |
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11.4.1 Nobel Metal-based Nanostructured Catalysts |
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353 | (1) |
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11.4.2 Palladium-based Nanostructured Catalysts |
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354 | (1) |
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11.4.3 Improved Performance of Binary and Ternary Catalysts |
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355 | (2) |
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11.4.4 Effect of Support on Catalytic Activity of Nanostructured Electrocatalysts |
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357 | (2) |
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11.5 Anode Catalysts for Direct Polyol Fuel Cells (Ethylene Glycol and Glycerol) |
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359 | (2) |
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11.6 Conclusions and Outlook |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | (11) |
12 Electrocatalysis of Facet-controlled Noble Metal Nanomaterials for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells |
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373 | (28) |
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373 | (1) |
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12.2 Synthesis of Shape-controlled Noble Metal Nanomaterials |
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374 | (9) |
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12.2.1 One-pot Chemical Reduction |
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375 | (2) |
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12.2.2 Seed-mediated Growth |
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377 | (1) |
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12.2.3 Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Synthesis |
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378 | (3) |
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12.2.4 Galvanic Replacement |
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381 | (2) |
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12.2.5 Electrochemical Deposition |
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383 | (1) |
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12.3 Applications of Shape-controlled Noble Metal Nanomaterials as Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells |
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383 | (6) |
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12.3.1 Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
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383 | (2) |
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12.3.2 Methanol Oxidation Reaction |
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385 | (1) |
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12.3.3 Ethanol Oxidation Reaction |
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386 | (1) |
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12.3.4 Formic Acid Oxidation Reaction |
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387 | (2) |
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12.4 Conclusions and Outlook |
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389 | (1) |
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390 | (1) |
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13 Heteroatom-Doped Nanostructured Carbon Materials as ORR Electrocatalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells |
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401 | (1) |
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13.2 Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Methanol-tolerant ORR Catalysts |
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402 | (1) |
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13.3 Heteroatom-doped Nanostructured Carbon Materials |
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13.3.1 Synthesis of Heteroatom-doped Carbon Materials |
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403 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Single Heteroatom-doped Carbon Nanomaterials |
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403 | (8) |
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13.3.2.2 Stability of N-doped Graphene |
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406 | (2) |
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408 | (1) |
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411 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Dual Heteroatom-doped Carbon Materials |
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411 | (3) |
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13.3.4 Multiheteroatom-doped Carbon Materials |
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414 | (1) |
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13.4 Heteroatom-doped Carbon-based Nanocomposites |
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415 | (1) |
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13.5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (6) |
14 Transition Metal Oxide, Oxynitride, and Nitride Electrocatalysts with and without Supports for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Cathodes |
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423 | (20) |
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423 | (1) |
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14.2 Transition Metal Oxide and Oxynitride Electrocatalysts |
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424 | (9) |
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424 | (3) |
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427 | (17) |
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14.2.2.1 Evaluation of ORR Activity |
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427 | (4) |
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14.2.2.2 Active Sites for ORR |
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431 | (2) |
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14.3 Transition Metal Nitride Electrocatalysts |
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433 | (1) |
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14.4 Carbon Support-Free Electrocatalysts |
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434 | (1) |
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14.5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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436 | (7) |
15 Spectroscopy and Microscopy for Characterization of Fuel Cell Catalysts |
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443 | (1) |
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15.2.1 Scanning Electron Microscopy |
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15.2.2 Transmission Electron Microscopy |
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15.2.4 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy |
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15.3 Electron Spectroscopy: Energy-dispersive Spectroscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
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15.4.1 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
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15.4.2 X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
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15.5 Gamma Spectroscopy: Mossbauer |
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15.6 Vibrational Spectroscopy: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy |
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15.7 Complementary Techniques |
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15.7.1 X-ray Diffraction and Small-angle/Wide-angle X-ray Scattering |
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15.7.2 Gas Adsorption/Desorption and Thermal Analysis Techniques |
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15.7.3 Inductively Coupled Plasma Methods |
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15.7.4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |
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15.7.5 Atom Probe Tomography |
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15.8 Conclusions and Outlook |
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16 Rational Catalyst Design Methodologies: Principles and Factors Affecting the Catalyst Design |
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Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza |
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467 | (1) |
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16.2 Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
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16.3 Recent Progress in Search for Efficient ORR Catalysts |
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16.4 Physics and Chemistry behind ORR |
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471 | (4) |
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16.5 Rational Design of ORR Catalysts |
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16.5.1 Electrochemical and Thermodynamic Stability |
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16.5.2 Catalytic Activity toward ORR |
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16.6 Rationally Designed ORR Catalysts Addressing Cost-effectiveness |
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482 | (1) |
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16.7 Conclusions and Outlook |
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17 Effect of Gas Diffusion Layer Structure on the Performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell |
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17.2 Structure of Gas Diffusion Layer |
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490 | (3) |
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17.2.1 Single-layer Macroporous Substrate |
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17.2.2 Dual-layer Gas Diffusion Layer |
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493 | (1) |
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17.4 Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Treatments |
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494 | (5) |
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17.5 Microporous Layer Thickness |
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17.6 Microstructure Modification |
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500 | (1) |
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17.7 Conclusions and Outlook |
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18 Efficient Design and Fabrication of Porous Metallic Electrocatalysts |
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511 | (1) |
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18.2 Advances in the Design and Fabrication of Mesoporous Metallic Materials |
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18.2.1 Dealloying Route: the Great and Positive Aspect of Controlled Dissolution/Corrosion |
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512 | (1) |
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18.2.2 Nanoarchitecture Engineering by a Templating Approach: From 1D to 3D Multiscale Design |
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513 | (2) |
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18.2.3 Controlled Radiolytic Synthesis: An Elegant Process for Designing Multispatial Nanostructures |
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515 | (2) |
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18.2.4 Other Strategies for Tuning Porosity in Metallic Nanomaterials: Nanocages, Nanoframes, and so on |
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517 | (3) |
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18.3 Nanoporous Metallic Materials at Work in Electrocatalysis |
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520 | (6) |
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18.3.1 Anodic Catalysis: Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Molecules |
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520 | (3) |
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18.3.2 Cathodic Catalysis: Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
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523 | (1) |
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18.3.3 Other Electrochemical Applications: Fuel Cells, Electroanalysis, and Sensing |
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524 | (2) |
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18.4 Conclusions and Outlook |
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526 | (1) |
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19 Design and Fabrication of Dealloying-driven Nanoporous Metallic Electrocatalyst |
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533 | (24) |
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533 | (2) |
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19.2 Design of Precursors for Dealloying-driven Nanoporous Metallic Electrocatalysts |
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536 | (1) |
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19.2.2 Fabrication Methods of Precursors |
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537 | (1) |
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19.3 Microstructural Modulation of Dealloying-driven Nanoporous Metallic Electrocatalysts |
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538 | (4) |
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19.3.1 Control Over the Dealloying Process |
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539 | (3) |
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19.3.2 Further Modification of NPMs |
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542 | (1) |
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19.4 Catalytic Properties of Dealloying-driven Nanoporous Metallic Electrocatalysts |
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542 | (9) |
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545 | (2) |
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19.4.3 Nanoporous Nanocomposites |
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547 | (1) |
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19.4.4 Other Dealloyed Nanostructured Alloys |
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548 | (2) |
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19.4.5 Density Functional Theory Calculations |
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550 | (1) |
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19.5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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551 | (1) |
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551 | (6) |
20 Recent Advances in Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
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557 | (22) |
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557 | (1) |
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20.2 Pt ML on Pd Core Electrocatalysts (PtML/Pd/C) |
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558 | (6) |
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20.2.1 Synthesis, Structure, and Activity |
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558 | (2) |
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20.2.2 Potential Cycle Tests between 0.6 and 0.9 V |
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560 | (3) |
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20.2.3 Performance at High Current Densities |
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563 | (1) |
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20.3 Pt ML on PdAu Core Electrocatalyst (PtML/PdAu/C) |
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564 | (6) |
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20.3.1 Synthesis, Characterization, and Stability |
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564 | (1) |
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20.3.2 Potential Cycle Tests between 0.6 and 1.0 V |
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565 | (2) |
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20.3.3 Potential Cycle Tests between 0.6 and 1.4 V |
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567 | (3) |
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20.4 Further Improving Activity and Stability of Pt ML Electrocatalysts |
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570 | (9) |
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20.4.1 Nitride-stabilized Cores |
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570 | (3) |
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20.4.1.1 PtMN (M = Fe, Co, and Ni) Core-Shell Catalysts |
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570 | (3) |
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20.4.1.2 Pt ML on PdNiN Core Catalysts |
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573 | (1) |
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20.4.2 Intermetallic Pd-based Nanoparticles |
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573 | (5) |
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20.4.3 Iridium (Ir)-based Nanoparticle Cores |
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578 | (1) |
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20.5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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Acknowledgments |
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References |
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