Noble-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Energy (Catalytic Science Series Book 20)

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.