Novel Non-Precious Metal Electrocatalysts For Oxygen Electrode Reactions

Research on alternative energy harvesting technologies, conversion and storage systems with high efficiency, cost-effective and environmentally friendly systems, such as fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, unitized regenerative cells, and water electrolyzers has been stimulated by the global demand on energy. The conversion between oxygen and water plays a key step in the development of oxygen electrodes: oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), processes activated mostly by precious metals, like platinum. Their scarcity, their prohibitive cost, and declining activity greatly hamper large-scale applications. This issue reports on novel non-precious metal electrocatalysts based on the innovative design in chemical compositions, structure, and morphology, and supports for the oxygen reaction.

• | Author: Hui Yang, Yongjun Feng, Nicolas Alonso-Vante
• | Publisher: Mdpi Ag
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 190 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 303921540X
• | ISBN-13: 9783039215409