Fuel Cell Science

Andrzej Wieckowski is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Wieckowski pioneered the development of the method now known as Electrochemical NMR (EC-NMR) that combines metal/surface NMR and electrochemistry for studies of interfaces.Jens K. Nørskov is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Photon Science, Stanford University, and Director of the Center for Interface Science and Catalysis at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. His research interests include the theoretical description of surfaces, catalysis, electrochemistry, materials, nanostructures, and biomolecules.

• Foreword viiPreface xiPreface to the Wiley Series on Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry xiiiContributors xv1. Hydrogen Reactions on Nanostructured Surfaces 1Holger Wolfschmidt, Odysseas Paschos, and Ulrich Stimming2. Comparison of Electrocatalysis and Bioelectrocatalysis of Hydrogen and Oxygen Redox Reactions 71Marc T. M. Koper and Hendrik A. Heering3. Design of Palladium-Based Alloy Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Fuel Cells 111Sung Jong Yoo and Yung-Eun Sung4. Mechanism of an Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Platinum-Based Electrocatalysts: Identification and Quantification of Oxygen Species Adsorbed on Electrodes by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy 147Mitsuru Wakisaka, Hiroyuki Uchida, and Masahiro Watanabe5. Biocathodes for Dioxygen Reduction in Biofuel Cells 169Renata Bilewicz and Marcin Opallo6. Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts: Improving Structure and Activity 215Kotaro Sasaki, Miomir B. Vukmirovic, Jia X. Wang, and Radoslav R. Adzic7. The Importance of Enzymes: Benchmarks for Electrocatalysts 237Fraser A. Armstrong8. Approach to Microbial Fuel Cells and Their Applications 257Juan Pablo Busalmen, Abraham Esteve-Nuñez , and Juan Miguel Feliu9. Half-Cell Investigations of Cathode Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: From Model Systems to High-Surface-Area Catalysts 283Matthias Arenz and Nenad M. Markovic10. Nanoscale Phenomena in Catalyst Layers for PEM Fuel Cells: From Fundamental Physics to Benign Design 317Karen Chan, Ata Roudgar, Liya Wang, and Michael Eikerling11. Fuel Cells with Neat Proton-Conducting Salt Electrolytes 371Dominic Gervasio12. Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Characterization of PEM Fuel Cell Membrane Materials 395Carol Korzeniewski13. Ab Initio Electrochemical Properties of Electrode Surfaces 415Ismaila Dabo, Yanli Li, Nicephore Bonnet, and Nicola Marzari14. Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Transition Metal Complexes 433Heather J. Kulik and Nicola Marzari15. Quantitative Description of Electron Transfer Reactions 457Patrick H.-L. Sit, Agostino Migliore, Michael L. Klein, and Nicola Marzari16. Understanding Electrocatalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells 489Peter Ferrin, Manos Mavrikakis, Jan Rossmeisl, and Jens K. Nørskov17. Operando XAS Techniques: Past, Present, and Future 511Christina Roth and David E. Ramaker18. Operando X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 545Eugene S. Smotkin and Carlo U. Segre19. New Concepts in the Chemistry and Engineering of Low-Temperature Fuel Cells 565Fikile R. Brushett, Paul. J. A Kenis, and Andrzej WieckowskiIndex 611