Single Atom Catalysts: Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications in Energy focuses on the synthesis, design and advanced characterization techniques for single atom catalyst materials and their direct energy conversion and storage applications. This book reviews emerging applications of single atom catalysts in fuel cells, batteries, water splitting, carbon dioxide reduction, and nitrogen fixation. Both noble metal and non-noble metal single atom catalysts (SACs) are discussed as noble metal-based SACs are highly efficient and non-noble metal-based SACs might have lower associated costs. There is an emphasis on materials design focused on improving performance of catalysts based on overall catalytic activity, selectivity and stability.
Specific parameters that impact this performance are emphasized throughout the book, including single metal atom stabilization, metal-support interactions and the coordination environment.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction to single-atom catalysts - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Synthesis techniques for single-atom catalysts - p. 35 3. Chapter 3 Characterization techniques for single-atom catalysts - p. 69 4. Chapter 4 Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction - p. 91 5. Chapter 5 Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction - p. 119 6. Chapter 6 Single atom catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction - p. 147 7. Chapter 7 Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction - p. 175 8. Chapter 8 In situ/operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy in small molecule–based electrocatalysis - p. 199 9. Chapter 9 Catalysts for Li-S batteries - p. 215 10. Chapter 10 Conclusions and outlooks - p. 233 11. Index - p. 251
Single Atom Catalysts: Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications in Energy focuses on the synthesis, design and advanced characterization techniques for single atom catalyst materials and their direct energy conversion and storage applications. This book reviews emerging applications of single atom catalysts in fuel cells, batteries, water splitting, carbon dioxide reduction, and nitrogen fixation. Both noble metal and non-noble metal single atom catalysts (SACs) are discussed as noble metal-based SACs are highly efficient and non-noble metal-based SACs might have lower associated costs. There is an emphasis on materials design focused on improving performance of catalysts based on overall catalytic activity, selectivity and stability.
Specific parameters that impact this performance are emphasized throughout the book, including single metal atom stabilization, metal-support interactions and the coordination environment.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction to single-atom catalysts - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Synthesis techniques for single-atom catalysts - p. 35 3. Chapter 3 Characterization techniques for single-atom catalysts - p. 69 4. Chapter 4 Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction - p. 91 5. Chapter 5 Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction - p. 119 6. Chapter 6 Single atom catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction - p. 147 7. Chapter 7 Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction - p. 175 8. Chapter 8 In situ/operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy in small molecule–based electrocatalysis - p. 199 9. Chapter 9 Catalysts for Li-S batteries - p. 215 10. Chapter 10 Conclusions and outlooks - p. 233 11. Index - p. 251
