AdvancedElectrocatalystsforLowTemperatureFuel

Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Varela Teko W.NappornEditorsAdvancedElectrocatalystsforLow-TemperatureFuelCellsAdvancedElectrocatalystsforLow-TemperatureFuelCellsFranciscoJavierRodríguez-VarelaTekoW.NappornEditorsAdvancedElectrocatalystsforLow-TemperatureFuelCellsEditorsFranciscoJavierRodríguez-VarelaCinvestavRamosArizpe,Coahuila,MexicoTekoW.NappornCNRSFrenchNationalCenterforScientificResearchPoitiers,FranceISBN978-3-319-99018-7ISBN978-3-319-99019-4(eBook):2018957465©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG,partofSpringerNature2018Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionorinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped.Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthispublicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse.Thepublisher,theauthors,andtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthisbookarebelievedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofpublication.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorsortheeditorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade.Thepublisherremainsneutralwithregardtojurisdictionalclaimsinpublishedmapsandinstitutionalaffiliations.ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAGTheregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,SwitzerlandContents1Introduction:Low-TemperatureFuelCells....................1T.W.Napporn,A.Mokrini,andF.J.Rodríguez-Varela2RecentAdvancesonElectrocatalystsforPEMandAEMFuelCells.............................................51M.Roca-Ayats,S.Pérez-Rodríguez,G.García,andE.Pastor3ElectrocatalysisofAlternativeLiquidFuelsforPEMDirectOxidationFuelCells.....................................91AyanMukherjee,HarikrishnanNarayanan,andSuddhasatwaBasu4OverviewofDirectLiquidOxidationFuelCellsanditsApplicationasMicro-FuelCells......................................129R.Oliveira,J.Santander,andR.Rego5ApplicationofNovelCarbonaceousMaterialsasSupportforFuelCellElectrocatalysts..............................175AbhaBhartiandGouriCheruvally6ProgressontheFunctionalizationofCarbonNanostructuresforFuelCellElectrocatalysts..............................215X.Shi,K.Pérez-Salcedo,S.Hanif,R.Anwar,L.Cindrella,N.Iqbal,S.Jose,andA.M.Kannan7Non-NobleMetalElectrocatalystsfortheOxygenReductionReactioninFuelCells....................................235I.L.Alonso-LemusandM.Z.Figueroa-Torresv8Non-NobleMetalasCatalystsforAlcoholElectro-oxidationReaction................................263SamuelDessources,DiegoXavierdelJesúsGonzález-Quijano,andWilianJesúsPech-RodríguezIndex...................................................291viContentsAbouttheAuthorsI.L.Alonso-LemuswasborninMexicoCity.SheobtainedherPh.D.degreeinMaterialsScience(2011)fromAdvancedMaterialsResearchCenter,inChihua-hua,México.From2011to2013sheworkedintheBioengineeringSchoolatMonterreyInstituteofTech-nologyandHigherEducation.Sheheldpostdoctoralposition(2013–2014)intheLaboratoryofEnvironmentandEnergy,CancunInstituteofTechnology.SheisayoungresearcherandcurrentlyworksatCinvestav-Sal-tillo.Shehaspublished18papersandisSecretaryoftheMexicanHydrogenSociety(2016–2018).Herresearchinterestsinvolvethedevelopmentofelectrochemicaldevicessuchassupercapacitors,batteries,andfuelcellsasasustainablealternativeforpowergenerationandstorage.Recently,shehasfocusedonthedevelop-mentofnanostructuredcarbon-basedmaterialsandbiomass-derivedcarbonsasnon-noblemetalelectrocatalystsfortheoxygenreductionreaction.viiR.Anwariscurrentlypursuingmaster’sinEnergySystemsEngineeringfromUSPCAS-E,NUST.Hereceivedhisbachelor’sdegreeinChemicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofEngineeringandTechnology,Lahore,in2015.HiscurrentresearchinterestsinvolvethedevelopmentoflowPtcatalystforoxygenreductionreactioninpolymerelectrolytefuelcell.SuddhasatwaBasucompletedPh.D.inChemicalEngineeringatIndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore,andB.TechinChemicalEngineeringfromCalcuttaUniversity.HeiscurrentlyDirectorofCSIR-InstituteofMineralsandMaterialsTechnology,andpriortothishewasHeadoftheDepartmentofChemicalEngineer-ing,IITDelhi.Hehasvastworkexperienceondevel-opmentofenergymaterialsanditsapplicationtoenergyconversionandstoragedevices,e.g.,fuelcells,supercapacitorandbattery,electrolyzerforhydrogengenerationbywatersplitting,andCO2reductiontoorganics.Hehaspublished144manuscriptsinhighimpactjournals(withanH-indexof29),has5patents,andhastransferred2technologiestovariousindustries.HehasbeenawardedwithFellowofNationalAcademyofScienceofIndia,HerdilliaAward—ExcellenceinBasicResearchinChemicalEngineering,andDr.A.V.RamaRaoFoundation’sResearchAwar