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by P Edwards, S Irvine, S Skinner, J Kilner
Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributor contact details
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
- Preface
- Part I: Functional materials for solar power
- Chapter 1: Silicon-based photovoltaic solar cells
- Chapter 2: Photovoltaic (PV) thin-films for solar cells
- Chapter 3: Rapid, low-temperature processing of dye-sensitized solar cells
- Chapter 4: Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices: introduction and modelling
- Chapter 5: Photoelectrochemical cells for hydrogen generation
- Abstract:
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Photoelectrochemical cells: principles and energetics
- 5.3 Photoelectrochemical cell configurations and efficiency considerations
- 5.4 Semiconductor photoanodes: material challenges
- 5.5 Semiconductor photocathodes: material challenges
- 5.6 Advances in photochemical cell materials and design
- 5.7 Interfacial reaction kinetics
- 5.8 Future trends
- 5.9 Acknowledgements
- 5.11 Appendix: abbreviations
- Part II: Functional materials for hydrogen production and storage
- Chapter 6: Reversible solid oxide electrolytic cells for large-scale energy storage: challenges and opportunities
- Chapter 7: Membranes, adsorbent materials and solvent-based materials for syngas and hydrogen separation
- Chapter 8: Functional materials for hydrogen storage
- Abstract:
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Hydrogen storage with metal hydrides: an introduction
- 8.3 Hydrogen storage with interstitial hydrides, AlH3 and MgH2
- 8.4 Hydrogen storage with complex metal hydrides
- 8.5 Hydrogen storage using other chemical systems
- 8.6 Hydrogen storage with porous materials and nanoconfined materials
- 8.7 Applications of hydrogen storage
- 8.8 Conclusions
- Part III: Functional materials for fuel cells
- Chapter 9: The role of the fuel in the operation, performance and degradation of fuel cells
- Chapter 10: Membrane electrode assemblies for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
- Chapter 11: Developments in membranes, catalysts and membrane electrode assemblies for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs)
- Abstract:
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Historica! development and technical challenges
- 11.3 Methanol oxidation reaction catalysts
- 11.4 Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts
- 11.5 Proton exchange membranes
- 11.6 Membrane electrode assembly (MEA) fabrication and structure
- 11.7 Conclusions and future trends
- 11.8 Acknowledgements
- Chapter 12: Electrolytes and ion conductors for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
- Chapter 13: Novel cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells
- Abstract:
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 The oxygen reduction reaction in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and implications for cathode materials
- 13.3 Conventional cathode materials: perovskitetype oxides
- 13.4 Innovative cathode materials: structural aspects of 2D non-stoichiometric perovskite-related oxides
- 13.5 Comparative transport properties and electrochemical performances of 2D non-stoichiometric oxides
- 13.6 Ln2NiO4 + δ oxides: innovative and flexible materials for air electrodes of protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) and electrolyzers
- 13.7 Prospective conclusions
- Chapter 14: Novel anode materials for solid oxide fuel cells
- Abstract:
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Requirements for solid oxide fuel cell anode materials
- 14.3 Cermet solid oxide fuel cell anode materials
- 14.4 Perovskite-structured solid oxide fuel cell anode materials
- 14.5 Other oxide anode materials
- 14.6 Non-oxide anode materials
- 14.7 Poisoning of solid oxide fuel cell anode materials
- 14.8 Conclusions and future trends
- Chapter 15: Thin-film solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) materials
- Chapter 16: Proton conductors for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
- Abstract:
- 16.1 The proton conduction mechanism in high-temperature proton conductor (HTPC) electrolytes
- 16.2 Reaction processes at the electrode/electrolyte when using HTPC electrolytes
- 16.3 HTPC: the state of the art and challenges
- 16.4 Electrodes for HTPC electrolytes: the state of the art and challenges
- 16.5 Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) based on HTPC electrolytes: current status and future perspectives
- 16.6 Conclusions
- Part IV: Functional materials for demand reduction and energy storage
- Part V: Appendix
- Index
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