Rotating Electrode Methods and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts

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Rotating Electrode Methods and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts provides the latest information and methodologies of rotating disk electrode and rotating ring-disk electrode (RDE/RRDE) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). It is an ideal reference for undergraduate and graduate students, scientists, and engineers who work in the areas of energy, electrochemistry science and technology, fuel cells, and other electrochemical systems.

PrefaceChapter 1 Oxygen solubility, diffusion coefficient and solution viscosityChapter 2 Electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)Chapter 3 Electrocatalysts and catalyst layers for oxygen reduction reactionChapter 4 Mass Transportation near electrode surfaceChapter 5 Rotating disk electrode methodChapter 6 Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode MethodChapter 7 Typical Example Analysis using Rotating Disk & Ring-Disk Electrode Methods

Primary Market (who is the user? Who will buy the book? eg chemical engineers:user, library:buyer)

  1. Researchers/scientists and engineers in the fuel cell industry, especially those working in the electrochemistry area and cathode catalysts for fuel cells, and metal-air batteries.

  2. Researchers/scientists and engineers in developing new catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction.

  3. Researchers/scientists and engineers in electrochemistry & electrochemical engineering related research institutes and industries, especially in the area of fuel cells and metal-air batteries.

Secondary Market (who is the user? Who will buy the book?)

  1. 3rd/4th year undergraduates, postgraduates, scientists/researchers, professors in colleges and universities.

  2. This book could be a course reference for classes related to the fuel cells, electrochemistry/electrochemical engineering, and other electrochemical systems.
Dr. Wei Xing is a Professor and Dean at the Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CIAC-CAS). Prof. Xing received his PhD in Electrochemistry from CIAC-CAS in 1987, since then, as one of the key senior researchers, he established, and continues to lead the Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources at CIAC-CAS, that develops novel proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) catalysts and technologies. His research is mainly concentrated on the R&D of fuel cell technologies including PEMFCs, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs), in which cathode catalyst development for oxygen reduction reaction is the major focus. To date, he has published more than 160 referred journal papers, 3 books, 39 patents. Dr. Xing’s research and scientific contributions are internationally recognized.
Dr. Geping Yin is a Professor and Vice Dean at the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, and Director at the Centre for Chemical Power Sources, Harbin Institute of Technology. Dr. Yin received her B.S. in Electrochemistry in 1982 and her Ph.D. in Environmental Science in 1988 from Harbin Institute of Technology, respectively. She has more than 30 years of experience in electrochemistry and over 20 years of R&D activity in fuel cells and electrocatalysis. Dr. Yin is internationally renowned in electrochemistry and is distinguished for her contributions to fuel cell catalysis. She has published more than 180 papers in prestigious journals with over 2800 citations, 3 edited books, and 60 conference proceeding papers. She also holds over 20 patents and 6 patent pending in the area of electrochemistry and electrocatalysis.
Dr. Jiujun Zhang is a Senior Research Officer and Catalysis Core Competency Leader at the National Research Council of Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI, now changed to Energy, Mining & Environment Portfolio (NRC-EME)). Dr. Zhang received his B.S. an
  • Presents a comprehensive description, from fundamentals to applications, of catalyzed oxygen reduction reaction and its mechanisms
  • Portrays a complete description of the RDE (Rotating Disc Electrode)/RRDE (Rotating Ring-Disc Electrode) techniques and their use in evaluating ORR (Oxygen Reduction Reaction) catalysts
  • Provides working examples along with figures, tables, photos and a comprehensive list of references to help understanding of the principles involved