Okada / Kaneko Molecular Catalysts for Energy Conversion

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-70758-5
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 434 Seiten

Over the past decade the topic of energy and environment has been ackno- edged among many people as a critical issue to be solved in 21st century since the Kyoto Protocol came into e?ect in 1997. Its political recognition was put forward especially at Heiligendamm in 2007, when the e?ect of carbon dioxide emission and its hazard in global climate were discussed and shared univ- sallyascommonknowledge.Controllingtheglobalwarmingintheeconomical framework of massive development worldwide through this new century is a very challenging problem not only among political, economical, or social c- cles but also among technological or scienti?c communities. As long as the humans depend on the combustion of fossil for energy resources, the waste heat exhaustion and CO emission are inevitable. 2 In order to establish a new era of energy saving and environment benign society, which is supported by technologies and with social consensus, it is important to seek for a framework where new clean energy system is inc- porated as infrastructure for industry and human activities. Such a society strongly needs innovative technologies of least CO emission and e?cient en- 2 ergy conversion and utilization from remaining fossil energies on the Earth. Energy recycling system utilizing natural renewable energies and their c- version to hydrogen may be the most desirable option of future clean energy society. Thus the society should strive to change its energy basis, from foss- consuming energy to clean and recycling energy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Okada, Tatsuhiro

Kaneko, Masao

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;6
2;Contents;9
3;List of Contributors;17
4;List of Abbreviations;20
5;1 Historical Overview and Fundamental Aspects of Molecular Catalysts for Energy Conversion;24
6;2 Charge Transport in Molecular Catalysis in a Heterogeneous Phase;60
7;3 Electrochemical Methods for Catalyst Evaluation in Fuel Cells and Solar Cells;89
8;4 Molecular Catalysts for Fuel Cell Anodes;125
9;5 Macrocycles for Fuel Cell Cathodes;160
10;6 Platinum-Free Catalysts for Fuel Cell Cathode;184
11;7 Novel Support Materials for Fuel Cell Catalysts;206
12;8 Molecular Catalysts for Electrochemical Solar Cells and Arti . cial Photosynthesis;219
13;9 Molecular Design of Sensitizers for Dye- Sensitized Solar Cells;236
14;10 Fabrication of Charge Carrier Paths for High E . ciency Cells;270
15;11 Environmental Cleaning by Molecular Photocatalysts;282
16;12 Optical Oxygen Sensor;317
17;13 Adsorption and Electrode Processes;347
18;14 Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Processes on Electrocatalysts;384
19;15 Strategies for Structural and Energy Calculation of Molecular Catalysts;412
20;16 Future Technologies on Molecular Catalysts;428
21;Index;440