Non-Noble Metal Fuel Cell Catalysts

ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR ACID PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELLS - AN OVERVIEWIntroductionAcid PEM Fuel Cell Background and FundamentalsAcid PEM Fuel Cell Catalysis for Cathode of O2 Reduction ReactionCatalyst Challenges and Perspective in Acid PEM Fuel CellsConclusionHEAT-TREATED TRANSITION METAL-NxCy ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR O2 REDUCTION REACTION IN ACID PEM FUEL CELLSIntroductionSynthesis Approaches for Heat-Treated Me/N/C CatalystsImportant Parameters for Highly Active Me/N/C CatalystsNature of the Active SitesElectrochemical Investigation by RDE/RRDE MethodsConclusionsMODIFIED CARBON MATERIALS FOR O2 REDUCTION REACTION ELECTROCATALYSTS IN ACID PEM FUEL CELLSIntroductionDoped Carbon MaterialsDoped Carbons as ORR CatalystsConclusionsTRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDES FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION ELECTROCATALYSTS IN PEM FUEL CELLSIntroductionNon-Noble Metal Chalcogenide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction ReactionSynthesis Methods for Non-Noble Metal ChalcogenicesOxygen Reduction Reaction on Non-Noble Metal ChalcogenidesMethanol ToleranceFuel Cell MeasurementsConclusionsTRANSITION METAL OXIDES, CARBIDES, NITRIDES, OXYNITRIDES, AND CARBONITRIDES FOR O2 REDUCTION REACTION ELECTROCATALYSTS IN ACID PEM FUEL CELLSIntroductionTransition Metal Nitrides and Carbonitrides as Cathode CatalystsStability of Oxides in Acid ElectrolyteNon-Noble Metal Oxide-Based Cathode CatalystsConclusionsTHEORETICAL MODELING OF NON-NOBLE METAL ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR ACID AND ALKALINE PEM FUEL CELLSIntroductionMechanisms of ORRSimple Metal-N4 MacrocyclesHeat-Treated Transition Metal Nitrogen-Carbon Precursors (M-Nx/C)Functionalized Graphitic MaterialsConducting PolymersOutlookMEMBRANES FOR ALKALINE POLYELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLSIntroductionTwo Main Challenges of APEsAPEs Reported in the LiteratureStrategies for Improving the Ionic Conductivity of APEEfforts of Improving the Chemical Stability of the Cationic Functional GroupResearch on the Chemical Stability of APE BackboneConclusions and

Zhongwei Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Waterloo. His current research interests are in the development of advanced electrode materials for metal-air batteries, lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the University of California-Riverside. Prior to joining the faculty at Waterloo in 2008, he was focusing on the advanced catalysts research in the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) at New Mexico, USA. He has published 4 book chapters and more than 70 peer reviewed journal articles. These publications have earned him to date more than 3000 citations with H-index 28. He is also listed as inventor on 3 US patents and 8 provisional US patents.Jean-Pol Dodelet is Professor of Physical Chemistry at L'Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS, Canada). After receiving his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1969 from L'Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) he became a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Research Associate in Radiation Chemistry at the University of Alberta (Canada). In 1976, he became Professor of Physical Chemistry at L'Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (Canada), where he worked until 1981 on the photoconducting properties of molecular photoconductors, before he took his current position. At INRS, he first continued his work on molecular photoconductors before becoming interested, in 1990, in non-noble metal electrocatalysts, the research area where he is still active today. In the last several years, Dr. Dodelet collaborated with General Motors in the frame of an Industrial Research Chair in electrocatalysis, sponsored by General Motors of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.Jiujun Zhang is Principal Research Officer and Catalysis Core Competency Leader at the National Research Council of Canada's Energy, Mining & Environment Portfolio (NRC-EME). After having received B.Sc and