Fuel Cell Catalysis: A Surface Science Approach Book

Preface to the Wiley Series on Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry vii

Preface ix

List of Contributors xi

1 Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Brief History and a Critical Examination of Present Theory and Diagnostics Shimshon Gottesfeld 1

2 Electrochemical Electron Transfer: From Marcus Theory to Electrocatalysis E. Santos W. Schmickler 31

3 Electrocatalysis and Catalyst Screening from Density Functional Theory Calculations J. Rossmeisl J. Greeley G.S. Karlberg 57

4 First-Principles Simulation of the Active Sites and Reaction Environment in Electrocatalysis Michael J. Janik Sally A. Wasileski Christopher D. Taylor Matthew Neurock 93

5 Ab Initio Atomistic Thermodynamics for Fuel Cell Catalysis Timo Jacob 129

6 Mechanisms of the Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide and Small Organic Molecules at Metal Electrodes Marc T.M. Koper Stanley C.S. Lai Enrique Herrero 159

7 Clues for the Molecular-Level Understanding of Electrocatalysis on Single-Crystal Platinum Surfaces Modified by p-Block Adatoms V. Climent N. García-Aráez J.M. Feliu 209

8 Electrochemistry at Well-Characterized Bimetallic Surfaces Vojislav R. Stamenkovic Nenad M. Markovic 245

9 Recent Development in the Electrocatalysis of the O2 Reduction Reaction Ye Xu Minhua Shao Manos Mavrikakis Radoslav R. Adzic 271

10 Electrocatalysis at Platinum and Bimetallic Alloys Masahiro Watanabe Hiroyuki Uchida 317

11 Electrocatalysis for the Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell J.-M. Leger C. Coutanceau C. Lamy 343

12 Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Studies of Surface Intermediates Involved in Fuel Cell Electrocatalysis G.Q. Lu A. Lagutchev T. Takeshita R.L. Behrens Dana D.Dlott A. Wieckowski 375

13 Methanol, Formaldehyde, and Formic Acid Adsorption/Oxidation on a Carbon-Supported Pt Nanoparticle Fuel Cell Catalyst: A Comparative Quantitative DEMS Study Z. Jusys R.J. Behm 411

14 The Effect of Structurally Well-Defined Pt Modification on the Electronchemical and Electrocatalytic Properties of Ru(0001) Electrodes H.E. Hoster R.J. Behm 465

15 Size Effects in Electrocatalysis of Fuel Cell Reactions on Supported Metal Nanoparticles Frederic Maillard Sergey Pronkin Elena R. Savinova 507

16 Support and Particle Size Effects in Electrocatalysis Brian E. Hayden Jens-Peter Suchsland 567

17 Electrocatalysis for Fuel Cells at Enzyme-Modified Electrodes K.A. Vincent S.C. Barton G.W. Canters H.A. Heering 593

18 Metalloporphyrin Catalysts of Oxygen Reduction Roman Boulatov 637

Index 695