1st Edition

Nanomaterials for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell

Edited By Yixuan Wang Copyright 2016
298 Pages
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

298 Pages
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs), such as methanol and ethanol ones, are very promising advanced power systems that may considerably reduce dependence on fossil fuels and are, therefore, attracting increased attention worldwide. Nanostructured materials can improve the performance of the cathodes, anodes, and electrolytes of DAFCs. This book focuses on the most recent advances in the science and... Read more

Advanced Anode Catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells; Y. Fan, J. Zhang, Q. Li, and J. Zhang

Multimetallic Nanocatalysts for Anodic Reaction in Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell; J. Datta

Understanding Electrocatalytic Activity Enhancement of Bimetallic Nanoparticles to Ethanol Electro-oxidation Reaction; Y. Wang and Z. Xu

Theoretical Aspects of Gold Nanoparticles for Ethanol and Glucose Oxidation; T. Ishimoto and M. Koyama

Proton Transport and Design of Proton Electrolyte Membranes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells; L. Yan and B. Yue

Nanomaterials for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR); R. Singh, F. Wasim, and M. Neergat

Advances in Understanding the Effects on the Ethanol Electro-oxidation Reaction; Y. Wang

Biography

Yixuan Wang is a full professor in the College of Science and Technology at Albany State University (Albany, USA). He earned his PhD in theoretical chemistry from Shandong University in 1994 and completed postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden, Germany), Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich, Germany), and Texas A&M University (College Station, USA). Prof. Wang has published about 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, coedited one book, and contributed six book chapters. His expertise is in computational/theoretical chemistry with applications in molecular design of nanomaterial-based drug delivery systems, noncovalent interactions of bio-nano systems, and molecular modeling and simulations of advanced power sources. His research as a principal investigator is currently supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the American Recovery Reinvestment Act, and the ACS Petroleum Research Fund. Prof. Wang has twice won the Research of the Year Award from Albany State University (2009, 2014) and the 1997 State Natural Science Award from the State Council of China.