Single Atom Catalysts: Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications in Energy focuses on the synthesis, design, and advanced characterization techniques for single-atom catalyst (SAC) materials and their direct energy conversion and storage applications. This book reviews the emerging applications of SACs in fuel cells, batteries, water splitting, carbon dioxide reduction, and nitrogen fixation. Both noble metal and non-noble metal SACs are discussed, as noble metal-based SACs are highly efficient while non-noble metal-based SACs might have lower associated costs. There is an emphasis on materials’ design focused on improving the performance of catalysts based on overall catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability. Specific parameters that impact this performance are emphasized throughout the book, including single-metal atom stabilization, metal-support interactions, and the coordination environment.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to single-atom catalysts2. Synthesis techniques for single-atom catalysts
3. Characterization techniques for single-atom catalysts
4. Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction
5. Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction
6. Single atom catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction
7. Single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction
8. In situ/operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy in small molecule-based electrocatalysis
9. Single-atom catalyst for Li-S batteries
10. Conclusion and outlooks
Authors
Prashanth W. Menezes Head of Material Chemistry Group for Thin Film Catalysis - CatLab, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f�r Materialien und Energie (HZB), Germany; Head for Inorganic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universit�t Berlin (TUB), Germany.Dr. Prashanth W. Menezes is a head of materials chemistry for thin film catalysis group at CatLab of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f�r Materialien und Energie and the inorganic materials group at Technische Universit�t Berlin. He received his Ph.D. from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, following which he moved to Technische Universit�t M�nchen and then to Technische Universit�t Berlin to work on energy catalysis. His research focuses on the design, development, and structural understanding of novel unconventional catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis, especially in the area of redox oxygen catalysis, (photo)electrocatalytic water splitting as well as electrochemical redox reactions.
Debasish Sarkar Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. Dr. Debasish Sarkar is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics of Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India. He was awarded the prestigious "INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship� in 2019. His primary research interests include designing and developing novel nanostructures and nanoheterostructures of carbons and other transition metal oxides for electrochemical energy generation and storage applications. His group develops catalysts for H2 generation through photoelectrochemical water splitting and electrocatalysis. His research on energy storage involves the development of novel electrode materials for high-performance batteries and supercapacitors. Kamlendra Awasthi Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.Kamlendra Awasthi earned his PhD degree from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, in 2007. Dr Awasthi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India. His main research area is soft materials, focusing on polymer nanofillers and nanostructured materials for sensors, catalysts and nanofabrication applications. Dr Awasthi is the recipient of reputed fellowships: Young Scientist (2008) Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India; Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (2009) by the Humboldt Foundation Germany; INSPIRE faculty award (2012) from the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Early Career Research Award (2017) from SERB-New Delhi, India and Brain Pool Fellow (2023) from National Research Foundation of Korea.
