Advanced Electrocatalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells

1. Introduction. Nanostructured anodes and cathodes for acid and alkaline fuel cells

      1.1. Nanostructured Pt-based catalysts

      1.2. Pd-based nanomaterials for fuel cell applications

      1.3. Alternative nanoanodes and nanocathodes

             1.3.1. Metal-free electrocatalysts 

      2.1. Anode nanomaterials

             2.1.2. Metal-metal oxides nanocatalysts<

             2.1.3. CO-tolerant anode electrocatalysts

      2.2. Cathode nanomaterials

             2.2.1. Pt and Pd-based alloyed nanostructures

             2.2.2. Alcohol-tolerant nanostructured cathodes

3. Electrocatalysis of alternative liquid fuels for PEM Direct Oxidation Fuel Cells

      3.2. Ethylene Glycol Oxidation Reaction (EGOR)

      4.1. Nanoalloyed electrocatalysts

            4.2.1. Pt-based

            4.2.2. Pd-based

      4.3. Core-shell nanostructures

            4.3.1. Pt-based

            4.3.2. Pd-based

5. Application of novel carbonaceous materials as support for fuel cell electrocatalysts

      5.1. Graphene

            5.1.1. Synthesis techniques

            5.1.2. Doping with heteroatoms

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      5.3. Green carbons

            5.3.1.  Biomass as source of novel carbons

            5.3.2. New family of green carbons supports

6. Progress on the functionalization of carbon nanostructures for Fuel Cell electrocatalysts

      6.1. Functionalization of carbon supports with aqua regia

      6.2. Surface modification of carbonaceous materials with green chemicals

7. Non-noble metal electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

      7.1. Graphene-based nanocathodes

      7.2. Green carbons-based nanocathodes