Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage

Efficient energy conversion and storage applications (e.g. liquid fuel cell and water splitting) have been identified as promising solutions to future energy depletion. However, practical installation of energy conversion and storage applications is impeded by the low performance and high cost of el...

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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-878082020-11-01T04:48:03Z Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage Tan, Huang Lee Jong Min Moon Seung Ki Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS) Energy Research Institute @NTU DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering Efficient energy conversion and storage applications (e.g. liquid fuel cell and water splitting) have been identified as promising solutions to future energy depletion. However, practical installation of energy conversion and storage applications is impeded by the low performance and high cost of electrocatalysts. Therefore, it is imperative to improve the electrocatalysts’ performance so as to decrease the overall cost. The objective of this thesis is to design and synthesize electrocatalysts for energy conversion and storage applications. To this end, several works have been conducted. First, 3D Palladium nanoarchitectures were prepared, with abundant catalytic sites and open space for electrooxidation of formic acid. Second, overpotential for hydrogen evolution was lowered by fabricating two dimensional Co/NC. Third, a hybrid of MOFs was fabricated for introducing synergistic effect towards oxygen evolution. Lastly, a heterostructure of layered double hydroxides was produced for electrochemical oxygen evolution. Doctor of Philosophy 2018-12-07T05:16:41Z 2019-12-06T16:49:54Z 2018-12-07T05:16:41Z 2019-12-06T16:49:54Z 2018 Thesis Tan, H. (2018). Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87808 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46868 10.32657/10220/46868 en 166 p. application/pdf
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Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage
description Efficient energy conversion and storage applications (e.g. liquid fuel cell and water splitting) have been identified as promising solutions to future energy depletion. However, practical installation of energy conversion and storage applications is impeded by the low performance and high cost of electrocatalysts. Therefore, it is imperative to improve the electrocatalysts’ performance so as to decrease the overall cost. The objective of this thesis is to design and synthesize electrocatalysts for energy conversion and storage applications. To this end, several works have been conducted. First, 3D Palladium nanoarchitectures were prepared, with abundant catalytic sites and open space for electrooxidation of formic acid. Second, overpotential for hydrogen evolution was lowered by fabricating two dimensional Co/NC. Third, a hybrid of MOFs was fabricated for introducing synergistic effect towards oxygen evolution. Lastly, a heterostructure of layered double hydroxides was produced for electrochemical oxygen evolution.
author2 Lee Jong Min
author_facet Lee Jong Min
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author Tan, Huang
author_sort Tan, Huang
title Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage
title_short Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage
title_full Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage
title_fullStr Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage
title_full_unstemmed Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage
title_sort design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and storage
publishDate 2018
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