Catalysis sustainable fuels

Lamy, C., Coutanceau, C., and Leger, J.-M. (2009) The direct ethanol fuel cell a challenge to convert bioethanol cleanly into electric energy, in Catalysis for Sustainable Energy Production, (eds P. Barbaro and C. Bianchini), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, pp. 3-46. 

In addition to the chapters discussing the various aspects of bio-energy, two chapters are dedicated to hydrogen production and fuel cells. A second book in this series, based on a second workshop, Catalysis for Sustainable Energy Production (organized by IDECAT - the European Network of Excellence on catalysis, see Preface), will discuss these aspects in more detail. 

The authority behind this reference book is the I DECAT Network of Excellence and it is dearly divided into four parts covering fuel cells, hydrogen and methane storage, hydrogen and hydrogen vectors production and industrial catalysis for sustainable energy. 

A second workshop, Catalysis for Sustainable Energy Production , was held in Sesto Fiorentino (Florence, Italy) from 29 November to 1 December 2006. The structure and approach of this workshop were similar to those of the first, but the focus was on (i) fuel cells, (ii) hydrogen and methane storage and (iii) H2 production from old to new processes, including those using renewable energy sources. The present book is based on this second workshop and reports a series of invited contributions which provide both the state-of-the-art and frontier research in the field. Many contributions are from industry, but authors were also asked to focus their description on the identification of priority topics and problems. The active discussions during the workshop are reflected in the various chapters of this book. 

Fundamental Research that Underlay Development of this Cell. Three U.S. universities were involved in the work that culminated in manufacture of the proton-exchange membrane by Ballard Power Systems. First, Case-Western Reserve University must be recognized because of the sustained investigations there (Yeager et al., 1961-1983) on the mechanism and catalysis of the reduction of02, the reaction that causes most of the energy losses in the fuel cell. The Electrochemistry of... 

Song, C.S. Fuel processing for low-temperature and high-temperature fuel cells. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the 21st century. Catalysis Today, 2002, 77, 17. 

This volume focuses on recent advances in research on porous framework materials covering chiral separations, catalysis and activation, fuel gas storage and capture, reactivity in porous hosts, and magnetism. The control of chemistry within confined, nanoscale environments is an expanding platform technology for the future, which will be vital for the delivery of new sustainable processes, energy portals, and healthcare. Synthesis and materials design has never been more important. 

The first part of this chapter is intended to survey recent literature on new catalytic materials because the development of new types of metal oxides and layered- and carbon-based materials with different morphologies opens up novel acid-base catalysis that enables new type of clean reaction technologies. Mechanistic considerations of acid- and base-catalyzed reactions should result in new clean catalytic processes for Green and Sustainable Chemistry, for example, transformations of biorenewable feedstock into value-added chemicals and fuels [21-35]. The latter part of this chapter, therefore, focuses on biomass conversion using solid acid and base catalysts, which covers recent developments on acid-base, one-pot reaction systems for carbon-carbon bond formations, and biomass conversion including synthesis of furfurals from sugars, biodiesel production, and glycerol utilization. 

Lamy C, Coutanceau C, Leger J-M (2009) The direct ethanol fuel cell a challcaige to cmivcat bioethanol cleanly into electric energy, fir Barbaro P, Bianchini C (eds) Catalysis for sustainable energy productiem. Wiley, Weinheim, pp 3—46, Chap. 1... 

---