Applied Polyoxometalate-based Electrocatalysis

This book aims to overview the variety of efficient applications of free POM and POM-based (nano)composites as exciting materials for electrocatalysis. It covers the general methodologies used in the preparation of free POMs and POM-based nanocomposites the different strategies employed in electrode modification. The second and third part discuss the role of POM-modified electrodes in oxidative and reductive electrocatalysis including the detection/sensing of several (bio)molecules of interest and the carbon dioxide electroreduction. The fourth and fifth part focuses on the application of POM-based (nano)composites as electrocatalysts for energy-related reactions relevant to renewable energy storage and conversion technologies. These include the oxygen reduction reaction relevant to fuel cells, the oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions, batteries and supercapacitors. It includes challenges an future prospective of POM and POM-based materials electrocatalytic applications.

Autorentext
Diana M Fernandes (DMF) received her PhD in Chemistry (2010) by the University of Aveiro. In 2011, joined the University Porto as a FCT postdoc researcher and integrated Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry to work on POM-based Layer-by-Layer films with electrocatalytic, electrochromic and photochromic properties. In 2017, she started as an independent researcher an created a new research line on materials for electrochemical energy-related reactions. The international relevance of her work in Electrochemistry and Materials Science is published in several journals. In 2015 was awarded with the Young Investigator Award in Electrochemistry 2014 of Portuguese Electrochemical Society (SPE), as national recognition of her work in Electrochemistry and later that year was invited to be a member of SPE directive bodies.

Inhalt
PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1: Introduction to POMs
Chapter 2: Design and strategies to enhance the electrochemical properties of POM nanomaterials for electrocatalysis

PART 2: POLYOXOMETALATES FOR OXIDATIVE ELECTROCATALYSIS
Chapter 3: POM-based electrocatalysts for L-cysteine and NADH oxidation
Chapter 4: POM-based electrocatalysts for pharmaceutical molecules oxidation

PART 3: POLYOXOMETALATES FOR REDUCTIVE ELECTROCATALYSIS
Chapter 5: POM-based electrocatalysts for reduction of inorganic water contaminants (nitrite, bromate, iodate and so on) and hydrogen peroxide reduction
Chapter 6: POM-based electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction

PART 4: POLYOXOMETALES FOR FUEL CELLS & ELECTROLYSERS
Chapter 7: POM-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions
Chapter 8: POM-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions
Chapter 9: POM-based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions

PART 5: POLYOXOMETALES FOR BATTERIES & SUPERCAPACITORS
Chapter 10: POM-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors