Catalysis for Alternative Energy Generation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction and General Overview

   • Gabriele Centi, Paola Lanzafame, Siglinda Perathoner

   Pages 1-28

3. Catalytic Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Transportation Fuels

   • Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, James A. Dumesic

   Pages 29-56

4. Utilization of Biogas as a Renewable Carbon Source: Dry Reforming of Methane

   • Christina Papadopoulou, Haris Matralis, Xenophon Verykios

   Pages 57-127

5. Reforming of Ethanol

   • András Erdőhelyi

   Pages 129-173

6. Methanol Steam Reforming

   • Malte Behrens, Marc Armbrüster

   Pages 175-235

7. Biodiesel Production Using Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts: A Review

   • Ajay K. Dalai, Titipong Issariyakul, Chinmoy Baroi

   Pages 237-262

8. Heterogeneous Catalysts for Converting Renewable Feedstocks to Fuels and Chemicals

   • Karen Wilson, Adam F. Lee, Jean-Philippe Dacquin

   Pages 263-304

9. Catalytic Combustion of Methane

   • Naoto Kamiuchi, Koichi Eguchi

   Pages 305-327

10. The Status of Catalysts in PEMFC Technology

    • M. Aulice Scibioh, B. Viswanathan

    Pages 329-368

11. Catalysis for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

    • C. Bock, B. MacDougall, C.-L. Sun

    Pages 369-412

12. Some Colloidal Routes to Synthesize Metal Nanoparticle-Based Catalysts

    • Szilvia Papp, László Kőrösi, Rita Patakfalvi, Imre Dékány

    Pages 413-457

13. Synthesis, Structure, and Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide and Some of Its Surface-Modified Derivatives

    • László Kőrösi, Szilvia Papp, Imre Dékány

    Pages 459-489

14. Photocatalysis: Toward Solar Fuels and Chemicals

    • Guido Mul

    Pages 491-512

15. Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives

    • András Tompos

    Pages 513-523

16. Back Matter

    Pages 525-536

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The increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the decrease of the available amount of fossil fuels necessitate finding new alternative and sustainable energy sources in the near future. This book summarizes the role and the possibilities of catalysis in the production of new energy carriers and in the utilization of different energy sources. The main goal of this work is to go beyond those results discussed in recent literature by identifying new developments that may lead to breakthroughs in the production of alternative energy. The book discusses the use of biomass or biomass derived materials as energy sources, hydrogen formation in methanol and ethanol reforming, biodiesel production, and the utilization of biogases. Separate sections also deal with fuel cells, photocatalysis, and solar cells, which are all promising processes for energy production that depend heavily on catalysts.

• Alternative energy generation
• DMFC
• PEMFC
• biodiesel
• biogas
• biomass
• catalysis
• ethanol reforming
• fuel cells
• methanol reforming
• solar energy

• Inst. Isotopes, Dept. Surface Chemistry & Catalysis, MTA Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

  László Guczi

• Inst. Chemistry, Dept. Solid State & Radiochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

  András Erdôhelyi

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