Handbook of Metal Alloy Catalysts

The Handbook of Metal Alloy Catalysts offers a thorough and up-to-date exploration of advancements in both traditional metal alloys and innovative high-entropy alloy catalytic materials. It highlights the tunable properties of these materials-achieved through nanoscale reduction, shape control, compositional adjustments, and interface engineering-that optimize electronic structures, electrical conductivity, optical characteristics, and surface adsorption energies, ultimately enhancing catalytic activity and selectivity. The book delves into key applications, including photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and heterogeneous catalysis, while emphasizing material design, synthesis methodologies, and the critical interplay between structural features and catalytic performance. Key Features: - Introduces metal alloy catalytic materials from fundamental to design principles, synthesis, and structure characterization. - Covers machine learning in the context of metal alloy catalytic materials design and applications. - Presents metal alloy catalysts in the production of renewable solar fuels. - Covers topics in chemical conversions, including fossil and biomass chemical derivatives. - Includes energy conversion and storage such as batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells. - Discusses environmental remediation of organic, inorganic, and gaseous pollutants. This book targets postgraduate students, academics, and industry professionals in advanced metal alloy composite catalysts, promoting sustainable technologies in crucial areas such as energy, chemical conversion, and environmental remediation.

Peter Ramashadi Makgwane is currently a Full Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA) Institute of Catalysis and Energy Solutions (ICES). He previously worked as a Principal Scientist (2011-2023) at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, South Africa), focusing on catalysis and advanced energy materials. He is a highly published scholar, contributing numerous articles and book chapters on heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis, particularly focusing on renewable chemicals, energy, and environmental remediation. Mesfin Abayneh Kebede is currently a full Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA) Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS). He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2009 from Inha University, South Korea. His research activities mainly focus on the development and characterization of nanostructured catalysts and electrode materials for energy storage, energy generation, and water treatment applications.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Metal Alloys Catalysts and Their Interface Phenomena Structure Properties. Chapter 2 . Design and Synthesis Strategies of Metal Alloy-Based Catalysts - Control of Structure Interfaces. Chapter 3. Machine Learning in Metal Alloy Catalysts Design with Controlled Structure Interfaces. Chapter 4. Advances in Techniques for Characterizing Metal Alloy-Based Catalysts. Chapter 5. Metal Alloy Photocatalytic Water Splitting for Hydrogen Generation. Chapter 6. Metal Alloy-based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production. Chapter 7. Metal Alloy Catalysts in Catalytic Decomposition and Reforming of Methane. Chapter 8. Metal Alloy Catalysts Based Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Chapter 9. Plasmonic Alloy Catalysts for Solar Fuels and Chemical Conversion. Chapter 10. Metal Alloy-based Electrodes for Supercapacitors Energy Storage. Chapter 11. Metal Alloy Cathode Materials for Battery Energy Storage. Chapter 12. Metal Alloys Anode Materials for Batteries Energy Storage. Chapter 13. Metal Alloys-Based Electrocatalysts in Fuel Cells Applications. Chapter 14. Metal Alloy Catalysts in Green Organic Coupling Synthesis Reactions Protocols. Chapter 15. Metal Alloy Catalysts in Selective Oxidation Reactions. Chapter 16. Metal Alloy Catalysts in Valorisation of Biomass Lignin to Chemicals. Chapter 17. Metal Alloy Catalysts in Selective Conversion of Glycerol to Value-Added Chemicals. Chapter 18. Metal Alloy Electrocatalysts for Reduction of CO2 to Chemicals. Chapter 19. Metal Alloy Photocatalysts for Conversion of CO2 to Chemicals. Chapter 20. Metal Alloy Catalysts for Thermo-Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 to Fuels and Chemicals. Chapter 21. Metal Alloy Electrocatalysts for Organic Chemical Transformations. Chapter 22. Single Atom Alloy Catalysts for Environmental Remediation. Chapter 23. Metal Alloy Photocatalysts for Detoxification of Organic Wastewater Pollutants. Chapter 24. Metal Alloy Catalysts for Sensing and Detection of Environmental Pollutants