Carbon nanocomposite catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions: From nitrogen doping to transition-metal addition

G Wu, A Santandreu, W Kellogg, S Gupta, O Ogoke… - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and evolution reaction (OER) are one pair of the most
important electrochemical reactions associated with energy conversion and storage …

[PDF][PDF] A review on microstructure reconstruction of PEM fuel cells porous electrodes for pore scale simulation

MH Shojaeefard, GR Molaeimanesh… - Int. J. Hydrogen …, 2016 - researchgate.net
While environmental problems such as air pollution and global warming becomes more and
more grave, fuel cell technology offers clean, efficient, safe and reliable power generation to …

Linking structure to function: The search for active sites in non-platinum group metal oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

EF Holby, P Zelenay - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Atomic-scale structures of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) active sites in non-platinum
group metal (non-PGM) catalysts, made from pyrolysis of carbon, nitrogen, and transition …

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of proton exchange membrane fuel cells–A review on opportunities and challenges

GR Molaeimanesh, HS Googarchin… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are presently at the center of attention due to
their major role in the fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). To simulate multi-species multi-phase flow …

Sol‐Gel and Porous Glass‐Based Silica Monoliths with Hierarchical Pore Structure for Solid‐Liquid Catalysis

D Enke, R Gläser, U Tallarek - Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This work draws attention to both prospects and challenges for silica monoliths in solid‐
liquid catalysis at ultrahigh efficiency. The fundamental advantages of silica monoliths as …

Predictions of effective thermal conductivities for three-dimensional four-directional braided composites using the lattice Boltzmann method

WZ Fang, L Chen, JJ Gou, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2016 - Elsevier
A multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann model with an off-diagonal collision matrix is
adopted to predict the effective thermal conductivities of anisotropic heterogeneous …

Changes in porosity, permeability and surface area during rock dissolution: Effects of mineralogical heterogeneity

T Min, Y Gao, L Chen, Q Kang, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of heterogeneity of mineral distribution and reaction rate on the rock
dissolution process are investigated using a pore-scale reactive transport model based on …

Is reduced graphene oxide favorable for nonprecious metal oxygen-reduction catalysts?

W Gao, D Havas, S Gupta, Q Pan, N He, H Zhang… - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Reduced graphene oxide (rGO), as a newly emerged carbon material, has attracted great
attention concerning its applications for electrocatalysts. Presently, there are mixed opinions …

3D multi-physics modeling of a gas diffusion electrode for oxygen reduction reaction for electrochemical energy conversion in PEM fuel cells

NS Vasile, R Doherty, AHAM Videla, S Specchia - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
A 3D multi-physics, multi-component and not isothermal model is developed to analyze the
effects of catalyst structures on the performance of a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) cell …

Pore-scale modelling of dynamic interaction between SVOCs and airborne particles with lattice Boltzmann method

YT Mu, L Chen, YL He, WQ Tao - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) can be easily adsorbed on the suspended
particulate matter (PM), and the exchange of SVOCs across the air-particle interface is …