Catalysis for alternative energy generation /
editors : Laszlo Guczi, Andras Erdohelyi.
- New York : Springer, 2012.
- xiii, 536 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and General Overview / Catalytic Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Transportation Fuels / Utilization of Biogas as a Renewable Carbon Source: Dry Reforming of Methane / Reforming of Ethanol / Methanol Steam Reforming / Biodiesel Production Using Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts: A Review / Heterogeneous Catalysts for Converting Renewable Feedstocks to Fuels and Chemicals / Catalytic Combustion of Methane / The Status of Catalysts in PEMFC Technology / Catalysis for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells / Some Colloidal Routes to Synthesize Metal Nanoparticle-Based Catalysts / Synthesis, Structure, and Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide and Some of Its Surface-Modified Derivatives / Photocatalysis: Toward Solar Fuels and Chemicals / Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives / Gabriele Centi, Paola Lanzafame and Siglinda Perathoner -- Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz and James A. Dumesic -- Christina Papadopoulou, Haris Matralis and Xenophon Verykios -- Andras Erdohelyi -- Malte Behrens and Marc Armbruster -- Ajay K. Dalai, Titipong Issariyakul and Chinmoy Baroi -- Karen Wilson, Adam F. Lee and Jean-Philippe Dacquin -- Naoto Kamiuchi and Koichi Eguchi -- M. Aulice Scibioh and B. Viswanathan -- C. Bock, B. MacDougall and C.-L. Sun -- Szilvia Papp, Laszlo Korosi, Rita Patakfalvi and Imre Dekany -- Laszlo Korosi, Szilvia Papp and Imre Dekany -- Guido Mul -- Andras Tompos.
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Biomass chemicals. Catalysis. Renewable energy sources.