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Foreword
actually Lewis-basic carbon atoms adjacent to pyridine nitrogen, rather than pyridine
nitrogen proton itself.
Professor Nakamura pointed out “Defining the active site of the catalyst and understanding the reaction mechanism make the non-Pt catalyst take a big step forward,
and also shift the focus of optimizing the reaction to improve the performance of
the catalyst”. However, in spite of this, this result cannot be confirmed experimentally. Actually, the recent appearance of environmental spherical aberration electron
microscopy can directly detect the selling point of catalyst at the atomic level (Direct
atomic-level insight into active sites of a high-performance PGM-free ORR catalyst.
Science, 2017, 357: 479–484).
There are many subjects related to the knowledge of oxygen reduction, which
are expounded in many electrochemical books, but they are relatively brief. In
particular, the knowledge related to the method foundation and test skills is not
perfect, which makes readers hard to understand the theory and implement the
experiment. Professor Pei Kang Shen studied under the internationally renowned
electrochemist Prof. A. C. C. Tseung in his early years, and worked in the field
of electrochemistry for a long time, especially the development and innovation of
key materials and technology for the conversion and storage of electrochemical
energy. He has unique insights and contributions in oxygen reduction mechanism
and application, fuel cells, supercapacitors, water splitting, lithium-ion batteries,
nano-electrocatalysis, and preparation and application of stereotaxically constructed
graphene materials. Professor Pei Kang Shen collected more than 30 years of teaching
and practical experience in electrochemistry, and wrote the first edition of monograph
with the help of his students. Professor Pei Kang Shen has organized the editors to
revise it in this first English edition, adding some necessary updates and some documents. Therefore, the current edition is easier to read, and I hope the new edition
will help everyone.
July 2020
Sanping Jiang
John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Curtin University
Perth, Australia
Foreword
actually Lewis-basic carbon atoms adjacent to pyridine nitrogen, rather than pyridine
nitrogen proton itself.
Professor Nakamura pointed out “Defining the active site of the catalyst and understanding the reaction mechanism make the non-Pt catalyst take a big step forward,
and also shift the focus of optimizing the reaction to improve the performance of
the catalyst”. However, in spite of this, this result cannot be confirmed experimentally. Actually, the recent appearance of environmental spherical aberration electron
microscopy can directly detect the selling point of catalyst at the atomic level (Direct
atomic-level insight into active sites of a high-performance PGM-free ORR catalyst.
Science, 2017, 357: 479–484).
There are many subjects related to the knowledge of oxygen reduction, which
are expounded in many electrochemical books, but they are relatively brief. In
particular, the knowledge related to the method foundation and test skills is not
perfect, which makes readers hard to understand the theory and implement the
experiment. Professor Pei Kang Shen studied under the internationally renowned
electrochemist Prof. A. C. C. Tseung in his early years, and worked in the field
of electrochemistry for a long time, especially the development and innovation of
key materials and technology for the conversion and storage of electrochemical
energy. He has unique insights and contributions in oxygen reduction mechanism
and application, fuel cells, supercapacitors, water splitting, lithium-ion batteries,
nano-electrocatalysis, and preparation and application of stereotaxically constructed
graphene materials. Professor Pei Kang Shen collected more than 30 years of teaching
and practical experience in electrochemistry, and wrote the first edition of monograph
with the help of his students. Professor Pei Kang Shen has organized the editors to
revise it in this first English edition, adding some necessary updates and some documents. Therefore, the current edition is easier to read, and I hope the new edition
will help everyone.
July 2020
Sanping Jiang
John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Curtin University
Perth, Australia