PCCP Alternative Fuel Technologies Themed Issues
The importance of research into alternative fuel technologies is paramount in the world today.
Papers will be collected together for the print themed issues, which will be published from March 2007. All of the papers will also be collected together on this page, for maximum profile and ease of browsing. This page will be frequently updated - to keep right up to date with the latest exciting research why not sign up to our RSS feed?
PCCP Alternative Fuel Technologies Editorial
Guest Editor Professor Dirk M. Guldi introduces the themed series and gives his thoughts on the global energy issues
PCCP Invited Article is Science Editors' Choice
23 March 2007
The PCCP Invited Article by David Sholl, published as part of the Alternative Fuel Technologies Themed Issues, has been selected as one of Science magazine's Editors' Choices.
Alternative Fuel Technologies Hot Papers
Read interviews with the authors of HOT articles published in the Alternative Fuel Technologiesthemed issues. All HOT articles are available to download free of charge for 8 weeks following publication.
Simply biofuels
13 February 2007
A simple enzyme-based biofuel cell has been made by a team of Japanese scientists.
Candidates for lithium-ion batteries apply here
24 January 2007
Screening of lithium salts for use in lithium-ion batteries could give new direction to synthesis efforts.
Breakthrough for metal cation-free alkaline fuel cells
08 January 2007
Cheap and effective fuel cells are achievable using alkaline anion-exchange membranes, according to a UK chemist.
Efficient hydrogen production is one step closer
12 December 2006
Japanese researchers have simplified and improved a common method for generating hydrogen gas, a potentially green energy source.
Latest Themed Issues Contents List
Papers submitted for inclusion in the themed issues are listed below as soon as they are published as Advance Articles. Invited Articles are feature review articles, presenting an authoritative state-of-the-art account of the selected research field.
Feature Invited Articles
Electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction and small alcohol oxidation in alkaline media
Jacob S. Spendelow and Andrzej Wieckowski, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2654
DOI: 10.1039/b703315j
Adsorption properties of HKUST-1 toward hydrogen and other small molecules monitored by IR
S. Bordiga, L. Regli, F. Bonino, E. Groppo, C. Lamberti, B. Xiao, P. S. Wheatley, R. E. Morris and A. Zecchina, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2676
DOI: 10.1039/b703643d
Anodic electron transfer mechanisms in microbial fuel cells and their energy efficiency
Uwe Schröder, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2619
DOI: 10.1039/b703627m
Hydrogen storage: the remaining scientific and technological challenges
Michael Felderhoff, Claudia Weidenthaler, Rittmar von Helmolt and Ulrich Eberle, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2643
DOI: 10.1039/b701563c
Modelling of morphology and proton transport in PFSA membranes
James A. Elliott and Stephen J. Paddison, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2602
DOI: 10.1039/b701234a
Carbon materials for supercapacitor application
Elzbieta Frackowiak, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1774
DOI: 10.1039/b618139m
Hydrogen storage in nanoporous carbon materials: myth and facts
Piotr Kowalczyk, Robert Ho
yst, Mauricio Terrones and Humberto Terrones, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1786
DOI: 10.1039/b618747a
Intermediate temperature proton conductors for PEM fuel cells based on phosphonic acid as protogenic group: A progress report
H. Steininger, M. Schuster, K. D. Kreuer, A. Kaltbeitzel, B. Bingöl, W. H. Meyer, S. Schauff, G. Brunklaus, J. Maier and H. W. Spiess, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1764
DOI: 10.1039/b618686f
Using first principles calculations to identify new destabilized metal hydride reactions for reversible hydrogen storage
Sudhakar V. Alapati, J. Karl Johnson and David S. Sholl, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1438
DOI: 10.1039/b617927d
Nanometer scale carbon structures for charge-transfer systems and photovoltaic applications
Dirk M. Guldi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1400
DOI: 10.1039/b617684b
Dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells
Laurence M. Peter, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2630
DOI: 10.1039/b617073k
Thermodynamics of reversible gas adsorption on alkali-metal exchanged zeolites—the interplay of infrared spectroscopy and theoretical calculations
C. Otero Areán, D. Nachtigallová, P. Nachtigall, E. Garrone and M. Rodríguez Delgado, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1421
DOI: 10.1039/b615535a
Research Papers
Direct observation and modelling of ordered hydrogen adsorption and catalyzed ortho–para conversion on ETS-10 titanosilicate material
Gabriele Ricchiardi, Jenny G. Vitillo, Donato Cocina, Evgueni N. Gribov and Adriano Zecchina, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2753
DOI: 10.1039/b703409a
Adsorption and oxidation of ethanol on colloid-based Pt/C, PtRu/C and Pt3Sn/C catalysts: In situ FTIR spectroscopy and on-line DEMS studies
Q. Wang, G. Q. Sun, L. H. Jiang, Q. Xin, S. G. Sun, Y. X. Jiang, S. P. Chen, Z. Jusys and R. J. Behm, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2686
DOI: 10.1039/b700676b
The p(O2) dependence of oxygen surface coverage and exchange current density of mixed conducting oxide electrodes: model considerations
J. Fleig, Rotraut Merkle and Joachim Maier, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2713
DOI: 10.1039/b618765j
A fulleropyrrolidine end-capped platinum-acetylide triad: the mechanism of photoinduced charge transfer in organometallic photovoltaic cells
Fengqi Guo, Katsu Ogawa, Young-Gi Kim, Evgeny O. Danilov, Felix N. Castellano, John R. Reynolds and Kirk S. Schanze, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2724
DOI: 10.1039/b700379j
Electrochemical atomic force microscopy study of proton conductivity in a Nafion membrane
Elena Aleksandrova, Renate Hiesgen, K. Andreas Friedrich and Emil Roduner, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2735
DOI: 10.1039/b617516c
A new anode for solid oxide fuel cells with enhanced OCV under methane operation
Juan C. Ruiz-Morales, Jesús Canales-Vázquez, Cristian Savaniu, David Marrero-López, Pedro Núńez, Wuzong Zhou and John T. S. Irvine, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1821
DOI: 10.1039/b617266k
Dependence of the photoelectrochemical performance of sensitised ZnO on the crystalline orientation in electrodeposited ZnO thin films
K. Nonomura, D. Komatsu, T. Yoshida, H. Minoura and D. Schlettwein, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1843
DOI: 10.1039/b617986j
Methane oxidation over mixed-conducting SrFe(Al)O3–
–SrAl2O4 composite
A. A. Yaremchenko, V. V. Kharton, A. A. Valente, S. A. Veniaminov, V. D. Belyaev, V. A. Sobyanin and F. M. B. Marques, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2744
DOI: 10.1039/b617409b
Catalytic partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas over a ruthenium catalyst: the role of the oxidation state
Stefan Rabe, Maarten Nachtegaal and Frédéric Vogel, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1461
DOI: 10.1039/b617529e
Unprecedented flexibility of the >Ti
Si< group for the addition of H2
ukasz Maj and Wojciech Grochala, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2706
DOI: 10.1039/b617521j
Evaluation of the adsorption free energy of light guest molecules in nanoporous host structures
Serguei Patchkovskii and Thomas Heine, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2697
DOI: 10.1039/b617657g
Mesoporous and nanowire Co3O4 as negative electrodes for rechargeable lithium batteries
Kuthanapillil M. Shaju, Feng Jiao, Aurélie Débart and Peter G. Bruce, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1837
DOI: 10.1039/b617519h
Electrochemical kinetics of porous, carbon-decorated LiFePO4 cathodes: separation of wiring effects from solid state diffusion
Miran Gaberscek, Mirjana Küzma and Janez Jamnik, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1815
DOI: 10.1039/b618822b
Photoinduced charge separation in self-assembled cofacial pentamers of zinc-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(perylenediimide)porphyrin
Michael J. Ahrens, Richard F. Kelley, Zachary E. X. Dance and Michael R. Wasielewski, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1469
DOI: 10.1039/b617876f
Direct electron transfer in nanostructured sol–gel electrodes containing bilirubin oxidase
James Lim, Nicolas Cirigliano, John Wang and Bruce Dunn, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1809
DOI: 10.1039/b618422g
The potential of organic polymer-based hydrogen storage materials
Peter M. Budd, Anna Butler, James Selbie, Khalid Mahmood, Neil B. McKeown, Bader Ghanem, Kadhum Msayib, David Book and Allan Walton, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1802
DOI: 10.1039/b618053a
In situ solid state 11B MAS-NMR studies of the thermal decomposition of ammonia borane: mechanistic studies of the hydrogen release pathways from a solid state hydrogen storage material
Ashley C. Stowe, Wendy J. Shaw, John C. Linehan, Benjamin Schmid and Tom Autrey, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1831
DOI: 10.1039/b617781f
Dynamics of efficient electron–hole separation in TiO2 nanoparticles revealed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy under the weak-excitation condition
Yoshiaki Tamaki, Akihiro Furube, Miki Murai, Kohjiro Hara, Ryuzi Katoh and M. Tachiya, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1453
DOI: 10.1039/b617552j
The influence of membrane electrode assembly water content on the performance of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell as investigated by 1H NMR microscopy
Kirk W. Feindel, Steven H. Bergens and Roderick E. Wasylishen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1850
DOI: 10.1039/b617551a
Fructose/dioxygen biofuel cell based on direct electron transfer-type bioelectrocatalysis
Yuji Kamitaka, Seiya Tsujimura, Norihiko Setoyama, Tsutomu Kajino and Kenji Kano, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1793
DOI: 10.1039/b617650j
Investigations of the ex situ ionic conductivities at 30 °C of metal-cation-free quaternary ammonium alkaline anion-exchange membranes in static atmospheres of different relative humidities
John R. Varcoe, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1479
DOI: 10.1039/b615478f
Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution without an electron mediator using a simple electron donor–acceptor dyad
Hiroaki Kotani, Toshiya Ono, Kei Ohkubo and Shunichi Fukuzumi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1487
DOI: 10.1039/b612794k
Electronic structure calculations on lithium battery electrolyte salts
Patrik Johansson, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1493
DOI: 10.1039/b612297c
Functional anion concept: effect of fluorine anion on hydrogen storage of sodium alanate
Li-Chang Yin, Ping Wang, Xiang-Dong Kang, Cheng-Hua Sun and Hui-Ming Cheng, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1499
DOI: 10.1039/b610257c
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