文档介绍：Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical
Energy Production and Storage
Nanostructure Science and Technology
Series Editor: David J. Lockwood, FRSC
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Edson Roberto Leite
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Nanostructured Materials
for Electrochemical Energy
Production and Storage
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Edson Roberto Leite
Universidade Federal de Sao˜ Carlos
Centro de Cienciasˆ Exatas e de ologia
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Series Editor
David J. Lockwood
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
ISBN: 978-0-387-49322-0 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-49323-7
DOI: -0-387-49323-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008941657
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Preface
The major problem facing new energy conversion and storage technologies remains
device efficiency. Projects based on nanostructured materials can yield improved
performance in devices involving electrochemical reactions and heterogeneous
catalysis, such as fuel and solar cells, batteries, etc. Nanoscale structures dramati-
cally alter the surface reaction rates and electrical transport througho