Search for dissertations about: "precious"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the word precious.

  2. 1. Land Reform, Trust and Natural Resource Management in Africa

    Author : Precious Zikhali; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; Agricultural productivity; Bioeconomic model; Dynamic analysis; Land reform; Ethnicity; Ethnic nepotism; Investments; Mopane worm; Restrictive harvest period policy; Tenure security; Trust; Zimbabwe.;

    Abstract : Four self-contained papers constitute this thesis. Paper I investigates what impact Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme, launched in 2000 as part of an ongoing land reform and resettlement programme aimed at addressing a racially skewed land distribution, has had on its beneficiaries’ perceptions of land tenure security and subsequent decisions to invest in soil conservation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Photocatalysis beyond conventional precious metal complexes

    Author : Rickard Lindroth; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Heterogenization; Iron photocatalysis;

    Abstract : Precious metals, e.g. Ru and Ir, are expensive, scarce and non-renewable resources. As oppose to many renewable resources, these cannot be deliberately produced wherever one wishes. READ MORE

  5. 3. Functionalized mesoporous carbons as non-precious metal fuel cell catalysts

    Author : Johanna Dombrovskis; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; electrocatalysis; oxygen reduction reaction; non-precious metal catalyst; mesoporous carbon; fuel cell; X-ray absorption spectroscopy;

    Abstract : Fuel cells allow for clean and efficient chemical to electrical energy conversion. However, their high price significantly limits the market viability of the technology. This is to a large part due to the high cost of the precious metals used in most fuel cell catalysts. READ MORE

  6. 4. Experimental studies of NOx storage catalysts -Preparation, characterisation, NOx regeneration and sulfur deactivation

    Author : Hussam Abdulhamid; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; sulfur poisoning; CO; DRIFT; precious metal; SO2; NOx storage; H2; NOx reduction; reducing agents; C3H6; H2O; C3H8; lean-burn;

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  7. 5. Iron-nitrogen containing carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction in fuel cells

    Author : Caroline Janson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; active site; mesoporous carbon; fuel cell; electron paramagnetic resonance; oxygen reduction reaction; cathode catalyst; non-precious metal catalyst;

    Abstract : New solutions to efficiently convert energy are needed to mitigate global climate changes and sustain the needs of the growing population. An energy device with high potential is the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. PEM fuel cells can convert chemical energy to electrical energy with extraordinary high conversion efficiency. READ MORE