Boasting chapters written by leading international experts, Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Fuel Cells provides an overview of the progress that has been made so far in the material and catalyst development for fuel cells. The book covers the most recent developments detailing all aspects of synthesis, characterization, and performance.
It offers an overview on the principles, classifications, and types of fuels used in fuel cells, and discusses the critical properties, design, and advances made in various sealing materials. It provides an extensive review on the design, configuration, fabrication, modeling, materials, and stack performance of µ-SOFC technology, and addresses the advancement and challenges in the synthesis, characterization, and fundamental understanding of the catalytic activity of nitrogen-carbon, carbon, and noncarbon-based electro catalysts for PEM fuel cells. The authors explore the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique, summarize the advancements in the fundamental understanding of the most successful Nafion membranes, and focus on the development of alternative and composite membranes for direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs). They also review current challenges and consider future development in the industry.
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Includes 17 chapters, 262 figures, and close to 2000 references
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Provides an extensive review of the carbon, nitrogen-carbon, and noncarbon-based electro catalysts for fuel cells
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Presents an update on the latest materials development in conventional fuel cells and emerging fuel cells
This text is a single-source reference on the latest advances in the nano-structured materials and electro catalysts for fuel cells, the most efficient and emerging energy conversion technologies for the twenty-first century. It serves as a valuable resource for students, materials engineers, and researchers interested in fuel cell technology.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Advanced Electrode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Chapter 3 : Seals for Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells : The State of the Art
Chapter 4 : Advances in Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Chapter 5 : Advances in Direct Carbon Fuel Cells
Chapter 6 : Advances in Electrode Material Development in Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells
Chapter 7 : Nanostructured Nitrogen–Carbon–Transition Metal Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cell Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Chapter 8 : Advances of the Nanostructured Carbon-Based Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells
Chapter 9 : Atomic Layer Deposition of Metals and Metal Oxides for Fuel Cell Applications
Chapter 10 : Noncarbon Material–Supported Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Chapter 11 : Understanding the Nanostructures in Nafion Membranes
Chapter 12 : Advances in Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
Chapter 13 : Nanostructure Advances in Catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
Chapter 14 : Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers and Their Supported Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
Chapter 15 : Advanced Alkaline Polymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cell Applications
Chapter 16 : High-Temperature Inorganic Proton Conductors for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Chapter 17 : Advances in Microbial Fuel Cells
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