Recent Trends in Fuel Cell Science and Technology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Basu, Suddhasatwa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Electrochemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Materials science.; Materials Science, general.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

Fuel cell science and technology is evolving fast for the past two decades as it is thought to be an efficient way of transforming chemical energy of hydrogen rich compounds to electrical energy. Although this idea of direct conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy was first demonstrated b...

Table of Contents:

• to Fuel Cells
• Electro-Analytical Techniques in Fuel Cell Research and Development
• Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell
• Fundamentals of Gas Diffusion Layers in PEM Fuel Cells
• Water Problem in PEMFC
• Micro Fuel Cells
• Direct Alcohol and Borohydride Alkaline Fuel Cells
• Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell Technology
• Carbonate Fuel Cell: Principles and Applications
• Direct Conversion of Coal Derived Carbon in Fuel Cells
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Principles, Designs and State-of-the-Art in Industries
• Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Fuel Cell Power-Conditioning Systems
• Future Directions of Fuel Cell Science and Technology.