Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells Materials, Performance, Durability and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Corti, Horacio R. (Editor), Gonzalez, Ernesto R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Renewable energy resources.; Electrochemistry.; Catalysis.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.

Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: Materials, Performance, Durability and Applications begins with an introductory overview of direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFC); it focuses on the main goals and challenges in the areas of materials development, performance, and commercialization. The preparation and the prop...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
• Catalysts for methanol oxidation
• Pt and Pd-based electrocatalysts for ethanol and ethylene glycol fuel cells
• Electro-oxidation of 3-carbon alcohols and its viability for fuel cell application
• Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Methanol and Ethanol-Tolerant Cathodes
• Membranes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
• Carbon materials for fuel cells
• Physical modeling and numerical simulation of Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
• Scales, mechanisms and approaches
• Applications and durability of direct methanol fuel cells.  .