Materials for low-temperature fuel cells / edited by Bradley Ladewig, San P. Jiang, and Yushan Yan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ladewig, Bradley, editor.

Jiang, San P., editor.

Yan, Yushan, editor.

Series:

Materials for sustainable energy and development.

Materials for sustainable energy and development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuel cells.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, Verlag GmbH & Company KGaA, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are a large number of books available on fuel cells; however, the majority are on specific types of fuel cells such as solid oxide fuel cells, proton exchange membrane fuel cells, or on specific technical aspects of fuel cells, e.g., the system or stack engineering. Thus, there is a need for a book focused on materials requirements in fuel cells. Key Materials in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells is a concise source of the most important and key materials and catalysts in low-temperature fuel cells. A related book will cover key materials in high-temperature fuel cells. The two books form part

Contents:

Materials for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; About the Series Editor; About the Volume Editors; List of Contributors; 1 Key Materials for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells: An Introduction; 2 Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells; 2.1 Fuel Cells; 2.2 PEM Fuel Cell Principles; 2.2.1 Equilibrium Kinetics; 2.2.2 Butler-Volmer Kinetics; 2.2.3 Exchange Current Density; 2.2.4 The Fuel Cell Polarization Curve; 2.3 Alkaline Fuel Cells; 2.3.1 The ORR Mechanism; 2.3.2 The HOR in Alkaline; 2.3.3 The Aqueous Electrolyte AFC; 2.3.4 The AAEM Fuel Cell; 2.3.4.1 AAEM Principles

2.3.4.2 Alkaline Membranes2.3.4.3 AAEM Fuel Cell Examples; 2.4 Summary; References; 3 Catalyst Support Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Current Status of Support Materials and Role of Carbon as Support in Fuel Cells; 3.3 Novel Carbon Materials as Electrocatalyst Support for Fuel Cells; 3.3.1 Mesoporous Carbon as Support Materials for Fuel Cells; 3.3.2 Graphite Nanofibers as Support Materials for Fuel Cells; 3.3.3 Carbon Nanotubes as Support Materials for Fuel Cells; 3.3.4 Graphene as Support Materials for Fuel Cells

3.3.5 Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Materials3.4 Conductive Metal Oxide as Support Materials; 3.5 Metal Carbides and Metal Nitrides as Catalyst Supports; 3.6 Conducting Polymer as Support Materials for Fuel Cells; 3.7 Conducting Polymer-Grafted Carbon Materials; 3.8 3M Nanostructured Thin Film as Support Materials for Fuel Cells; 3.9 Summary and Outlook; References; 4 Anode Catalysts for Low-Temperature Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Anode Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: Improved Performance of Binary and Ternary Catalysts; 4.2.1 Principles of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

4.2.2 Reaction Mechanisms and Catalysts for Methanol Electrooxidation4.3 Anode Catalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells: Break C-C Bond to Achieve Complete 12-Electron-Transfer Oxidation; 4.3.1 Principles of PEM-Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells; 4.3.2 Reaction Mechanisms and Catalysts for Ethanol Electrooxidation; 4.3.3 Anion Exchange Membrane-Based Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells (AEMDEFCs); 4.3.4 Anode Catalysts for AEM-DEFCs; 4.4 Anode Catalysts for Direct Polyol Fuel Cells (Ethylene Glycol, Glycerol): Cogenerate Electricity and Valuable Chemicals Based on Anion Exchange Membrane Platform

4.4.1 Overview of Electrooxidation of Polyols4.4.2 Reaction Mechanisms and Catalysts for Ethylene Glycol Electrooxidation; 4.4.3 Reaction Mechanisms and Catalysts for Glycerol Electrooxidation; 4.5 Synthetic Methods of Metal Electrocatalysts; 4.5.1 Impregnation Method; 4.5.2 Colloidal Method; 4.5.2.1 Polyol Method; 4.5.2.2 Organic-Phase Method; 4.5.3 Microemulsion Method; 4.5.4 Other Methods; 4.6 Carbon Nanomaterials as Anode Catalyst Support; 4.6.1 Carbon Nanotubes; 4.6.2 Carbon Nanofibers; 4.6.3 Ordered Mesoporous Carbons; 4.6.4 Graphene Sheets; 4.7 Future Challenges and Opportunities

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 1, 2014).

ISBN:

9781523111336

152311133X

9783527644315

3527644318

9783527644308

352764430X

9783527644322

3527644326

OCLC:

895661340