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Nanostructured and advanced materials for fuel cells / edited by San Ping Jiang, Pei Kang Shen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
- Advances in materials science and engineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fuel cells--Materials.
- Fuel cells.
- Nanostructured materials--Industrial applications.
- Nanostructured materials.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (584 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 [mu]-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.Includes 17 chapters, 262 figures, and close to 2000 referencesProvides an extensive review of the carbon, nitrogen-carbon, and noncarbon-based electro catalysts for fuel cellsPresents an update on the latest materials development in conventional fuel cells and emerging fuel cellsThis 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-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Series Statement; Preface; Authors; Contributors; 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 CellsChapter 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 CellsChapter 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; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780429096761
- 0429096763
- 9781466512504
- 1466512504
- OCLC:
- 865483127
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