This two volume set of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology covers the fundamentals, performance, and in situ characterisation of PEMFCs and DMFCs.

Volume 1: Fundamentals and Performance of Low Temperature Fuel Cells

Part One addresses systems fundamentals, ranging from fuels and fuel processing, to the development of membrane and catalyst materials and technology, and gas diffusion media and flowfields, as well as life cycle aspects and modelling approaches.

Part Two details performance issues relevant to fuel cell operation and durability, such as catalyst ageing, materials degradation and durability testing, and goes on to review advanced transport simulation approaches, degradation modelling and experimental monitoring techniques.

CONTENTS

Part 1: Fundamentals of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology

1. Fuels and fuel processing for low temperature fuel cells

• Thermodynamics of fuel cell operation and the effect of fuel on performance
• Hydrogen
• Hydrocarbon fuels and fuel processing
• Methanol
• Other sources of hydrogen
• Deleterious effects of fuels on fuel cell performance

2. Membrane materials and technology for low temperature fuel cells

• Perflurosulfonic acid membranes
• Morphology and microstructure of ionomer membranes
• Non-perfluorinated membranes

3. Catalyst and membrane technology for low temperature fuel cells

• Catalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)
• Catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs)

4. Gas diffusion media, flowfields and system aspects in low temperature fuel cells

• Gas diffusion media
• Flow field design
• System layout
• Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) system architecture

5. Recycling and life cycle assessment of fuel cell materials

• Environmental aspects of fuel cells
• Fuel cell hardware recycling
• Life cycle assessment of fuel cell fuels and materials

Part 2: Performance Issues in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

6. Operation and durability of low temperature fuel cells

• Thermal management
• Water management
• Reactant flow management
• Contamination
• Duty cycle impacts on durability
• Implementation of approaches to extend lifetime

7. Catalyst ageing and degradation in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Catalyst aging mechanism
• Characterization of catalyst degradation
• Identical-location transmission electron microscopy

8. Degradation and durability testing of low temperature fuel cell components

• Chemical degradation of the proton exchange membrane (PEM)
• Pt dissolution
• Carbon support corrosion
• Contamination sources

9. Microstructure reconstruction and transport simulation in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Microstructure reconstruction
• Analysis of transport characteristics

10. Multi-scale modeling of two-phase transport in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Pore network modeling
• Lattice Boltzmann modeling
• Macroscopic upscaling

11. Modelling and analysis of degradation phenomena in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Aging mechanisms of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) materials and performance decay: why physical modeling?
• Towards a multiscale modeling framework for PEMFC degradation analysis

12. Experimental monitoring techniques for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Reasons for monitoring fuel cells
• Experimental monitoring techniques
• Application example: detection of liquid water in fuel cells by conductimetric technique

Index

Also available
Volume 2: In situ Characterization Techniques for Low Temperature Fuel Cells

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