Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Fuel Cells

ISBN-13: 9781138076570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 600 str.

Opis

The book discusses recent developments in nanostructured and advanced materials in fuel cells, including high-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, low-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, and microbial fuel cells. It describes the relationship among the performance, activity, stability, and materials microstructure with respect to the fuel cell systems and applications and concludes each chapter with challenges presently faced and the outlook for future development. The book also describes the fundamental sciences involved in various fuel cell operations and the technological developments in material science and engineering for materials fabrication.

Recenzje

"The demand for energy in the development of industry is growing. Therefore, there is an increasingly urgent need to develop new materials and devices for energy conversion. The role of fuel cells in the modern day technology is clear. The present book reports the progress in the development of fuel cells, including both fundamental and applied aspects of materials that are needed for high-performance fuel cells."
–J Nowotny
Solar Energy Technologies, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Spis treści

Introduction. Advanced Electrode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Seals for Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: The State of the Art. Advances in Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Advances in Direct Carbon Fuel Cells. Advances in Electrode Material Development in Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells. Nanostructured Nitrogen–Carbon–Transition Metal Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cell Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Advances of the Nanostructured Carbon-Based Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells. Atomic Layer Deposition of Metals and Metal Oxides for Fuel Cell Applications. Noncarbon Material–Supported Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Understanding the Nanostructures in Nafion Membranes. Advances in Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells. Nanostructure Advances in Catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells. Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers and Their Supported Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Advanced Alkaline Polymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cell Applications. High-Temperature Inorganic Proton Conductors for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Advances in Microbial Fuel Cells. Index.

O autorze

Dr. San Ping Jiang is a professor at the department of chemical engineering and deputy director of the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University, Australia, and adjunct professor of the University of Sunshine Coast University, Australia. Dr. Jiang received his BEng from South China University of Technology in 1982 and his PhD from The City University, London in 1988. His research interests encompass fuel cells and water electrolysis, solid state ionics, electrocatalysis, and nanostructured functional materials. Dr. Jiang has published 250 journal papers.

Dr. Pei Kang Shen is a professor and director at the Advanced Materials Research Laboratory in Sun Yatsen University, China. He obtained his BSc degree in electrochemistry at Xiamen University in 1982, and his PhD in chemistry at Essex University in 1992. He is the author of over 200 publications in qualified journals or specialized books, of 40 patents, and of more than 100 meeting presentations. His research interests include fuel cells and batteries, electrochemistry of nanomaterials and of nanocomposite functional materials, and electrochemical engineering.