For full market implementation of PEM fuel cells to become a reality, two main limiting technical issues must be overcome-cost and durability. This cutting-edge volume directly addresses the state-of-the-art advances in durability within every fuel cell stack component. Designed to be relevant to the professional community in addition to researchers, this book will serve as a valuable reference featuring topics covered nowhere else and a one-stop-shop to create a solid platform for understanding this important area of development. The reference covers aspects of durability in the entire fuel cell stack. Each chapter also includes vision of pathways forward and an explanation of the tools needed to continue along the path toward commercialization.
1. 1 Introduction 2. 2 Significant Literature 3. 3 Experimental Set-up and Diagnostic Techniques 4. 4 Results and Discussion 5. 5 Summary and Future Challenges 6. Acknowledgments 7. Nomenclature 8. 4. Gas Diffusion Media and their Degradation 9. 5. Bipolar Plate Durability and Challenges 10. 6. Freeze Damage to Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 11. 7. Experimental Diagnostics and Durability Testing Protocols 12. 8. Advanced High Resolution Characterization Techniques for Degradation Studies in Fuel Cells 13. 9. Computational Modeling Aspects of PEFC Durability 14. Index
For full market implementation of PEM fuel cells to become a reality, two main limiting technical issues must be overcome-cost and durability. This cutting-edge volume directly addresses the state-of-the-art advances in durability within every fuel cell stack component. Designed to be relevant to the professional community in addition to researchers, this book will serve as a valuable reference featuring topics covered nowhere else and a one-stop-shop to create a solid platform for understanding this important area of development. The reference covers aspects of durability in the entire fuel cell stack. Each chapter also includes vision of pathways forward and an explanation of the tools needed to continue along the path toward commercialization.
1. 1 Introduction 2. 2 Significant Literature 3. 3 Experimental Set-up and Diagnostic Techniques 4. 4 Results and Discussion 5. 5 Summary and Future Challenges 6. Acknowledgments 7. Nomenclature 8. 4. Gas Diffusion Media and their Degradation 9. 5. Bipolar Plate Durability and Challenges 10. 6. Freeze Damage to Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 11. 7. Experimental Diagnostics and Durability Testing Protocols 12. 8. Advanced High Resolution Characterization Techniques for Degradation Studies in Fuel Cells 13. 9. Computational Modeling Aspects of PEFC Durability 14. Index
