Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells for Portable Applications: Fundamentals, Engineering and Advances presents the fundamental concepts, technological advances and challenges in developing, modeling and deploying fuel cells and fuel cell systems for portable devices, including micro and mini fuel cells. The authors review the fundamental science of direct alcohol fuel cells, covering, in detail, thermodynamics, electrode kinetics and electrocatalysis of charge-transfer reactions, mass and heat transfer phenomena, and basic modeling aspects. In addition, the book examines other fuels in DAFCs, such as formic acid, ethylene glycol and glycerol, along with technological aspects and applications, including case studies and cost analysis.
Researchers, engineering professionals, fuel cell developers, policymakers and senior graduate students will find this a valuable resource. The book’s comprehensive coverage of fundamentals is especially useful for graduate students, advanced undergraduate students and those new to the field.
1. 1: Introduction to direct alcohol fuel cells - p. xi 2. 2: Direct alcohol fuel cells basic science - p. 15 3. Abstract - p. 17 4. 2.1 Direct alcohol fuel cells thermodynamics - p. 19 5. 2.2 Electrode kinetics of DAFC reactions - p. 28 6. 2.3 Catalysis of electrochemical oxygen reduction and alcohol oxidation - p. 43 7. 2.4 Charge transport in DAFCs - p. 46 8. 2.5 DAFC mass transfer - p. 51 9. 2.6 DAFC heat transfer - p. 69 10. Chapter summary - p. 72 11. 3: Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) basic modeling - p. 80 12. 4: Experimental methods of characterization - p. 112 13. 5: Other fuels for direct fuel cells (DFCs) - p. 155 14. 6: Development of direct alcohol fuel cells components - p. 207 15. 7: Miniaturization of direct alcohol fuel cells: Microfabrication techniques and microfluidic architectures - p. 244 16. 8: Direct alcohol fuel cell stacks - p. 264 17. 9: Case studies—Portable applications of direct alcohol fuel cells - p. 286 18. 10: Status and research trends of direct alcohol fuel cell technology - p. 305 19. Index - p. 331
Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells for Portable Applications: Fundamentals, Engineering and Advances presents the fundamental concepts, technological advances and challenges in developing, modeling and deploying fuel cells and fuel cell systems for portable devices, including micro and mini fuel cells. The authors review the fundamental science of direct alcohol fuel cells, covering, in detail, thermodynamics, electrode kinetics and electrocatalysis of charge-transfer reactions, mass and heat transfer phenomena, and basic modeling aspects. In addition, the book examines other fuels in DAFCs, such as formic acid, ethylene glycol and glycerol, along with technological aspects and applications, including case studies and cost analysis.
Researchers, engineering professionals, fuel cell developers, policymakers and senior graduate students will find this a valuable resource. The book’s comprehensive coverage of fundamentals is especially useful for graduate students, advanced undergraduate students and those new to the field.
1. 1: Introduction to direct alcohol fuel cells - p. xi 2. 2: Direct alcohol fuel cells basic science - p. 15 3. Abstract - p. 17 4. 2.1 Direct alcohol fuel cells thermodynamics - p. 19 5. 2.2 Electrode kinetics of DAFC reactions - p. 28 6. 2.3 Catalysis of electrochemical oxygen reduction and alcohol oxidation - p. 43 7. 2.4 Charge transport in DAFCs - p. 46 8. 2.5 DAFC mass transfer - p. 51 9. 2.6 DAFC heat transfer - p. 69 10. Chapter summary - p. 72 11. 3: Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) basic modeling - p. 80 12. 4: Experimental methods of characterization - p. 112 13. 5: Other fuels for direct fuel cells (DFCs) - p. 155 14. 6: Development of direct alcohol fuel cells components - p. 207 15. 7: Miniaturization of direct alcohol fuel cells: Microfabrication techniques and microfluidic architectures - p. 244 16. 8: Direct alcohol fuel cell stacks - p. 264 17. 9: Case studies—Portable applications of direct alcohol fuel cells - p. 286 18. 10: Status and research trends of direct alcohol fuel cell technology - p. 305 19. Index - p. 331
