Fuel Cells Technology and Electrode Materials for a Sustainable Future
- 1st Edition - November 13, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Anuj Kumar, Ram K. Gupta
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 3 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 3 9 - 3
Fuel Cells Technology and Electrode Materials for Sustainable Future presents an up-to-date review of the latest advancements in fuel cell technology and materials, including… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFuel Cells Technology and Electrode Materials for Sustainable Future presents an up-to-date review of the latest advancements in fuel cell technology and materials, including a comprehensive examination of the synthesis, characterization, and application of electrode materials for fuel cells. With a focus on the fundamentals of electrochemical behavior and their relevance to fuel cells, the book delves into novel techniques and advanced technologies currently being employed in the field.
Presenting a well-defined theoretical approach to the design of new electrocatalysts, the book provides extensive information on the designs and modeling of electrocatalysts and catalyst layers for the PEMCs, the fundamentals of PEMFCs working, catalyst deterioration and diagnosis, and techniques for reducing failure modes. Sustainability and cost considerations are included throughout. In addition, it discusses promising and significant future directions for fuel cells development. Within each chapter, detailed figures, images, and reference data have been included to make the book accessible for new entrants to the topic.
- Summarizes the state-of-the-art progress on fuel cell technology and materials
- Presents synthesis, characterization, and applications of electrode materials for fuel cells
- Explains the fundamentals of electrochemical behavior and how it relates to fuel cells
- Offers novel methods and advanced technologies used in fuel cell technology
Students, researchers, and engineers working in the fields of fuel cells, including material scientists, electrochemical engineers, and chemists who are interested in the development, design, and optimization of fuel cells
1. Basics of Fuel Cells
2. Thermodynamic Chemistry of PEM Fuel Cell
3. Electrode Kinetics
4. Concentration Polarization
5. Characterization of Fuel Cells
6. Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction
7. Emerging Materials for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)
8. Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction
9. Emerging Materials for Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction (HOR)
10. Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol and Ethanol
11. Emerging Materials for Alcohol Oxidation Reaction (AOR)
12. Single-Atom Catalysts for ORR and AOR
13. Dual-Atom Catalysts for ORR and AOR
2. Thermodynamic Chemistry of PEM Fuel Cell
3. Electrode Kinetics
4. Concentration Polarization
5. Characterization of Fuel Cells
6. Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction
7. Emerging Materials for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)
8. Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction
9. Emerging Materials for Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction (HOR)
10. Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol and Ethanol
11. Emerging Materials for Alcohol Oxidation Reaction (AOR)
12. Single-Atom Catalysts for ORR and AOR
13. Dual-Atom Catalysts for ORR and AOR
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 13, 2024
- No. of pages (Paperback): 270
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443240386
- eBook ISBN: 9780443240393
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Anuj Kumar
Anuj Kumar obtained an M.Tech. in Instrumentation from the Indian Institute of Technology Kurukshetra in 2004 and a PhD in Embedded Systems from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2011. Between 2011 and 2015, he held posts as a Postdoc Fellow at the University of Seoul, the University of Pretoria, and the National University of Singapore. He has been working on devices to monitor indoor air quality and to tackle associated problems for the past 15 years. His research interests include sensing applications, wireless sensor-actuator networks, energy-efficient buildings, and the Internet of Things applied to building physics.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, GLA University, Mathura, IndiaRG
Ram K. Gupta
Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. He is the Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, USARead Fuel Cells Technology and Electrode Materials for a Sustainable Future on ScienceDirect