| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 301 pages) |
| Series |
Sustainable energy developments ; volume 11 |
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Sustainable energy developments ; v. 11.
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| Note |
"A Balkema book." |
| Summary |
"Fuel cells supply electricity by converting fuels via electrochemical reactions. The energy conversion process is highly efficient. The process is also clean as it produces no or low emission depending on the fuel used. There is a high potential that fuel cells can replace conventional batteries to achieve a higher environmental performance. However, in spite of the attractive system efficiencies and environmental benefits associated with fuel-cell technology, it has proven to be difficult to develop the scientific concepts into commercially viable industrial products. These problems have often come from both scientific and engineering issues. This edited book brings together leading researchers in various fields of engineering science from all over the world discussing the recent trends and needs on micro & nano-engineering of fuel cells, creating new engineering knowledge and optimizing the system on a micro and nano-scale. The small scales discussed in this book are particularly important, because (1) most of the underlying interactions governing the fuel cell performance occur at a scale from nanometers to microns; and (2) some engineering tasks that cannot be accomplished in macro-scale are proven achievable in micro and nano-scales. The book can be categorized into two subject areas: theoretical foundation research and applications research. The latest progress in the engineering science for electrolyte, electrode materials and whole-cell design are covered"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Pore-scale water transport investigation for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells / Takemi Chikahisa & Yutaka Tabe -- 2. Reconstruction of PEM fuel cell electrodes with micro- and nano-structures / Ulises Cano-Castillo & Romeli Barbosa-Pool -- 3. Multi-scale model techniques for PEMFC catalyst layers / Yu Xiao, Jinliang Yuan & Ming Hou -- 4. Fabrication of electro-catalytic nano-particles and applications to proton exchange membrane fuel cells / Maria Victoria Martn̕ez Huerta & Gonzalo Garcia -- 5. Ordered mesoporous carbon-supported nano-platinum catalysts : application in direct methanol fuel cells / Parasuraman Selvam & Balaiah Kuppan -- 6. Modeling the coupled transport and reaction processes in a micro-solid-oxide fuel cell / Meng Ni -- 7. Nano-structural effect on SOFC durability / YaoWang & Changrong Xia -- 8. Micro- and nano-technologies for microbial fuel cells / Hao Ren & Junseok Chae -- 9. Microbial fuel cells: the microbes and materials / Keaton L. Lesnik & Hong Liu -- 10. Modeling and analysis of miniaturized packed-bed reactors for mobile devices powered by fuel cells / Srinivas Palanki & Nicholas D. Sylvester -- 11. Photocatalytic fuel cells / Michael K.H. Leung, BinWang, Li Li & Yiyi She -- 12. Transport phenomena and reactions in micro-fluidic aluminum-air fuel cells / HuizhiWang, Dennis Y.C. Leung, Kwong-Yu Chan, Jin Xuan & Hao Zhang. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Fuel cells.
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Fuel cells |
| Added Author |
Leung, Dennis Y. C., editor.
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Xuan, Jin, editor.
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| Added Title |
Micro and nano-engineering of fuel cells |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Micro & nano-engineering of fuel cells 9780415644396 (DLC) 2015005650 (OCoLC)905344121 |
| ISBN |
9781315815077 (electronic bk.) |
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1315815079 (electronic bk.) |
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9780429227707 (electronic bk.) |
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0429227701 (electronic bk.) |
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1138748641 |
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9781138748644 |
| Standard No. |
10.1201/b18394 doi |
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