Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Degradation

This definitive, cutting-edge volume offers solutions to the greatest challenge facing designers of clean, green fuel cells - that of degradation & durability.

Matthew M. Mench (Edited by), Emin Caglan Kumbur (Edited by), T. Nejat Veziroglu (Edited by)

9780128103593

Paperback, published 19 August 2016

472 pages, 50 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg

"Now that fuel cells are in commercial production in the rest of the world if not in the US one of the questions that remain is the long-term durability of fuel cell systems. Here researchers review the current understanding of the durability of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Among their topics are the status and targets of durability, electrochemical degradation: electrocatalyst and support durability, gas diffusion media and their degradation, freeze damage, advanced high-resolution characterization techniques for degradation studies, and computational modeling aspects. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier." --Reference and Research Book News, October 2012

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. Title: Durability Status and Targets of PEFC Engines Authors and Affiliation: E. Wargo, C. R. Dennison, and E.C. Kumbur, Drexel University 2. Title: Membrane Durability: Physical and Chemical Degradation Authors and Affiliation: Yeh-Hung Lai, Frank Coms Craig Gittleman, General Motors Fuel Cell Activities 3. Title: Electrochemical Degradation: Electrocatalyst and Support Durability Authors and Affiliation: Shyam Kocha, Nissan Motor Company 4. Title: BiPolar Plate Degradation Authors and Affiliation: Hazem Tawfik (Distinguished Professor at Farmingdale State University of New York) Yue. Hung (Brookhaven National laboratory), and Devinder. Mahajan (Stony Brook University) 5. Title: Review of Freeze-Related Degradation in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Authors and Affiliation: A. K. Srouji and M. M. Mench (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) 6. Title: Experimental Diagnostics and Durability Testing Protocols Authors and Affiliation: Rob Darling (United Technologies Research Center), Ryan Balliet (Assistant Specialist at U.C. Berkeley Chemical Engineering), Mike Perry (United Technologies Research Center) 7. Title: Advanced High Resolution Imaging Techniques for Diagnosis Authors and Affiliation: Dr. Feng-Yuan Zhang, Prof. Suresh G. Advani, and Prof. Ajay K. Prasad. The University of Delaware 8. Title: Computational Modeling Aspects of PEFC Durability Authors and Affiliation: Dr. Yu Morimoto, Toyota Motor Company

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX], Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP]