PEM Fuel Cells: Characterization and Modeling

✍ Scribed by Jasna Jankovic (editor); Jürgen Stumper (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 508
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing field of modeling and characterization of PEM fuel cells. It focuses on i) fuel cell performance modeling and performance characterization applicable from single cells to stacks, ii) fundamental and advanced techniques for structural and compositional characterization of fuel cell components and iii) electrocatalyst design. Written by experts in this field, this book is an invaluable tool for graduate students and professionals.

• Covers fundamentals and advanced techniques for the structural and compositional characterization of catalyst layers.
• Focuses on fuel cell performance modeling and techniques.
• Reviews design of electrocatalysts and discusses applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
List of Contributing Authors
1 Introduction
Part I: Structural and compositional characterization
2 Microstructural and spectroscopic characterization of PEMFCs
3 Characterization approaches for atomically dispersed platinum group metal-free catalysts
4 Synchrotron X-ray imaging of PEMFCs
5 PEMFC analysis using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy: methods and applications
Part II: Performance modeling/characterization
6 Membrane-electrode-assembly modeling using OpenFCST
7 Physical models of performance
8 Pore-scale simulation in the electrode of PEMFC – a review and tutorial
9 Voltage loss breakdown in PEM fuel cells
10 Relationships between stack performance, transfer leaks and H₂-emissions
Part III: Catalysis/CL components
11 Electrocatalysts: from nanostructures to single atoms
Index