Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology

Kingshuk Dutta

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780128191583
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128191590
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology presents the overall progress witnessed in the field of DMFC over the past decade, highlighting the components, materials, functions, properties and features, designs and configurations, operations, modelling, applications, pros and cons, social, political and market penetration, economics and future directions. The book discusses every single aspect of DMFC device technology, the associated advantages and drawbacks of state-of-the-art materials and design, market opportunities and commercialization aspects, and possible future directions of research and development. This book, containing critical analyses and opinions from experts around the world, will garner considerable interest among actual users/scientists/experts. - Analyzes developments of membrane electrolytes, electrodes, catalysts, catalyst supports, bipolar plates, gas diffusion layers and flow channels as critical components of direct methanol fuel cells - Includes modeling of direct methanol fuel cells to understand their scaling up potentials - Discusses commercial aspects of direct methanol fuel cells in terms of market penetration, end application, cost, viability, reliability, social and commercial perception, drawbacks and prospects

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of contributors
• About the editor
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction to direct methanol fuel cells
• 2. Nafion-based cation-exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cells
• 3. Non-Nafion-based cation exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cells
• 4. Anion-exchange membranes for direct methanol alkaline fuel cells
• 5. Advanced carbon nanocomposite membrane electrolytes for direct methanol fuel-cell applications
• 6. Carbon-based electrodes for direct methanol fuel cells
• 7. Platinum-based anode catalyst systems for direct methanol fuel cells
• 8. Nonplatinum-based anode catalyst systems for direct methanol fuel cells
• 9. Platinum-based cathode catalyst systems for direct methanol fuel cells
• 10. Non platinum-based cathode catalyst systems for direct methanol fuel cells
• 11. Gas diffusion layers for direct methanol fuel cells
• 12. Stack and bipolar plates design for direct methanol fuel cells
• 13. Technology of passive micro-direct methanol fuel cells
• 14. Mathematical modeling approaches in direct methanol fuel cells
• 15. Electrochemistry, reaction mechanisms, and reaction kinetics in direct methanol fuel cells
• 16. Direct methanol fuel cells in portable applications: materials, designs, operating parameters, and practical steps toward commercialization
• Index