Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells Materials, Performance, Durability and Applications /

Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: Materials, Performance, Durability and Applications begins with an introductory overview of direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFC); it focuses on the main goals and challenges in the areas of materials development, performance, and commercialization. The preparation and the prop...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Corti, Horacio R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gonzalez, Ernesto R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7708-8
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
  • Catalysts for methanol oxidation
  • Pt and Pd-based electrocatalysts for ethanol and ethylene glycol fuel cells
  • Electro-oxidation of 3-carbon alcohols and its viability for fuel cell application
  • Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Methanol and Ethanol-Tolerant Cathodes
  • Membranes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
  • Carbon materials for fuel cells
  • Physical modeling and numerical simulation of Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
  • Scales, mechanisms and approaches
  • Applications and durability of direct methanol fuel cells.  .