Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells

Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Component Design and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-0-443-51839-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells: Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Component Design and Applications delivers a rigorous integration of thermodynamic and electrochemical principles underpinning Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs), Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs), and PEM electrolyzers. The book addresses a critical pedagogical gap by uniting foundational irreversible thermodynamics, electrokinetics, and transport theory with practical materials science for real-world device design. It is intended for graduate-level students, researchers, and engineers who require quantitative frameworks to predict fuel-cell behavior, design high-conductivity ion-exchange membranes, and analyze coupled heat, mass, and charge transport in operational systems.

Part I develops the scientific foundations—thermodynamics, electrochemical kinetics, transport phenomena, membrane thermodynamics, and Nernst–Planck–based formulations of ionic motion and irreversible processes. Part II transitions to applied technologies, including membrane synthesis and characterization, nanocatalyst design with rotating disk and rotating ring-disk electrode diagnostics, membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) fabrication, bipolar-plate flow-field simulation, single-cell testing, PEM electrolyzer performance and hydrogen storage, and emerging microbial and plant-based fuel cell systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moreno, Vicente Compañ

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Thermodynamic foundations overview.
2. Thermodynamic Foundations of Isothermal Processes in Polymer Membranes.
3. Hydrogen Generation and Fuel Cells.
4. Ion-exchange membranes for use as polyelectrolytes in fuel cells.
5. Characterization of ion exchange membranes for use in PEMFC and DMFC fuel cells.
6. Hydrogen Generation with Electrolyzers Technology: An Overview of its Storage
7. Kinetic Fundamentals of Electrode Reactions and Proton Transport
8. Mass transport in a fuel cell.
9. Synthesis and characterization of Nanocatalysts for Membrane-Electrode Assemblies
10. Preparation and Assessment of Membrane-Electrode Assemblies (MEAs)
11. Experimental Study of the Behavior of a PEMFC Fuel Cell
12. Fuel Cell Prototypes and their Applications in Vehicle Transportation
13. Simulation of the Design and Optimization of Flow Channels in the Bipolar Plates of a PEMFC
14. Prospects energetic in Microbial and Plant Fuel Cells (PMFC)

Über Autor(innen)

Moreno, Vicente Compañ
Vicente Compañ, PhD in Physics, is Full Professor of Applied Thermodynamics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Adjunct Professor (Ad Honorem). For over 20 years he has led research on transport properties of polymeric membranes, currently focusing on ion-exchange membranes for fuel cells and batteries. He has led 4 national and 7 regional research projects, acted as PI on 7 other national projects, and contributed to 5 more. His output includes 180+ papers and book chapters, 100+ conference presentations (including invited/keynote talks), over 3,600 citations and an h-index of 32. He has supervised five doctoral theses on membrane transport, dielectric spectroscopy, conductivity, relaxation phenomena and gas diffusion in polymers/hydrogels, and works on nanofiber-reinforced nanocomposites, electrochemical membrane characterization and applications in PEMFC, DMFC and PEM electrolyzers.