Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Fuel Cells Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Series

Boasting chapters written by leading international experts, Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Fuel Cells provides an overview of the progress that has been made so far in the material and catalyst development for fuel cells. The book covers the most recent developments detailing all aspects of synthesis, characterization, and performance.

It offers an overview on the principles, classifications, and types of fuels used in fuel cells, and discusses the critical properties, design, and advances made in various sealing materials. It provides an extensive review on the design, configuration, fabrication, modeling, materials, and stack performance of ?-SOFC technology, and addresses the advancement and challenges in the synthesis, characterization, and fundamental understanding of the catalytic activity of nitrogen-carbon, carbon, and noncarbon-based electro catalysts for PEM fuel cells. The authors explore the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique, summarize the advancements in the fundamental understanding of the most successful Nafion membranes, and focus on the development of alternative and composite membranes for direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs). They also review current challenges and consider future development in the industry.

• Includes 17 chapters, 262 figures, and close to 2000 references
• Provides an extensive review of the carbon, nitrogen-carbon, and noncarbon-based electro catalysts for fuel cells
• Presents an update on the latest materials development in conventional fuel cells and emerging fuel cells

This text is a single-source reference on the latest advances in the nano-structured materials and electro catalysts for fuel cells, the most efficient and emerging energy conversion technologies for the twenty-first century. It serves as a valuable resource for students, materials engineers, and researchers interested in fuel cell technology.

Introduction. Advanced Electrode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Seals for Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: The State of the Art. Advances in Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Advances in Direct Carbon Fuel Cells. Advances in Electrode Material Development in Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells. Nanostructured Nitrogen–Carbon–Transition Metal Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cell Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Advances of the Nanostructured Carbon-Based Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells. Atomic Layer Deposition of Metals and Metal Oxides for Fuel Cell Applications. Noncarbon Material–Supported Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Understanding the Nanostructures in Nafion Membranes. Advances in Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells. Nanostructure Advances in Catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells. Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers and Their Supported Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Advanced Alkaline Polymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cell Applications. High-Temperature Inorganic Proton Conductors for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Advances in Microbial Fuel Cells. Index.

Dr. San Ping Jiang is a professor at the department of chemical engineering and deputy director of the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University, Australia, and adjunct professor of the University of Sunshine Coast University, Australia. Dr. Jiang received his BEng from South China University of Technology in 1982 and his PhD from The City University, London in 1988. His research interests encompass fuel cells and water electrolysis, solid state ionics, electrocatalysis, and nanostructured functional materials. Dr. Jiang has published 250 journal papers.

Dr. Pei Kang Shen is a professor and director at the Advanced Materials Research Laboratory in Sun Yatsen University, China. He obtained his BSc degree in electrochemistry at Xiamen University in 1982, and his PhD in chemistry at Essex University in 1992. He is the author of over 200 publications in qualified journals or specialized books, of 40 patents, and of more than 100 meeting presentations. His research interests include fuel cells and batteries, electrochemistry of nanomaterials and of nanocomposite functional materials, and electrochemical engineering.