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Device and Materials Modeling in PEM Fuel Cells

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Editors:
  1. Stephen J. Paddison

    1. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

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  2. Keith S. Promislow

    1. Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

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  • Utilizes multiscale approach to the chemical and physical phenomena of PEM fuel cells
  • Contains both fundamental (i.e. materials) and applied research

Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics (TAP, volume 113)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Device Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Section Preface

      • Jean St-Pierre
      Pages 3-17

    3. Modeling of PEMFC Catalyst Layer Performance and Degradation

      • Jeremy P. Meyers
      Pages 19-39

    4. Catalyst Layer Operation in PEM Fuel Cells: From Structural Pictures to Tractable Models

      • B. Andreaus, M. Eikerling
      Pages 41-90

    5. Reactor Dynamics of PEM Fuel Cells

      • Jay Benziger
      Pages 91-122

    6. Coupled Proton and Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

      • J. Fimrite, B. Carnes, H. Struchtrup, N. Djilali
      Pages 123-155

    7. A Combination Model for Macroscopic Transport in Polymer-Electrolyte Membranes

      • Adam Z. Weber, John Newman
      Pages 157-198

    8. Analytical Models of a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

      • A. A. Kulikovsky
      Pages 199-252

    9. Phase Change and Hysteresis in PEMFCs

      • Keith S. Promislow
      Pages 253-295

    10. Modeling of Two-Phase Flow and Catalytic Reaction Kinetics for DMFCs

      • J. Fuhrmann, K. Gärtner
      Pages 297-316

    11. Thermal and Electrical Coupling in Stacks

      • Brian Wetton
      Pages 317-337

  3. Materials Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 339-339
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    2. Section Preface

      • K. D. Kreuer
      Pages 341-347

    3. Proton Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Using Theory and Classical Molecular Dynamics

      • A. A. Kornyshev, E. Spohr
      Pages 349-363

    4. Modeling the State of the Water in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

      • Reginald Paul
      Pages 365-383

    5. Proton Conduction in PEMs: Complexity, Cooperativity and Connectivity

      • S. J. Paddison
      Pages 385-412

    6. Atomistic Structural Modelling of Ionomer Membrane Morphology

      • J. A. Elliott
      Pages 413-436

    7. Quantum Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Proton Conducting Materials

      • G. Seifert, S. Hazebroucq, W. Münch
      Pages 437-452

    8. Morphology of Nafion Membranes: Microscopic and Mesoscopic Modeling

      • Dmitry Galperin, Pavel G. Khalatur, Alexei R. Khokhlov
      Pages 453-483
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About this book

Computational studies on fuel cell-related issues are increasingly common. These studies range from engineering level models of fuel cell systems and stacks to molecular level, electronic structure calculations on the behavior of membranes and catalysts, and everything in between. This volume explores this range. It is appropriate to ask what, if anything, does this work tell us that we cannot deduce intuitively? Does the emperor have any clothes? In answering this question resolutely in the affirmative, I will also take the liberty to comment a bit on what makes the effort worthwhile to both the perpetrator(s) of the computational study (hereafter I will use the blanket terms modeler and model for both engineering and chemical physics contexts) and to the rest of the world. The requirements of utility are different in the two spheres. As with any activity, there is a range of quality of work within the modeling community. So what constitutes a useful model? What are the best practices, serving both the needs of the promulgator and consumer? Some of the key com- nents are covered below. First, let me provide a word on my ‘credentials’ for such commentary. I have participated in, and sometimes initiated, a c- tinuous series of such efforts devoted to studies of PEMFC components and cells over the past 17 years. All that participation was from the experim- tal, qualitative side of the effort.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

    Stephen J. Paddison

  • Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

    Keith S. Promislow

About the editors

Paddison is an associate professor of chemical engineering who works on computational studies of fuel cell materials. Promislow is a professor of applied mathematics working on device-level modeling of fuel cells and nonlinear optics.

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