Overview
- Provides a comprehensive, in-depth survey of PEM fuel cell electrocatalysts and catalyst layers
- Presented by internationally renowned fuel cell scientists and engineers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are promising clean energy converting devices with high efficiency and low to zero emissions. Such power sources can be used in transportation, stationary, portable and micro power applications. The key components of these fuel cells are catalysts and catalyst layers. “PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts and Catalyst Layers” provides a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the field, presented by internationally renowned fuel cell scientists. The opening chapters introduce the fundamentals of electrochemical theory and fuel cell catalysis. Later chapters investigate the synthesis, characterization, and activity validation of PEM fuel cell catalysts. Further chapters describe in detail the integration of the electrocatalyst/catalyst layers into the fuel cell, and their performance validation. Researchers and engineers in the fuel cell industry will find this book a valuable resource, as will students of electrochemical engineering and catalyst synthesis.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Jiujun Zhang is a Senior Research Officer and PEM Catalysis Core Competency Leader at the National Research Council of Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI). Dr Zhang has over twenty-six years of R&D experience in theoretical and applied electrochemistry, including over twelve years of fuel cell R&D (among these six years at Ballard Power Systems and four years at NRC-IFCI), and three years of electrochemical sensor experience. Dr Zhang holds seven adjunct professorships, including one at the University of Waterloo and one at the University of British Columbia. His research is based on: low/non-Pt cathode catalyst development with long-term stability for catalyst cost reduction; preparation of novel material-supported Pt catalysts through ultrasonic spray pyrolysis; catalyst layer/cathode structure; fundamental understanding through first principles theoretical modeling; catalyst layer characterization and electrochemical evaluation; and preparation of cost-effective MEAs for fuel cell testing and evaluation. Dr Zhang has co-authored more than 140 research papers published in refereed journals and holds over ten US patents. He has also produced in excess of seventy industrial technical reports. Dr Zhang is an active member of The Electrochemical Society, the International Society of Electrochemistry, and the American Chemical Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts and Catalyst Layers
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Editors: Jiujun Zhang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-936-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84800-935-6Published: 12 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6847-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84800-936-3Published: 26 August 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 1137
Topics: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Electrochemistry, Catalysis, Materials Science, general, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy