Editors:
- A one-stop reference to alternative energy and sustainability research
- Covers solid oxide, molten carbonate, phosphoric acid and polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
- Discusses R&D, sustainability and marketing aspects
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series (ESSTS)
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Table of contents (40 entries)
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Front Matter
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Fuel Cells
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Front Matter
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About this book
The expected end of the “oil age” will lead to increasing focus and reliance on alternative energy conversion devices, among which fuel cells have the potential to play an important role. Not only can phosphoric acid and solid oxide fuel cells already efficiently convert today’s fossil fuels, including methane, into electricity, but other types of fuel cells, such as polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, have the potential to become the cornerstones of a possible future hydrogen economy.
This handbook offers concise yet comprehensive coverage of the current state of fuel cell research and identifies key areas for future investigation. Internationally renowned specialists provide authoritative introductions to a wide variety of fuel cell types and hydrogen production technologies, and discuss materials and components for these systems. Sustainability and marketing considerations are also covered, including comparisons of fuel cells with alternative technologies.Keywords
- Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells
- Direct Hydrocarbon Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
- FEM-FC
- Fuel Cell Electrochemistry
- Fuel Cell Types
- Fuel Cells Science and Technology Book
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells
- PE Fuel Cell Systems
- PEM Fuel Cell Materials
- PEM Fuel Cells
- PFSA
- Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells
- Polybenzimidazole Fuel Cell Technology
- Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
- SOFC
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Editors and Affiliations
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TSRC, University of California Berkeley TSRC, Berkeley, USA
Timothy E. Lipman
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Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, USA
Adam Z. Weber
About the editors
Lipman received his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Policy Analysis with the Graduate Group in Ecology at UC Davis (1999). He also has received an M.S. degree in the technology track of the Graduate Group in Transportation Technology and Policy, also at UC Davis (1998), and a B.A. from Stanford University(1990). His Ph.D. dissertation titled "Zero-Emission Vehicle Scenario Cost Analysis Using A Fuzzy Set-Based Framework" received the University of California Transportation Center's 'Charlie Wootan' Ph.D. dissertation award for 1999. He is also a 2005 Climate Change Fellow with the Woods Institute at Stanford University, and he also received a 2004 Institute of Transportation Engineers service award, a 1998 NSF IGERT teaching fellowship, a 1997 University of California Transportation Center Dissertation Grant, a 1996 ENO Foundation Fellowship, a 1995 University of California Transportation Center Dissertation Grant, and a 1994 Chevron Foundation Fellowship. A native of Golden, Colorado, he graduated Cum Laude from Colorado Academy in 1986.
Most of his research projects are related to the transformation of energy systems to support motor vehicles and buildings, examining how both incremental and "leap frog" technologies can be applied to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other negative environmental and social impacts of energy use. A central concept for his research is that the electrification of the transportation sector can realize synergy with a concentrated effort to reduce the carbon intensity of the electrical grid, yielding benefit for the electricity sector as well as the expanded use of electricity, hydrogen, and biofuels.
Adam Z. Weber holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tufts University, the latter
under the guidance of Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos. Next, he
earned his Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley, in Chemical Engineering
under the guidance of John Newman. His dissertation work focused on the
fundamental investigation and mathematical modeling of water management
in polymer-electrolyte fuel cells.
Dr. Weber continued his study of water and thermal management in
polymer-electrolyte fuel cells at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
where he is now a staff scientist and program manager for Hydrogen and
Fuel Cell Technologies. His current research involves understanding and
optimizing fuel-cell performance and lifetime including component and
ionomer structure/function studies using advanced modeling and diagnostics,
understanding flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage, and analysis of
solar-fuel generators where he is a Thrust coordinator at the Joint Center for
Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP).
Dr. Weber has coauthored over 110 peer-reviewed articles and 10 book
chapters on fuel cells, flow batteries, and related electrochemical devices;
developed many widely used models for fuel cells and their components;
and has been invited to present his work at various international and national
meetings. He is the recipient of a number of awards including a Fulbright
scholarship to Australia, the 2008 Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation
Prize on Applied Electrochemistry of the International Society of Electrochemistry,
the 2012 Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award of the
Energy Technology Division of the Electrochemical Society, a 2012 Presidential
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the 2014
CharlesW. Tobias Young Investigator Award of the Electrochemical Society, a
Kavli Fellow in 2014, and the 2016 Sir William Grove Award from the
International Association for Hydrogen Energy. He is a Fellow of The Electrochemical
Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production
Book Subtitle: A Volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second Edition
Editors: Timothy E. Lipman, Adam Z. Weber
Series Title: Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7789-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Energy, Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7788-8Published: 05 October 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-7789-5Published: 04 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2629-2378
Series E-ISSN: 2629-2386
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 1179
Number of Illustrations: 236 b/w illustrations, 344 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Storage, Electrochemistry, Energy Systems, Energy Systems, Catalysis