Direct Liquid Fuel Cells: Fundamentals, Advances and Future - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128186240 ISBN 13: 9780128186244

Publisher: Academic Press, 2020

Synopsis

Direct Liquid Fuel Cells is a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and specificities of the use of methanol, ethanol, glycerol, formic acid and formate, dimethyl ether, borohydride, hydrazine and other promising liquid fuels in fuel cells. Each chapter covers a different liquid fuel-based fuel cell such as: Anode catalysts of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), future system designs and future trends for direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs), development of catalysts for direct glycerol fuel cells (DGFCs), the mechanisms of the reactions taking place at the anode and cathode electrodes, and the reported anode catalysts for direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC) and direct formate fuel cell (DFFC), characteristics of direct dimethyl ether fuel cell (DDMEFC), including its electrochemical and operating systems and design, the developments in direct borohydride fuel cells, the development of catalysts for direct hydrazine fuel cells (DHFCs), and also the uncommonly used liquids that have a potential for fuel cell applications including 2-propanol, ethylene glycol, ascorbic acid and ascorbate studied in the literature as well as utilization of some blended fuels. In each part, the most recent literature is reviewed and the state of the art is presented. It also includes examples of practical problems with solutions and a summarized comparison of performance, advantages, and limitations of each type of fuel cell discussed. Direct Liquid Fuel Cells is not a typical textbook but rather designed as a reference book of which any level of students (undergraduate or graduate), instructors, field specialists, industry and general audience, who benefit from current and complete understanding of the many aspects involved in the development and operation of these types of fuel cells, could make use of any chapter when necessary. Presents information on different types of direct liquid fuel cells. Explores information under each section, for specific fuel-based fuel cells in...

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About the Authors

Ramiz Gültekin Akay is an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Kocaeli University, Turkey. His research focuses on fuel cells, polymer electrolyte membranes, electrochemical characterizations, and related subjects.

Ayşe Bayrakçeken Yurtcan is a professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Atatürk University, Turkey. Her research focuses on electrocatalysts for fuel cells, carbon-based nanomaterials, nanomaterials for energy, and material characterization.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128186240
• ISBN 13: 9780128186244
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Akay Ramiz Gültekin, Yurtcan Ayşe Bayrakçeken