Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells

Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Component Design and Applications

AvVicente Compa� Moreno,Omar Solorza Feria

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

1 846 kr

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Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells: Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Component Design and Applications delivers a rigorous integration of thermodynamic and electrochemical principles underpinning Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs), Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs), and PEM electrolyzers. The reference addresses a critical pedagogical gap by uniting foundational irreversible thermodynamics, electrokinetics, and transport theory with practical materials science for real-world device design. It is intended for graduate-level students, researchers, and engineers who require quantitative frameworks to predict fuel-cell behavior, design high-conductivity ion-exchange membranes, and analyze coupled heat, mass, and charge transport in operational systems. The book is structured in two parts spanning fourteen chapters. Part I develops the scientific foundations-thermodynamics, electrochemical kinetics, transport phenomena, membrane thermodynamics, and Nernst-Planck-based formulations of ionic motion and irreversible processes. Part II transitions to applied technologies, including membrane synthesis and characterization, nanocatalyst design with rotating disk and rotating ring-disk electrode diagnostics, membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) fabrication, bipolar-plate flow-field simulation, single-cell testing, PEM electrolyzer performance and hydrogen storage, and emerging microbial and plant-based fuel cell systems. This reference highlights the value of integrating theoretical derivations with experimental methodologies and simulation case studies. Readers learn to select and characterize ion-exchange membranes, rationalize catalyst composition and loading for MEAs, and optimize bipolar-plate geometries through finite-element modeling.

The book provides detailed experimental methods-electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), conductivity and permeability measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), RDE/RRDE diagnostics-and offers durability-assessment frameworks that bridge academic training and industrial prototyping. By combining fundamentals with applied design tools, it supports the global energy transition toward efficient, low-carbon hydrogen technologies and serves as both a graduate-level textbook and a practical reference for laboratory instruction and R&D teams worldwide.

Equip readers with first-principles thermodynamics and electrochemistry to design, size, and evaluate proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and PEM electrolyzers
Provide step-by-step synthesis and rigorous characterization of ion-exchange membranes and ORR/OER nanocatalysts, directly tied to measurable membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) performance
Use simulation-based methods (including FEM) to optimize bipolar-plate flow channels and predict single-cell polarization and losses before prototyping
Deliver practical MEA assembly, activation, testing, and durability-assessment protocols for both PEMFCs and PEM electrolyzers

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2027-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:500
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780443518393

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Energiteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Vicente Compañ, PhD in Physics, is Full Professor of Applied Thermodynamics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Adjunct Professor (Ad Honorem). For over 20 years he has led research on transport properties of polymeric membranes, currently focusing on ion-exchange membranes for fuel cells and batteries. He has led 4 national and 7 regional research projects, acted as PI on 7 other national projects, and contributed to 5 more. His output includes 180+ papers and book chapters, 100+ conference presentations (including invited/keynote talks), over 3,600 citations and an h-index of 32. He has supervised five doctoral theses on membrane transport, dielectric spectroscopy, conductivity, relaxation phenomena and gas diffusion in polymers/hydrogels, and works on nanofiber-reinforced nanocomposites, electrochemical membrane characterization and applications in PEMFC, DMFC and PEM electrolyzers. Omar Solorza Feria is a Distinguished Professor of Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry in the Chemistry Department at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV–IPN). His work focuses on low‑temperature, liquid‑phase synthesis and characterization of nanocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in PEM fuel cells. He led the development of “HidroBiiNiza, an indigenous hydrogen fuel‑cell hybrid electric vehicle (trademarked with IMPI Mexico), and is a recognized specialist in renewable hydrogen and PEM fuel cells. He has received multiple national awards, holds four national patents and three industrial design grants from IMPI Mexico, and has authored over 200 publications and book chapters

Innehållsförteckning

1. Thermodynamic foundations overview.2. Thermodynamic Foundations of Isothermal Processes in Polymer Membranes.3. Hydrogen Generation and Fuel Cells.4. Ion-exchange membranes for use as polyelectrolytes in fuel cells.5. Characterization of ion exchange membranes for use in PEMFC and DMFC fuel cells.6. Hydrogen Generation with Electrolyzers Technology: An Overview of its Storage7. Kinetic Fundamentals of Electrode Reactions and Proton Transport8. Mass transport in a fuel cell.9. Synthesis and characterization of Nanocatalysts for Membrane-Electrode Assemblies10. Preparation and Assessment of Membrane-Electrode Assemblies (MEAs)11. Experimental Study of the Behavior of a PEMFC Fuel Cell12. Fuel Cell Prototypes and their Applications in Vehicle Transportation13. Simulation of the Design and Optimization of Flow Channels in the Bipolar Plates of a PEMFC14. Prospects energetic in Microbial and Plant Fuel Cells (PMFC)