Fuel Cells I

The concept to utilize an ion-conducting polymer membrane as a solid po- mer electrolyte offers several advantages regarding the design and operation of an electrochemical cell, as outlined in Volume 215, Chapter 1 (L. Gubler, G.G. Scherer). Essentially, the solvent and/or transport medium, e.g., H O, 2 + for the mobile ionic species, e.g., H for a cation exchange membrane, is taken up by and con?ned into the nano-dimensional morphology of the i- containingdomainsofthepolymer.Asaconsequence, aphaseseparationinto a hydrophilic ion-containing solvent phase and a hydrophobic polymer ba- bone phase establishes. Because of the narrow solid electrolyte gap in these cells, low ohmic losses reducing the overall cell voltage can be achieved, even at highcurrent densities. This concept was applied to fuel cell technology at a very early stage; h- ever, performance and reliability of the cells were low due to the dissatisfying membrane properties at that time. The development of per?uoro sulfonate and carboxylate-type membranes, in particular for the chlor-alkali process, directly fostered the further development of proton-conducting membranes and, as a consequence, also the progress in this type of fuel cell technology (polymer electrolyte fuel cell,PEFC).

List of contents

A Proton-Conducting Polymer Membrane as Solid Electrolyte - Function and Required Properties.- Proton-Conducting Polymer Electrolyte Membranes: Water and Structure in Charge.- Structural and Morphological Features of Acid-Bearing Polymers for PEM Fuel Cells.- Perfluorinated Ionic Polymers for PEFCs (Including Supported PFSA).- Radiation Grafted Membranes.- Advances in the Development of Inorganic-Organic Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications.

Product details

• Assisted by: Günthe G Scherer (Editor), Günther G Scherer (Editor), Günther G. Scherer (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642089145
• ISBN: 978-3-642-08914-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 15 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 270 p.
• Series: Advances in Polymer Science; Advances in Polymer Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; C, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Science, polymers, electrochemistry, Polymer Sciences, Materials / States of matter, Materials science, Materials Science, general, Power electronics, Electrical Power Engineering, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Electrochemistry & magnetochemistry, Amorphous substances, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Complex fluids