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Fuel Cells Durability & Performance
[October 07, 2008]

Fuel Cells Durability & Performance


This book provides an interdisciplinary review of the fundamental factors affecting Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM FC) performance, components/stacks/system durability, cost, and implementation. The book emphasizes the latest efforts towards overcoming technical and engineering barriers to commercialization of stationary, automotive and portable PEM FC and related hydrogen infrastructure technologies.

Areas addressed include:
- MEAs and Membranes: Development, Degradation and Testing
- Durability, Degradation and Testing of Components/Stacks/Systems
- Development and Durability/Degradation of PEM FC Electrocatalysts

Includes cutting-edge research from the following organizations:
- ACAL Energy Ltd.
- Arkema Inc.
- Ballard Power Systems (News - Alert), Inc.
- CSIRO Energy Technology
- DuPont Fuel Cells
- EnerFuel
- Enerize Corporation
- Ford Motor Company
- French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA-Grenoble)
- Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Proton Energy Systems
- VIASPACE Corp.



Chapter 1
- MEA Development for Automotive Applications
Kev Adjemian, PhD, Manager, Fuel Cell Laboratory, and Akihiro Iiyama, PhD, Expert Leader, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Since the inception of the fuel cell program at Nissan Motor Company, great developmental strides have been made in both component and system optimization. This work has resulted in Nissan Motor Company providing the first fuel cell vehicle for commercial taxi service in Japan. Nevertheless, further improvements to the durability and performance of the MEA are required for mass-commercialization. This is being carried out by first understanding the underlying mechanisms followed by formulating effective counter-measures and new materials. Using this approach, major advancements towards fuel cell commercialization are being realized.


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