Book Description:
Fuel cell technology has gained increasing attentions as it provides a promising sustainable approach for facing the existing energy crisis and environmental concerns. Fuel cell based power generation has been proposed to be applied in transport and distributed energy supply. However, the development of fuel cell is still in its early stages, which must overcome several issues before its commercial application, such as cost, process efficiency and working stability. This book provides a general picture on the development of fuel cells. In particular, two representative fuel cells, i.e. PEM fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells, were reviewed in detail. The book is intended to serve as a reference for both researchers and postgraduate students within the field of chemical/biological fuel cells. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Power Generation with PEM Fuel Cells: General Aspects, Experimental Analysis and Modelling
(J.I. San Martín, I. Zamora, V. Aperribay, J.J. San Martín, P. Eguía, E. Torres) pp.1-60

Chapter 2. Performance Analysis and Optimization of Planar and Tubular-Shaped PEM Fuel Cells
(Maher A.R. Sadiq Al-Baghdadi) pp.61-118

Chapter 3. New Trend of Miniature Fuel Cells
(Satoshi Tominaka, Tetsuya Osaka)pp.119-142

Chapter 4. Planar Thin Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Intermediate Temperature Operation(IT SOFC): Design and Performance
(V.A. Sadykov, N. V. Mezentseva, V. V. Usoltsev, T. S. Kharlamova, S. N. Pavlova, V. D. Belyaev, G. M. Alikina, R. V. Bunina, V. V. Pelipeko, L. N. Bobrova, A. V. Ishchenko, O. F. Bobrenok, N. F. Uvarov, Yu. S. Okhlupin, D. I. Bronin, S. M. Beresnev, N. M. Bogdanovich, B. L. Kuzin, A. A. Kurteeva, O. L. Smorygo, V. A. Mikutski, A. L. Smirnova, M. V. Korobeinikov, A. V. Arzhannikov, P. Singh, B. Rietveld and F. van Berkel)pp.143-210

Chapter 5. Effect of High Temperature Creep Behavior of Component Materials on Long-term Performance of SOFCs
(W.N. Liu, X. Sun, M.A. Khaleel)pp.211-248

Chapter 6. Principles and Challenges for Microbial Fuel Cell
(Zhidan Liu, Jing Liu and Xin-Hui Xing - College of Water Resouces and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084, China, Department of Biotechnology, Lund University,Lund SE-221 00, Sweden)pp.249-270

Index pp.271-284