Device and Materials Modeling in PEM Fuel Cells

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Paddison, Stephen J. (Editor), Promislow, Keith S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 113
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Production of electric energy or power.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Physical Chemistry.; Condensed Matter Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78691-9

Device and Materials Modeling in PEM Fuel Cells is a specialized text that compiles the mathematical details and results of both device and materials modeling in a single volume. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells will likely have an impact on our way of life similar to the integrated circuit...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Device Modeling: Modeling of PEMFC Catalyst Layer Performance and Degradation
• Catalyst Layer Operation in PEM Fuel Cells: From Structural Pictures to Tractable Models
• Reactor Dynamics of PEM Fuel Cells
• Coupled Proton and Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes
• A Combination Model for Macroscopic Transport in Polymer-Electrolyte Membranes
• Analytical models of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell
• Phase change and Hysteresis in PEMFCs
• Modeling of two-phase flow and catalytic reaction kinetics for DMFCs
• Thermal and Electrical Coupling in Stacks
• Part II: Materials Modeling: The Membrane. Water and Proton Transport w/ classical Molecular Dynamics. Modeling the State of the Water in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes. Proton Conduction in PEMs: Complexity, cooperativity, and connectivity. Atomistic structural modelling of ionomer membrane morphology. Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulation of proton conducting materials. Morphology of Nafion membranes: Microscopic and Mesoscopic Modeling
• The Catalyst
• Molecular-level modeling of anode and cathode electrocatalysis for PEM fuel cells. Reactivity of bimetallic nanoclusters toward the oxygen dissociation in acid medium. Multi-scale modeling of CO oxidation on Pt-based electrocatalysts.Modeling Electrocatalytic Reaction Systems from First Principles.