Fuel Cell Fundamentals

PREFACE.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.NOMENCLATURE.I FUEL CELL PRINCIPLES.1 INTRODUCTION.1.1 What Is a Fuel Cell?1.2 A Simple Fuel Cell.1.3 Fuel Cell Advantages.1.4 Fuel Cell Disadvantages.1.5 Fuel Cell Types.1.6 Basic Fuel Cell Operation.1.7 Fuel Cell Performance.1.8 Characterization and Modeling.1.9 Fuel Cell Technology.1.10 Fuel Cells and the Environment.2 FUEL CELL THERMODYNAMICS.2.1 Thermodynamics Review.2.2 Heat Potential of a Fuel: Enthalpy of Reaction.2.3 Work Potential of a Fuel: Gibbs Free Energy.2.4 Predicting Reversible Voltage of a Fuel Cell under Non-Standard-State Conditions.2.5 Fuel Cell Efficiency.3 FUEL CELL REACTION KINETICS.3.1 Introduction to Electrode Kinetics.3.2 Why Charge Transfer Reactions Have an…