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. The potential applications range from the micron scale to large scale industrial production. Successful integration of PEM fuel cells into the mass market will require new materials and a deeper understanding of the balance required to maintain various operational states. This book contains articles from scientists who contribute to fuel cell models from both the materials and device perspectives. Topics such as catalyst layer performance and operation, reactor dynamics, macroscopic transport, and analytical models are covered under device modeling. Materials modeling include subjects relating to the membrane and the catalyst such as proton conduction, atomistic structural modeling, quantum molecular dynamics, and molecular-level modeling of the anode and cathode electrocatalysts.
Device and Materials Modeling in PEM Fuel Cells is ideal for professionals and researchers working with fuel cells, as well as electrical engineers and graduate students performing computational materials research, applied mathematics, and molecular physics.
Author(s): Jean St-Pierre (auth.), Stephen J. Paddison, Keith S. Promislow (eds.)
Series: Topics in Applied Physics 113
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 588
Tags: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks; Physical Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Section Preface....Pages 3-17
Modeling of PEMFC Catalyst Layer Performance and Degradation....Pages 19-39
Catalyst Layer Operation in PEM Fuel Cells: From Structural Pictures to Tractable Models....Pages 41-90
Reactor Dynamics of PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 91-122
Coupled Proton and Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes....Pages 123-155
A Combination Model for Macroscopic Transport in Polymer-Electrolyte Membranes....Pages 157-198
Analytical Models of a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell....Pages 199-252
Phase Change and Hysteresis in PEMFCs....Pages 253-295
Modeling of Two-Phase Flow and Catalytic Reaction Kinetics for DMFCs....Pages 297-316
Thermal and Electrical Coupling in Stacks....Pages 317-337
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Section Preface....Pages 341-347
Proton Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Using Theory and Classical Molecular Dynamics....Pages 349-363
Modeling the State of the Water in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes....Pages 365-383
Proton Conduction in PEMs: Complexity, Cooperativity and Connectivity....Pages 385-412
Atomistic Structural Modelling of Ionomer Membrane Morphology....Pages 413-436
Quantum Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Proton Conducting Materials....Pages 437-452
Morphology of Nafion Membranes: Microscopic and Mesoscopic Modeling....Pages 453-483
Molecular-Level Modeling of Anode and Cathode Electrocatalysis for PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 485-508
Reactivity of Bimetallic Nanoclusters Toward the Oxygen Reduction in Acid Medium....Pages 509-532
Multi-Scale Modeling of CO Oxidation on Pt-Based Electrocatalysts....Pages 533-549
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Modeling Electrocatalytic Reaction Systems from First Principles....Pages 551-574
Back Matter....Pages 575-588
