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Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology

  • 1st Edition - February 25, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Kingshuk Dutta
  • Language: English

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology presents the overall progress witnessed in the field of DMFC over the past decade, highlighting the components, materials, functions, propertie… Read more

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Description

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology presents the overall progress witnessed in the field of DMFC over the past decade, highlighting the components, materials, functions, properties and features, designs and configurations, operations, modelling, applications, pros and cons, social, political and market penetration, economics and future directions. The book discusses every single aspect of DMFC device technology, the associated advantages and drawbacks of state-of-the-art materials and design, market opportunities and commercialization aspects, and possible future directions of research and development. This book, containing critical analyses and opinions from experts around the world, will garner considerable interest among actual users/scientists/experts.

Key features

  • Analyzes developments of membrane electrolytes, electrodes, catalysts, catalyst supports, bipolar plates, gas diffusion layers and flow channels as critical components of direct methanol fuel cells
  • Includes modeling of direct methanol fuel cells to understand their scaling up potentials
  • Discusses commercial aspects of direct methanol fuel cells in terms of market penetration, end application, cost, viability, reliability, social and commercial perception, drawbacks and prospects

Readership

The intended audience for this book shall be the following industrial and academic sectors: (a) alternative energy, (b) fuel cell, (c) direct methanol fuel cell, (d) membrane, (e) electrode, (f) catalyst, and (g) bipolar plateThis book, containing critical analyses and opinions from experts around the world, will garner considerable interest among students, scientists and experts belonging to both industries and academia.Several aspects of this book can also be used for courses in “Environment and Energy Technologies” and “Alternative Energy Technologies” for engineering and technology programs in the undergraduate and postgraduate levels

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Kingshuk Dutta

2. Nafion-based Cation Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Isabella Nicotera

3. Non-Nafion-based Cation Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Alagumalai Nagendran

4. Anion Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Alkaline Fuel Cells

Feifan Wang

5. Advanced Carbon Nanocomposite Mambrane Electrolytes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications

Santoshkumar D. Bhat

6. Carbon-Based Electrodes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Sudipta Chatterjee

7. Platinum-Based Anode Catalyst Systems for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

B Viswanathan

8. Non-Platiunum-Based Anode Catalyst Systems for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Mohamed Mokhtar Mohamed Abdalla

9. Platinum-Based Cathode Catalyst Systems for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Federico A. Viva

10. Non-Platinum-Based Cathode Catalyst Systems for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Vincenzo Baglio

11. Gas Diffusion Layers for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Naveen Kumar Shrivastava

12. Stack and Bipolar Plates Design for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Orazio Barbera

13. Technology of Passive Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Yufeng Zhang

14. Mathematical Modeling Approaches in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Giosuè Giacoppo

15. Elrectrochemistry, Kinetics and Transport Phenomena in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Bhunia Prasenjit

16. Direct Methanol Fuel Cells in Portable Applications: Transition from Lab to Commercial Scale

Raj V

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 25, 2020
  • Language: English

About the author

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Kingshuk Dutta

Dr. Kingshuk Dutta is currently employed as a Junior Scientist in the Advanced Research School for Technology and Product Simulation of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, India. Prior to this appointment, he had worked as an Indo-U.S. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell University, U.S.A. (2018) and as a National Postdoctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur, India (2016-17), both funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India. Earlier, as a Senior Research Fellow funded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India., he had carried out his doctoral study at the University of Calcutta, India (2013-16). He possesses degrees in both technology (B. Tech. and M. Tech.) and science (B. Sc.) all from University of Calcutta. He has also been a recipient of the prestigious Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and National Scholarships, both from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. His areas of research interest lie in the fields of fuel cells (including alcohol, bio/microbial and hydrogen fuel cells), water purification, polymer blends and composites, polymer recycling and polymer processing. Until date, he has contributed to 39 experimental and review papers in reputed international platforms, 12 book chapters and many national and international presentations. In addition, he has co-edited one book titled “Progress and Recent Trends in Microbial Fuel Cells” published by Elsevier. He has also served as a peer reviewer for over 60 journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and research project proposals. He is a life member and an elected fellow of the Indian Chemical Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Junior Scientist , Advanced Research School for Technology and Product Simulation of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, India

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