1. Advanced Materials and Technologies for Fuel Cells.
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Viviani, Massimo, Barbucci, Antonio, Carpanese, Maria Paola, Presto, Sabrina, and Viviani, Massimo
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Research & information: general ,Technology: general issues ,2D local control ,BSCF ,CFD ,CH4 internal reforming ,IT-SOFC ,Ohmic resistance ,PEM fuel cell ,Raman spectroscopy ,Rietveld refinement ,SOEC ,SOFC ,Sm-doped ceria ,activation energy ,active site degradation ,alkaline water electrolysis ,anodic overpotential ,cell design optimization ,concentration polarization ,contamination ,cyclic current profile ,diamond anvil cell ,doped ceria ,equation of state ,fuel cell application ,glass-ceramic ,high pressure X-ray powder diffraction ,hydrogen consumption scenarios ,hydrogen production ,impedance spectroscopy ,ionic conductivity ,joining ,low-cost ceramics ,membrane ,mercury intrusion ,microbial fuel cell ,microfluidic fuel cell ,modified fuel utilization ,open circuit voltage ,oxygen starvation ,polymer electrolyte fuel cell ,pore size ,porosity ,powder X-ray diffraction ,powder x-ray diffraction ,power density ,power supply ,pressure drop ,rSOC ,raman spectroscopy ,reliability ,salt ,sealants ,separator ,soft drinks ,solid oxide fuel cell ,solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) ,solid oxides fuel cells ,tape casting process ,transient behavior ,two-phase process ,two-phases flow ,useful water ,water absorption - Abstract
Summary: Fuel cells are expected to play a relevant role in the transition towards a sustainable-energy-driven world. Although this type of electrochemical system was discovered a long time ago, only in recent years has global energy awareness, together with newly developed materials and available technologies, made such key advances in relation to fuel cell potential and its deployment. It is now unquestionable that fuel cells are recognized, alongside their possibility to work in the reverse mode, as the hub of the new energy deal. Now the questions are, why are they not yet ready to be used, despite the strong economic support given from the society? What prevents them from being entered into the hydrogen energy scenario in which renewable sources will provide energy when it is not readily available? How much are researchers involved in this urgent step towards change? This book gives a clear answer, engaging with some of the open issues that explain the delay of fuel cell deployment and, at the same time, it opens a window that shows how wide and attractive the opportunities offered by this technology are. Papers collected here are not only specialist-oriented but also offer a clear landscape to curious readers and show how challenging the road to the future is.