Fuel Cell Fundamentals

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Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Nomenclature -- Part I: Fuel Cell Principles -- Chapter 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 -- 1.11 Chapter Summary -- Chapter Exercises -- Chapter 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 -- 2.6 Thermal and Mass Balances in Fuel Cells -- 2.7 Thermodynamics of Reversible Fuel Cells -- 2.8 Chapter Summary -- Chapter Exercises -- Chapter 3: Fuel Cell Reaction Kinetics -- 3.1 Introduction to Electrode Kinetics -- 3.2 Why Charge Transfer Reactions Have an Activation Energy -- 3.3 Activation Energy Determines Reaction Rate -- 3.4 Calculating Net Rate of a Reaction -- 3.5 Rate of Reaction at Equilibrium: Exchange Current Density -- 3.6 Potential of a Reaction at Equilibrium: Galvani Potential -- 3.7 Potential and Rate: Butler-Volmer Equation -- 3.8 Exchange Currents and Electrocatalysis: How to Improve Kinetic Performance -- 3.9 Simplified Activation Kinetics: Tafel Equation -- 3.10 Different Fuel Cell Reactions Produce Different Kinetics -- 3.11 Catalyst-Electrode Design -- 3.12 Quantum Mechanics: Framework for Understanding Catalysis in Fuel Cells -- 3.13 The Sabatier Principle for Catalyst Selection -- 3.14 Connecting the Butler-Volmer and Nernst Equations (Optional) -- 3.15 Chapter Summary -- Chapter Exercises.