Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells
Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Component Design and Applications
- 1 Edición - 1 de enero de 2027
- Última edición
- Autores: Vicente Compañ Moreno, Omar Solorza Feria
- Idioma: Inglés
Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells: Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Component Design and Applications delivers a rigorous integration of thermodynamic and electr… Leer más
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Proton Exchange Membranes Fuel Cells: Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Component Design and Applications delivers a rigorous integration of thermodynamic and electrochemical principles underpinning Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs), Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs), and PEM electrolyzers. The reference addresses a critical pedagogical gap by uniting foundational irreversible thermodynamics, electrokinetics, and transport theory with practical materials science for real‑world device design. It is intended for graduate‑level students, researchers, and engineers who require quantitative frameworks to predict fuel‑cell behavior, design high‑conductivity ion‑exchange membranes, and analyze coupled heat, mass, and charge transport in operational systems. The book is structured in two parts spanning fourteen chapters. Part I develops the scientific foundations—thermodynamics, electrochemical kinetics, transport phenomena, membrane thermodynamics, and Nernst–Planck–based formulations of ionic motion and irreversible processes. Part II transitions to applied technologies, including membrane synthesis and characterization, nanocatalyst design with rotating disk and rotating ring-disk electrode diagnostics, membrane‑electrode assembly (MEA) fabrication, bipolar‑plate flow‑field simulation, single‑cell testing, PEM electrolyzer performance and hydrogen storage, and emerging microbial and plant-based fuel cell systems. This reference highlights the value of integrating theoretical derivations with experimental methodologies and simulation case studies. Readers learn to select and characterize ion‑exchange membranes, rationalize catalyst composition and loading for MEAs, and optimize bipolar-plate geometries through finite‑element modeling.
The book provides detailed experimental methods—electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), conductivity and permeability measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), RDE/RRDE diagnostics—and offers durability‑assessment frameworks that bridge academic training and industrial prototyping. By combining fundamentals with applied design tools, it supports the global energy transition toward efficient, low‑carbon hydrogen technologies and serves as both a graduate‑level textbook and a practical reference for laboratory instruction and R&D teams worldwide.
The book provides detailed experimental methods—electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), conductivity and permeability measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), RDE/RRDE diagnostics—and offers durability‑assessment frameworks that bridge academic training and industrial prototyping. By combining fundamentals with applied design tools, it supports the global energy transition toward efficient, low‑carbon hydrogen technologies and serves as both a graduate‑level textbook and a practical reference for laboratory instruction and R&D teams worldwide.
Puntos claves
Puntos claves
- Equip readers with first‑principles thermodynamics and electrochemistry to design, size, and evaluate proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and PEM electrolyzers
- Provide step‑by‑step synthesis and rigorous characterization of ion‑exchange membranes and ORR/OER nanocatalysts, directly tied to measurable membrane‑electrode assembly (MEA) performance
- Use simulation‑based methods (including FEM) to optimize bipolar‑plate flow channels and predict single‑cell polarization and losses before prototyping
- Deliver practical MEA assembly, activation, testing, and durability‑assessment protocols for both PEMFCs and PEM electrolyzers
De interès para
De interès para
Graduate students and researchers in energy, electrochemistry, materials science
Índice
Índice
1. Thermodynamic foundations overview
1.1. Practical set of independent variables
1.2. Partial molar properties
1.3. Euler's theorem
1.4. Euler's equation
1.5. Gibbs-Duhem equation
1.6. Chemical potential of a mixture of ideal gases
1.7. Mixture of non-reacting real gases. Lewis-Randall rule
1.8. Ideal and real solutions. Activity coefficient
1.9. Electrochemical systems
1.10. Relationship between chemical potential and electrochemical potential
1.11. Expression of electrochemical potential in terms of observable variables
1.12. Gibbs phase rule
1.13. Proportional partitioning between two liquid phases: Nernst's law
1.14. Osmotic equilibrium. Osmotic pressure
1.15. Electrochemical batteries
1.16. Lead-acid accumulator
1.17. Daniel's Stack
1.18. Gas cell. References
2. Thermodynamic Foundations of Isothermal Processes in Polymer Membranes
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Electrolyte Dissolutions in Non-Equilibrium Systems. The Dissipation Function.
2.3. Definition of Volume Flux
2.4. Dissipation Function in Heterogeneous Systems
2.5. Determination of phenomenological coefficients. electrokinetic processes
2.6. Electrokinetic phenomena
2.6.1. Flow Potential (SP)
2.6.2. Electroosmosis (EO)
2.6.3. Flow conduction
2.6.4. Electroosmotic pressure (EOP)
2.6.5. Electrical conduction
2.6.6. Permeation
2.7. Saxen's Relation
2.8. Electrical conductance measurements. Transport numbers
2.9. Reduced transport number.
2.10. Membrane potential.
2.11. Electrical potential difference between two subsystems separated by a membrane.
2.12. Liquid junction potential. References
3. Hydrogen Generation and Fuel Cells
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Hydrogen Technology
3.3. Overview and Basic Characteristics of Hydrogen
3.4. Thermodynamics of Water Electrolysis with Proton Membranes (PEM)
3.5. Hydrogen Generation by Methanol-Water Electrolysis
3.6. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
3.6.1. Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs)
3.6.2. Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs)
3.6.3. Alkaline Fuel Cells (AFCs)
3.6.4. Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells (PAFCs)
3.6.5. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)
3.6.6. Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFCs)
3.6.7. Biofuel cells (BFCs)
3.7. Operating principles of a PEMFC fuel cell stack
3.8. Thermodynamics of H2/O2 fuel cells
3.8.1. Effect of temperature on a fuel cell
3.8.2. Effect of pressure on a fuel cell
3.9. Fuel cell efficiency
3.10. Comparison between thermal and electrochemical performance of fuel cells
4. Ion-exchange membranes for use as polyelectrolytes in fuel cells
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Ion-exchange membranes
4.3. Homogeneous membranes
4.4. Heterogeneous membranes
4.5. Polymer/acid membranes
4.6. Polymeric membranes for moderate and high-temperature PEMFCs (HT-PEMFCs)
4.6.1. Modified perfluorosulfonated membranes
4.6.2. Sulfonated polyaromatic membranes
4.6.3. Acid-base polymer membranes
4.6.4. Polymeric membranes with ionic liquids (ILs)
4.6.5. Membranes prepared by electrospinning. References
5. Characterization of ion exchange membranes for use in PEMFC and DMFC fuel cells
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Nernst-Planck flow equation
5.3. Osmotic phenomena, electric potential, and Donnan equilibrium
5.4. Ionic diffusion in ion exchange membranes
5.5. Electromotive force of concentration cells and transport numbers
5.6. Membrane conductivity
5.7. Electroosmosis. Water transport number
5.8. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes and ion transport number
5.9. Experimental characterization of ion exchange membranes (PEM)
5.9.1. Water sorption
5.9.2. Determination of ion exchange capacity (IEC)
5.9.3. Determination of conductivity using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
5.9.4. Determination of proton transport number and mobility
5.9.5. Electro-osmotic characterization of an ion-exchange membrane
5.9.6. Determination of the permeability of reformed fuels in membranes
5.9.6.1. Methanol permeation in the vapor phase
5.9.6.2. Determination of methanol permeability in the liquid phase
a) Using chromatography
b) Using a refractometer
c) Using densitometry
d) Using potentiometry
5.9.7. Determination of membrane morphology using SEM
5.9.8. Characterization of the thermal stability of a membrane
5.9.9. Characterization of mechanical properties
5.10. Determination of the oxygen permeability and diffusivity of membranes used in microbial fuel cells
6. Hydrogen Generation with Electrolyzers Technology: An Overview of its Storage
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Thermodynamic Fundamentals Applied to PEM Electrolysis
6.2.1. Electrolysis of Methanol-Water Mixtures
6.2.2. Electrolysis of Pure Water
6.3. Membranes Used and Their Preparation
6.4. Experimental Laboratory and Equipment
6.5. Electrical Performance and Efficiency of PEM Electrolyzers: Results
6.6. Hydrogen storage as primary source for the energy transition
6.7. Hydrogen Storage
6.7.1. Gaseous Hydrogen Storage
6.7.2. Liquid Hydrogen storage
6.7.3. Hydrogen Storage in metal hydrides
6.7.4. Hydrogen storage in underground caverns
7. Kinetic Fundamentals of Electrode Reactions and Proton Transport
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Electrode Reactions and Proton Transport Through the Polyelectrolyte
7.3. Electron Transfer at Electrodes. Classical Treatment
7.3.1. Langmuir Isotherm
7.4. Electrode Kinetics in the Fuel Cell
7.5. Net Velocity and Current Density
7.6. Activation Overpotential
7.7. Butler-Volmer Equation
7.8. Tafel Equation
7.8.1. Low Overpotential
7.8.2. High Overpotential
7.8.2.1. Net Cathodic Behavior
7.8.2.2. Net Anodic Behavior
7.9. Temperature Dependence of the Tafel Slope and the Transfer Coefficient
7.10. Modeling a Fuel Cell
7.11. Insights into Hydrogen and Oxygen Consumption, as Well as Water and Heat Generation in a Single-Cell PEMFC
8. Mass transport in a fuel cell
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Mass transport. Nernst-Planck equation
8.3. Mass transport losses or diffusion-controlled concentration at a flat electrode and boundary current. One-Dimensional Analysis
8.4. Diffusion and Migration Transport
8.5. Convective Transport
8.6. Boundary Current Considerations
8.7. Effect of Fuel Concentration on Cell Voltage
8.8. Ohmic Losses
8.9. Power of an Electrochemical Energy Converter as a Function of Current
8.10. Determination of the Amount of Hydrogen Crossing the Membrane
8.11. One-Dimensional Model of a Simple PEMFC Fuel Cell. Flow Balance
9. Synthesis and characterization of Nanocatalysts for Membrane-Electrode Assemblies
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Nanocatalyst support
9.3. Classification of nanostructured materials
9.4. Top-down and bottom-up synthesis of nanometer-sized materials
9.5. Structural characterization of nanocatalysts
9.6. Electrocatalytic performance of nanomaterials
9.7. Temperature dependence of α and β
9.8. Electrocatalytic characterization of nanocatalyst with RDE
9.9. Kinetic characterization with a rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE)
9.10. Enhanced Stability and durability of electrocatalysts for ORR References
10. Preparation and Assessment of Membrane-Electrode Assemblies (MEAs)
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Electrode catalysts, membranes and support for MEAs preparation
10.3. Novel materials and flux pathways in bipolar plates design
10.4. Assembly manufacturing MEA protocol
10.5. Electrode coating process preparation
10.6. Characterization techniques for assembly activation and assessment
10.7. Performance and Durability evaluation of MEAs
10.8. Catalytic Loading Optimization References
11. Experimental Study of the Behavior of a PEMFC Fuel Cell
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Determination of the Tafel parameters of a PEMFC with a Nafion 117 Membrane
11.3. Simulation of a Single-Cell PEMFC under different conditions
11.3.1. Ohmic Losses
11.3.2. Activation Losses
11.3.3. Concentration Losses
11.4. Variation in Fuel Cell Potential with Changing Operating Temperature
11.5. Change in fuel cell potential with changing gas inlet pressure
11.6. Effect of exchange current and transfer coefficient
11.7. Effect of limiting current on fuel cell performance
11.8. Theoretical tuning of fuel cell performance
11.9. Resistance of an electrochemical energy converter as a function of current
12. Fuel Cell Prototypes and their Applications in Vehicle Transportation
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Fuel cell prototypes
12.3. Current and novel materials collector plates
12.4. Design of polymer cell modules or stacks as power sources
12.5. Integration of bipolar plates, MEAs, and terminal plates in PEMFCs
12.6. Powertrain in hybrid vehicle transport
12.7. Control electronics in hybrid vehicle transport
12.8. Electrical energy storage in Li-ion batteries
12.9. Sizing and modeling of Li-ion batteries
12.10. Battery management system (BMS)
12.11. Design and construction of vehicle structure
12.12. Manufacturing costs of PEMFCs
13. Simulation of the Design and Optimization of Flow Channels in the Bipolar Plates of a PEMFC
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Suitable materials for the construction of bipolar plates
13.3. Method for Obtaining the Mesh in Finite Element Modeling (FEM)
13.3.1. Meshing Process
13.4. Distribution Channel Models
13.4.1. Rectangular and Rounded Coil Geometry
13.5. Down-Cross Coil Geometry
13.6. Comparison between Rounded and Down-Crossed Coil Bipolar Plates
13.7. Diagonal Configuration
13.7.1. Diagonal Configuration with a 30° Inlet Angle.
13.7.2. Diagonal Configuration with a 60° Inlet Angle.
13.7.3. Cascade Diagonal Configuration
13.8. Diagonal Coil Configuration
13.9. Point-at-Angle Geometry, also known as "pin-type."
13.9.1. Square Point Configuration
13.9.2. Cylinder Configuration
13.9.3. Truncated Cone Configuration
13.9.4. Triangle Configuration
13.10. Summary
14. Prospects energetic in Microbial and Plant Fuel Cells (PMFC)
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Biological Fuel Cells
14.3. Plant-Based Microbial Fuel Cells (PMFCs)
14.4. Development of Plant-Based Microbial Fuel Cells
14.5. Fundamentals and Operation of Plant Microbial Fuel Cells (PMFCs)
14.6. Electrochemical Mechanism
14.7. Biological Components of the Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (PMFC)
14.7.1. Plant species
14.7.2. Plant microbial fuel cells with polymer electrodes
14.8. Electricity generation in PMFC
1.1. Practical set of independent variables
1.2. Partial molar properties
1.3. Euler's theorem
1.4. Euler's equation
1.5. Gibbs-Duhem equation
1.6. Chemical potential of a mixture of ideal gases
1.7. Mixture of non-reacting real gases. Lewis-Randall rule
1.8. Ideal and real solutions. Activity coefficient
1.9. Electrochemical systems
1.10. Relationship between chemical potential and electrochemical potential
1.11. Expression of electrochemical potential in terms of observable variables
1.12. Gibbs phase rule
1.13. Proportional partitioning between two liquid phases: Nernst's law
1.14. Osmotic equilibrium. Osmotic pressure
1.15. Electrochemical batteries
1.16. Lead-acid accumulator
1.17. Daniel's Stack
1.18. Gas cell. References
2. Thermodynamic Foundations of Isothermal Processes in Polymer Membranes
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Electrolyte Dissolutions in Non-Equilibrium Systems. The Dissipation Function.
2.3. Definition of Volume Flux
2.4. Dissipation Function in Heterogeneous Systems
2.5. Determination of phenomenological coefficients. electrokinetic processes
2.6. Electrokinetic phenomena
2.6.1. Flow Potential (SP)
2.6.2. Electroosmosis (EO)
2.6.3. Flow conduction
2.6.4. Electroosmotic pressure (EOP)
2.6.5. Electrical conduction
2.6.6. Permeation
2.7. Saxen's Relation
2.8. Electrical conductance measurements. Transport numbers
2.9. Reduced transport number.
2.10. Membrane potential.
2.11. Electrical potential difference between two subsystems separated by a membrane.
2.12. Liquid junction potential. References
3. Hydrogen Generation and Fuel Cells
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Hydrogen Technology
3.3. Overview and Basic Characteristics of Hydrogen
3.4. Thermodynamics of Water Electrolysis with Proton Membranes (PEM)
3.5. Hydrogen Generation by Methanol-Water Electrolysis
3.6. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
3.6.1. Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs)
3.6.2. Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs)
3.6.3. Alkaline Fuel Cells (AFCs)
3.6.4. Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells (PAFCs)
3.6.5. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)
3.6.6. Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFCs)
3.6.7. Biofuel cells (BFCs)
3.7. Operating principles of a PEMFC fuel cell stack
3.8. Thermodynamics of H2/O2 fuel cells
3.8.1. Effect of temperature on a fuel cell
3.8.2. Effect of pressure on a fuel cell
3.9. Fuel cell efficiency
3.10. Comparison between thermal and electrochemical performance of fuel cells
4. Ion-exchange membranes for use as polyelectrolytes in fuel cells
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Ion-exchange membranes
4.3. Homogeneous membranes
4.4. Heterogeneous membranes
4.5. Polymer/acid membranes
4.6. Polymeric membranes for moderate and high-temperature PEMFCs (HT-PEMFCs)
4.6.1. Modified perfluorosulfonated membranes
4.6.2. Sulfonated polyaromatic membranes
4.6.3. Acid-base polymer membranes
4.6.4. Polymeric membranes with ionic liquids (ILs)
4.6.5. Membranes prepared by electrospinning. References
5. Characterization of ion exchange membranes for use in PEMFC and DMFC fuel cells
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Nernst-Planck flow equation
5.3. Osmotic phenomena, electric potential, and Donnan equilibrium
5.4. Ionic diffusion in ion exchange membranes
5.5. Electromotive force of concentration cells and transport numbers
5.6. Membrane conductivity
5.7. Electroosmosis. Water transport number
5.8. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes and ion transport number
5.9. Experimental characterization of ion exchange membranes (PEM)
5.9.1. Water sorption
5.9.2. Determination of ion exchange capacity (IEC)
5.9.3. Determination of conductivity using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
5.9.4. Determination of proton transport number and mobility
5.9.5. Electro-osmotic characterization of an ion-exchange membrane
5.9.6. Determination of the permeability of reformed fuels in membranes
5.9.6.1. Methanol permeation in the vapor phase
5.9.6.2. Determination of methanol permeability in the liquid phase
a) Using chromatography
b) Using a refractometer
c) Using densitometry
d) Using potentiometry
5.9.7. Determination of membrane morphology using SEM
5.9.8. Characterization of the thermal stability of a membrane
5.9.9. Characterization of mechanical properties
5.10. Determination of the oxygen permeability and diffusivity of membranes used in microbial fuel cells
6. Hydrogen Generation with Electrolyzers Technology: An Overview of its Storage
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Thermodynamic Fundamentals Applied to PEM Electrolysis
6.2.1. Electrolysis of Methanol-Water Mixtures
6.2.2. Electrolysis of Pure Water
6.3. Membranes Used and Their Preparation
6.4. Experimental Laboratory and Equipment
6.5. Electrical Performance and Efficiency of PEM Electrolyzers: Results
6.6. Hydrogen storage as primary source for the energy transition
6.7. Hydrogen Storage
6.7.1. Gaseous Hydrogen Storage
6.7.2. Liquid Hydrogen storage
6.7.3. Hydrogen Storage in metal hydrides
6.7.4. Hydrogen storage in underground caverns
7. Kinetic Fundamentals of Electrode Reactions and Proton Transport
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Electrode Reactions and Proton Transport Through the Polyelectrolyte
7.3. Electron Transfer at Electrodes. Classical Treatment
7.3.1. Langmuir Isotherm
7.4. Electrode Kinetics in the Fuel Cell
7.5. Net Velocity and Current Density
7.6. Activation Overpotential
7.7. Butler-Volmer Equation
7.8. Tafel Equation
7.8.1. Low Overpotential
7.8.2. High Overpotential
7.8.2.1. Net Cathodic Behavior
7.8.2.2. Net Anodic Behavior
7.9. Temperature Dependence of the Tafel Slope and the Transfer Coefficient
7.10. Modeling a Fuel Cell
7.11. Insights into Hydrogen and Oxygen Consumption, as Well as Water and Heat Generation in a Single-Cell PEMFC
8. Mass transport in a fuel cell
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Mass transport. Nernst-Planck equation
8.3. Mass transport losses or diffusion-controlled concentration at a flat electrode and boundary current. One-Dimensional Analysis
8.4. Diffusion and Migration Transport
8.5. Convective Transport
8.6. Boundary Current Considerations
8.7. Effect of Fuel Concentration on Cell Voltage
8.8. Ohmic Losses
8.9. Power of an Electrochemical Energy Converter as a Function of Current
8.10. Determination of the Amount of Hydrogen Crossing the Membrane
8.11. One-Dimensional Model of a Simple PEMFC Fuel Cell. Flow Balance
9. Synthesis and characterization of Nanocatalysts for Membrane-Electrode Assemblies
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Nanocatalyst support
9.3. Classification of nanostructured materials
9.4. Top-down and bottom-up synthesis of nanometer-sized materials
9.5. Structural characterization of nanocatalysts
9.6. Electrocatalytic performance of nanomaterials
9.7. Temperature dependence of α and β
9.8. Electrocatalytic characterization of nanocatalyst with RDE
9.9. Kinetic characterization with a rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE)
9.10. Enhanced Stability and durability of electrocatalysts for ORR References
10. Preparation and Assessment of Membrane-Electrode Assemblies (MEAs)
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Electrode catalysts, membranes and support for MEAs preparation
10.3. Novel materials and flux pathways in bipolar plates design
10.4. Assembly manufacturing MEA protocol
10.5. Electrode coating process preparation
10.6. Characterization techniques for assembly activation and assessment
10.7. Performance and Durability evaluation of MEAs
10.8. Catalytic Loading Optimization References
11. Experimental Study of the Behavior of a PEMFC Fuel Cell
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Determination of the Tafel parameters of a PEMFC with a Nafion 117 Membrane
11.3. Simulation of a Single-Cell PEMFC under different conditions
11.3.1. Ohmic Losses
11.3.2. Activation Losses
11.3.3. Concentration Losses
11.4. Variation in Fuel Cell Potential with Changing Operating Temperature
11.5. Change in fuel cell potential with changing gas inlet pressure
11.6. Effect of exchange current and transfer coefficient
11.7. Effect of limiting current on fuel cell performance
11.8. Theoretical tuning of fuel cell performance
11.9. Resistance of an electrochemical energy converter as a function of current
12. Fuel Cell Prototypes and their Applications in Vehicle Transportation
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Fuel cell prototypes
12.3. Current and novel materials collector plates
12.4. Design of polymer cell modules or stacks as power sources
12.5. Integration of bipolar plates, MEAs, and terminal plates in PEMFCs
12.6. Powertrain in hybrid vehicle transport
12.7. Control electronics in hybrid vehicle transport
12.8. Electrical energy storage in Li-ion batteries
12.9. Sizing and modeling of Li-ion batteries
12.10. Battery management system (BMS)
12.11. Design and construction of vehicle structure
12.12. Manufacturing costs of PEMFCs
13. Simulation of the Design and Optimization of Flow Channels in the Bipolar Plates of a PEMFC
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Suitable materials for the construction of bipolar plates
13.3. Method for Obtaining the Mesh in Finite Element Modeling (FEM)
13.3.1. Meshing Process
13.4. Distribution Channel Models
13.4.1. Rectangular and Rounded Coil Geometry
13.5. Down-Cross Coil Geometry
13.6. Comparison between Rounded and Down-Crossed Coil Bipolar Plates
13.7. Diagonal Configuration
13.7.1. Diagonal Configuration with a 30° Inlet Angle.
13.7.2. Diagonal Configuration with a 60° Inlet Angle.
13.7.3. Cascade Diagonal Configuration
13.8. Diagonal Coil Configuration
13.9. Point-at-Angle Geometry, also known as "pin-type."
13.9.1. Square Point Configuration
13.9.2. Cylinder Configuration
13.9.3. Truncated Cone Configuration
13.9.4. Triangle Configuration
13.10. Summary
14. Prospects energetic in Microbial and Plant Fuel Cells (PMFC)
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Biological Fuel Cells
14.3. Plant-Based Microbial Fuel Cells (PMFCs)
14.4. Development of Plant-Based Microbial Fuel Cells
14.5. Fundamentals and Operation of Plant Microbial Fuel Cells (PMFCs)
14.6. Electrochemical Mechanism
14.7. Biological Components of the Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (PMFC)
14.7.1. Plant species
14.7.2. Plant microbial fuel cells with polymer electrodes
14.8. Electricity generation in PMFC
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- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Publicado: 1 de enero de 2027
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre los autores
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Vicente Compañ Moreno
Vicente Compañ, PhD in Physics, is Full Professor of Applied Thermodynamics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Adjunct Professor (Ad Honorem). For over 20 years he has led research on transport properties of polymeric membranes, currently focusing on ion-exchange membranes for fuel cells and batteries. He has led 4 national and 7 regional research projects, acted as PI on 7 other national projects, and contributed to 5 more. His output includes 180+ papers and book chapters, 100+ conference presentations (including invited/keynote talks), over 3,600 citations and an h-index of 32. He has supervised five doctoral theses on membrane transport, dielectric spectroscopy, conductivity, relaxation phenomena and gas diffusion in polymers/hydrogels, and works on nanofiber-reinforced nanocomposites, electrochemical membrane characterization and applications in PEMFC, DMFC and PEM electrolyzers.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Full Professor of Applied Thermodynamics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, SpainOF
Omar Solorza Feria
Omar Solorza Feria is a Distinguished Professor of Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry in the Chemistry Department at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV–IPN). His work focuses on low‑temperature, liquid‑phase synthesis and characterization of nanocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in PEM fuel cells. He led the development of “HidroBiiNiza,” an indigenous hydrogen fuel‑cell hybrid electric vehicle (trademarked with IMPI Mexico), and is a recognized specialist in renewable hydrogen and PEM fuel cells. He has received multiple national awards, holds four national patents and three industrial design grants from IMPI Mexico, and has authored over 200 publications and book chapters
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Distinguished Professor of Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry, Chemistry Department at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV–IPN), Mexico