Front Cover; PEM Fuel Cells: Theory and Practice; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Preface to the Second Edition; Chapter One- Introduction; 1.1 WHAT IS A FUEL CELL?; 1.2 A VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF FUEL CELLS; 1.3 TYPES OF FUEL CELLS; 1.4 HOW DOES A PEM FUEL CELL WORK?; 1.5 WHY DO WE NEED FUEL CELLS?; 1.6 FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter Two- Fuel Cell Basic Chemistry and Thermodynamics; 2.1 BASIC REACTIONS; 2.2 HEAT OF REACTION; 2.3 HIGHER AND LOWER HEATING VALUE OF HYDROGEN; 2.4 THEORETICAL ELECTRICAL WORK; 2.5 THEORETICAL FUEL CELL POTENTIAL.

2.6 EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE2.7 THEORETICAL FUEL CELL EFFICIENCY; 2.8 CARNOT EFFICIENCY MYTH; 2.9 EFFECT OF PRESSURE; 2.10 SUMMARY; PROBLEMS; QUIZ; REFERENCES; Chapter Three- Fuel Cell Electrochemistry; 3.1 ELECTRODE KINETICS; 3.2 VOLTAGE LOSSES; 3.3 CELL POTENTIAL: POLARIZATION CURVE; 3.4 DISTRIBUTION OF POTENTIAL ACROSS A FUEL CELL; 3.5 SENSITIVITY OF PARAMETERS IN POLARIZATION CURVE; 3.6 FUEL CELL EFFICIENCY; 3.7 IMPLICATIONS AND USE OF FUEL CELL POLARIZATION CURVE; PROBLEMS; QUIZ; REFERENCES; Chapter Four- Main Cell Components, Material Properties, and Processes; 4.1 CELL DESCRIPTION.

4.2 MEMBRANE4.3 ELECTRODES; 4.4 GAS DIFFUSION LAYER; 4.5 BIPOLAR PLATES; PROBLEMS; QUIZ; REFERENCES; Chapter Five- Fuel Cell Operating Conditions; 5.1 OPERATING PRESSURE; 5.2 OPERATING TEMPERATURE; 5.3 REACTANT FLOW RATES; 5.4 REACTANT HUMIDITY; 5.5 FUEL CELL MASS BALANCE; 5.6 FUEL CELL ENERGY BALANCE; PROBLEMS; QUIZ; REFERENCES; Chapter Six- Stack Design; 6.1 SIZING A FUEL CELL STACK; 6.2 STACK CONFIGURATION; 6.3 UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF REACTANTS TO EACH CELL; 6.4 UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF REACTANTS INSIDE EACH CELL; 6.5 HEAT REMOVAL FROM A FUEL CELL STACK; 6.6 STACK CLAMPING; PROBLEMS; QUIZ.

10.1 TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS10.2 STATIONARY POWER; 10.3 BACKUP POWER; 10.4 FUEL CELLS FOR SMALL PORTABLE POWER; 10.5 REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; PROBLEMS; QUIZ; REFERENCES; Chapter Eleven- Durability of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells; 11.1 INTRODUCTION; 11.2 SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THIS CHAPTER; 11.3 TYPES OF PERFORMANCE LOSSES; 11.4 PEFC COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOSSES; 11.5 OPERATING CONDITIONS; 11.6 ACCELERATED TEST PROTOCOLS; 11.7 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Chapter Twelve -Future of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen.