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A glance through the table of contents provides an overview of the issues commonly encountered by chemists in the automotive industry. The author discusses fuels cells, lithium ion batteries, carbon nanotubes, and nickel metal hydride technology, all of which requires the technical knowledge of a chemist but crosses the lines of various disciplines. He covers future technology including items such as battery technology, fuel cell membranes, and environmentally friendly plastics such as nylons that use castor oil as a primary component. 

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What are the uses of batteries and fuel cells How is electrochemical technology used to produce and protect metals How can you assess the environmental and safety issues associated with these technologies ... 

General Reeerences W. Vielstich, A. Lamm, H. A. Gasteiger, eds.. Handbook of Fuel Cells, John Wiley Sons, 2003. Fuel CeU Handbook (Rev. 7), U.S. Department of Energy, DOE/NETL-2004/1206. Appleby and Foulkes, Fuel CeU Handbook, Kreger Publishing Co., Molabar, Ela., 1993. Kinoshita and Cairns, Enel Cells, in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th ed., vol. 11, Wiley, New York, 1994, p. 1098. Liebhafsky and Cairns, Fuel Cells and Fuel Batteries, Wiley, New York, 1968. Linden (ed.). Handbook of Batteries and Fuel Cells, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1984. 

Dr. Ralph J. Brodd is President of Broddarp of Nevada. He has over 40 years of experience in the technology and market aspects of the electrochemical energy conversion business. His experience includes all major battery systems, fuel cells, and electrochemical capacitors. He is a Past President of the Electrochemical Society and was elected Honorary Member in 1987. He served as Vice President and National Secretary of the International Society of Electrochemistry as well as on technical advisory committees for the National Research Council, the International Electrotechnic Commission, and NEMA and on program review committees for the Department of Energy and NASA. 

Batteries and Fuel Cells for a Better Environment the Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg and the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm are conducting research that is being funded by Mistra, The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research. 

Today, a large number of important technologies are based on or related to electrodes reactions. Besides the chlor-alkali and aluminium industries, energy conversion in batteries and fuel cells, electrodeposition, electrorefining, organic electrosynthesis, industrial and biomedical sensors, corrosion and corrosion protection, etc. are amogst those technologies. In many of them, kinetic, catalytic or specificity aspects of electrode processes are of enormous importance. 

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Miniature batteries and fuel cells have been attracting many research groups. The prospective potential for miniaturization such as in MEMS technology requires development of microfuel cells. 

Like a battery, a fuel cell produces direct current (DC). However, fuel cells come in a complete package in which the fuel cell stack is integrated with an inverter to convert DC to alternating current and a reformer to provide the hydrogen-rich fuel. Thus, a complete fuel cell system includes a fuel reformer, a fuel cell stack, and a power conditioner. A 200-kW PAFC unit by United Technologies Company is illustrated in Fig. 7. 

PVDF homopolymers and copolymers have gained success in the battery and fuel cell industry as binders for cathodes and anodes in lithium ion technology, and... 

In 1839 in Paris, nineteen year old experimenter Edmund Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect when he found that certain materials would produce electricity when exposed to light. In that same year William Grove experimented with reversing the process of electrolysis and invented the first gas battery or fuel cell. In the 21st century, these three discoveries converge in photovoltaic fuel cell system technology. 

Products and processes based on electrochemical phenomena at present contribute nearly 30 billion per year to the gross national product of the United States. New additional markets having annual sales on the order of 20 billion are projected for electrochemical products and processes within the next decade. These markets include microelectronics, sensors, surface processing, membrane separations, advanced batteries and fuel cells, and corrosion control, among others. At present, however, there are no major federal programs focused on the broad range of electrochemical phenomena that underpin these areas, with the exception of batteries and fuel cells. (For the latter two areas, research recommendations are summarized in earlier reports—NMAB-390, Assessment of Research Needs for Advanced Battery Systems, and NMAB-411, Fuel Cell Materials Technology in Vehicular Propulsion.)... 

ELTON J. CAIRNS is Associate Director of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He received B.S. degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has conducted electrochemical research in industrial laboratories and national laboratories. His current research emphasizes batteries and fuel cells. He has published over 120 papers and patents and is active in a number of professional societies. He is vice president of both the International Society of Electrochemistry and the Electrochemical Society. 

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