Fuel cell vehicles for

F. Panik, "Fuel Cells for Vehicle Application in Cars - Bringing the Future Closer," J. Power Sources, 71, 36-38, 1998. 

P. Strasser, S. Gorer, M. Devenney, in O. Yamamoto (Ed.), Proceedings Volume of the international symposium on fuel cells for vehicles-41st Battery Symposium. The Electrochemical Society of Japan, Nagoya, 2000, p. 153. 

With respect to the marketplace, SOFC and SOFC/gas turbine hybrids are potentially an attractive basis for an efficient, clean, cost-competitive DG system, but they do not depend on having 1I2 fuel. However, they could facilitate a transition to a H2 economy by making use of H2 for distributed electricity and CHP, while other fuel cells for vehicles are becoming cost-effective, reliable, and efficient. It is important for the DOE to monitor the milestones and goals of the SECA Program and to fully fund it. 

Reddington et al. (66) reported the synthesis and screening of a 645-member discrete materials library L9 as a source of catalysts for the anode catalysis of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), with the relevant goal of improving their properties as fuel cells for vehicles and other applications. The anode oxidation in DMFCs is reported in equation 1 (Fig. 11.12). At the time of the publication, state-of-the-art anode catalysts were either binary Pt-Ru alloys (67) or ternary Pt-Ru-Os alloys (68). A systematic exploration of ternary or higher order alloys as anode catalysts for DMFCs was not available, and predictive models to orient the efforts were also lacking. 

PEM fuel cell for vehicles, then it will be directly applicable for stationary purposes. However, this is only partially true, as the service-life requirements are much higher for stationary uses. The aim at the current natural gas customers implies that a gas reformer needs to be integrated in the system. The customers that currently have access to piped natural gas is only a segment of the total market, with a share that varies between countries. 

Thus far, most of the interest in fuel cell transportation applications has focused on the use for propulsion, a very challenging task. Over the last two years, interest in the use of fuel cells for vehicle APUs has risen. The requirements of APU applications are thought to better match the initial performance and cost characteristics of fuel cells. APUs are also a possible initial fuel cell market application in the transportation sector and a step towards introduction of hybrid and fuel cell... 

On carbon films prepared fi om commercially available poly(imide) films with a thickness of 0.1 mm, selective permeation of hydrogen gas was recently found [105]. This permselectivity may help to develop applications of these carbon films in fuel cells for vehicles, since CO in H2 gas supplied from an on-board reformer has to be removed through a molecular sieving membrane. 

Ballard, a company known for developing fuel cells for vehicles, also is developing small stationary fuel cell systems for backup power generation as well as CHP. The AirGen is the world s first portable backup power generator specifically designed for indoor use. The 1 kW unit can provide power for up to 15 h off of one compressed hydrogen... 

The fundamental importance of proton transfer (PT) in biology [94-99], and in the development of polymer electrolyte fuel cells for vehicle and portable applications [100,101], continues to press for a deeper imderstand-ing of PT mechanisms in hydrogen-bonded systems. 

Yanagisawa E, Kunisa Y, Ishisaki T, Terada 1, Yoshitake M (2000) In Yamamoto O, Takeda Y, Noda S, Kawatsu S, Imanishi N (eds) Proceedings of the international symposium on fuel cells for vehicles, pp 172-177... 

Overall, composite bipolar plates have been used successfully in many PEM fuel cell applications including fuel cells for vehicle propulsion. 

Asazawa K, Yamada K, Tanaka H, Oka A, Taniguchi M, Kobayashi T (2007) A platinum-free zero-carbon-emission easy fuelling direct hydrazine fuel cell for vehicles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 46 8024-8027... 

From the mid-1960s onwards. General Motors and Shell experimented with hydrogen fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells for vehicle applications. By the mid-1970s, other vehicle manufacturers in Germany, Japan, and the United States launched programs to develop fuel cell electric vehicles. In 1983, the Canadian company Ballard, located first in North Vancouver and nowadays at the Fraser River in... 

F. Panik, Fuel cells for vehicle applications in cars — bringing the future closer, J. Power Sources 71 (1-2), 36-38 (1998). 

This chapter has presented the results of au analysis of major MEA degradation phenomena related to the operating conditions of fuel cells for vehicle application. On the basis of the results, the following measures were identified for ntitigat-... 

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