Analytical Modelling of Fuel Cells

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1 Fuel cell basics 1.1 Fuel cell thermodynamics 1.2 Potentials in a fuel cell 1.3 Rate of electrochemical reactions 1.4 Mass transport in fuel cells 1.5 Sources of heat in a fuel cell 1.6 Types of cells considered in this book 2 Catalyst layer performance 2.1 Basic equations 2.2 Ideal oxygen and proton transport 2.3 Ideal oxygen transport 2.4 Ideal proton transport 2.5 Optimal oxygen diffusion coefficient 2.6 Gradient of catalyst loading 2.7 DMFC anode 2.8 Heat balance in the catalyst layer 3 One-dimensional model of a fuel cell 3.1 Voltage loss due to oxygen transport in the GDL 3.2 One-dimensional polarization curve of a cell 3.3 One-dimensional model of DMFC 3.4 Heat transport in the MEA of a PEFC 3.5 Heat transport in the MEA of a DMFC 4 Quasi-2D model of a fuel cell 4.1 Gas dynamics of channel flow 4.2 A model of PEFC 4.3 A model of PEFC with water management 4.4 Degradation wave 4.5 Gradient of catalyst loading along the oxygen channel 4.6 A model of SOFC anode 4.7 A model of DMFC 4.8 DMFC: The general case of arbitrary lambda^a and lambda^c 4.9 DMFC: Large methanol stoichiometry, small current 5 Modelling of fuel cell stacks 5.1 Temperature field in planar SOFC stack 5.2 Temperature gradient in SOFC stack 5.3 Thermal waves in SOFC stack 5.4 Heat effects in DMFC stack 5.5 Mirroring of current-free spots in a stack 5.6 Hybrid 3D model of SOFC stack 5.7 Power generated and lost in a stack Bibliography