Preface ....................................................... vii
Acknowledgements ............................................... ix
1. Introduction to Fuel Cells .................................. 1
R.K. Shah
2. Electro-Analytical Techniques in Fuel Cell Research and
Development ................................................ 10
Manikandan Ramani
3. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell ..................... 40
K.S. Dhathathreyan and N. Rajalakshmi
4. Fundamentals of Gas Diffusion Layers in РЕМ Fuel Cells .... 116
Virendra K. Mathur and Jim Crawford
5. Water Problem in PEMFC .................................... 129
Kohei Ito
6. Micro Fuel Cells .......................................... 137
S. Venugopalan
7. Direct Alcohol and Borohydride Alkaline Fuel Cells ........ 157
Anil Verma and Suddhasatwa Basu
8. Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell Technology ...................... 188
Suman Roy Choudhury
9. Carbonate Fuel Cell: Principles and Applications .......... 217
Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, Mohammad Farooque and
Hansraj C. Maru
10. Direct Conversion of Coal Derived Carbon in Fuel Cells .... 248
John F. Cooper
11. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Principles, Designs and
State-of-the-Art in Industries ............................ 267
Roberto Bove
12. Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ...................... 286
Rajendra N. Basu
13. Fuel Cell Power-Conditioning Systems ...................... 332
Sudip K. Mazumder
14. Future Directions of Fuel Cell Science and Technology ..... 356
Suddhasatwa Basu
Index ......................................................... 367
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