Polymers for PEM Fuel Cells (eBook)

Hongting Pu is a Professor and Director of the Institute of Functional Polymers at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Previously, he was visiting professor at the University of California, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, and University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Pu has published 210 journal papers and 2 books, and is co-inventor of 59 Chinese patents. He is also an editorial board member and referee for a number of prestigious journals.

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Principles of Fuel Cells

1.2 Types of fuel cell

1.3 Applications

1.4 Needs on fundamental materials for PEM fuel cells

1.5 Membranes for PEM fuel cell

1.6 Testing of PEMs

Chapter 2 Fluoropolymers for proton exchange membranes

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) resins

2.3 Partially fluorinated polymers

2.4 Durability of fluoropolymers for proton exchange membranes

2.5 Composite membranes based on fluoropolymers

Chapter 3 Non-fluorinated polymers for proton exchange membranes

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Sulfonated polyimides

3.3 Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone)

3.4 Sulfonated polysulfone and poly(ether sulfone)

3.5 Sulfonated polyphosphazenes

3.6 Sulfonated polybenzimidazole

3.7 Sulfonated poly(phenylene oxide)

Chapter 4 Anhydrous proton-conducting polymers for high temperature PEMFCs

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Phosphoric acid impregnated polybenzimidazole membranes

Chapter 5 Anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells

5.3 Structure and properties of AEM

5.4 Application of AEM

Chapter 6 Polymers for new type fuel cells

6.1 Direct liquid-feed fuel cells

6.2 Microbial fuel cells

6.3 Micro-fuel cells