Main description:

Focusing on recent developments in innovative energy conversion, this second volume features emerging applications with the capacity to transform the entire energy economy. Specific examples include the development of sulfonated polyarylether-type polymers as proton exchange membranes for high- and medium-temperature polymer electrode fuel cells (PEFC), with an entire section devoted to the rapidly expanding field of materials development for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). The result is a detailed and invaluable source of information for those involved in the chemical, material science and engineering fields of power generation.

Contents:

1. Sulfonated Polyarylether-type Polymers as Proton Exchange Membranes: Synthesis and Performance 2. Non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cell 3. Membranes for high temperature PEFC (PBI based) 4. Membrane for medium temperature PEFC based on Nafion(r) filled with layered metal phosphate and phosphonates 5. Composite membranes for high temperature direct methanol fuel cells 6. Materials for SOFC 7. Membranes in power generation with CO2 capture 8. Battery separator 9. Palladium membranes for hydrogen separation