H2 storage and Fuel-Cells in graphs, tables and images

Almost a year ago in the July 2009 issue of Materials World, John Kilner of Imperial College London, and Peter Edwards and Vladimir Kuznetsov of the University of Oxford, in the UK discussed the issues surrounding the generation of power using H2 and Fuel Cells. The feature clarified many aspects of the different types of fuel-cells, the chemical processes involved, their range of application eg due to temperatre, weight, or volume limitations as well as the typical applications. The following is a visual account of some of the electrochemical and materials issues involved in H2 storage and Fuel-Cell development: graphs, tables and images.

REFERENCES:
1. Cell-ing future power – hydrogen and fuel cells
By Peter Edwards and Vladimir Kuznetsov, MW July 2009.

2. Insight review article, Hydrogen-storage materials
for mobile applications Louis Schlapbach, Andreas Züttel. NATURE
VOL 414 15 NOVEMBER 2001
www.nature.com from 22.Sandrock, G. & Thomas, G. The IEA/DOC/SNL on-line hydride databases. Appl. Phys. A 72,153–155 (2001).
3. GUIDELINES FOR USE OF HYDROGEN  FUEL IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES , US Dept of Transport  Final Report Nov 2007.

Further reading


http://www.humboldt.edu/~serc/animation.html

http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm

http://www.fuelcells.org/basics/how.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PEM_fuelcell.svg