Trends and Prospects in Fuel Cell Towards Industrialization
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 880
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fuel cell water management; multiscale simulation; nonlinear control and health diagnosis
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Dear Colleagues,
Fuel cells, especially proton exchange membrane fuel cells, are moving towards industrialization. After several decades of development, the durability, reliability, and low-cost material design still represent challenges. The main limitation is our unclear knowledge of reactant behaviours at three-phase boundaries, the macroscopic preparation of low-cost materials coupled with poor performance, and high-efficiency optimization and control of systems. This Special Issue focuses on new technologies of fuel cells and we encourage researchers to submit papers on the following topics: electrochemical reaction investigation and characterization, precious-group-metal-free catalysts and low loading PGM catalyst design, high-efficiency mass and electron transfer, system design, optimization, and optimal control. We welcome submissions that display originality in the form of research papers, reviews, and other corresponding forms.
Dr. Yuehua Li
Dr. Peng Ren
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fuel cell
- material optimization
- mass transfer
- system control
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