Advancements in Fuel Cell Technologies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fuel cells; durability control; fault diagnosis
Interests: fuel cells; ion exchange membrane; degradation prediction; energy storage
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Dear Colleagues,
Due to the global trend of decarbonization and the growing interest in green energy, hydrogen obtained from renewable energy is expected to become the most likely clean energy carrier in the near future. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells are an electrochemical converter used to generate electricity from hydrogen and oxygen, with only heat and water as byproducts. Due to their excellent properties, proton exchange membrane fuel cells have significant advantages and simplified system designs compared to internal combustion engines and batteries, and are therefore considered the most likely source of automotive power. In addition, stationary power generation (including distributed power generation, combined heat and power, backup power, etc.) has become an important application area, other than in the automotive industry, that fuel cell companies are targeting. Despite this, fuel cells still require a lot of research and development to ensure higher durability, reduce system complexity, improve dynamic performance, and reduce production costs. By carefully designing fuel cell systems, optimizing the operating stability of key components such as membrane electrode materials and bipolar plates, and distributing the generated water and heat in a uniform and controllable manner, system complexity and cost can be reduced, thereby improving durability, improving specific power and dynamic performance, and minimizing the overall size, complexity, and cost of the system.
To address the above issues, this Special Issue focuses on the latest application progress and development challenges of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Novel membrane electrode assembly for PEMFCs;
- Validated steady-state, dynamic, and multi-scale models of PEMFCs;
- New flow field designs of bipolar plates for improved performance of PEMFCs;
- Development of techniques for the utilization of the generated water and heat;
- Models and experimental setups of PEMFC stacks;
- Durability control and internal state estimation of fuel cells;
- Fuel cell monitoring systems and sensors.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Xingwang Tang
Dr. Chuanyu Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells
- single cell and stack development
- membrane electrode assembly
- flow fields
- water and heat management
- multiscale modeling and validation
- fuel cell monitoring systems
- fuel cell sensors
- durability control
- combined heat and power (CHP)
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