Springer Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in PEM Fuel Cells: Fundamentals and Applications

Product Description "Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in PEM Fuel Cells" discusses one of the most powerful and useful diagnostic tools for various aspects of the study of fuel cells: electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). This comprehensive reference on EIS fundamentals and applications in fuel cells contains information about basic principles, measurements, and fuel cell applications of the EIS technique. Many illustrated examples are provided to ensure maximum clarity and observability of the spectra. "Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in PEM Fuel Cells" will enable readers to explore the frontiers of EIS technology in PEM fuel cell research and other electrochemical systems. As well as being a useful text for electrochemists, it can also help researchers who are unfamiliar with EIS to learn the technique quickly and to use it correctly in their fuel cell research. Managers or entrepreneurs may also find this book a useful guide to accessing the challenges and opportunities in fuel cell technology. From the Back Cover Fuel cells, as environmentally-friendly power generation devices, have been fully recognized by scientists, governments, and the public as a unique solution to several of the most important issues that we face today: diminishing supplies of fossil fuels, environmental pollution, and global warming. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in PEM Fuel Cells discusses one of the most powerful and useful diagnostic tools for various aspects of the study of fuel cells: electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The increasing speed of the development of fuel cell technologies brings many new researchers from different backgrounds into the field and, although the EIS technique is well-developed in other areas, it cannot be automatically transferred and applied to fuel cell research. This comprehensive reference on EIS fundamentals and applications in fuel cells contains information about basic principles, measurements, and fuel cell applications of the EIS technique. Many illustrated examples are provided to ensure maximum clarity and observability of the spectra. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in PEM Fuel Cells will enable readers to explore the frontiers of EIS technology in PEM fuel cell research and other electrochemical systems. As well as being a useful text for electrochemists, it can also help researchers who are unfamiliar with EIS to learn the technique quickly and to use it correctly in their fuel cell research. Managers or entrepreneurs may also find this book a useful guide to accessing the challenges and opportunities in fuel cell technology. About the Author Dr Xiao-Zi Yuan is a research officer and a project leader of the Unit Cell Team at the Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council of Canada (NRC-IFCI). Dr Yuan received her BSc and MSc in Electrochemical Engineering from the Nanjing University of Technology, and her PhD in Material Science from Shanghai Jiaotong University. After graduating with her MSc, she held a lecturer position at Nantong University for six years and, upon completing her PhD, was an associate professor there for one year. Currently her research focuses on PEM fuel cell design, testing, diagnosis, and durability. Dr Chaojie Song is a research officer at the Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council of Canada (NRC-IFCI). He received his BSc in Chemistry from Lanzhou University, and his MSc in Electrochemistry from Hebei Normal University. Dr Song completed his PhD in Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry at the University of New Brunswick. He then conducted postdoctoral work at Iowa State University before joining the Memorial University of Newfoundland as a postdoctoral fellow and, later, a research associate, working on fuel cell catalyst development. He joined the NRC-IFCI in 2004 and works on high-temperature PEM fuel cells and fuel cell catalyst development. Dr Song is an active