The Open Fuel Cells Journal

2013, 6 : 1-20
Published online 2013 September 06. DOI: 10.2174/1875932720130719001
Publisher ID: TOFCJ-6-1

Fuel Cells: Technologies and Applications

Leonardo Giorgi and Fabio Leccese
Materials Science & Electrochemistry Via Mantova n.11, Anzio, Italy.

ABSTRACT

A deep analysis of the Fuel Cells technologies state of the art has been done in this article. After a general description of the fuel cell base structure the six most important fuel cell technologies Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC), Alkaline Fuel Cells (AFC), Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell (PAFC), Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC), Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) are explained, describing advantages and disadvantages of each one and pointing out their principal use. The future development are also shown.

Keywords:

Fuel Cell, PEMFC, PAFC.