Developments in fuel cell technologies in the transport sector

Abstract

The demand for clean power source which can be used to run the various types of vehicles on the road is increasing on a daily basis due to the fact that high emissions released from internal combustion engine play a significant role in air pollution and climate change. Fuel cell devices, particularly Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) type, are strong candidates to replace the internal combustion engines in the transport industry. The PEMFC technology still has many challenges including high cost, low durability and hydrogen storage problems which limit the wide-world commercialization of this technology. In this paper, the fuel cell cost, durability and performances challenges which are associated with using of fuel cell technology for transport applications are detailed and reviewed. Recent developments that deal with the proposed challenges are reported. Furthermore, problems of hydrogen infrastructure and hydrogen storage in the fuel cell vehicle are discussed.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.03.164
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology > Mechanical, Biomedical & Design
Additional Information: © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publication ISSN: 1879-3487
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2024 08:14
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2019 10:24
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Published Date: 2016-10-05
Published Online Date: 2016-04-19
Accepted Date: 2016-03-25
Authors: Alaswad, A. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-7828-7924)
Baroutaji, A.
Achour, H.
Carton, J.
Al Makky, Ahmed
Olabi, A.g.

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