Polymers for PEM Fuel Cells

Including chemical, synthetic, and cross-disciplinary approaches; this book includes the necessary techniques and technologies to help readers better understand polymers for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The methods in the book are essential to researchers and scientists in the field and will lead to further development in polymer and fuel cell technologies.
• Provides complete, essential, and comprehensive overview of polymer applications for PEM fuel cells
• Emphasizes state-of-the-art developments and methods, like PEMs for novel fuel cells and polymers for fuel cell catalysts
• Includes detailed chapters on major topics, like PEM for direct liquid fuel cells and fluoropolymers and non-fluorinated polymers for PEM
• Has relevance to a range of industries – like polymer engineering, materials, and green technology – involved with fuel cell technologies and R&D

Hongting Pu is a Professor and Director of the Institute of Functional Polymers at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Previously, he was visiting professor at the University of California, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, and University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Pu has published 210 journal papers and 2 books, and is co-inventor of 59 Chinese patents. He is also an editorial board member and referee for a number of prestigious journals.