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Fuel Cells
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Fuel Cells

by Shripad T. Revankar, Pradip Majumdar
May 2014
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
748 pages
23h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Fuel Cells
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Review of Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry is the study of mutual transformation of chemical and elec-
trical energy. Specically, it deals with chemical reactions driven by an electric
current and with the electricity produced by chemical reactions. Examples
of electrochemistry are electroplating, iron oxidation (rusting), solar-energy
conversion, electrochemical conversions (fuel cells, batteries), photosynthe-
sis, and respiration. In this chapter, the principles of electrochemistry are
reviewed. First, let us briey look into the history of electrochemistry.
The eld of electrochemistry was discovered near the beginning of
the 19th cent ...
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ISBN: 9781420089684