Media Storage Type : DVD-ROM
NPTEL Course Name : Fuel Cell Technology
NPTEL Subject Matter Expert : Dr. Anil Verma
NPTEL Co-ordinating Institute : IIT Delhi
NPTEL Lecture Count : 21
Lecture Titles:
Lecture 1 - Why we need fuel cell?
Lecture 2 - Overview - History;Principle of fuel cell technology
Lecture 3 - Basic electrochemistry for all the fuel cell
Lecture 4 - Gibbï¾’s free energy; reversible and irreversible losses; Fuel cell efficiency
Lecture 5 - Nernst equation; Effect of temperature, pressure
Lecture 6 - Concept of electrochemical potential
Lecture 7 - Activation polarization
Lecture 8 - Concentration polarization
Lecture 9 - Ohmic polarization
Lecture 10 - Modelling of fuel cell: current-voltage predictions
Lecture 11 - Electrolytes
Lecture 12 - Catalysts
Lecture 13 - Current collector/ bipolar plate
Lecture 14 - Why characterization needed? Possible ways of characterization
Lecture 15 - In-situ characterization especially I-V characteristics and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Cyclic voltammetry; Current interruption technique
Lecture 16 - Ex-situ characterization especially electrolyte and bipolar plate
Lecture 17 - SOFC - High Temperature Fuel Cell
Lecture 18 - Comparison of low and high temperature fuel cells
Lecture 19 - Hydrogen production
Lecture 20 - Hydrogen Storage
Lecture 21 - Balance of Plant and Power electronics and system integration