This open access book highlights the latest advances in fundamental research, technologies and applications of hydrogen energy and fuel cells. In recent years, energy conversion between electricity and hydrogen energy has attracted increasing attention as a way to adjust the load of the grid. This book discusses and exchanges cutting-edge findings and technological developments in fields such as new proton exchange membrane electrolyzers, new electrode materials and catalysts, renewable energy, off-grid/grid-connected water electrolysis for hydrogen production, key materials and components of fuel cells, high-temperature solid oxide water electrolysis, energy storage technologies and research, CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, nitrogen to ammonia and other applications with industrial potential.
The main topics of the proceedings include:
1) Policies and strategies for hydrogen energy and fuel cells;
2) Advanced proton exchange membranes, electrodes and catalyst materials for water electrolysis;
3) Advanced hydrogen compression, storage, transportation and distribution technologies;
4) Safety and related standards;
5) Manufacture and R&D of key materials and components of fuel cells and stack systems.
Hexu Sun received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. He is Professor and former President of Hebei University of Science and Technology, China. He serves as Director of China Electrotechnical Society, Honorary Chairman of Hebei Electrotechnical Society and Honorary Chairman of Hydrogen Energy Industry and Equipment Special Committee of China Electrotechnical Society. He is also IEEE Senior Member.
Wei Pei received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2002 and 2005, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2008. He is currently Professor and Director of Power Grid Sciences and Technology Lab, the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include the impact of integration of renewable energy sources on the electricity grid, the development of the transmission/distribution grid for large-scale renewable integration and AC/DC microgrids.
Dong Yan is currently Professor at the Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, China. He is also Deputy Secretary General of Hydrogen Energy Industry and Equipment Special Committee of China Electrotechnical Society, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of Tianjin Society of Electrical Engineering and Vice President of Hebei Electrotechnical Society.
Hongmei Yu is Professor and Group Leader of the Efficient Electrolysis Team, the Department of Fuel Cells, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Shi You is Senior Scientist at the Section of PtX and Storage, DTU-Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark.
