TLP contents
Main pages
- Aims
- Before you start
- Introduction
- The principle
- History of the technology
- Types of fuel cells
- Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
- • Electrolyte
- • Electrode materials
- • Interconnection
- • Thermodynamics
- • System and outlook
- Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs)
- • Electrolyte
- • Electrochemistry
- • Electrodes
- Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)
- • Membrane
- • Electrodes and membrane-electrode assembly
- • Efficiency and reaction conditions
- Fuelling requirements
- Case study: Fuelling practicalities
- Summary
- Questions
- Going further
Additional pages
Media resources
- Fuel crossover is summarised (Flash)
- Animation summarises differne types of fuels and relationship to the hydrogen economy (Flash)
- Short video showing a demonstration fuel cell car (Flash)
- Schematic demonstration of the mechanism of proton transport in the proton exchange membrane (Flash)
- Rotating perovskite structure (Flash)
- Tubular design of fuel cell (Flash)
- Rotating zirconia structure (Flash)

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