Introduction to Fuel Cells (PDF)

Dr. San Ping Jiang obtained his BE from South China University of Technology in 1982 and PhD from The City University, London in 1988. He is a Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Deputy Director of Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University and Adjunct Professor of the University of Sunshine Coast University, Australia. Before joining Curtin University in 2010, Dr. Jiang worked at Essex University in UK, CSIRO Materials Science and Manufacturing Division, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd in Melbourne, Australia and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has over 25 years R and D experience in electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies. His research interests encompass solid oxide fuel cells, proton exchange membrane fuel cells, water splitting, supercapacitors, solid oxide electrolysers, electrocatalysis and nano- and mesoporous structured functional materials. He has published 315 journal articles, which have accrued over 10,500 citations and a h-index of 58. He has authored and co-authored 12 book chapters, 4 books on fuel cells, and delivered over 70 invited public seminars.



Qingfeng Li is a full professor at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark. He received his PhD at the Northeastern University of China in 1990 and in 2006, was awarded the Doctor of Technics in Denmark. He has initialized / coordinated / participated in seven EUs and more than 20 Nordic research projects in the field of electrochemical energy conversion technologies including a Danish-Chinese Research Centre on Proton Conducting Systems. For the time being he is leading a Danish research center funded by Innovation Fund Denmark, devoted to fundamental research on high temperature polymer fuel cells. He has a list of 135 papers published on peer-reviewed journals, with a total citation of over 6000 times and an h-index of 34. He has co-authored four books and 16 book chapters. In