Direct Liquid Fuel Cells

This edited guide to direct liquid fuel cells (DLFCs) provides readers with a detailed discussion of their characteristics, mechanisms, and role in global decarbonization. Expert contributors address various facets including their working mechanisms, sustainability, life cycle assessment, and more.Readers will gain an expansive understanding and benefit from the discussion of various DLFCs. The contributors provide an overview of fuel cells, including their principles and role in global decarbonization, a discussion of DLFCs’ sustainability and environmental impact, and a summary of the current state of knowledge on their different components, considering the importance of sustainable and low carbon emissions. They also address different liquids and their characteristics, such as methanol, ethanol, formic acid and dimethyl ether, and the applications for which each type are best used. Encountered challenges, system design, and commercialization considerations are also discussed, with the conclusion addressing the future outlook and perspectives on DLFCs. In addition to discussing the various types of liquid fuel cells and their respective benefits and drawbacks, contributors provide real-world examples of challenging issues and their respective solutions.This all-inclusive and cross-disciplinary resource is a vital guide for researchers and undergraduate and graduate students studying renewable energy, energy storage and conversion, and decarbonization towards Net Zero.

Norazuwana Binti Shaari is a senior lecturer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and an industry consultant for UKM Pakarunding. She obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2010 and 2013, repsecitvely, and her PhD from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2018.Ajaz Ahmad Wani is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India. He obtained his BSc from the University of Kashmir, India, in 2011, his MSc from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, in 2014, his PhD from Aligarh Muslim University in 2022, and his postdoc from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2024.Siti Kartom Kamarudin has been a professor of chemical engineering at the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, since 2011. She is now the director of the Fuel Cell Institute of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.