Batteries & Fuel Cells Module

User Stories

Modeling Optimizes Fuel CellsModeling Optimizes Fuel Cells

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Automotive and other vehicular applications place their own special requirements on fuel cells. In designing a cell, many things comes into play: cell...

Modeling Helps Batteries Jump on the Train of Environmental ProgressModeling Helps Batteries Jump on the Train of Environmental Progress

GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY
To develop its own high-temperature sodium metal-chloride battery, GE formed a team spanning its Global R&D laboratories, with members in Niskayuna, NY,...

Example Models

A Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell CathodeA Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Cathode

The fuel cell presented in this example is the Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC), a high temperature fuel cell for stationary applications. The fuel is oxidized at the anode, and can be either hydrogen or natural gas, while oxygen is...

Fuel Cell StackFuel Cell Stack

A key optimization parameter in a fuel cell is the design of the reactant and product channels and inlets and outlets. Good designs require that the electrodes are well fed with a reactant and that products are removed as quickly as...

Orange BatteryOrange Battery

This tutorial example models the currents and the concentration of dissolved metal ions in a battery (corrosion cell) made from an orange and two metal nails. This type of battery is commonly used in chemistry lessons. Instead of an...

Cyclic Voltammetry at an ElectrodeCyclic Voltammetry at an Electrode

Cyclic voltammetry is a common analytical electrochemical technique, where the potential at a working electrode is swept over a range and back again while the current is recorded. The current-voltage waveform, referred to as a...

Voltammetry at a Microdisk ElectrodeVoltammetry at a Microdisk Electrode

Voltammetry is modeled at a microelectrode of 10um radius. In this common analytical electrochemistry technique, the potential at a working electrode is swept up and down and the current is recorded. The current-voltage waveform...

Electrochemical Impedance SpectroscopyElectrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is a common technique in which a small oscillating perturbation in cell potential is applied to an electrochemical system so as to interrogate the kinetic and transport properties. The...