Fuel Cell Electronics Packaging

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to Fuel Cell Technology

   • Áron Varga

   Pages 1-32

3. Stable Glass Seals for Intermediate Temperature (IT) SOFC Applications

   • Qingshan Zhu, Lian Peng, Tao Zhang

   Pages 33-60

4. A Novel Technology of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fabrication

   • Piotr Jasinski, Toshio Suzuki, Vladimir Petrovsky, Harlan U. Anderson

   Pages 61-84

5. In Situ Seal Integrity Sensing for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

   • John Olenick, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Tim Curry, Robert Bourdelaise, Eli Richards, Paul Vichot et al.

   Pages 85-96

6. Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

   • Xuan Wang

   Pages 97-111

7. Benefits and Test Results of a Ceramic Separator Component for Micro Fuel Cells

   • Keith Easler

   Pages 113-121

8. Foil Type Micro PEM Fuel Cell with Self-Breathing Cathode Side

   • Stefan Wagner, Robert Hahn, Herbert Reichl

   Pages 123-144

9. Thermal Constraints of PEM Micro Fuel Cells for Portable Electronics

   • Robert Hahn, Stefan Wagner, Herbert Reichl

   Pages 145-163

10. A Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Using Cermet Electrodes in Low Temperature Cofire Ceramics

    • W. Kinzy Jones, Naveen Savaram, Norman Munroe

    Pages 165-180

11. Automated Fluid Dispensing for Fuel Cell Manufacture and Assembly

    • Alan Lewis

    Pages 181-204

12. Ink-Jet as Direct-Write Technology for Fuel Cell Packaging and Manufacturing

    • Virang G. Shah, Donald J. Hayes, David B. Wallace

    Pages 205-237

13. Back Matter

    Pages 239-248

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A Look at Fuel Cells from Inside the Beltway It is an interesting time to be involved with fuel cells. After President Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address, companies involved in fuel cells and hydrogen were riding a wave of national att- tion. The president’s 10-year program was an exciting, long-term effort designed to dramatically change the way Americans use and harness energy. With funding proposed at $1.2 billion for the first five years, it was clear that the federal government was not only making a handsome inve- ment in fuel cells and hydrogen, but also serious about becoming more energy independent. Despite the fact that the primary focus of the new initiative revolved around automotive technologies, the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative was crafted into a balanced program that benefited a wide range of te- nologies and applications, including micro, portable, stationary fuel cells. This massive effort was given an additional nod after Congress passed, and the president signed into law, the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The bill called for new levels of research and development, demonstrations, early market incentives, as well as tax credits. While the president praised the new package, and kept his commitment to the original $1.2 billion, neither he nor the Congress has yet proposed new appropriations for these programs.

• design
• development
• direct methanol fuel cell
• electricity
• electronics
• fuel cell

• Torrey Hills Technology, LLC, San Diego, USA

  Ken Kuang

• Kyocera America, Inc., San Diego, USA

  Keith Easler

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