TY - JOUR
T1 - Fuel cell application in the automotive industry and future perspective
AU - Olabi, A. G.
AU - Wilberforce, Tabbi
AU - Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - The automotive industry remains one of the most significant contributors to total global emissions worldwide. This growing challenge is primarily attributed to the high dependency on fossil fuel as its primary source of energy. This review highlights the current state of the application of fuel cells in the automotive industry, as well as the technological advances made in comparison to the early years of the automotive sector. Future prospects of these technologies are also thoroughly reviewed. Factors impeding the advancement of these technologies while also impeding their commercialization are presented, with possible solutions to this problem also suggested. In summary, this investigation seeks to explore pragamatic approach that can be adopted to reduce the overall cost of fuel cells and their possible integration in the automotive industry.
AB - The automotive industry remains one of the most significant contributors to total global emissions worldwide. This growing challenge is primarily attributed to the high dependency on fossil fuel as its primary source of energy. This review highlights the current state of the application of fuel cells in the automotive industry, as well as the technological advances made in comparison to the early years of the automotive sector. Future prospects of these technologies are also thoroughly reviewed. Factors impeding the advancement of these technologies while also impeding their commercialization are presented, with possible solutions to this problem also suggested. In summary, this investigation seeks to explore pragamatic approach that can be adopted to reduce the overall cost of fuel cells and their possible integration in the automotive industry.
KW - Automotive industry
KW - Energy storage
KW - Fuel cell electric vehicle
KW - Hydrogen economy
KW - Proton exchange membrane fuel cells
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092519980&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544220320624?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.energy.2020.118955
DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2020.118955
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092519980
SN - 0360-5442
VL - 214
JO - Energy
JF - Energy
M1 - 118955
ER -