Some Introductory Technical Remarks: The NATO School on Micro-Fuel Cells -- Fuel Cell Basic Chemistry, Electrochemistry and Thermodynamics -- Fuel Cell Stack Design Principles with Some Design Concepts of Micro-Mini Fuel Cells -- Performance Analysis of Microstructured Fuel Cells for Portable Applications -- Engineering Durability of Micro-Miniature Fuel Cells -- Portable Fuel Cells – Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications -- Autonomous Test Units For Mini Membrane Electrode Assemblies -- Heat Pipes in Fuel Cell Technology -- Heat Transfer Enhancement in Confined Spaces of Mini-Micro Fuel Cells -- Performance Characteristics of Membrane Electrode Assemblies Using the Easytest Cell -- Water Transport Dynamics in Fuel Cell Micro-Channels -- Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Systems for Special Applications -- Sorption and Diffusion Selectivity of Methanol/Water Mixtures in NAFION -- Kinetics and Kinetically Limited Performance in PEMFCs and DMFCs with State-of-the-Art Catalysts -- Catalyst Degradation Mechanisms in PEM and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells -- Principles of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable and Micro Power -- Computational Modeling of Two-Phase Transport in Portable and Micro Fuel Cells -- Optimization of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Systems and Their Mode of Operation -- Development of A 5-W Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Stack for DMB Phone -- Dynamic Characteristics of DMFC/Battery System for Notebook PC -- A Review on Miniaturization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power Sources-I: State-of-The-Art Systems -- A Review on Miniaturization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power Sources-II: From System to Material -- Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: From Materials to Systems -- Mathematical Analysis of Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells -- The Properties and Performance of Micro-Tubular (Less Than 1 mm OD) Anode Supported SOFC for APU-Applications -- Current State of R&D on Micro Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Japan.

This volume provided a comprehensive state-of-the art assessment of the fundamentals of the Mini-Micro Fuel Cells - Fundamentals and Applications. In recent years, interest in using fuel cells to power portable electronic devices and other small equipment such as cell phones, mobile phones, lap-tops, they are used as power source in biological applications, has increased partly due to the promise of fuel cells having higher energy density and instant recharge which is important for security especially in war time against terrorism. Many interesting chapters provide applications and design fundamentals.