This volume contains an archival record of the NATO Advanced Institute
on Mini - Micro Fuel Cells - Fundamental and Applications held in
Çesme - Izmir, Turkey, July 22-August 3, 2007. The ASIs are intended to
be a high-level teaching activity in scientific and technical areas of
current concern. In this volume, the reader may find interesting
chapters on Mini- Micro Fuel Cells with fundamentals and applications.
In recent years, fu- cell development, modeling and performance analysis
has received much attention due to their potential for distributed power
which is a critical issue for energy security and the environmental
protection. Small fuel cells for portable applications are important for
the security. The portable devices (many electronic and wireless)
operated by fuel cells for providing all-day power, are very valuable
for the security, for defense and in the war against terrorism. Many
companies in NATO and non-NATO countries have concentrated to promote
the fuel cell industry. Many universities with industrial partners
committed to the idea of working together to develop fuel cells. As
tech- logy advanced in the 1980s and beyond, many government
organizations joined in spending money on fuel-cell research. In recent
years, interest in using fuel cells to power portable electronic devices
and other small equipment (cell phones, mobile phones, lab-tops, they
are used as micro power source in biological applications) has increased
partly due to the promise of fuel cells having higher energy density.