LEADER 03724nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910788682303321 005 20230802002352.0 010 $a1-283-68500-0 010 $a0-8135-5199-4 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813551999 035 $a(CKB)3240000000065412 035 $a(EBL)1042974 035 $a(OCoLC)813928682 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606571 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372165 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606571 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581943 035 $a(PQKB)10143295 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000802349 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12341120 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000802349 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10795796 035 $a(PQKB)11140293 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1042974 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17476 035 $a(DE-B1597)530225 035 $a(OCoLC)1129148735 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813551999 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1042974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10612530 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL399750 035 $a(OCoLC)847739413 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000065412 100 $a20110506d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOverpotential$b[electronic resource] $efuel cells, futurism, and the making of a power panacea /$fMatthew N. Eisler 210 $aNew Brunswick, NJ $cRutgers University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-5177-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Fuel Cell Futurism --$t1. Device in Search of a Role --$t2. Military Miracle Battery --$t3. Fuel Cells and the Final Frontier --$t4. Dawn of the Commercial Fuel Cell --$t5. Fueling Hydrogen Futurism --$t6. Green Automobile Wars --$t7. Electrochemical Millennium --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aIt sounds so simple. Just combine oxygen and hydrogen in an electrochemical reaction that produces water and electricity, and you'll have a clean, efficient power source. But scientists have spent decades-and billions of dollars in government and industry funding-developing the fuel cell. There have been successes and serendipitous discoveries along the way, but engineering a fuel cell that is both durable and affordable has proved extraordinarily difficult. Overpotential charts the twists and turns in the ongoing quest to create the perfect fuel cell. By exploring the gap between the theory and practice of fuel cell power, Matthew N. Eisler opens a window into broader issues in the history of science, technology, and society after the Second World War, including the sociology of laboratory life, the relationship between academe, industry, and government in developing advanced technologies, the role of technology in environmental and pollution politics, and the rise of utopian discourse in science and engineering. 410 0$aStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment. 606 $aFuel cells$xResearch$xHistory 606 $aFuel cells$xPublic opinion 606 $aFuel cells$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aFuel cells$xResearch$xHistory. 615 0$aFuel cells$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aFuel cells$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a621.31/2429 700 $aEisler$b Matthew N.$f1970-$01116171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788682303321 996 $aOverpotential$93720898 997 $aUNINA