Fuel Cells, Batteries and Electrochemical Engineering

User Stories

	Microelectronics: Modeling a Copper-deposition System Replisaurus Technologies AB, Kista, Sweden Only through advanced packaging techniques can we take advantage of state-of-the-art microelectronic devices. The flip-chip method has become a cost-effective...
	Electrolysis: Electrochemical Machining in Appliance Manufacturing Royal Philips Electronics NV, Drachten, Netherlands Behind your clean, close shave there is an enormous amount of high technology, even in electric shavers that have been around for decades. On its...
	Manufacturing: Reduced Metal Consumption in Electroplating Saves Big Money PEM, Siaugues, France Given the scarcity and price developments of today’s metals, virtually all of them can be counted as being ‘precious’. As a result, electroplating firms...
	Electrochemical Engineering: Modeling Optimizes Fuel Cells Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Automotive and other vehicular applications place their own special requirements on fuel cells. In designing a cell, many things comes into play: cell...
	Electrochemical Engineering: Modeling the Fuel Cell COMSOL AB and Catella Generics, Stockholm, Sweden In this rapidly developing and highly competitive market, the time from idea to prototype has shrunk. Therefore, tools for developing virtual prototypes have...

Model Examples

	Copper Deposition in a Trench: This model demonstrates the use of moving meshes in the application of copper...		Electrochemical Polishing: This example illustrates electrode depletion including two electrodes and an electrolyte. The...
	Fuel Cell With Maxwell-Stefan Diffusion: Diffusion in a dilute solution is described by Fick’s law for diffusion. This...		Current Density Distribution in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: This model presents a study of the current density distribution...
	AC Electrokinetically Enhanced Surface Reactions: This model studies the use of AC electrokinetic forces to enhance the...		Model of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell: This example demonstrates modeling of PEM fuel cell with interdigitated...
	Electrokinetic and Magnetic Fields Inside a Volcano: This example demonstrates how to model electrokinetic voltages...		Electrochemical Treatment of Tumors: This model treats the transport and electrolytic reaction in the treatment of tumor...
	A Rechargeable Lithium Battery Model – Charge and Discharge Behavior: The transient charge and discharge performance...		Current Distribution in a Chlor-Alkali Membrane Cell: The chlor-alkali membrane process is one of the largest processes...
	An Electrokinetic Valve in a Microchannel System: This model presents an example of pressure driven flow and...		Mass Transport and Electrochemical Reaction in a Fuel Cell Cathode: A stationary 3D model of a generic fuel cell cathode...
	Fuel Cell Stack: A key optimization parameter in a fuel cell is the design of the reactant and product channels and...		Pacemaker Electrode: This model illustrates the use of COMSOL Multiphysics for the modeling of ionic current...