This book will cover one of the most important aspects of fuel cell research and
development, fuel cell durability. The rather broad topic of fuel cell
durability will be covered from different viewpoints. First, the durability and
degradation issues of catalyst materials (both anode and cathode catalysts) will
be described in individual contributions as well as stability aspects from
carbon support materials. A following chapter is completely dedicated to
important topics from membrane materials, i.e., chemical and physical
degradation as well durability from newly developed hydrocarbon membranes. After
discussion of stability and durability topics from gas diffusion layer materials
and bipolar plate materials, a large part of the