NEXT GENERATION FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY
Glossary
Abbreviation
Term
Description
BEV
Battery electric vehicle
Vehicle using exclusively battery
technology
BOM
Bill of materials
List of raw materials, assemblies and
parts and quantities of each to
manufacture a finished product
Abbreviation
Li-ion
Lithium lon
Term
MEA
Membrane electrode assembly
CHP
Combined heat and power
Also known as cogeneration, CHP is
primarily used in industrial applications
MDV
Medium-duty vehicle
DoE
U.S. Department of Energy
Primary governmental body responsible
for clean energy R&D
OEM
Original equipment
manufacturer
FCEV
Fuel cell electric vehicle
Vehicle using fuel cell technology, often
in conjunction with batteries
PHEV
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
HDV
Heavy-duty vehicle
A vehicle exceeding 26,001 pounds
RFB
Redox flow battery
HT-PEM
High-temperature proton
exchange membranes
Operate at 160°C to 200°C
ICE
Internal combustion engine
Standard heat engine used in traditional
vehicles
loT
Internet of Things
System of interrelated computing
devices able to transfer data over a
network
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SOFC
Solid oxide fuel cell
Electrolysis
eFuels
Description
Common battery used in consumer
electronics and EVs
Assembled stack of proton exchange
membranes; heart of the fuel cell
A vehicle weighing 10,001 - 26,000
pounds
Company that produces devices from
intermediate components
Combines ICE with battery-powered
electric vehicles
Industrial scale rechargeable battery
that can be used in industrial scale
applications
Highest temperature fuel cell (800°C to
1,000°C)
Process using direct electric current (DC)
to drive chemical reaction
Synthetic fuels resulting from
electrolysis of water with renewable
energy and CO2
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