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This introductory chapter describes the reasons and motivation behind realizing a fuel cell-powered hydrogen society. After describing recent development progress in fuel cells and hydrogen technologies, possible technological, industrial, and social paradigm shifts are considered, with possible roadmaps.
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Sasaki, K. (2016). Why Hydrogen? Why Fuel Cells?. In: Sasaki, K., Li, HW., Hayashi, A., Yamabe, J., Ogura, T., Lyth, S. (eds) Hydrogen Energy Engineering. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56042-5_1
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