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This chapter describes the history of fuel cells. Various efforts to develop fuel cell systems are described for aerospace, transportation, and stationary applications, leading to the recent progress in commercialization of residential fuel cell systems and fuel cell vehicles, especially in Japan.
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Okano, K. (2016). Development Histories: Fuel Cell Technologies. 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_5
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