Batteries and Fuel

Cells

Question
Bank

One Mark
Questions

1. Define metal hydride

battery

2. What are the components present in the

battery?

3. Write a short note on fuel

cell.

4. What is a metal-metal battery? Give few

examples.

5. How does a fuel cell

work?

6. What are the difference between batteries and fuel

cells?

7. What are the types of fuel

cell?

8. What is storage battery? Give few

examples.

9. Why is methanol fuel cell better than hydrogen fuel

cell?

10. Why hydrogen storage is

difficult?

11. Define fuel

cell?

12. Write an example of primary

battery?
13. Define planar bipolar
stacking

14. What are the cell reaction of Zinc – carbon

battery?

15. What are the characteristics of fuel

cells?

16. Give any two examples of rechargeable

batteries

17. What is the advantage of polymer electrolyte fuel

cell?

18. How will you prepare hydrogen by

electrochemically?

19. What is photo biological

Process?

20. Why methanol is highly promising fuel than hydrogen for fuel
cell?

Four Marks
Questions

1. ​What is difference between primary and secondary

batteries?

2. What are high temperature batteries?

Explain it.

3. Explain the construction, working and application of lead-acid

battery.

4.​ Mention the applications of batteries​. 5.

6. Explain the working principle of fuel

cells.

7. Write a note on fuel cell

thermodynamics.

8. Write a note on ​Solid ​Oxide Fuel Cell

(SOFC).

9. Explain the ​Proton ​Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

(PEMFC).

10. Write a note on Direct methanol fuel cell

(DMFC).

11. Explain the current issues in ​Proton ​Exchange Membrane

Fuel Cell
(PEMFC)
.
12. Write note on secondary lithium
batteries

13. Briefly note on electrolytic

Cell

14. Explain working principles of metal hydrides

battery

15. What are advantages of lithium ion

batteries?

16. Write any four differences of batteries and fuel

cells?

17. Explain the thermodynamic models of fuel

cell

18. Write note on alkaline fuel cell

(SOFC)

19. What are the merits and demerits of Phosphoric acid

fuel cell?
20. Briefly note on Hydrogen-Production and storage methods for
fuel cells

21. Account current issues in proton exchange membrane fuel cell

(PEMFC)

Six Marks
Questions

1. ​Explain History and development of

Batteries

2. Explain the Lead acid battery with neat

diagram?

3. Write the applications of Secondary

batteries

4. Explain the working procedure of Nickel Cadmium

battery?

5. Explain the working procedure of Lead acid

battery?

6. Explain the fuel cell thermodynamics and its

efficiency?

7. Explain the Electrochemical kinetics and Butler - Volmer

equation?
8. ​What are the applications of SOFC in
stationery?

9. Explain the cell components of MCFC fuel

cell

10. Explain DMFC fuel

cells

11. Explain History and development of Fuel cells. 12.

What are the types of batteries? Explain primary
batteries. 13. Explain secondary batteries with suitable
example?

14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of

batteries? 15. Explain the lithium ion and lithium
phosphate batteries.

16. Derive Butler-Volmer equation. 17. Explain

the electrochemical kinetics of fuel cell.

18. What is the current status of global research development trends of

fuel cells?

19. ​Write a note on ​Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell

(MCFC).

20. ​Write a note on Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell

(PAFC).

21. Explain the Production and Storage methods for fuel

cells. 22. How does methanol fuel cell work? Explain it.