Introduction to Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells -- Catalysts for methanol oxidation -- Pt and Pd-based electrocatalysts for ethanol and ethylene glycol fuel cells -- Electro-oxidation of 3-carbon alcohols and its viability for fuel cell application -- Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Methanol and Ethanol-Tolerant Cathodes -- Membranes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells -- Carbon materials for fuel cells -- Physical modeling and numerical simulation of Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells -- Scales, mechanisms and approaches -- Applications and durability of direct methanol fuel cells.  .