207th ECS Meeting - Quebec City, Canada

May 15 - May 20, 2005

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

O1 - Fuel Cells From Materials to Systems

Energy Technology/Battery/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry
 

Monday, May 16, 2005

Room 2000A, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Co-Chairs: H.R. Kunz & H. Gasteiger
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00 757 High Performance GDE for PEMFCs H. Gharibi, M. Zhiani (Tarbiat Modarres University), A. Entezamib (Tabriz University), R. Mirzaei (Rajaei University) and K. Kakaeia (Tarbiat Modarres University)
10:20 758 The Nature of Flooding and Drying in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells M. Mench and P. Chuang (Penn State University)
10:40 759 Effect of Morphological and Wetting Properties of the Gas Diffusion Layers on the Performance of a PEM Fuel Cell T. Nguyen (Univesity of Kansas) and G. Lin (University of Kansas)
11:00 760 Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Properties of Catalyst Layers Obtained by Electrospraying O. Baturina (Virginia Commonwealth University), Y. Volfkovich (Porotech Inc., Toronto, Canada; A.N.Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry of RAS, Moscow, 119 071, Russia), A. Sakars (Porotech Inc., Toronto, Canada), K. Wynne (Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University) and G. Wnek (Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University)
11:20 761 Surface Modification of Carbon Electrodes by Inductively Coupled Plasma for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells K. Chiu and M. Hsieh (Feng Chia University)
11:40 762 The Role of Potential-Dependent Electrolyte Resistance in the Performance and Steady-state Multiplicities of PEM Fuel Cells C. Vayenas, A. Katsaounis, M. Tsampas, S. Balomenou and D. Tsiplakides (University of Patras)
 

Fuel Cell Membranes

Co-Chairs: H. Gasteiger & H.R. Kunz
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 763 Development of Highly Durable MEA for PEMFC Under High Temperature Operations E. Endoh and H. Kawazoe (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.)
14:20 764 High Temperature Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications P. Kalappa, H. Kim, S. Park (Chungbuk National University), S. Oh (Seoul National University) and T. Osaka (Waseda University)
14:40 765 Properties of Polyethersulfone/Metal Oxide Membranes for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells D. Macdonald and H. Cho (Pennsylvania State University)
15:00 766 High Proton Conductivity in Mixed Titania/Zirconia POEMS F. Vichi and R. Silva Filho (University of São Paulo)
15:20 767 Synthesis and Investigation of New Proton-conducting Materials for Fuel Cells Membrane E. Shembel (Ener1, Inc), O. Chervakov (Ukrainian State Chemical Technology University, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.), K. Kylyvnyk (Ener1, Inc), P. Novak (Ener1), Y. Kobelchuk and V. Ryabenko (Ukrainian State Chemical Technology University, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.)
15:40 768 Investigation of Polypyrrole Morphology with Different Deposition Conditions B. Liaw (University of Hawaii at Manoa), F. Quinlan (University of Hawaii) and M. Cooney (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
16:00 769 Characterization of the Structure of Perfluorinated Ionomers Dispersed in Aqueous and Alcoholic Solutions Using Ultrasonic Attenuation Spectroscopy Method M. Yoshitake, S. Terazono, Y. Kunisa, K. Yamada (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.), H. Hayashi (Okayama University), S. Takeda (Osaka University) and I. Tari (Emeritus Professor, Okayama University)
16:20 770 Gas Permeability in Perfluorinated Sulfonic Acid Polymer Electrolyte Membranes C. Mittelsteadt (Giner Electrochemical Systems) and M. Umbrell (Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC)
16:40 771 Membrane Degradation Studies Under Accelerated Conditions in PEMFC C. Paik, T. Skiba (UTC Fuel Cells), V. Mittal (University of Connecticut), S. Motupally and T. Jarvi (UTC Fuel Cells)
17:00 772 Role of Anode and Cathode in Membrane Degradation Mechanism in PEM Fuel Cell V. Mittal (University of Connecticut), C. Paik and S. Motupally (UTC Fuel Cells)
17:20 773 Nano Solid Oxide/Polymer Membranes for High Temperature direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications P. Kalappa, K. Han-Joo (Chungbuk National University), O. Seung-Mo (Seoul National University), O. Tetsuya (Waseda University) and P. Soo-Gil (Chungbuk National Univeristy)
17:40 774 Pore-filling Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications and Their DMFC Performances T. Yamaguchi, H. Zhou, F. Miyata and A. Yamauchi (The University of Tokyo)
 

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Room 2000A, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Direct Methanol and Micro Fuel Cells

Co-Chairs: V. Ramani & J.M. Fenton
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00 775 Performance Issues in Small, Air-Breathing, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Operation M. Mohamedi (INRS-EMT), T. Shimizu (Waseda University; CREST JST), T. Momma, T. Osaka (Waseda University) and S. Sarangapani (ICET, Inc., MA , USA)
08:20 776 Experimental Study of Electrode Flooding in Small, Air-Breathing, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell T. Shimizu (Waseda University; CREST JST), S. Tominaka, M. Iwasaki (Waseda University), M. Mohamedi (INRS-EMT), T. Momma, T. Osaka (Waseda University) and S. Sarangapani (ICET, Inc., MA , USA)
08:40 777 Prediction of the Effect of Anode and Cathode Stoich on DMFC Performance and Crossover using a 2-D Model B. Garcia and J. Weidner (University of South Carolina)
09:00 778 Reduction of Methanol Crossover at a MEA with Porous Carbon Plate as Support N. Nakagawa, K. Kamata, A. Nakazawa and T. Nakazato (Gunma University)
09:20 779 Reduction of Methanol Crossover in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Using Electrolyte Flowing Approach S. Xia (University of Calgary), D. James and D. Toolsie (Energy Ventures Inc.)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00 780 A First Hand Held Electronic Device Powered by an Integrated Direct Methanol Fuel Cell S. Gottesfeld (MTI Microfuel Cells)
10:20 781 MEMS-based Acidic Methanol Solution as a Fuel for Direct Methanol Microchannel Fuel Cells (DMMFC) T. Osaka, S. Motokawa (Waseda University), M. Mohamedi (INRS-EMT), T. Momma and S. Shoji (Waseda University)
10:40 782 A Nanoporous Silicon Membrane Electrode Assembly for On-chip Micro Fuel Cell Applications K. Chu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), S. Gold (Louisiana Tech University), R. Subramanian (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), M. Shannon (UIUC) and R. Masel (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
11:00 783 Bipolar Miniaturized Proton Exchange Fuel Cell Full Integrated in a Micromachined Silicon Surface G. D'Arrigo, C. Spinella (CNR-IMM), G. Arena and S. Lorenti (ST MICROELECTRONICS)
11:20 784 A Palladium Deposited Nafion Membrane via Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sc-CO2) Medium for DMFCs R. Jiang (University of Connecticut), Y. Zhang, X. Wei, C. Erkey (Univ. of Connecticut), H. Kunz (University of Connecticut) and J. Fenton (University of Connecticut)
11:40 785 Establishing a Standardized Single Cell Testing Procedure through Industry Participation, Consensus and Experimentation T. Rockward (Los Alamos National Laboratory), D. Lane (Gore Fuel Cell Technologies), E. Teather (Dupont Fuel Cells), F. Uribe (Los Alamos National Laboratory), D. McNeil (Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc), R. Bailey (Greenlight Power Technologies) and M. Pien (Electrochem, Inc.)
 

Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells

Co-Chairs: J.M. Fenton & V. Ramani
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 786 Low Catalyst Loadings for PEM Fuel Cells Prepared by Sputter Deposition D. Gruber, N. Ponath (Hamburg University of Technology) and J. Muller (Technical University Hamburg-Harburg)
14:20 787 High Performance of Electrode with Very Low Pt Loading Prepared by Dual Ion-Beam Assisted Deposition in PEM Fuel Cells M. Saha, S. Mukerjee (Northeastern University), A. Gull and R. Allen (De Nora North America, E-TEK Division)
14:40 788 Electrophoretic Deposition of Pt/C Nanocatalysts on Carbon Electrodes of PEMFC R. Louh, H. Huang and F. Tsai (Feng Chia University)
15:00 789 The Influences of Surface Morphology of Sputter-deposited Pt Film on the Anode Efficiency of PEM Fuel Cells C. Chung and S. Chen (Feng Chia University)
15:20 790 Peroxide Yield on New Materials for Oxygen Reduction in Acid Media C. Urgeghe, A. Battisti (University of Ferrara), Y. Garsany, J. Ziegelbauer, S. Mukerjee (Northeastern University), A. Gulla (E-TEK) and R. Allen (De Nora North America, E-TEK Division)
15:40 791 Performance of PEM Fuel Cells: Effect of Ionomer loading and equivalent weight in the Electrode H. Xu, H. Kunz (University of Connecticut) and J. Fenton (University of Central Florida)
16:00 792 X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Investigations of Transition Metal-based Chalcogenide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Applications J. Ziegelbauer, Y. Garsany, S. Mukerjee (Northeastern University), C. Urgeghe (University of Ferrara), A. Gulla (E-TEK) and R. Allen (De Nora North America, E-TEK Division)
16:20 793 Characterization of Mediated Biocatalytic Cathodes with Gas-Phase Reactants for Fuel Cell Applications N. Hudak and S. Calabrese Barton (Columbia University)
16:40 794 A NEXAFS Investigation of the Mechanism of Chemical Bonding Between CO and Host Pt­based Catalyst F. Alamgir (Hunter College of CUNY), J. Cooper, P. McGinn (University of Notre Dame), E. Smotkin (University of Puerto Rico) and S. Greenbaum (Hunter College of CUNY)
17:00 795 Application of Combi-Electrochemistry to the Synthesis and Characterization of Electroactive Materials for Fuel Cells D. Gianquinta, M. Lavrenko and S. Gorer (Symyx Technologies, Inc.)
 

Room 200A/200B/200C, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Tuesday Evening Poster Session

Co-Chairs: H.R. Kunz & H. Gasteiger
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o 796 Real-time Mass Spectrometric Analysis of the Anode Exhaust Gases of a Direct Propane Fuel Cell (DPFC) F. Rodrigez-Valera (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal) and O. Savadogo (Ecole Polytechnique)
o 797 An Analytical Hierarchy Process Model for Membrane Selection for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell A. Shanian (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal) and O. Savadogo (Ecole Polytechnique)
o 798 Preparation and Characterization of Functional Catalysts for Low Temperature Fuel Cells M. Min (SAMSUNG SDI CO. LTD), C. Park, H. Kim, C. Kwak, H. Kweon and S. Lee (Samsung SDI CO., LTD)
o 799 Synthesis and Characterization of Ternary Metal Alloy Catalysts for Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell H. Kim, I. Park, B. Choi and Y. Sung (Seoul National University)
o 800 Fabrication of Membrane Electrode Assemblies Based on Sol-gel Hybrid Membranes in the Application of PEMFC C. Lin (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology) and R. Thangamuthu (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology01/)
o 801 Proton Conductivity in Tungsten and Antimony-Modified Titania POEMS F. Vichi (University of São Paulo), M. Tejedor-Tejedor and M. Anderson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
o 802 The Conductivity and Physical Aging of Nafion in PEMFC Lifetime Testing X. Cheng, L. Chen, M. You, L. Liu and Y. Zhang (Xiamen University)
o 803 Degradation Mechanism of Perfluorinated Membrane in Fuel Cell Environment S. Hommura, K. Kawahara and T. Shimohira (asahi glass co.,ltd)
o 804 Corrosion Resistance Study of Stainless-steel Bipolar Plates with NiAl Coatings S. Chen, H. Lin and C. Chung (Feng Chia University)
o 805 Influence of Morphology in the Catalyst Layer on the Performance of DMFC H. Lee (SDI), H. Kweon (Samsung SDI CO., LTD) and H. Kim (SDI)
o 806 Surface-modification of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane for Reducing the Methanol Crossover in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell S. Kim, E. Jung, D. Jung, D. Peck, R. Song, D. Shin (Korea Institute of Energy Research), K. Jung (LG-Caltex Oil Corp.) and Y. Rhee (Chungnam National University)
o 807 Interlocking MEA (Membrane/Electrode Assembly) with Nafion for DMFC (Direct Methanol Fuel Cell) K. Cho, J. Park, H. Jung and K. Sung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
o 808 Pt Nanoparticles Embedded in a Titanium Oxide Matrix for Anode in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells S. Yoo and Y. Sung (Seoul National University)
o 809 Templated Synthesis and Catalytic Activity fo Pt Nanowires for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell I. Park and Y. Sung (Seoul National University)
o 810 Investigation on the Suitability of YSZ Thin Film as Electrolyte for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (ITSOFC) by Impedance Spectroscopy E. Ramirez (Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales), A. Huanosta, A. Ortiz and J. Alonso (Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM.)
o 811 Development of Metal Supported SOFC Technology in Ikerlan I. Villarreal, L. Rodriguez-Martinez, I. Antepara, I. Alava, U. Castro, N. Lecanda, E. Diez, X. Montero, M. Rivas and A. Laresgoiti (ikerlan)
o 812 Structure and Conducting Properties of Porous NiO Films for Single Chamber Micro-solid Oxide Fuel Cell J. Kim, S. Choi, W. Kim, H. Jung (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), S. Ahn (Yonsei University), J. Lee, H. Lee (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) and J. Moon (Yonsei University)
o 813 Ceria Coated Anode as Sulfur Tolerance for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell H. Devianto, S. Yoon, J. Han, H. Hahm, S. Nam, T. Lim and S. Hong (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
 

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Room 2000A, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

General Fuel Cells

Co-Chairs: D. Maricle & G. Blomgren
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 814 Effect of Forced Air vs. Passive Cathodes on the Performance and Lifetime on a Direct Glucose Fuel Cell C. Apblett, D. Ingersoll, E. Matteo (Sandia National Laboratories), D. Maricle (Maricle Consulting, LLC) and S. Sarangapani (ICET, Inc., MA , USA)
14:20 815 Study of Passive Liquid and Vapor Feed Formic Acid Micro Fuel Cells P. Kenis, J. Ranga, C. Rastogi, J. Yeom and M. Shannon (UIUC)
14:40 816 Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Based on Phosphoric Acid Doped Polybenzimidazole (PBI) O. Kongstein, T. Berning, F. Seland (NTNU), R. Tunold and B. Borresen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
15:00 817 The Effect of La Addition on the Kinetics of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Molten Carbonate S. Mitsushima, N. Takahashi, N. Onoda, N. Kamiya and K. Ota (Yokohama National University)
15:20 818 Development of Li-Co-O Coated NiO Cathodes for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell H. Hahm, B. Ryu, J. Han, S. Yoon, S. Nam, T. Lim and S. Hong (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
15:40 819 Influence of LSCM Anodes Microstructure on SOFC Performance D. Bastidas and J. Irvine (St Andrews University)
16:00 820 Steam Diesel Reforming for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems B. Peppley, P. Harasti and J. Amphlett (Royal Military College)
16:20 821 Electrochemical Hydrogen Pump for Recirculation of Hydrogen in a Fuel Cell Stack F. Barbir, H. Gorgun and X. Wang (University of Connecticut)
16:40 822 Hydrogen Storage System Modeling H. Knickle and K. Song (University of Rhode Island)
17:00 823 Preparation and Characterization of Tungsten Carbides as Alkaline Fuel Cell Catalysts H. Meng, F. Xie and P. Shen (Sun Yat-Sen University)
17:20 824 Membranes of Mixed Aliphatic-Aromatic Structure for Low Temeprature Direct Methanol Fuel Cells A. Tavares, O. Ballabio (Pirelli Labs), A. Di Blast, R. Pedicini, E. Passalacqua, V. Antonucci (CNR-TAE), V. Tverskoy (Lomonosov Academy of Fine Chemical Technology), Y. Dubitsky and A. Zaopa (Pirelli Labs)