209th ECS Meeting - Denver, Colorado

May 07 - May 12, 2006

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

E1 - Electrode Materials and Processes for Energy Conversion and Storage

Battery/Energy Technology/Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry
 

Monday, May 8, 2006

Plaza Ballroom F, Concourse Level

Energy Storage

Co-Chairs: J. Weidner
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:20 216 Influence of the Cathode Composition on the Intermediate Temperature SOFC Cathode Characteristics G. Nurk, P. Möller, I. Kivi, P. Nigu and E. Lust (University of Tartu)
10:35 217 New Anode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells A. Ovalle, J. Irvine (University of St Andrews), J. Canales-Vázquez (L’Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB)), J. Ruiz-Morales and D. Marrero-López (Universidad de La Laguna)
10:50 218 Novel Compressive Seals for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells K. Sun, S. Le, N. Zhang, M. An and D. Zhou (Harbin Institute of Technology)
11:05 219 Electrochemical and Microstructural Characterization of the Cyclic Redox Behaviour of SOFC Anodes K. Sun, J. Kong and D. Zhou (Harbin Institute of Technology)
11:20 220 Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Characterization of La0.835A0.165Fe0.5Cr0.5O3-d (A = Ba, Sr, Ca) as Anode Materials for SOFC A. K. Azad (University of St Andrews), S. Eriksson (Chalmers University of Technology) and J. Irvine (University of St Andrews)
11:35 221 New Cathode and Interlayer Materials Development at Siemens Power Generation G. Zhang (Siemens), J. Shull, K. Huang and R. Ruka (Siemens Power Generation)
11:50 222 SrCo0.8Fe0.2O3-8-La0.45Ce0.55O2-8 and La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8Ni0.2O3-8-La0.45Ce0.55O2-8 as Composite Cathode Materials for the Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell K. Sun, X. Zhu, N. Zhang and D. Zhou (Harbin Institute of Technology)
 

Lithium Ion Batteries

Co-Chairs: D. Doughty and S. Calabrese-Barton
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 223 A Simple Method for Determining Diffusion Coefficients in Lithium-Ion-Battery Electrolytes S. G. Stewart (UC Berkeley) and J. Newman (University of California, Berkeley)
14:20 224 Microscopic and Spectroscopic Studies of Phase Evolution in LiFePO4 G. Chen, X. Song (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and T. Richardson (LBNL)
14:40 225 An in Situ Raman Microscopic Study of Electrochemical Lithium Insertion into Anatase TiO2 L. J. Hardwick, M. Holzapfel, A. Wokaun and P. Novak (Paul Scherrer Institut)
15:00 226 Ionic-Conducting Fumed Silicas in Cathode Structures X. Zhang and P. Fedkiw (North Carolina State University)
15:20 227 Thin Film Approach for a Better Understanding of the Transport Properties of LiFePO4 / FePO4 F. Sauvage (Université de Picardie Jules Verne), E. Baudrin (CNRS) and J. Tarascon (Universite de Picardie Jules Verne)
15:40 228 Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Coin Cells using Ni and Nd Doped LiMn2O4 Cathodes S. R. Das (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus), R. Singhal (University of Puerto Rico), O. Oviedo, M. Tomar (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) and R. Katiyar (University of Puerto Rico)
15:55 Intermission (15 Minutes)
16:10 229 Superior Capacity Retention Spinel Manganese Oxyfluoride Cathodes for Lithium Ion Batteries A. Manthiram and W. Choi (University of Texas at Austin)
16:30 230 Electron and Ion Transport in Layered O3 LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2: A Combination of EIS and GITT studies S. Kumar (MIT), J. Breger (SUNNY, Stony Brook, NewYork), C. Grey (SUNNY, Stony Brook, New York) and Y. Shao-Horn (MIT)
16:50 231 Electrochemical Lithium Insertion of Iron Oxide Spinel Thin Films: Changes in Structure and Magnetic Properties V. Sivakumar, S. Kumar, K. Persson, C. Ross, Y. Shao-Horn and G. Ceder (MIT)
17:10 232 Manganese Dioxide-PEDOT Nanocomposites as Potential Cathode Materials in Li Batteries D. Buttry, R. O'Brien and D. Grohol (Univ of Wyoming)
17:30 233 Abuse Response of 18650 Li-Ion Cells with Li1.1Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 Cathodes D. Doughty (Sandia National Labs) and E. Roth (Sandia National Laboratories)
17:50 234 Electrochemical Lithium Insertion of Iron Oxide Spinel Thin Films: Changes in Structure and Magnetic Properties V. Sivakumar, S. Kumar, K. Persson, C. Ross, Y. Shao-Horn and G. Ceder (MIT)
 

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Plaza Ballroom F, Concourse Level

Fuel Cells

Co-Chairs: Y-M. Tsou, S. Swathirajan and F. Uribe
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00 235 Combinatorial Discovery of Platinum Alloy Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cells T. He, E. Kreidler, L. Xiong and E. Ding (Honda Research Institute USA)
08:20 236 Rotating Disk Electrode Investigations of Fuel Cell Catalyst Degradation Due to Potential Cycling in Acid Electrolyte S. Swathirajan (General Motors R&D Center) and B. Merzougui (Aerotek Automotive)
08:40 237 Increased CO tolerance of Pt Electrodes by addition of Adsorbed Heteropoly Acids and Salts in PEM Fuel Cell Anode Catalysts. R. J. Stanis, A. M. Herring, M. Kuo (Colorado School of Mines) and J. Turner (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
09:00 238 Oxygen Reduction at the Pt/Recast-Nafion Film Interface. Effect of the Polymer Equivalent Weight. J. Chlistunoff, F. Uribe and B. Pivovar (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
09:20 239 Development of Pt-based Catalysts with Ultra Small Particle Size and Uniform Particle Distribution L. Cao, Y. Tsou and E. Decastro (E-TEK division, Pemeas Inc.)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00 240 Development of Gas Diffusion Layers using a new Type of Graphitized Nano-carbon (PUREBLACK) for PEMFCs A. Mada Kannan, A. menghal (Arizona State University) and I. Barsukov (Superior Graphite)
10:20 241 Temperature-Dependence of H2 Oxidation Rates in the Presence of CO at Pt, PtRu and PtCo Electrodes H. Uchida, K. Izumi and M. Watanabe (University of Yamanashi)
10:40 242 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with Novel Tungsten Carbide Enhanced Electrocatalysts H. Meng and P. Shen (advanced engergy material research lab)
11:00 243 CO-Tolerance at Pt-Alloy Electrodes Investigated by Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy M. Watanabe, M. Wakisaka and H. Uchida (University of Yamanashi)
11:20 244 Mechanism for Poisoning of Pt and PtRu Catalysts in Reformate under Fuel Cell Operating Conditions F. J. Scott, D. E. Ramaker (The George Washington University) and C. Roth (Institute for Materials Science)
11:40 245 Nanostructured Platinum/Iron-Phosphate Thin-Film Electrodes for Methanol Oxidation B. Lee, C. Kim, Y. Park, T. Kim and B. Park (Seoul National University)
 

Lithium Ion Batteries

Co-Chairs: K. Rajeshwar and D. Scherson
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 246 Preparation Sn/C Microsphere Composite Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries Via Carbothermal Reduction X. He, K. Wang and L. Wang (Tsinghua University)
14:15 247 Sulfurization of Polyacrylonitrile as Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries X. He, W. Pu and L. Wang (Tsinghua University)
14:30 248 In Situ Transmission FT-IR Spectroelectrochemistry of LixFePO4 Cathodes C. M. Burba and R. Frech (University of Oklahoma)
14:50 249 Electrochemical Investigation of Chemically Synthesized Polypyrrole Salt with Dual Dopants for Supercapacitor Application P. Srinivasan and L. Subbarao (Indian Institute of Chemical Technology)
15:05 250 Carbon Nanofibers: High Rate Lithium Reversibility and Mechanism of Irreversible Capacity B. Wei, V. Subramanian and H. Zhu (Louisiana State University)
15:20 251 Nanohybrid Materials Based on Transition Metal Oxides and Conducting Polymers: Toward the Modification of Electrochemical Properties M. Quintin (CNRS), M. Delville, G. Campet (CNRS ICMCB), H. Jung, J. Choy (DNDC Korea) and V. Murugan (CMET India)
15:40 252 Borohydride Direct Oxidation Kinetics in Sodium (Hydroxide + Borohydride) Electrolyte on Silver and Gold Electrocatalysts M. Chatenet, F. Micoud and E. Chainet (INPG)
15:55 Intermission (15 Minutes)
16:10 253 Kinetic Characteristic of the Cathode Materials used for Rechargeable Li-ion Battery J. Ma and C. Wang (Tennessee Technological University)
16:25 254 The Electrochemical Performance of the Lithium Iron Phosphate Prepared by Different Procedures J. Hong (Tennessee Tech. University) and C. Wang (Tennessee Technological University)
16:40 255 Cathodic Electrosynthesis of CdO, Mixed (ZnO)x(CdO)1-x and Cd-doped ZnO Thin Films K. Rajeshwar, C. R, N. de Tacconi, G. Yogeeswaran and A. Seshadri (The University of Texas at Arlington)
17:00 256 Novel Technique for Characterizing Porous Structure of Electrodes and other Parts of Electrochemical Systems in real Environment. Method of Standard Porosimetry A. Sakars, A. Sakars and Y. Volfkovich (Porotech Ltd.)
17:15 257 Modeling the Discharge Process in Supercapacitor Nanoporous Carbon Electrodes E. M. Shembel (Ener1Group), V. Izotov (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”), Y. Maletin (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”; Ener1 Group) and P. Novak (Ener1 Group)
17:30 258 In situ Interparticle Resistance Measurements for Materials of Relevance to Battery Applications I. A. Palencsar and D. A. Scherson (Case Western Reserve University)
17:45 259 Chemical Functionalization of Carbon with Aryl Diazonium Cations M. Toupin (UQAM)
 

Exhibit Hall, Concourse Level

Tuesday Evening Poster Session

Co-Chairs: K. M. Abraham and D. Scherson
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o 260 Characteristics of ZnS thin films deposited by brush plating M. M. KR (CECRI), K. Kumaresan (Saranathan College of Engineering) and J. Prince (Bharathidasan College of Engg)
o 261 Brush plated CdTe films and their PEC behaviour M. M. KR (CECRI), M. Ziaudeen and N. Jayaprakash (Government Arts College)
o 262 Growth and Characterization of brush plated CdS films M. M. KR (CECRI), P. Elango and P. Gopalakrishnan (Government Arts College)
o 263 Characteristics of brush plated MnSe films M. M. KR and D. Trivedi (CECRI)
o 264 Catalyst Loadings for PEMFC Electrodes Prepared by Sputter Deposition K. Huang (National Pingtung University of Science and Technology), C. Tsai (National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences), Y. Lai and W. Lee (National Cheng Kung University)
o 265 Characterization and Performance Evaluations of MgNiPt Metal Hydride Alloys Prepared by Ball-milling E. A. Ticianelli (Instituto de Química de São Carlos), E. Souza and J. Castro (Instituto de Química de São Carlos - USP)
o 266 Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of layered Li-Ni-Mn-Co-O doped with Metal Ions for Li-ion Battery Applications J. Saavedra, S. Nieto and R. Katiyar (University of Puerto Rico)
o 267 Research on Large Current Affection on LiMn2O4 in Supercapacitors Y. Chen (School of Chemical Engineering)
o 268 Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Composite Electrodes of Nickel Oxide/WMNTS M. Zhang (Harbin Engineering University), Y. Zhang (Haerb Engineering University) and M. Zhang (Harbin Engineering University)
o 269 The Synthesis of Hydrophobic Pt-Ru Nano-particles and Its Electrochemical Performance for Methanol Oxidation H. Tu, W. Wang, C. Wan and Y. Wang (National Tsing-Hua University)
o 270 The Combustion Synthesis of Cobalt Vanadate for Lithium Rechargeble Batteries C. Ryu and K. Kim (Yonsei university)
o 271 Study of Co-S and Co-Fe-S Mixed Thin Film Catalysts and their Behavior in Oxidation Reduction Reaction L. Zhu (University of British Columbia), D. Susac, P. Wong, M. Teo, A. Sode, D. Bizzotto, K. Mitchell (Dept of Chemistry, University of British Columbia), R. Parsons (Dept of Physics, University of British Columbia) and S. Campbell (Ballard Power Systems Inc.)
o 272 Preparation of Pt/polypyrrole Loaded Carbon Composite in order to Improvement of Electrode Durability for Fuel Cells M. Mizuhata, M. Oga (Kobe University) and S. Deki (Kobe Univeristy)
o 273 Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposite Electrode Materials Obtained from the Intercalation of Highly Conducting Poly (3, 4- ethylenedioxythiophene) Nanosheets between MS2 Layers M. Quintin (CNRS), V. Murugan (CMET India), C. Gopinath, K. Vijayamohanan (National Chemical Laboratory India), H. Jung (DNDC Korea), M. Delville and G. Campet (CNRS ICMCB)
o 274 Oxygen Reduction at Lanthanum Manganates in Alkaline Medium C. Sequeira and D. Santos (Instituto Superior Técnico)
o 275 Studies of the Hydrogen Storage Alloy Ml(NiCoMnAl)5.1 as Anode Electrocatalyst for PEMFCs C. Sequeira and Y. Chen (Instituto Superior Técnico)
o 276 A Borohydride-H2O2 Laboratory Fuel Cell M. W. Franco (OMNIDEA), C. Sequeira (Instituto Superior Técnico) and J. Condeço (OMNIDEA, Lda)
o 277 A Novel Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based Micro-Reformer for Portable Fuel Cell Applications J. Ha, J. Gil (Samsung Electro-Mechanics), S. Kim (Samsung Electro Mechanics), H. Lee and J. Jang (Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
o 278 Micro packed-bed Reactor using MEMS Technology J. Gil, J. Jang, H. Lee (Samsung Electro-Mechanics), S. Kim (Samsung Electro Mechanics) and J. Ha (Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
o 1283 Carbon Nanofibers With MnO2 and its Electrochemical Characterizations Y. Cho (Chonnam National University) and D. Chang (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
o 1284 Fabrications and Eelectrochemical Characterizations of Carbon Nanofibers with CNT Y. Cho (Chonnam National University), D. Changa and G. Heo (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
 

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Plaza Ballroom F, Concourse Level

Fuel Cells

Co-Chairs: C. Wang and J. Wang
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:20 279 Dual-Pathway Kinetic Equation for the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction on Pt Electrodes J. X. Wang (Brookhaven National Lab), T. Springer (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and R. Adzic (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
10:40 280 Kinetic Overpotentials of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt3Co and the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction on Pt in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell K. C. Neyerlin (General Motors Fuel Cell Activities), J. Jorne (University of Rochester), W. Gu (General Motors Fuel Cell Activities) and H. Gasteiger (General Motors)
11:00 281 Stablization of Platinum Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction by a Submonolayer of Gold J. Zhang and R. Adzic (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11:20 282 Stochastic Process Approach for Studying Formation of PEM Fuel Cell Composite Electrodes R. Subbaraman, T. Zawodzinski Jr and J. Mann (Case Western Reserve University)
11:40 283 The use of Heteropoly Acids as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in PEM Fuel Cells. A. M. Herring, R. J. Stanis, J. Ferrell III, M. Kuo (Colorado School of Mines), J. Turner (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) and M. Samaroo (NREL)
 
Co-Chairs: H. Villullas and S. Mukerjee
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 284 Characterization of the CO Tolerance Properties of Tungsten-Based PEMFC Anodes E. A. Ticianelli (Instituto de Química de São Carlos), L. Pereira, F. Santos, M. Pereira and V. Paganin (Instituto de Química de São Carlos - USP)
14:20 285 Combinatorial Microelectrode Multiarray Study of Fuel Cell Catalysts J. S. Cooper and P. McGinn (University of Notre Dame)
14:40 286 Characterization of Membrane Electrode Assemblies with Ultra-low Pt Loading for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells F. Shieu and Y. Pai (National Chung Hsing University)
15:00 287 Performance of PtCo/C Electrocatalysts Prepared by a Modified Polyol Process as Cathode for PEMFC H. M. Villullas (Instituto de Química), E. Santiago (PROCEL – IPEN/CNEN) and L. Varanda (Instituto de Química - UNESP)
15:20 288 Preparation and Characterization of RuxOsySz/C for PEM Fuel Cells I. Park, Y. Cho, H. Park and Y. Park (Seoul National University)
15:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:00 289 SECM Characterization of Ternary Thin Film Combinatorial Libraries as Anode Electrocatalysts for PEMFCs G. Lu, J. S. Cooper and P. McGinn (University of Notre Dame)
16:20 290 Peroxide Yields and Activation Energies of Select Chalcogenide Systems for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Applications J. Ziegelbauer and S. Mukerjee (Northeastern University)
16:40 291 New Bimetallic Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Based on Ni and Pt Carbide: Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Studies V. Di Noto, E. Negro, R. Gliubizzi (University of Padova), G. Pace and S. Gross (INSTM-CNR Padova)
17:00 292 Composite Cathode Structure/Property Relationships S. J. Babinec, H. Tang, A. Ghosh-Dastidar, S. Hughes and A. Talik (The Dow Chemical Company)
17:20 293 A Novel Process for Fabricating Membrane-Electrode Assemblies with Low Platinum Loading for Use in PEM Fuel Cells S. Karimi and F. Foulkes (University of Toronto)
17:40 294 Mechanism of CO Adsorption on Pt-Ru Fuel Cell Anode Catalysts K. Martocci (Hunter College), F. M. Alamgir (NIST), J. S. Cooper (University of Notre Dame), A. Colon (Hunter College), S. Sambasivan, D. Fischer (NIST), P. McGinn (University of Notre Dame), S. Greenbaum (Hunter College) and E. Smotkin (University of Puerto Rico)
 

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Director's Row E, Ground Floor

Electrode Materials and Processes

Co-Chairs: E. Ticianelli and L. Burke
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00 295 Effect of Interface between Si Thin Film Anode and Current Collector on the Electrochemical Performance of Si H. Deng (City University of Hong Kong), M. Park (Seoul National University), C. Chung (City University of Hong Kong), C. Park and S. Joo (Seoul National University)
08:20 296 Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Supports for Portable Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. P. Kamat, G. Girishkumar (University of Notre Dame) and K. Vinodgopal (Indiana University Northwest)
08:40 297 A Novel Photographic Printing Process for the Preparation of Catalysts for Fuel Cell Applications J. Jiang, D. Hill and A. Miller (University of Notre Dame)
09:00 298 Electrochemical Investigation of Non-equilibrium Surface States of Matter. L. D. Burke (University College Cork), S. Garbarino (Univrsity College Cork), L. Kinsella and N. Naser (University College Cork)
09:20 299 Effect of Interface between Si Thin Film Anode and Current Collector Substrate on the Electrochemical Performance of Si H. Deng (City University of Hong Kong), P. Min (Seoul National university), C. Chung (City University of Hong Kong), C. Park and S. Joo (Seoul National University)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00 300 Electrical Characterization of Nano Structured Energy Storage Device J. Lee, K. Bartley and O. Palusinski (University of Arizona)
10:20 301 Investigations of the Catalytic Properties of Manganese Oxides for the Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline Media E. A. Ticianelli (Instituto de Química de São Carlos), F. Lima and M. Calegaro (Instituto de Química de São Carlos - USP)
10:40 302 Electrochemical Oxidation and Reduction Processes of Platinum Nanoparticles Probed by Time-resolved High-energy X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy H. Imai, K. Izumi, Y. Kubo (NEC Corporation), K. Kato and Y. Imai (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute)
11:00 303 The 3Pt1Sn/C Electrocatalyst Synthesized by Borohydride Reduction and Hydrothermal Treatment in the Low-temperature Fuel Cell D. Lim, D. Choi (seoul national university), D. Park (KOGAS) and H. Lee (seoul national university)
11:20 304 Carbon Monoxide Oxidation on Pt75Sn25/C and on Pt/C. A Comparative ac Impedance Study. E. R. Gonzalez and E. Ciapina (Instituto de Química de São Carlos-USP)
11:40 305 Mechanistic Aspects of Oxidation of Methanol, Formic Acid and CO on Pt F. Seland (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), D. A. Harrington (University of Victoria) and R. Tunold (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)