210th ECS Meeting - Cancun, Mexico

October 29 - November 03, 2006

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

B4 - Metal/Air and Metal/Water Batteries

Battery/Energy Technology
 

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Universal Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Expo Center

Tuesday Evening Poster Session

Co-Chairs: J. J. Xu, K. Zaghib and D. A. Scherson
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o 372 Dual Catalysts System Based on Nano-Manganese Oxide and Multiwall Carbon Nanotube for Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction T. Ohsaka, D. Zhang (Tokyo Institute of Technology), T. Sotomura (Matsushita Electric Co. Ltd.), M. El-Deab and T. Okajima (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
o 373 The Improvement of Charge Characterization for a Sealed Ni-MH Battery H. Kim, J. Kim, S. Boo, J. Lee, D. Chang, B. Choi (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology), Y. An (IBT), J. Jo (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology), S. Jung and C. Park (Chonnam National University)
o 374 The Study on the Anode and Electrolyte of Magnesium-Air Battery C. Chen (Chongqing University, China), H. Zheng (Chongqing University,China) and Y. Si (Sichuan Science and Engineering College)
 

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Universal 7, 1st Floor, Expo Center

Co-Chairs: K. Zaghib and J. J. Xu
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00 375 Novel Anode for High Power Zinc-Air Batteries G. X. Zhang (Teck Cominco)
10:30 376 Electrochemical and Surface Studies of Zinc in Alkaline Solutions Containing Organic Corrosion Inhibitors-From Lab Studies to a Metal-Air Battery Y. Ein-Eli (Technion-Israel institute of Technology)
11:00 377 The Effect of Additives on the Electrochemical Properties of Nano-Sized Fe2O3-Loaded Carbon for Fe-Air Battery Anode H. T. Bui (Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)), J. Kageura (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University), T. Doi, S. Okada and J. Yamaki (Kyushu University)
11:20 378 Developing a Battery using Concrete as an Electrolyte G. T. Burstein and E. I. Speckert (University of Cambridge)
11:40 379 Effect of Net Geometry on Limiting Current Density Distribution in a Parallel Plate Channel M. Venkatraman, S. Shimpalee and J. Van Zee (University of South Carolina)
 
Co-Chairs: C. S. Wang and Y. Ein-Eli
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 380 Novel Bifunctional Non-Noble-Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Electrochemistry J. J. Xu and Y. Yang (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
14:30 381 Non-Platinum Air Cathode Catalyst for Metal/Air Batteries K. Sawai, D. Uda, K. Shirai and Y. Maeda (Osaka City University)
15:00 382 Development of Perovskite on Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes by Electrospinning for Zinc-Air Batteries Y. Shao-Horn, Y. Kim, S. Koc and Y. Kim (MIT)
15:30 Intermission (20 Minutes)
15:50 383 Titanium-Based Air Electrodes for Secondary Air Batteries Y. Hattori, M. Matsunaga (kyushu Institute of Technology) and M. Morimitsu (Doshisha University)
16:10 384 Co3O4 Particles Dispersed on Nb-DOPED TiO2 Support Studied as Oxygen Bifunctional Electrocatalyst S. Poirier (Université du Québec à Montréal), M. De Koninck and B. Marsan (UQAM)
16:30 385 Porous Carbon from Bamboo as a Novel Carbon Support/Electrocatalyst of Air-Cathodes C. Lan, Y. Chi and T. Chin (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, ROC)
16:50 386 Air Breathing MnO2 Cathodes in Alkaline Electrolytes M. C. Kimble, T. J. Blakley and K. D. Jayne (MicroCell Technologies, LLC)
17:10 387 Impedance Modelig of the Oxygen Electrode in Alkaline Solutions A. Svensson (Sintef), H. Weydahl and S. Sunde (NTNU)
 

Thursday, November 2, 2006

Universal 7, 1st Floor, Expo Center

Co-Chairs: J. J. Xu and K. M. Abraham
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00 388 A Brief History of Non-Aqueous Metal-Air Batteries K. M. Abraham (E-KEM SCIENCES)
08:30 389 The Development of High Energy Density Lithium/Air and Lithium/Water Batteries with No Self-Discharge S. J. Visco, E. Nimon and B. Katz (PolyPlus Battery Company)
09:00 390 Novel Polymer Electrolytes Based on Ionic Liquids and their Application to Solid-State Thin-Film Li-Air Batteries H. Ye and J. J. Xu (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
09:20 391 Lithium-Air Cells with High Capacity Cathodes A. Dobley, C. Morein and R. Roark (Yardney / Lithion Inc.)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00 392 Intrinsic Borohydride Fuel Cell/Metal-Air Battery Hybrid Power Sources C. Wang, J. Hong, B. Fang and K. Currie (Tennessee Technological University)
10:30 393 A Regenerative Zinc Air Fuel Cell System S. Smedley (Electrochemical Technology Development Ltd) and G. X. Zhang (Teck Cominco)
11:00 394 Recent Progress in Silver-Zinc Batteries W. Hago, M. Benz, H. Li, I. Villegas, J. Nelson, T. Renken and L. Li (Zinc Matrix Power)