213th ECS Meeting - Phoenix, AZ

May 18 - May 22, 2008

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

B8 - Proton Transfer and Transport in Fuel Cells

Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry/Energy Technology
 

Monday, May 19, 2008

Room 101C, 100 Level, Phoenix Convention Center

New Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:30   441   Poly(Phenylene Disulfonic Acid): A New PEM M. Litt (Case Western Reserve University) and J. Kang (CWRU)
11:00   442   High Temperature Fuel Cells using Ionic Polysiloxane Membranes, With and Without Ionic Plasticizers X. Sun, D. Gervasio and C. Angell (Arizona State University)
11:20   443   Preparation and Characterization of the PVA/MMT Composite Polymer Membrane for DMFC C. Yang and Y. Lee (MingChi University of Technology)
11:40   444   Study on the Performance of Cross-Linked Linear Poly (Ethylenimine)-Based Proton Conducting PEMs F. I. Yepez Castillo (The University of Oklahoma) and D. Glatzhofer (University of Oklahoma)
12:00 Intermission (90 Minutes)
13:30   445   Modification of Sulfonated Poly(Ether Sulfone) for H2/Air and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells H. Ghassemi, R. Subbaraman, C. Brockman, P. Yanzer, J. Gibson and T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University)
14:00   446   Understanding Proton Conduction In A Unique Series Of PolyPOM Polymers J. Horan, M. Kuo, S. Dec (Colorado School of Mines), M. Frey, L. Ren, A. Genupur, M. Yandrasits, S. Hamrock (3M) and A. M. Herring (Colorado School of Mines)
14:30   447   Composite Membranes for Freeze-Tolerant Operation of PEM Fuel Cells K. Palanichamy, S. Advani and A. Prasad (University of Delaware)
14:50   448   Improving the Effect on Proton Conduction in PFSA Polymers by the Smart Addition of Heteropoly Acids. N. Aieta, M. Kuo, S. Dec (Colorado School of Mines), M. Frey, A. Genupur, G. Haugen, S. Hamrock (3M) and A. M. Herring (Colorado School of Mines)
15:10   449   Increasing Conductivity of SPEEK and SPEKK Membranes using Phosphotungstic Acid S. L. Rhoden and C. Linkous (Florida Solar Energy center)
15:30 Intermission (10 Minutes)
15:40   450   Recent Advances in Proton Conductive Materials Using Styrene Grafted and Sulfonated VDF/CTFE Fluoropolymers M. Chung, Z. Zhang (Penn State University), E. Chalkova, C. Wang (Energy Institute), M. Fedkin, S. Komarneni and S. N. Lvov (Penn State University)
16:10   451   Fluorinated-Sulfonated, Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Multiblock Copolymers for Proton Exchange Membranes R. VanHouten, X. Yu (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), O. Lane (VIrginia Tech), A. Roy (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and J. McGrath (Virginia Tech)
16:30   452   Development of Polymer Alloy Proton Exchange Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC) I. Fukuchi, S. Sasaki (Hitachi Chemical Co.,Ltd.), K. Kamijima, A. Orita (Hitachi Chemical Co.,Ltd) and S. Takeda (Hitachi Chemical Co.,Ltd.)
16:50   453   Influence of Crossslinking on PEM Properties of Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone)s with Varying Degree of Disulfonations M. Paul, A. Roy, J. Riffle (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and J. McGrath (Virginia Tech)
17:10   454   Sulfonated Poly(Ether Ether Ketone)-Based Composite Membrane for High Temperature Operation of PEMFC M. Han, H. Kim, K. An (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology), Y. Chu (KCC Central Research Institute) and D. Kim (KCC Central Institute)
17:30   455   Sulfonated Fluorinated Multiblock Copolymers with Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Sequences for Proton Exchange Membranes H. Lee (Virginia Tech), A. Roy (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), O. Lane and J. McGrath (Virginia Tech)
 

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Room 101C, 100 Level, Phoenix Convention Center

Characterization of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00   456   Dielectric Relaxations and Conductivity Mechanism of Nafion: Studies Based on Broad-Band Dielectric Spectroscopy V. Di Noto (University of Padova / ISTM-CNR), M. Piga (University of Padova), G. Pace (ISTM-CNR), E. Negro and S. Lavina (University of Padova)
08:30   457   Characterization of Proton Exchange Membrane by Coupling Electrochemical Impedance and Ac-Electrogravimetry. C. Gabrielli, L. To Thi Kim, H. Perrot (UPMC-CNRS), P. Hémery, L. Marx (UPMC), D. Gimenez-Romero, J. Garcia-Jareno and F. Vicente (Universitat valencia)
08:50   458   Effect of Morphology and Sequence Length on PEM Performance M. L. Einsla, Y. Kim, M. Hawley (Los Alamos National Laboratory), H. Lee, J. McGrath (Virginia Tech) and B. Pivovar (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
09:10   459   Responses of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Groups in Nafion Differentiated By Least Squares Modeling of Infrared Spectra Recorded During Membrane Hydration C. Korzeniewski, R. Basnayake and E. Adams (Texas Tech University)
09:30   460   Probing Water Dynamics in sPBI membranes by NMR F. C. Weise, S. Greenbaum (Hunter College), J. Mader and B. Benicewicz (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
09:50   461   Electron Spin Resonance Techniques for Observing Dynamics and Morphology in Proton Exchange Membranes J. Lawton, E. S. Smotkin and D. Budil (Northeastern University)
10:10 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:30   462   Understanding Proton Transport Domains in PEM Fuel Cells with Atomic Force Microscopy J. O'Dea (University of California, Santa Barbara), D. Bussian (Los Alamos National Laboratory), H. Metiu and S. Buratto (University of California, Santa Barbara)
10:50   463   Investigation of the Polymer Electrolyte Distribution in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFC) F. Scheiba, N. Benker, U. Kunz (Darmstadt Universtiy of Technology) and C. -. Roth (TU Darmstadt)
 

Non-aqueous Proton Conductors

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
11:10   464   On The State of The Proton in Protic Ionic Liquids J. Belieres, N. Byrne, D. Gervasio and C. Angell (Arizona State University)
11:30   465   Proton Transfer and Transport between Nitrogen Bases M. Maalouf, R. Subbaraman, H. Ghassemi and T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University)
11:50   466   Stable Protic Ionic Liquid (PIL) Fuel Cell Electrolytes J. Thomson, R. Marzke and D. Gervasio (Arizona State University)
 

Proton Transfer Studies

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   467   The Energetics of Proton Transfer in Phosphoric Acid and Substituted Phosphonic Acids L. Vilciauskas (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung), C. Wang (University of Alabama in Huntsville), S. J. Paddison (University of Tennessee) and K. Kreuer (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)
14:30   468   States of Water in Proton Exchange Membranes A. Roy (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), H. Lee (Virginia Tech), M. Paul, A. Badami, J. Riffle (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and J. McGrath (Virginia Tech)
14:50   469   Proton Transport in La-based Metaphosphate Glasses G. Harley (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), K. Kreuer (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung) and L. De Jonghe (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
 

Electrodes

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
15:10   470   Molecular-Level Modeling of the Structure and Wetting of Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces J. Liu, S. Cui, D. J. Keffer, B. Edwards and M. Esai Selvan (University of Tennessee)
15:40   471   A First Principles Study on the Stability of Electrocatalyst in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell B. Han, K. Persson and G. Ceder (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
16:00   472   Enhanced PEMFC Cathode Kinetics at 120{degree sign}C and Low Relative Humidity Using Heteropolyacid Additives R. P. Brooker, P. Baker, H. Kunz, L. Bonville and R. Parnas (University of Connecticut)
16:20   473   Enhanced Rate of Surface Diffusion Processes in Highly Dispersed PEMFC Catalysts on Surface Functionalized Carbons. P. Ferreira, M. Folgado (CIEMAT) and L. Daza (Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (CSIC))
16:40   474   Towards Understanding Electrocatalysis in CsH2PO4 - Based Fuel Cells M. W. Louie, K. Sasaki and S. Haile (California Institute of Technology)
17:00   475   Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of Platinum and Transition Metal-Platinum Alloys on W2C Support in Fuel Cells M. Lagu, S. Amiruddin and B. Li (Illinois Institute of Technology)
17:20   476   A Simple CNT Supported Electrocatalysts Preparation Method by Electro-Reduction T. Lim, Y. Chu, H. Bang, H. Choi, J. Cho, D. Kim (KCC Central Research Institute), H. Kim (KITECH) and M. Han (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
 

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Room 101C, 100 Level, Phoenix Convention Center

Water Management and Fuel Cell Performance

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
09:00   477   Effect of the GDL Degradation on its Transport Properties V. Gurau, J. Mann, T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University), J. Larson and M. Hicks (3M Company)
09:30   478   Effect of Cations on the Performance of PEMFCs M. Ohashi and J. W. Van Zee (University of South Carolina)
09:50   479   A New Wall Jet Half Cell Approach for Electrochemical Measurement of Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts at the pfsi/Reactant Gas Interface E. Toyoda (Toyota Central R&D labs,. Inc.) and A. Kucernak (Imperial College London)
10:10 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:30   480   Millisecond Resolved Transient Response of the Local High Frequency Resistance to Load Changes in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells I. A. Schneider, M. Bayer, A. Wokaun and G. Scherer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
10:50   481   The Experimental Approach to Investigate the Transport of Ammonia as a Fuel Contaminant in PEM Fuel Cells M. Jung, C. Smith and J. W. Van Zee (University of South Carolina)
11:10   482   Enhanced PEMFC Performance Using Heteropolyacid Additives R. P. Brooker, P. Baker, H. Kunz, L. Bonville and R. Parnas (University of Connecticut)
11:30   483   Model for Water Transport in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell after Shutdown M. Khandelwal (The Pennsylvania State University) and M. M. Mench (Pennsylvania State University)
 

Transport in Fuel Cell Systems

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
13:50   484   Temperature Gradient Induced Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells S. Kim (The Pennsylvania State University) and M. M. Mench (Pennsylvania State University)
14:10   485   An Evaporative Purge Approach to Residual Water Removal at Shutdown K. Cho (Pennsylvania State University), J. Lee (Hyundai Motor Company) and M. M. Mench (Pennsylvania State University)
14:30   486   Numerical Study of Forced Air Convection for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Stacks K. Lum (Institute of High Performance Computing), E. Birgersson, A. Sasmito (National University of Singapore), H. Poh (Institute of High Performance Computing) and A. Mujumdar (National University of Singapore)
14:50   487   Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Spiral Flow Channels for the Effective Water Transportation in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells S. Amiruddin, B. Li and J. Prakash (Illinois Institute of Technology)
15:10   488   A Model Based Methodology for Fuel Cell Peak Power Prediction C. Huang, T. Wang and S. Hirano (Ford Motor Company)
15:30   489   Analytical Formulation of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance with Consideration of Simultaneous Water and Methanol Crossover K. Yin (Yuan-Ze University)
 

SOFCs

TimeAbs#Title and Authors
15:50   490   SOFC Synthesis using Electrostatic Spray Deposition: Deposition Formation and Stability of the Suspension and the Spray R. Losch, J. R. Selman and S. Al-Hallaj (Illinois Institute of Technology)
16:10   491   Modelling of Gas Flow and Electrochemical Effects in a Single Chamber-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SC-SOFC). N. Akhtar (University of Birmingham), S. Decent, D. Loghin (School of Applied Maths,University of Birmingham) and K. Kendall (Department of Chemical Engineering,University of Birmingham)