Technical Program

Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
214th ECS Meeting - Honolulu, HI
October 12 - October 17, 2008
PROGRAM INFORMATION

B8 - PEM Fuel Cells 8
Energy Technology/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry/Battery/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Hibiscus 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A0 Macroscopic Modeling
Co-Chair(s): Pezhman Shirvanian and Trung Nguyen
14:00	754	Modeling the Effects of the Cathode Micro-Porous Layer on the Performance of a PEMFC X. Wang and T. V. Nguyen (The University of Kansas)
14:20	755	PEMFC Model Development for Designing MEA: Model Validation and a Parameter Study for Low Humidity Operations N. Nonoyama and Y. Ikogi (Toyota Motor Corporation)
14:40	756	Fuel Cell Performance Model for an MEA without a Cathode GDL R. Bradean, N. Chor, H. Haas and K. Norris (Ballard Power Systems)
15:00	757	A three-dimensional, two-fluid model of PEM Fuel Cell cathodes T. Berning (Aalborg University)
15:20	758	Steady-State Fuel Cell Performance Model for Un-adhered MEAs A. J. Desouza, R. Bradean, V. Branzea, S. Hamada (Ballard Power Systems), J. Kleeman (Daimler AG), H. Haas, J. Roberts and E. Gallagher (Ballard Power Systems)
15:40		Intermission (10 Minutes)
15:50	759	Computational Analysis of Thermal Gradient Driven Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells U. Pasaogullari and R. Fu (University of Connecticut)
16:20	760	A Multiphase, Two-Fluid Model for Water Transport in a PEM Fuel Cell K. Jain (ESI US R&D), J. Cole (CFD Research Corporation), S. Kumar (Ballard Power Systems) and A. Gidwani (CFD Research Corporation)
16:40	761	Milti-level Simulation Approach for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Design M. Koyama, D. Kim, B. Kim, T. Hattori, A. Suzuki, R. Sahnoun, H. Tsuboi, N. Hatakeyama, A. Endou, H. Takaba, C. Del Carpio (Tohoku University), R. Deka (Tezpur University), M. Kubo and A. Miyamoto (Tohoku University)
17:00	762	Computation of Tortuosity-Distributions of GDLs Based on 3D-Stochastic Modeling R. Thiedmann (Ulm University), C. Hartnig (Zentrum für Solarenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden Württemberg), W. Lehnert (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH) and V. Schmidt (Ulm University)
17:20	763	Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of Multiphase Flows in PEM Fuel Cell GDLs and Micro-channels S. Mukherjee, J. Cole (CFD Research Corporation), K. Jain (ESI US R&D) and A. Gidwani (CFD Research Corporation)
17:40	764	A-3D-Modeling and Experimental Validation of a High Temperature PBI based PEMFC E. U. Ubong (Kettering University), Z. Shi and X. Wang (Oakland University)

Kahili 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C0.1 Non-Pt Catalyst
Co-Chair(s): Akimitsu Ishihara, Peter Strasser
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	765	Non Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel cells K. Ramanujam, V. Nallathambi and S. Calabrese Barton (Michigan State University)
14:20	766	Ir-Co Metal-alloy As an Novel Anode Catalyst for PEFCs J. Qiao (Tongji University), J. Zhen, B. Li and J. Ma (Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, Tongji University)
14:40	767	No Platinic and Low Platinic Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Application P. J. Sebastian, S. Gamboa (Energy Research Center-UNAM), E. Valenzuela, J. Moreira (Univeridad Politecnica de Chiapas) and S. Joseph (University of Texas El Paso)
15:00	768	Palladium-Base Metal Nanoparticle Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts X. Wang, N. Kariuki, S. Niyogi, M. Smith, D. Myers (Argonne National Laboratory), T. Hofmann, Y. Zhang, M. Bär and C. Heske (University of Nevada Las Vegas)
15:20	769	Pd-Mo Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells A. Sarkar, A. Murugan and A. Manthiram (University of Texas at Austin)
15:40	770	Platinum and Titanium Based Alloy Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction in PEMFCs T. He, E. Kreidler, L. Xiong and E. Ding (Honda Research Institute USA)

C0.2 Non-Pt and Non-Precious Catalyst
Co-Chair(s): Akimitsu Ishihara and Peter Strasser
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
16:20	771	Platinum-free Carbon Nitride Electrocatalysts for PEMFCs based on Pd, Co and Ni: Effect of Nitrogen on the Structure and Electrochemical Performance E. Negro, S. Lavina, N. Boaretto, M. Piga and V. Di Noto (University of Padova)
16:40	772	Templated RuSe-based Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells A. Garsuch, X. Michaud (Dalhousie University), O. Klepel (Universitaet Leipzig) and J. Dahn (Dalhousie University)
17:00	773	Synthesis of Electrocatalytic Carbides E. J. Rees, C. Brady and G. T. Burstein (University of Cambridge)
17:20	774	Polyaniline-derived Non-Precious Catalyst for the Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Cathode G. Wu and P. Zelenay (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
17:40	775	Self-supporting: A Strategy to Enhance Activity of Non-noble Metal Catalysts towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction H. Liu, L. Zhang and J. J. Zhang (National Research Council of Canada)

Monday, October 13, 2008
Coral 5; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
Morning Plenary Session
Co-Chair(s): Tom Fuller and Hubert Gasteiger
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
10:00	776	Fuel Cell Vehicle and Infrastructure Learning Demonstration Status and Results K. B. Wipke, S. Sprik, J. Kurtz, T. Ramsden (National Renewable Energy Lab) and J. Garbak (U.S. Department of Energy)
10:40	777	Status of Research and Development for Fuel Cell Vehicle Application in Toyota Motor Corporation K. Kojima (Toyota Motor Corporation)
11:20	778	Analyses of Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Pt-Based Electrocatalysts M. Watanabe, M. Wakisaka, H. Yano and H. Uchida (University of Yamanashi)

Afternoon Plenary Session
Co-Chair(s): Peter Strasser and Vijay Ramani
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	779	First-principles Investigations of Electrocatalysis and Corrosion J. Greeley (Argonne National Laboratory)
14:30	780	Current Progress of Electrocatalyst R&D in TKK T. Tada, Y. Yamamoto, K. Matsutani, K. Hayakawa and T. Namai (Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K. K.)
15:00	781	Electrocatalyst Durability under Simulated Automotive Drive Cycles M. Uchimura (Nissan Research Center), S. Sugawara (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), Y. Suzuki, J. Zhang and S. S. Kocha (Nissan Research Center)
15:30		Intermission (20 Minutes)
15:50	782	The Chemistry of Fuel Cell Membrane Chemical Degradation F. D. Coms (General Motors Corporation)
16:20	783	Anion Exchange Membrane and Ionomer for Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells (AMFCs) H. Yanagi and K. Fukuta (Tokuyama Corp.)
16:50	784	Cationic Contaminat Effects on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Durability B. Pivovar, B. Kienitz (Los Alamos National Lab), T. Rockward, F. A. Uribe and F. H. Garzon (LANL)
17:20	785	Development Status of High-Temperature PBI-based Membrane Electrode Assemblies T. J. Schmidt (BASF Fuel Cell GmbH)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A1.1 Water and Thermal Management
Co-Chair(s): Tom Fuller and Pezhman Shirvanian
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	786	Subzero Startup of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
08:30	787	Modeling of Coldstart of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Y. Wang (UC Ivine) and P. P. Mukherjee (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
08:50	788	Water Movement During Freezing in a Polymer-Electrolyte-Membrane Fuel Cell R. J. Balliet (U.C. Berkeley), K. E. Thomas-Alyea (A123 Systems) and J. Newman (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
09:10	789	Durability and Freeze Start Capability of Novel PEM Stack Design H. R. Haas (Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC))
09:30		Intermission (30 Minutes)
10:00	790	Electro-osmotic Drag Coefficient and Water Uptake in Polymer Electrolytes in Equilibrium with Water Vapor at Low Temperatures K. G. Gallagher and T. F. Fuller (Georgia Institute of Technology)
10:20	791	Electroosmotic Drag Coefficient of Proton Exchange Membrane as a Function of Relative Humidity W. Braff (Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC) and C. K. Mittelsteadt (Giner Electrochemical Systems)
10:40	792	Transients of Water Distribution and Transport in PEFCs I. Hussaini and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
11:00	793	Limiting Current Density Under Low Humidity Condition Y. Tabuchi, S. Takaichi and N. Kubo (NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD)
11:20	794	Water Dynamics in a PEM Fuel Cell: Effect of Current and Humidity Transients J. Davey (Los Alamos National Lab), R. Mukundan, J. Spendelow (Los Alamos National Laboratory), D. S. Hussey (NIST), D. Jacobson, M. Arif (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Lab)
11:40	795	An Analysis of The Water Transport Properties of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane K. Aotani, S. Miyazaki (NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.), N. Kubo (NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD) and M. Katsuta (Waseda University)

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B1.1 Catalyst degradation-I
Co-Chair(s): Simon J. Cleghorn and Tasuya Hatanaka
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	796	Aging Studies of Pt/Glassy Carbon Model Electrocatalysts Y. Gu, J. St-Pierre (University of South Carolina), R. S. Goeke (Sandia National Laboratories), A. Datye and P. Atanassov (University of New Mexico)
08:20	797	Dissolution of Platinum-based PEFC Cathode Electrocatalysts X. Wang, D. Myers, M. Smith, J. Mawdsley and R. Kumar (Argonne National Laboratory)
08:40	798	Roles of Particle Size Distribution and H2 Crossover on Pt Surface Area Loss in PEMFC Cathodes E. F. Holby (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Y. Shao-Horn, W. Sheng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and D. Morgan (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
09:00	799	The Degradation Investigation of PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts under an Accelerated Electrochemical Stressing: Support Corrosion Y. Shao (Pacific Northwest National Lab), R. Kou, J. Wang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), V. Viswanathan, J. Kwak (Pacific Northwest National Lab), J. Liu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Y. Wang (Pacific Northwest National Lab) and Y. Lin (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
09:20	800	Analysis of Pt Catalyst Degradation of a PEFC Cathode by TEM Observation and Micro Model Simulation T. Takeshita (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.), Y. Morimoto (Toyota Central Research & Development Labs., Inc.), H. Murata and T. Hatanaka (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C1.1 Non-Precious Catalyst
Co-Chair(s): Shigenori Mitsushima and Anders Nilsson
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	801	A Comparative Study of Co-PPy-MWCNTs Prepared differently as a Non-noble Catalyst for Fuel Cells H. Li, H. Li and X. Cheng (Xiamen University)
08:20	802	A Non-Precious Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Based on Simple Heat-Treated Precursors H. T. Chung, C. M. Johnston (Los Alamos National Laboratory), F. H. Garzon (LANL) and P. Zelenay (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
08:40	803	Ballmilling of Carbon Supports to Enhance the Performance of Fe-based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells E. Proietti and J. Dodelet (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
09:00	804	Development of Carbon Based Metal-free Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs). G. Liu, X. Li (Unievrsity of South Carolina) and B. N. Popov (University of South Carolina)
09:20		Intermission (20 Minutes)
09:40	805	Characterization of Ag/Mn-base Nanostructured Catalysts M. A. Kostowskyj, D. W. Kirk and S. Thorpe (University of Toronto)
10:00	806	Enhancing the Performance of Non-noble Metal Catalysts for the Reduction of O2 in PEM Fuel Cells: Is the Adsorption of Iron the Limiting Factor for Increasing the Site Density of the Catalysts? J. Herranz, M. Lefèvre and J. Dodelet (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
10:20	807	Fe-N-C Oxygen Reduction Catalysts Supported on Burned-off Activated Carbon R. Yang (Stanford Linear Accelerator center), T. Dahn and J. Dahn (Dalhousie University)
10:40	808	Group 4 and 5 Oxide-based Compounds as New Cathodes without Platinum Group Metals for PEFC A. Ishihara, M. Tamura, Y. Maekawa, Y. Ohgi, K. Matsuzawa, S. Mitsushima and K. Ota (Yokohama National University)
11:10	809	Platinum-free Anionic Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications H. Tanaka, K. Asazawa, T. Sakamoto, T. Kato, M. Kai, S. Yamaguchi, K. Yamada and H. Fujikawa (Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.)

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
D1.1 DMFC Anode Catalysts
Co-Chair(s): R.R. Adzic & H.A. Gasteiger
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	810	New Syntheses of Low Platinum Loading Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation Y. Ando (AIST), K. Sasaki (Brookhaven National Laboratory) and R. Adzic (Brookhaven)
08:20	811	Influence of Supporting Materials and Particle Diameter of Gold Nanoparticles on Catalytic Activities for Methanol Oxidation in Aqueous Solutions K. Miyazaki (Kyoto University), Y. Nishida (Ritsumeikan University), Y. Shintaku (Kyoto University), Y. Iriyama (Shizuoka University), T. Abe (Kyoto University), M. Matsuoka (Ritsumeikan University) and Z. Ogumi (Kyoto University)
08:40	812	Development of PtRu Electrocatalysts on 1-aminopyrene Functionalized MWCNTs for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells S. Jiang, S. Wang and X. Wang (Nanyang Technological University)
09:00	813	Galvanostatic Pulse Plating of PtRu Nanoparticles for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Y. Hsieh (National Chiao-Tung University), Y. Lu (NATIONAL CHIAO-TUNG UNIV), P. Wu (National Chiao-Tung University), Y. Chang (National Chiao Tung University) and Y. Chiu (National Chiao-Tung University)
09:20	814	X-ray Analysis of Sonochemically Prepared PtRu Versus Johnson Matthey PtRu in Operating Direct Methanol Fuel Cells E. Smotkin, S. Stoupin (Northeastern University), H. Rivera (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Peidras), Z. Li (Texas Tech University), C. Segre (Illinios Institute of Technology), C. Korzeniewski and D. Casadonte (Texas Tech University)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	815	Effect of Pt:Ru Ratio on Methanol Oxidation over Pt:Ru Black Catalysts L. Cao, Y. Tsou, Z. Zhu and E. DeCastro (BASF Fuel Cell)
10:20	816	Characterization of Carbon Supported PtRu Catalyst Layers for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells X. Huang (The Pennsylvania State University) and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
10:40	817	Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterizations of Multi-Element Nanoparticles for Methanol Oxidation Catalysis C. Lee, Y. Hsieh, K. Yeh (National Chiao Tung University), P. Wu (National Chiao-Tung University) and P. Lin (National Chiao Tung University)
11:00	818	Impact of PtRu Anode Catalyst Degradation on DMFC MEA Performance N. Cabello-Moreno (Johnson Matthey Technology Centre), E. Crabb (The Open University), J. Fisher (Johnson Matthey Technology Centre), A. E. Russell (University of Southampton) and D. Thompsett (Jonhson Matthey Technology Centre, Sonning Common, UK)
11:20	819	Reversible and Irreversible Degradation Modes of DMFC Anode Catalysts T. D. Hall (NuVant Systems Inc.), C. R. Grice (NuVant Systems, Inc.), L. Swenson and E. Smotkin (NuVant Systems Inc.)
11:40	820	RuO2 Nanosheet Modified Pt/C as Highly Active and Durable DMFC Anode T. Saida, W. Sugimoto and Y. Takasu (Shinshu University)
12:00	821	Fabrication and Characterization of Nano Electrocatalyst (Pt) for Methanol Electro Oxidation M. Chatterjee, S. Ghosh and I. N. Basumallick (Visva-Bharati University)

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B1.2 Catalyst degradation-II
Co-Chair(s): Minoru Inaba and Yang Shao-Horn
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
10:00	822	Direct Three-dimensional Visualization and Morphological Analysis of Fuel Cell Electrodes by Transmission Electron Micro-tomography H. Jinnai (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
10:40	823	Electrochemical Stability of PtCu and PtCuCo Core-Shell Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction K. C. Neyerlin, R. Srivastava and P. Strasser (University of Houston)
11:00	824	Catalyst Aging and MEA Durability of Voltammetrically Dealloyed Pt-Cu Nanoparticle ORR Electrocatalysts at PEMFC Cathodes R. Srivastava, S. Koh and P. Strasser (University of Houston)
11:20	825	Stability and Activity of Pt-based Alloy Catalyst for PEMFC Cathode H. Kim, M. Han, K. An, T. Yu (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)) and Y. Chu (KCC Central Institute)
11:40		Intermission (140 Minutes)
14:00	826	Stability of Pt-Ru Alloy Thin Films Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering H. Yamada, D. Shimoda, A. Tasaka and M. Inaba (Doshisha University)
14:20	827	Impedance Study of Anode Performance and Durability in a Working PEM Fuel Cell F. Xu, L. Zhang, X. Cheng, Y. Zhang (Xiamen University) and Q. Fan (Gas Technology Institue)
14:40	828	Improved Durability of Iron Promoted Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation through Bio-ethanol Reforming L. Huang, J. Xie, R. Chen (Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis), D. Chu (Army Research Laboratory) and A. Hsu (Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis)

Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A1.2 Water and Thermal Management
Co-Chair(s): Matt Mench and K. Shinohara
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	829	Long Term Durability of the Residential PEFC systems by Fuji Electric Advanced Technology M. Aoki (Fuji Electric Advansed Technology Co., Ltd.)
14:30	830	Thermal Behavior of an Air Cooled PEM Fuel Cell Stack I. Tolj (University of Split), M. Abdallah (UNIDO-ICHET) and F. Barbir (University of Split)
14:50	831	Effect of Load, Temperature and Humidity on the pH of the Water drained out H2/AirPEM Fuel Cells A. M. Abdullah, T. Okajima, F. Kitamura and T. Ohsaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
15:10	832	Time- and Space-Resolved HFR Measurements during Gas Purge in PEFCs K. Tajiri (The Pennsylvania State University) and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
15:30	833	Investigation of Stress and Water Distribution in Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) During Fuel Cell Operation A. Kusoglu, A. Karlsson, M. Santare (University of Delaware), S. Cleghorn and W. Johnson (Gore Fuel Cell Technologies)
15:50		Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:10	834	Nonisothermal Through-Plane Transport Model of PEMFC with Local VLE Assumption M. Kawase, T. Inagaki and K. Miura (Kyoto University)
16:40	835	Water Transport in Nafion® Membranes Measured by Laser Interferometry J. Kim, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis and Y. Shao-Horn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
17:00	836	Temperature-driven Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell S. Kim and M. Mench (The Penn State University)
17:20	837	Determination of Liquid Water Distribution in Porous Transport Layers F. N. Buechi, R. Flückiger, D. Tehlar (Paul Scherrer Institut), F. Marone and M. Stampanoni (Swiss Light Source)
17:40	838	Heat-Pipe Effects in Polymer-Electrolyte-Fuel-Cell Gas-Diffusion Layers A. Z. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C1.2 In-situ Structure and Morphology
Co-Chair(s): Vojislav Stamenkovic and Yoshiharu Uchimoto
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	839	Use of Anomalous X-ray Scattering for Probing the Structure, Composition and Size of Binary Alloy Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts M. Toney (SLAC), S. Koh, C. Yu and P. Strasser (University of Houston)
14:30	840	In Situ and Real Time Monitoring of Electrochemical Oxidation Behaviors Occurred at Platinum Nanoparticles' Surface H. Imai (NEC Corpotration)
15:00	841	Nanometer-scale Surface Imaging of Pt/C Nanocatalysts with Chemical Sensitivity D. Ino (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) and Y. Yamada (Matsushita Electric Indstrial Co. Ltd.)
15:20	842	Atomic-Scale Imaging of Pt-Alloy Catalyst Particle Coalescence During Low- and Mid-Temperature In-Situ Heating K. More and L. Allard (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
D1.2 Catalysts for Acidic Direct-Fuel Fuel Cells
Co-Chair(s): J.-M. Leger & E.M. Stuve
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	843	Pt/Ru Alloys Deposited by Sputtering and Atomic Layer Deposition as Catalysts for Methanol Oxidation X. Jiang, F. B. Prinz and S. Bent (Stanford University)
14:20	844	Enhanced Durability of Au Clusters Decorated Pt Nanoparticles for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Y. Zhang, Z. L. Li, Q. Huang (Shanghai Institute of Mycrosystems and Information Technology), Z. Zou (Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology) and H. Yang (Shanghai Institute of Mycrosystems and Information Technology)
15:00	845	Carbon-supported Pd-Pt Alloy Nanoparticles for Methanol Tolerant Oxygen Reduction Z. L. Li (Shanghai Institute of Mycrosystems and Information Technology) and W. M. Wang (Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology)
15:20	846	The Effect of Coadsorbed Water on the Stability and Configuration of Formyl (HCO) and Hydroxymethylidyne (COH) Intermediates on Pt(111): A Density Functional Theory Study L. Arnadottir (University of Washington), H. Jónsson (University of Iceland) and E. M. Stuve (University of Washington)
15:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:00	847	Direct Methanol and Dimethoxymethane (DMM) Fuel Cells J. Leger, G. Kerangueven (University of Poitiers), C. Coutanceau and C. Lamy (Universite de Poitiers)
16:40	848	Recent Progress in Improving the Oxidation of Formic acid on High Surface Area Platinum and Palladium Catalysts: Surface Alloying and pH Effects J. L. Haan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and R. I. Masel (University of Illinois)
17:00	849	Pt-decorated Au Nanoparticles: Highly Active Catalyst for Formic Acid Oxidation X. Wang and K. Noel (Nanyang Technological University)
17:20	850	Effect of the Anode Structure on the Performance of Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell R. Chenitz (INRS) and J. Dodelet (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
17:40	851	Dehydrogenation Type Direct Formic and Hydrazine Fuel Cells Utilizing Pd Foil Anode N. Kamiya, Y. Abe, W. Masuda, T. Adachi (KM Laboratory CO., LTD) and M. Kunimatsu (Kanagawa Industrial Technology Center)

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B1.3 Catalyst contamination-I
Co-Chair(s): Fernando Garzon and Yasushi Sugawara
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
15:00	852	Effects of Contaminants on PEFC Performance at Various Operating Conditions Y. Sugawara, H. Shintani, H. Kasahara, Y. Tsuji (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.), H. Kameda and K. Maeda (Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.)
15:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:00	853	Co-Adsorption Studies of CO and H2S on Platinum Electrodes T. Rockward, I. Urdampilleta, F. Uribe (LANL), E. L. Brosha (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and F. H. Garzon (LANL)
16:20	854	The Impact of Trace Carbon Monoxide / Toluene Mixtures on PEMFC Performance S. Dorn, G. Bender, K. Bethune, M. Angelo (University of Hawaii) and R. Rocheleau (UH-HNEI)
16:40	855	The Impacts of Repetitive Carbon Monoxide Poisoning on Performance and Durability of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell M. Angelo, G. Bender, S. Dorn, K. Bethune (University of Hawaii), T. Hossain, D. Posey, J. Gazda, A. Ghatak-roy (Cerium Labs) and R. Rocheleau (UH-HNEI)
17:00	856	PEMFC Contamination Model: Competitive Adsorption Followed by an Electrochemical Reaction J. St-Pierre (University of South Carolina)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C1.3 Hydrocarbon Membranes
Co-Chair(s): Vojislav Stamenkovic and Yoshiharu Uchimoto
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
16:00	857	Modification of Sulfonated poly(ether sulfone) Proton Exchange Membrane with Reduced Swelling H. Ghassemi, R. Subbaraman, C. Brockman, B. Pyle and T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University)
16:20	858	Multiblock Copolymers with Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Sequences for Proton Exchange Membranes H. Lee, O. Lane (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), A. Roy (Virginia Tech) and J. E. McGrath (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
16:40	859	Pushing Proton Conductivity to the Limit in a Series of POM Polymers A. Herring, J. Horan, M. Kuo, S. F. Dec (Colorado School of Mines), M. H. Frey, A. Genupur, L. Ren, M. Yandrasits and S. Hamrock (3M)
17:00	860	Water Uptake and Conductivity of Cross-linked SPEEK Membranes C. A. Linkous (Florida Solar Energy Center), S. L. Rhoden (UCF/Florida Solar Energy Center), W. Linkous, B. Pearman (Florida Solar Energy Center) and N. Mohajeri (UCF-Florida Solar Energy Center)

C1.4 Pt Catalysts I
Co-Chair(s): Vojislav Stamenkovic and Yoshiharu Uchimoto
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
17:20	861	The Effect of Modification of PtRu Anode Catalyst with SnO2 on CO Tolerance T. Takeguchi, G. Wang, E. Muhamad and W. Ueda (Hokkaido University)
17:40	862	Enhanced Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on "Pt3Co" Nanoparticles: Evidence of Pt Skeleton and Pt Segregation-Sandwich Structures at the Nanoscale Y. Shao-Horn, S. Chen, W. Sheng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), N. Yabuuchi (MIT), P. Ferreria (University of Texas at Austin) and L. Allard (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Coral Exhibit Hall, Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
Poster Session
Co-Chair(s): T. Zawodzinski and T. Fuller
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
o	863	Inorganic Proton Conducting Membranes for High-Temperature PEM Fuel Cell: Concept, Synthesis and Performance H. Tang and S. Jiang (Nanyang Technological University)
o	864	Performance Assessment of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell on Toy Design P. Pa (National Taipei University of Education)
o	865	Surface Oxide Film and its Influence on the Oxygen Reduction on Pd-Co and Pt-Co PEFC Cathodes Y. Tamura, K. Taneda, M. Ueda (Hokkaido Univ.) and T. Ohtsuka (Hokkaido University)
o	866	Degradation of Carbon Supports in PEFC Cathode Electrode Investigated by Electrochemical STM : Effects of Platinum and Oxygen on Enhanced Carbon Corrosion M. Matsumoto, T. Manako and H. Imai (NEC Corpotration)
o	867	Synthesis and Evaluation of the Catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell in Alkaline Solution Y. Kajita, T. Fujii and H. Masuda (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
o	868	A 2-dimensional ac Impedance Model for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells M. Bayer, A. Wokaun, G. G. Scherer and I. A. Schneider (Paul Scherrer Institut)
o	869	Activity for the ORR and High Tolerance to Organic Molecules of Ru/C Electrocatalysts F. Rodriguez Varela (Cinvestav Unidad Saltillo), S. González Ramírez and R. Dabek (Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila)
o	870	Pt Assisted Carbon Corrosion Behavior in PEMFC Electrode S. Park, J. Lee, J. Kim and Y. Shul (Yonsei university)
o	871	Locally Resolved Current and Voltage Distribution in Straight Flow Channels Compared with Multiphase CFD Simulation Results P. Parz, V. Hacker (Graz University of Technology), C. Fink (The Virtual Vehicle - Competence Center) and P. Prenninger (AVL List GmbH)
o	872	Efficient Liquid Removal from PEFC at Shutdown K. Cho, A. Turhan (Pennsylvania State University), J. Yoon, J. Lee (Hyundai Motor Company) and M. Mench (The Penn State University)
o	873	Performance of Pd/C Cathode Electro-Catalysts for the ORR in Sulfuric Acid Containing Small Organic Molecules F. Rodriguez Varela (Cinvestav Unidad Saltillo), S. Fraire Luna (Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila) and R. Dabek (Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila)
o	874	Numerical Analysis of Liquid and Heat Transfer in Heterogeneous GDL G. Inoue, Y. Matsukuma and M. Minemoto (Kyushu University)
o	875	Degradation of Pt catalyst layer in PEFCs during Load Cycling under Pressurized Condition K. Asano (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)), Y. Mugikura and T. Watanabe (CRIEPI)
o	876	Investigation of Degradation Mechanism of Pt/C PEFC Cathodes by Using Model Electrode K. Yokoo, T. Hirai, T. Fukutsuka, Y. Uchimoto (Kyoto University), K. Katakura (Nara National College of Technology), T. Kinumoto (Oita Universiy) and Z. Ogumi (Kyoto University)
o	877	Selective CO Oxidation Electrocatalysts at Low Overpotentials using Carbon-Supported Rh Porphyrins S. Yamazaki, Y. Yamada, S. Takeda, T. Ioroi, Z. Siroma and K. Yasuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
o	878	Application of SiO2 Proton Exchange Membrane to Fuel Cell Operating at High Temperature and Low Humidity Condition M. Okada, N. Suzuki and Y. Fujii (TOSOH Corporation)
o	879	Application of On-line Mass Spectrometry to the Electrochemical Carbon Corrosion in PEM Fuel Cells H. Oh, S. Jang and H. Kim (Yonsei Univ.)
o	880	Investigation of the Behavior of Liquid Water for Its Transport Process into the GDL M. Yoneda, M. Takimoto (Mizuho Infomation & Research Institute), E. Ejiri (Chiba Institute of Technology) and S. Koshizuka (University of Tokyo)
o	881	Relationship between ORR activity and Particle size of Pt/C Catalysts Based on Electronic and Local Structural Analysis of Pt by using in-situ XAFS H. Aoki, H. Yoshida, T. Kamijo, K. Tsuji, T. Fukutsuka, Y. Uchimoto and Z. Ogumi (Kyoto University)
o	882	Membrane Electrode Assemblies for the Polymer Electrode Fuel Cell Based on Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes S. Yamamoto, T. Kurihara, K. Hasimoto, T. Miyamoto, M. Eguchi, Y. Kobayashi, T. Komine and K. Uno (Ibaraki University)
o	883	Fabrication and Performance of MEA for DMFC by Bar-Coating Method J. Lee, D. Peck, S. Kim, S. Lim, D. Jung (Korea Institute of Energy Research), S. Baeck (Inha University) and J. Jang (Samsung Electro-mechanics)
o	884	Operating Characteristics and Dynamic Behavior of 5W Stack for Micro DMFC Y. Park, D. Peck, D. Jung, S. Kim, S. Lim, B. Lee (Korea Institute of Energy Research), J. Jang (Samsung Electro-mechanics) and D. Lee (Korea University)
o	885	Surface Profiles of Pt Catalyst Layers used for Membrane Electrode Assemblies K. Uno, Y. Sugimoto and M. Eguchi (Ibaraki University)
o	886	Effect of Potential on Sulfur-Poisoning of Pt/C Catalyst D. Imamura (Japan Automobile Research Institute)
o	887	Evaluation of the Microstructure and the Elementary Steps from the Impedance of DMFC Anode H. Fukunaga (Shinshu University)
o	888	Controlled Atmosphere Ripening of Johnson Matthey Pt Incorporated into Gas Diffusion Electrodes H. Rivera (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Peidras) and E. Smotkin (Northeastern University)
o	889	MEA fabrication and Fuel Cell Performance of Sulfonated Poly(Arylene Ether) with Cross-linkable End Group K. Lee (GIST), Y. Kim (Los Alamos National Laboratory), B. Pivovar (Los Alamos National Lab) and J. Lee (Gwangju Institute of Science and Techology)
o	890	The Effect of Sorbed Methanol, Current and Temperature on Multi-Component Transport in Nafion based Direct Methanol Fuel Cells H. Rivera (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Peidras), J. S. Lawton, D. Budil (Northeastern University Boston) and E. Smotkin (Northeastern University)
o	891	Cobalt-Tungsten and Molybdenum-Tungsten Carbides as Anode Catalyst for PEFC S. Izhar (Tokyo Univ. of Agrc and Tech) and M. Nagai (Tokyo Univ. of Agri. & Tech.)
o	892	Theoretical Study of Anode Catalysts for Fuel Cells - Band Structure and First-Principles Molecular Dynamics H. Tominaga and M. Nagai (Tokyo Univ. of Agri. & Tech.)
o	893	Impacts of Metal Ion and Hydrogen Peroxide on Stability of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite in Sulfuric Acid Solution M. Nose (Kyoto University), T. Kinumoto (Oita Universiy), H. Choo, T. Abe and Z. Ogumi (Kyoto University)
o	894	Temperature Dependence of Oxygen Reduction Activity at Carbon-Supported Pt Alloy Catalysts Prepared by the Nanocapsule Method H. Yano, J. Sakamoto, K. Okaya, M. Uchida, H. Uchida and M. Watanabe (University of Yamanashi)
o	895	Model Studies of Durability of Non-perfluorinated PEMFC Membrane Polymers A. E. Reinardy, T. Zawodzinski and D. Schiraldi (Case Western Reserve University)
o	896	A Link between Design of the Fuel Cell Stack and Properties of MEAs - an Experimental Evidence and its Influence on Stack's Performance Aspect (Cool Start) K. Lewinski, A. Steinbach, S. Hendricks and D. Miller (3M)
o	897	Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon-supported Bimetallic Nanoparticles for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction J. Oh, K. Lim and H. Kim (Yonsei Univ.)
o	898	Induction of In-plane Current at Start-and-Stop Operations on a PEFC H. Fukumoto, S. Yoshioka and S. Matsumoto (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
o	899	Bimetallic PtRu and PtRh Nanowires via Electrospinning Method for the Efficient Electrocatalysts in Methanol Oxidation Y. Kim (GIST), S. Nam (Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering), H. Shim and W. Kim (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
o	900	Improvement of Anode Oxidation Reaction of a Fuel Cell using Ammonium Formate with Pt-Pd Catalysts H. Aoki, T. Nitta, S. Kuwabata, C. Kimura and T. Sugino (Osaka University)
o	901	Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Oxygen Plasma Treated Carbon Nanotubes for Application in PEMFC Y. Hsueh, C. Hu, C. Wang, C. Liu (National Tsing Hua University) and T. Perng (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan)
o	902	Local Temperature in the MEA and Performance in the PEMFC D. Ko, C. Moon, J. Yang, J. Jeong, G. Choi and D. Kim (Busan national university)
o	903	Sulfur Dioxide Contamination in PEMFCs: Degradation and Recovery of Performance Y. Zhai, G. Bender, S. Dorn, M. Angelo, K. Bethune (University of Hawaii) and R. Rocheleau (UH-HNEI)
o	904	Cathode Platinum Degradation of Membrane Electrode Assembly Studied by Using Solid-State Electrochemical Cell T. Maruta, A. Nakazawa, M. Inoue and M. Umeda (Nagaoka University of Technology)
o	905	Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Oxygen Permeation in Nafion and Sulfonated Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone) Y. Takamura, E. Nakashima, H. Yamada, A. Tasaka and M. Inaba (Doshisha University)
o	906	Electrocatalytic O2 Reduction Properties of Pyrochlore-Type Oxides for Alkaline DAFCs M. Saito, M. Saito, T. Konishi, H. Kawai, J. Kuwano (Tokyo University of Science), H. Shiroishi (Tokyo National College of Technology) and Y. Uchimoto (Kyoto University)
o	907	The Effect of Concentration on the Galvanostatic Pulse Deposition of PtRu Y. Chiu, L. Chang, P. Wu and Y. Hsieh (National Chiao-Tung University)
o	908	Influence of Anisotropic Transport Properties of the GDL on the Performance of PEMFCs X. Zhang (NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation), D. Song (National Research Council of Canada,Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation), Q. Wang, C. Huang and Z. Liu (NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation)
o	909	Direct Water Balance Measurement of PEFC Under CO poisoning T. Murahashi (Fukui-University of Technolpgy), T. Mitsumoto (Fukui University of Technology) and E. Nishiyama (JACO)
o	910	Effects of Atmospheric Trace Species on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction and the Production of Hydrogen Peroxide S. Imabayashi, Y. Kondo, R. Komori and A. Kawano (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
o	911	Study of Characteristics of Anode Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Using the Polygonal Barrel Sputtering Method M. Inoue (Nagaoka University of Technology), T. Nishimura, K. Hirakawa, S. Akamaru, A. Taguchi (University of Toyama), M. Umeda (Nagaoka University of Technology) and T. Abe (University of Toyama)
o	912	Materials for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Systems H. Kim (Yeungnam University) and W. Lee (Sejong University)
o	913	Preparation of Cuboctahedral Pt Nanoparticles and their Electrochemical Properties T. Fukushima (Doshisha University), K. Matshzawa (Keihanna Interaction Plasa Inc), H. Yamada, A. Tasaka and M. Inaba (Doshisha University)
o	914	The Influence of Pt-Oxide Coverage on the ORR Reaction Order in PEMFCs M. Uchimura and S. S. Kocha (Nissan Research Center)
o	915	Pt Coating on Flame-Generated Carbon Particles and Their Application for a Catalytic Electrode of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) I. Choi and D. Lee (Pusan National University)
o	916	Nitridation of type 304 Stainless Steel as Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells S. Myung (Iwate University), M. Kumagai (Taiyo Stainless Spring Co., Ltd), K. Ichii (Kansai University), K. Aoki (Air Water Inc.), Y. Katada (NIMS) and H. Yashiro (Iwate University)
o	917	Behavior of Water Molecules in PEFCs as Studied by 1H NMR Spectroscopy A. Y. Nosaka, N. Oguri and Y. Nosaka (Nagaoka University of Technology)
o	918	Nafion/Sulfonated Poly(phenylsilsesquioxane) Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membranes S. Nam (Korea Instittute of Chemical Technology), Y. Jin, Y. Kang (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology), J. Lee (Sogang University) and K. Lee (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
o	919	MEA Performance Modeling for Breakdown of Catalyst Layer Polarization Components Y. Suzuki (Nissan Research Center), S. Sugawara, N. Horibe (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), S. S. Kocha (Nissan Research Center) and K. Shinohara (Nissan Motor Co., LTD)
o	920	The Effects of Anion Impurities during Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Operation K. Matsuoka, K. Nakato, S. Sakamoto, A. Hamada (ENEOS CELLTECH Co., Ltd.) and Y. Itoh (SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.)
o	921	Dissolution and Migration of Platinum After Long Term Operations of PEMFC under Various Conditions L. Kim, C. Chung, Y. Sung and J. Chung (POSTECH)
o	922	Electrocatalytic Properties of Pyrochlore-Type Oxide for PEFC T. Iwanaga, S. Takase and Y. Shimizu (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
o	923	Influence of Modified Hydrochloric Acid Pretreatment of MWNTs Support on ORR Activities of Pt/MWNTs Catalysts Y. Kim (Pusan National University), N. Lee (Pusan National Uni.), D. Kim and W. Chung (Pusan National University)
o	924	Direct Relationship between Carbon Corrosion and Cathode Potential during Fuel Starvation in PEMFC J. Kim, J. Lee and Y. Tak (Inha University)
o	925	Structural Characterization and Electro Chemical Performances of Porous PVdF-HFP Membranes G. George, D. Lee, A. Kim, P. Kim and K. Nahm (Chonbuk National University)
o	926	Characterization of Au/ZrO2 Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Electrocatalyst for Intermediate-temperature Fuel Cells S. Suzuki, T. Matsui (Kyoto University), R. Kikuchi (Tokyo university) and K. Eguchi (Kyoto University)
o	927	Effect of the Types of Gas Diffusion Media under the Condition of Freeze/thaw Cycling on the Performance of PEMFC D. Lee, P. Kim and K. Nahm (Chonbuk National University)
o	928	Doping Effect of TiO2 as Supports for Pt based Electrocatalysts on ORR Activity D. Kim and Y. Kim (Pusan National University)
o	929	Three Mechanisms for Protecting the Fuel Cell Membrane, Plates and Catalysts I. C. Halalay (GM R&D Center), B. Merzougui (Aerotek) and A. Mance (GM R&D Center)
o	930	First-Principles-based Modeling of Non-Platinum Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Y. Sha, T. Yu (Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology), B. V. Merinov, A. Van Duin (California Institute of Technology) and W. A. Goddard III (Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology)
o	931	The High Efficiency of a Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell having an Oxide Nanoparticle Composite Electrodes Y. Hara, M. Anai and S. Hayase (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
o	932	On-demand Control for Hydrogen Generator using Water J. Gil, K. Chae, B. Ku, C. Jung, H. Cha, S. Kim, C. Miesse, E. Lee, E. Lee, J. Chung, H. Lee, K. Min, J. Jang and Y. Oh (Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
o	933	PtRu Multilayer Nanorods with Controllable Bimetallic Sites as Methanol Oxidation Catalysts S. Yoo (Seoul National Univesity), D. Kim (Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST)) and Y. Sung (Seoul National Univesity)
o	934	A Planar Assembly Technique for PEMFCs without Bolt H. Cha, E. Lee, S. Kim, J. Jang, C. Miesse, J. Gil, J. Jung, C. Jung, B. Ku, K. Chae and Y. Oh (Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
o	935	Miniature Direct Hydrogen Fuel Cell with Metal Hydride Tank for Charging the Cellular Phone S. Kim, J. Jang (Samsung Electro-Mechanics), E. Lee (Samsung Electro Mechanics), C. Miesse (Samsung Electro-Mechanics), J. Jeong (Samsung Electro Mechanics), H. Cha, J. Gil, B. Ku, K. Chae, H. Lee, K. Min, C. Jung (Samsung Electro-Mechanics), I. Chang (Seoul National University), Y. Oh (Samsung Electro-Mechanics) and S. Cha (Seoul National University)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Hibiscus 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A2.1 Diagnostics
Co-Chair(s): Vijay Ramani and Ruzz Kunz
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	936	Current Mapping of a Diagnostic Modeling Cell X. Yuan, E. Gu, C. Sun, H. Wang, J. Wu and J. Martin (Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation)
08:20	937	MicroCT X-ray imaging of water movement in a PEM fuel cell W. Zhu (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign), Z. W. Dunbar and R. I. Masel (University of Illinois)
08:40	938	Magnetic Resonance Imaging as an In-Situ Diagnostic Method to Characterize Water Flooding Z. W. Dunbar and R. I. Masel (University of Illinois)
09:00	939	Systematic Uncertainties in Neutron Imaging of Proton D. S. Hussey (NIST) and D. Jacobson (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
09:20	940	Visualization of Oxygen Partial Pressure in Operating PEFC and DMFC J. Inukai (University of Yamanashi), K. Miyatake (Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi), K. Takada, Y. Ishigami (University of Yamanashi), H. Nishide (Waseda University), Y. Nagumo (Shimadzu), M. Aoki (Fuji Electric Advansed Technology Co., Ltd.), A. Tanaka (Hitachi) and M. Watanabe (University of Yamanashi)
09:50		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:10	941	Advanced In-situ Analysis of Reactant Gas Partial Pressure at Catalyst Layer/PEM Interfaces T. Mashio, A. Ohma and K. Shinohara (Nissan Motor Co., LTD)
10:30	942	Measurement of Oxygen Distribution underneath Ribs with Pressure Sensitive Paint M. Okamiya (NIPPON SOKEN INC), T. Yamamoto (NIPPON SOKEN, INC.), S. Sano (TOYOTA MOTOR CO.) and T. Kajiwara (Toyota Motor, Co.)
10:50	943	Application of a Segmented Cell System to Characterize the Voltage Loss Distribution of a PEMFC T. V. Reshetenko, G. Bender (University of Hawaii) and R. Rocheleau (UH-HNEI)
11:10	944	Utilization of a Segmented Cell to Detect Defects in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells G. Bender, T. V. Reshetenko (University of Hawaii), H. Dinh, M. Ulsh (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) and R. Rocheleau (UH-HNEI)
11:30	945	Probing Liquid Water Profile in the Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Membrane P. P. Mukherjee, T. Springer, R. Mukundan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), D. S. Hussey (NIST), D. Jacobson, M. Arif (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Lab)
11:50	946	MRI Investigation of Water Transport Mechanism in a Membrane under Elevated Temperature Condition with Relative humidity and Current Density Variation T. Ikeda (Research Center for Carbon Recycling and Energy), T. Koido (Honda R&D Co.,Ltd.), S. Tsushima and S. Hirai (Research Center for Carbon Recycling and Energy, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B2.1 Catalyst contamination-II
Co-Chair(s): Bryan Pivovar and Shohji Tsushima
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	947	Effect of Relative Humidity on Contamination of Cathode and Anode Electrodes by Sulfur Dioxide in Air Stream in PEMFC S. Tsushima, H. Morioka, K. Kaneko and S. Hirai (Research Center for Carbon Recycling and Energy, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
08:20	948	Deactivation of PEMFC Cathodes by Sulfur Contaminants B. D. Gould (Naval Research Laboratory), O. Baturina (Nova Research, Inc) and K. Swider-Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory)
08:40	949	Impact of SO2 on the Kinetics of Oxygen Reduction on Pt3Co and Pt/Vulcan Carbon Electrocatalysts Y. Garsany, O. Baturina and K. Swider-Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory)
09:00	950	Comparison of SO2 poisoning of Pt3Co/C and Pt/C catalysts at the cathodes of PEM fuel cells O. Baturina (Nova Research, Inc), Y. Garsany and K. Swider-Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory)
09:20	951	Elucidation of the Mechanism for Sulfur Oxidation on Pt Electrocatalysts using in situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy D. Gatewood (The George Washington University), D. Ramaker (George Washington University) and K. Swider-Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	952	A First Principles Study of the Poisoning Effects of Sulfur on Pt3Co(111) D. Pillay, M. D. Johannes, O. Baturina, Y. Garsany and K. Swider-Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory)
10:20	953	Durability of PEMFC Cathodes Exposed to Toluene-contaminated Air H. Li (National Research Council of Canada,), J. Zhang (Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council Canada), K. Fatih, Z. Shi, S. Wu (Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council Canada,), D. Song (National Research Council of Canada,Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation), J. J. Zhang (National Research Council of Canada), N. Jia (Ballard Power System), S. Wessel (Ballard Power Systems), R. Abouatallah and N. Joos (Hydrogenics)
10:40	954	Determining the Mechanisms of Cationic Contamination on PEMFCs using a Strip Cell Configuration B. Kienitz (Los Alamos National Laboratory), F. H. Garzon (LANL), T. Springer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University) and B. Pivovar (Los Alamos National Lab)
11:00	955	Modeling of Cation Contamination in a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell T. Greszler, T. Moylan (General Motors) and H. A. Gasteiger (Acta)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C2-1.1 Pt Catalyst II
Co-Chair(s): Ingo A. Schneider and Hirohisa Tanaka
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	956	Research Strategies for Development of an Efficient and Effective Electrocatalyst for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells and Progress Summary T. L. Payne (Department of Energy), T. Benjamin (Argonne National Laboratory), N. Garland (U.S. Department of Energy) and J. Kopasz (Argonne National Laboratory)
08:20	957	Effects of Compositions, Annealing Conditions and Lattice Strain on Catalytic Oxygen Reduction Activities of Pt-Cu Nanoparticle S. Koh, C. Yu (University of Houston), M. Toney (SLAC) and P. Strasser (University of Houston)
08:40	958	Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts: Synthesis, Structure and Activity of Ideal Pt Shells on Pd Cores K. Sasaki, W. Jia (Brookhaven National Laboratory), H. Inada (Hitachi High Technology America, Inc.), Y. Zhu (Brookhaven National Laboratory), H. Naohara (Toyota Motor Corporation), K. More (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and R. Adzic (Brookhaven)
09:00	959	Preparation of Ptshell-Pdcore Catalysts and Its Application for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell I. Choi (Seoul National University), O. Kwon (University of Incheon) and J. Kim (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering)
09:20	960	Preparation of Pt-Ru-Co Ternary Catalyst on Carbon Paper for PEMFC with Electrodeposition and Galvanic Displacement S. Ahn (Seoul National University), S. Kim (Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)), O. Kwon (University of Incheon), S. Hwang (Seoul National University) and J. Kim (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	961	Electrochemical studies of Unsupported PtIr Electrocatalyst as Bi-Functional Oxygen Electrode in Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cells (URFCs) H. Jung, S. Park (University of South Carolina), P. Ganesan (Unievrsity of South Carolina) and B. N. Popov (University of South Carolina)
10:20	962	Performance Improvement in PEMFC using Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Electrode Catalyst Support D. Liu, J. Yang, N. Kariuki, G. Goenaga and A. Call (Argonne National Laboratory)
10:40	963	Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Pt Nanoparticles Electrodeposited on Amorphous Carbon Coated Silicon Nanocones J. Tiwari, T. Chen, R. Tiwari and F. Pan (National Chiao Tung University)
11:00	964	ORR Adsorbate Dynamics on Pt Single Crystal PEM Fuel Cells A. Dhanda (Stanford University), R. O'Hayre (Colorado School of Mines) and H. Pitsch (Stanford University)
11:20	965	Preparation and Characterization of Pt/NbTiO2 Cathode Catalysts for Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cells (URFCs). P. Ganesan, S. Huang (Unievrsity of South Carolina) and B. N. Popov (University of South Carolina)
11:40	966	Fine Tuning of Activity for Nanoscale Catalysts D. Strmcnik, D. Van der Vliet (Argonne National Laboratory), C. Lucas (University of Liverpool), N. M. Markovic and V. Stamenkovic (Argonne National Laboratory)

Hibiscus 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C2-2.1 Perfluoro Membranes
Co-Chair(s): Hideki Nakagawa and Deborah Jones
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	967	750 EW Perfluorosulfonic Acid Composite Membranes With Stabilized Phosphotungstic Acid for High Temperature/Low Relative Humidity PEM Fuel Cells N. Mohajeri (UCF-Florida Solar Energy Center), B. Pearman, M. Rodgers (Florida Solar Energy Center), B. Li (Florida Solar Energy Center/University of Central Florida), D. Slattery, L. Bonville, H. R. Kunz and J. M. Fenton (Florida Solar Energy Center)
08:20	968	Correlations between Microstructures and Properties of Pd-modified Nafion Membranes L. Zhang, X. Cheng, Y. Zhang (Xiamen University) and Q. Fan (Gas Technology Institue)
08:40	969	Dielectric Relaxations and Conductivity Mechanism of Nafion: Studies based on Broad-Band Dielectric Spectroscopy V. Di Noto, M. Piga (University of Padova), G. Pace (CNR-ISTM), E. Negro and S. Lavina (University of Padova)
09:00	970	High-Performance Nafion-based Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cells T. I. Valdez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech), K. Billings, S. R. Narayanan and S. Firdosy (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
09:20	971	PEM Fuel Cell Properties of Pre-Stretched Recast Nafion® J. Lin, P. Wu, R. Wycisk (Case Western Reserve University) and P. Pintauro (Vanerbilt University)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	972	Qualitative Determination of H2S Crossover Rates in Nafion Membranes using Ion-probe Techniques E. L. Brosha (Los Alamos National Laboratory), T. Rockward, F. A. Uribe and F. H. Garzon (LANL)
10:20	973	Advanced Membrane Development for Low RH PEM Fuel Cell Application B. Choudhury, G. Escobedo, R. Perry, H. Tannenbaum, K. Barton, D. Curtin, M. Teasley and M. Roelofs (E. I. DUPONT COMPANY)
10:50	974	R&D of Asahi Kasei Aciplex Membrane for PEM Fuel Cell Applications N. Miyake, K. Kita, M. Honda and T. Tanabe (ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CO.)
11:20	975	Development of Highly Durable PFSA Membrane and MEA for PEMFC Under High Temperature and Low Humidity Conditions E. Endoh (Asahi Glass Co., LTD.)

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
D2.1 Acidic Direct-Fuel FCs and Fuel Oxidation Products
Co-Chair(s): Z. Jusys & P. Heo
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	976	DEMS Analysis of Small Organic Molecule Electrooxidation Products Z. Jusys and R. Behm (Ulm University)
08:40	977	Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 Electrocatalysts for Ethanol Oxidation to CO2 A. Kowal (Institute for Catalysis, Krakow, Poland), M. Li, M. Shao, K. Sasaki, M. Vukmirovic, J. Zhang (Brookhaven National Laboratory), N. Marinkovic (University of Delaware), P. Liu (Brookhaven National Laboratory) and R. Adzic (Brookhaven)
09:00	978	Efficiency of CO₂ Generation the Electrooxidation of Ethanol on Platinum with Various Roughness Factors S. Mitsushima, T. Takahashi, A. Ariffin, K. Matsuzawa, A. Ishihara and K. Ota (Yokohama National University)
09:20	979	Oxidation of Alcohols in Acidic and Alkaline Environments C. Cremers, D. Bayer, B. Kintzel, M. Joos, F. Jung, M. Krausa and J. Tübke (Fraunhofer ICT)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	980	Proton-Conducting Fuel Cell Operating on Hydrocarbon Fuels P. Heo, K. Ito (Nagoya University), A. Tomita (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)) and T. Hibino (Nagoya University)
10:40	981	Direct Alcohol Electro-oxidation in an Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cell J. Otomo (The University of Tokyo), S. Nishida, H. Kato, H. Nagamoto (Kogakuin University) and Y. Oshima (The University of Tokyo)
11:00	982	Electrocatalyst Design for an Elevated Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell A. B. Bocarsly and E. Niangar (Princeton University)
11:20	983	Effects of Oxygen Concentration in the Cathode Gas on the Oxidation of Acetaldehyde to Carbon Dioxide in a Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell Y. Katayanagi and Y. Yamazaki (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
11:40	984	Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) Simulation of a 1 kWe Ethanol-Powered Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) V. Schwarzer (University of Hawaii at Manoa), M. Virji, R. Moore (Hawaii Natuarl Energy Institute) and P. König (Institut für Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik (IWE), Universität Karlsruhe (TH))

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B2.2 Catalyst support degradation-I
Co-Chair(s): Deborah J. Myers and Zenpachi Ogumi
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
11:20	985	Carbon Corrosion of a PEMFC During Shut-down/Start-up A. Ofstad (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), J. Davey (Los Alamos National Lab), S. Sunde (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Lab)
11:40	986	Impact of Fuel Flow Configurations on Cathode Carbon Corrosion in PEM Fuel Cells P. Badrinarayanan and T. Patterson (UTC Power)
12:00		Intermission (120 Minutes)
14:00	987	Modelling and Simulations on Mitigation Techniques for Carbon Oxidation Reaction Caused by Local Fuel Starvation in a PEMFC J. Hu, P. Sui (Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria), N. Djilali (IESVic, University of Victoria, Canada) and S. Kumar (Ballard Power Systems)
14:20	988	CFD Study of Carbon Corrosion in PEM Fuel Cells K. Jain (ESI US R&D), A. Gidwani (CFD Research Corporation), S. Kumar (Ballard Power Systems) and J. Cole (CFD Research Corporation)
14:40	989	Electrochemical Carbon Oxidation with Regard to Degradation of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Z. Ogumi, M. Nose, C. Hyun-Suk and T. Abe (Kyoto University)
15:20		Intermission (20 Minutes)

Hibiscus 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A2.2 Diagnostics and Cell stacks
Co-Chair(s): Kazuhiko Shinohara and Tom Fuller
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	990	Water Transport and Degradation Analysis in PEMFC by in-situ MRI Visualization S. Hirai and S. Tsushima (Research Center for Carbon Recycling and Energy, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
14:30	991	Diagnostic Testing of Critical MEA Properties for Robust High Load Performance in PEM Fuel Cell Stacks C. N. Startek, R. Bradean (Ballard Power Systems), V. Branzea (Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC)), A. J. Desouza (Ballard Power Systems), H. R. Haas (Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC)), D. Howell and Y. Lim (Ballard Power Systems)
14:50	992	High Resolution Neutron Radiography Imaging of Operating PEM Fuel Cells: Effect of Flow Configuration and Gravity on Water Distribution J. Spendelow, R. Mukundan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), J. Davey (Los Alamos National Lab), T. Rockward (LANL), D. S. Hussey (NIST), D. Jacobson, M. Arif (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Lab)
15:10	993	Direct Imaging of Hydrated Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cell Application M. Park and N. P. Balsara (University of California, Berkeley)
15:30	994	Characterization of the PEMFC Triple-Phase Interface by Neutron Reflectometry and Dual-Intrusion Porosimetry D. L. Wood (Cabot Corporation), J. Majewski, J. Chlistunoff (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Lab)
15:50	995	Subtractively Normalized XANES of Pt/C in Operating Fuel Cells: Theory-Experiment E. Smotkin, S. Stoupin, E. A. Lewis (Northeastern University), H. Rivera (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Peidras), C. R. Grice (NuVant Systems, Inc.), Q. Jia (Illinois Institute of Technology), M. Fuccillo (Northeastern University) and C. Segre (Illinios Institute of Technology)
16:10		Intermission (10 Minutes)
16:20	996	Influence of Electrode Potential changes on PEFC performance T. Ohkanda, A. Kabasawa and H. Takano (Fuji Electric Advanced Technology)
16:40	997	Enhanced Diffusion in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell using Pulsating Flow Y. Hwang (Seoul National University), D. Lee, S. Kim (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), S. Ji, D. Lee, H. Choi, J. Choi, J. Seo, M. Kim and S. Cha (Seoul National University)
17:00	998	PEM Fuel Cell with Dead-ended Operation M. Pien, M. Warshay, S. Lis and R. Jalan (ElectroChem, Inc.)
17:20	999	In-Plane Transport Effects in PEFC under Differential Flow Conditions R. N. Carter (General Motors Corp.) and W. Gu (General Motors)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C2-1.2 In-situ Spectroscopy and Theory
Co-Chair(s): Mike Toney and Shigenori Mitsushima
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	1000	The Role of Water and Hydrogen in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction; Fundamental Surface Science Studies H. Ogasawara, J. McNaughton, L. Naslund, T. Anniyev and A. Nilsson (Stanford University)
14:30	1001	Degradation Mechanism of Pt/C Catalysts Based on Electronic and Local Structural Analysis of Pt by in-situ XAFS Y. Uchimoto, H. Yoshida, T. Fukutsuka and Z. Ogumi (Kyoto University)
15:00	1002	Probing the Structure of Operating Fuel Cell Cathode Catalysts using XAS S. C. Ball, S. L. Hudson (Johnson Matthey Technology Centre), A. E. Russell (University of Southampton), B. R. Theobald and D. Thompsett (Jonhson Matthey Technology Centre, Sonning Common, UK)
15:20	1003	The Effect of Pt cluster Size on PEMFC Catalyst Layer Micro-Morphology - Molecular Dynamics Simulations C. Cheng (University of Victoria, Canada), K. Malek (Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation National Research Council Canada) and N. Djilali (IESVic, University of Victoria, Canada)
15:40	1004	First-Principles-based Modeling of Improved Pt Alloy Catalysts T. Yu, Y. Sha (Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology), B. V. Merinov, A. Van Duin (California Institute of Technology), W. A. Goddard III (Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology) and P. Shirvanian (Ford Motor Company)

Hibiscus 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C2-2.2 Composite Membranes
Co-Chair(s): Biswajit CHOUDHURY and Naoto Miyake
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	1005	Functionalised Polybenzimidazoles for PEMFC D. Jones, J. Roziere, J. Peron, E. Ruiz and F. Ng (CNRS)
14:30	1006	Low EW poly [perfluorosulfonic acids] /Phosphotungstic acid /Teflon® Supported Membrane Electrode Assemblies B. Li (Florida Solar Energy Center/University of Central Florida), P. Choi (Florida Solar Energy Center), N. Mohajeri (UCF-Florida Solar Energy Center), M. Rodgers, B. Pearman, R. Agarwal, W. Yoon (Florida Solar Energy Center), X. Huang (University of Central Florida), D. Slattery, L. Bonville, H. R. Kunz and J. M. Fenton (Florida Solar Energy Center)
14:50	1007	Applicability of Mesoporous SiO2 to Proton Exchange Membrane M. Okada, N. Suzuki and Y. Fujii (TOSOH Corporation)
15:10	1008	Composite Nanofiber Network Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells J. Choi, K. Lee, R. Wycisk (Case Western Reserve University), P. Pintauro (Vanerbilt University) and P. Mather (Syracuse University)
15:30	1009	Design of Filling Polymer Electrolytes for 3DOM Composite Membrane K. Sasajima, H. Munakata and K. Kanamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
15:50		Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:10	1010	Nafion-based, Superacid-zirconia Doped Composite Membranes M. Navarra (Sapienza University of Rome), F. Croce (University) and B. Scrosati (University of Rome)
16:30	1011	Proton Conductive Inorganics for Composite Membranes in PEM Fuel Cells S. Komarneni, C. Wang, E. Chalkova, T. Chung, Z. Zhang, M. Fedkin and S. Lvov (Penn State University)
16:50	1012	The Optimization SPEEK Membranes using Phosphotungstic Acid as a Dopant S. L. Rhoden (UCF/Florida Solar Energy Center) and C. A. Linkous (Florida Solar Energy Center)
17:10	1013	Water Uptake and Interfacial Structural Changes of a Perfluorosulfonic acid Ionomer Membranes Measured by Neutron Reflectivity for PEM Fuel Cells V. Murthi (UMD/NIST), J. Dura, S. Satija and C. Majkrzak (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
17:30	1014	Water Uptake Characteristics and Backbone Flexibility of Novel Polymers for Proton Exchange Membranes P. Mangiagli, C. Ewing, K. Xu, Q. Wang and M. A. Hickner (The Pennsylvania State University)

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
D2.2 DMFC Systems & Operation
Co-Chair(s): S. Gottesfeld & C.-Y. Wang
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	1015	Low Temperature Fuel Cells: Technology Development and Early Commercialization - a 2008 Brief review S. Gottesfeld (Cellera Technologies)
14:40	1016	Development of Micro DMFC Systems and their Possible Applications J. Cao, Z. Zou, B. Xia (Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology), H. Yang (Shanghai Institute of Mycrosystems and Information Technology) and S. Feng (Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology)
15:00	1017	The Effect of Different Concentration by Methanol Vapor Feeding in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell I. Chang, S. Ha, S. Kim, J. Park and S. Cha (Seoul National University)
15:20	1018	Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) Vs. In-direct (Reforming) Methanol Fuel Cell (RMFC) D. CHU (U. S. Army Research Laboratory)
15:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:00	1019	Anode-Controlled Water Management in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells C. E. Shaffer (The Pennsylvania State University) and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
16:20	1020	Design and Control Method for Compact BOP of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Y. Chang (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), C. Cho (Graduate School, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul) and Y. Kim (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul)
16:40	1021	Model and Experimental Study of Hydrodynamic Coupling between a Fuel Pump and a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell C. Buie and J. Santiago (Stanford University)
17:00	1022	Analysis of the Transient Behavior of a Passive air Breathing Direct Methanol Fuel Cell using 1-D Model Simulation S. Ha, I. Chang and S. Cha (Seoul National University)
17:20	1023	DMFC Durability and Performance Degradation Mechanisms D. L. Wood, D. Schlueter, Y. Sun and P. Atanassova (Cabot Corporation)
17:40	1024	Direct Liquid Fuel Cells with High Fuel Concentration A. B. Ilicic (University of British Columbia), D. P. Wilkinson (UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering Department), K. Fatih and F. Girard (National Research Council- Institute for Fuel Cell Innnovation)

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B2.3 Catalyst support degradation-II and Membrane mechanical durability
Co-Chair(s): Matthew Mench and Zyun Shiroma
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
15:40	1025	Corrosion Testing of Fuel Cell Catalyst Support Materials. 1. Method Development I. C. Halalay and G. Gregory (GM R&D Center)
16:00	1026	Electrochemical Corrosion of Carbon Materials in an Aqueous Acid Solution Z. Siroma, N. Fujiwara, T. Ioroi, S. Yamazaki, H. Senoh, K. Yasuda and K. Tanimoto (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
16:20	1027	The Influence of Gas Permeation through Membrane on Carbon Corrosion in PEMFC N. Takeuchi (Toyota Motor Eng. & Mfg. North America) and T. F. Fuller (Georgia Institute of Technology)
16:40	1028	Advantages of Nano Structured Carbon Fibers as Catalyst Support for Membrane-Electrode-Assemblies (MEA) in PEMFC M. Perchthaler, E. Wallnöfer and V. Hacker (Graz University of Technology)
17:00	1029	Activity and Stability of PEMFC Catalysts Using Reduced Titanium Oxide Supports Prepared by Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Irradiation T. Ioroi, H. Senoh, S. Yamazaki, Z. Siroma, N. Fujiwara and K. Yasuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
17:20	1030	Effects of Dimensional Change in Mechanical Durability of Membranes in Fuel Cell Applications M. Griffith and T. Schmiedel (W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.)
17:40	1031	Mechanical Degradation Behavior of Recast Composite PFSA Membrane and Nafion® N-112 Membrane under OCV Condition X. Huang (University of Central Florida), M. Rodgers, W. Yoon (Florida Solar Energy Center), B. Li (Florida Solar Energy Center/University of Central Florida) and N. Mohajeri (UCF-Florida Solar Energy Center)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C2-1.3 Pt Catalysts III
Co-Chair(s): Mike Toney and Shigenori Mitsushima
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
16:20	1032	Pulse Voltammetry of Alloy Metal Catalysts at Fuel Cell Electrodes P. Pietrasz, R. M. Sankaran and T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University)
16:40	1033	Reduction of Pt Loading in PEM Fuel Cells with Electrochemical Pulse Deposition through Nafion S. K. Buratto, J. O'Dea, A. Kleiman-Schwarsctein, E. McFarland and H. Metiu (University of California, Santa Barbara)
17:00	1034	Synthesis and Characterization of Pt3Co and Pt3Co-Mo Catalysts for the ORR F. R. Brushett, H. Duong, J. Ng, A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) and P. Kenis (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
17:20	1035	The Displacement Fields of Atoms in Nanoparticles of Platinum and its Alloys Adsorbed onto a Carbon Substrate: Effect on Fuel Cell Catalysis R. Subbaraman, T. Zawodzinski and J. A. Mann (Case Western Reserve University)
17:40	1036	Simultaneous Electrochemical Measurement of ORR Kinetics and Pt Oxide Formation/Reduction S. Sugawara (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), K. Tsujita (Yokohama National University), S. S. Kocha (Nissan Research Center), K. Shinohara (Nissan Motor Co., LTD), S. Mitsushima and K. Ota (Yokohama National University)
18:00	1037	Pt/TiNbOX as Oxygen Reduction Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells P. Mani (University of California, Los Angeles), M. Cai and M. Ruthkosky (General Motors)

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A3.1 Gas Diffusion Media
Co-Chair(s): Tom Fuller and Kazuhiko Shinohara
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	1038	Virtual GDL Design with Topologically-Equivalent Pore-Network Modeling P. Sinha (Penn State University) and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
08:20	1039	Best Combination of Gas Diffusion Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell under Cathode Condition of Very Low Humidity T. Kitahara, T. Konomi, H. Nakajima, Y. Tateishi (Kyushu University), M. Murata (MFC Technology Inc.), N. Haak and P. Wilde (SGL Group)
08:40	1040	Highly-Efficient Buckypaper-Based Electrodes for PEMFC W. Zhu, J. P. Zheng, Z. Liang, B. Wang, C. Zhang (Florida State University), S. Walsh (U.S. Army Research Laboratory), G. Au and E. J. Plichta (U.S. Army CERDEC)
09:00	1041	Effect of Hydrophobic and Structural Properties of GDL on PEM Fuel Cell Performance S. Park and B. N. Popov (University of South Carolina)
09:20	1042	Effect of the Micro Porous Layer on Water Transport under Low Humidity Condition Y. Fujii, S. Tsushima (Research Center for Carbon Recycling and Energy, Tokyo Institute of Technology), K. Fukuzato (Seika corporation) and S. Hirai (Research Center for Carbon Recycling and Energy, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	1043	Effect of Hydrophobic and Structural Properties of GDL on PEM Fuel Cell Performance S. Park and B. N. Popov (University of South Carolina)
10:20	1044	Relationship between Structure and Surface Properties on Capillary behavior in PEMFC Gas Diffusion Layers P. Cheung, J. D. Fairweather and D. T. Schwartz (University of Washington)
10:40	1045	In-Situ Characterization of GRAFCELL® Flexible Graphite Film as Gas Diffusion Layers for PEMFCs V. Gurau, T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University) and R. Wayne (GrafTech International Ltd.)
11:00	1046	Fundamental Wettability and Pore Surface Characterization of PEMFC Gas Diffusion Layers D. L. Wood (Cabot Corporation), C. Rulison (Augustine Scientific) and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Lab)
11:20	1047	Evaluation of Liquid and Mass Transfer in GDL by Direct Network Simulation G. Inoue, Y. Matsukuma and M. Minemoto (Kyushu University)
11:40	1048	Influence of Ionomer Equivalent Weight on Kinetic and Transport Properties in PEFC MEAs S. Sambandam and V. Ramani (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B3.1 Membrane degradation
Co-Chair(s): James Fenton and Hiroyuki Uchida
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	1049	PEMFC Degradation Assessed by Effluent Analysis from Designed Experiments T. Aarhaug, A. Svensson (SINTEF Materials and Chemistry), A. Baumann Ofstad (NTNU Department of Materials Technology) and J. Sørli (NTNU Department of Energy and Process Engineering)
08:20	1050	Effect of Water Management Schemes on the Membrane Durability in PEMFCs X. Huang (University of Central Florida), X. Wang, J. Preston (University of Connecticut), L. Bonville, H. R. Kunz (Florida Solar Energy Center), M. Perry (UTC Power) and D. Condit (United Technologies Research Center)
08:40	1051	Characterization and Modeling of Gas Crossover and its Impact on the Membrane Degradation of PEMFCs J. Shim, S. Tsushima and S. Hirai (Research Center for Carbon Recycling and Energy, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
09:00	1052	Electron Spin Resonance Investigation of the Effects of Hydration on Proton Exchange Membranes J. S. Lawton and D. Budil (Northeastern University Boston)
09:20	1053	Formation of OH Radicals on Electrode Reaction with PEFC Catalyst Studied by ESR Spectroscopy Y. Nosaka (Nagaoka University of Technology), K. Outaka, N. Oguri (Nagaoka University of Technolgy), S. Kishioka and A. Y. Nosaka (Nagaoka University of Technology)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	1054	Degradation of Perfluorinated Membranes Having Intentionally Formed Pt-Band N. Hasegawa (Toyota Central Research & Development Labs., Inc.), T. Asano (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.), T. Hatanaka (Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc.), M. Kawasumi (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.) and Y. Morimoto (Toyota Central Research & Development Labs., Inc.)
10:20	1055	H₂O₂ Formation Depending on Ru Content of Pt-Ru/C Catalyst Y. Nakamori, N. Suzuki, K. Tanaka and T. Aoki (Toshiba Fuel Cell Power Systems Corporation)
10:40	1056	Degradation Mitigation in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes using Free Radical Scavengers P. Trogadas (Illinois Institute of Technology), J. Parrondo (University of the Basque Country) and V. Ramani (Illinois Institute of Technology)
11:00	1057	Mitigation of Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membrane Chemical Degradation Using Cerium and Manganese Ions F. D. Coms (General Motors Corporation), H. Liu (Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC) and J. E. Owejan (General Motors Corporation)
11:20	1058	The Proton Conductivity and Durability of Imidazole/Imidazole Derivatives Containing PFSA Polymer Membranes X. Fei (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) and J. B. Kerr (LBNL)
11:40	1059	Durability of Novel Sulfonated Polyimide Membrane in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Operation A. Kabasawa (Fuji Electric Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.), J. Saito, K. Miyatake (Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi), H. Uchida and M. Watanabe (University of Yamanashi)
12:00	1060	Ternary Polybenzoxazine-Based Membrane with Excellent Electrical and Physical Properties resulting in Enhanced Durability for High Temperature PEMFC S. Choi, W. Jeon, J. Park, H. Sun and H. Chang (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C3.1 Electrode Materials and Processes I
Co-Chair(s): Ingo A. Schneider and Hideto Imai
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	1061	Analysis of Proton Transport in Pseudo Catalyst Layers H. Iden, A. Ohma and K. Shinohara (Nissan Motor Co., LTD)
08:20	1062	Effect of Relative Humidity on Electrochemical Active Area and Impedance Response of PEM Fuel Cell D. Malevich, E. Halliop, B. Peppley, J. Pharoah (Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre) and K. Karan (Queen's University)
08:40	1063	Characteristic Identification of Dry Operating Condition of Cathode Catalyst Layers in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Z. Xia, X. Zhao, J. Gazzarria, Q. Wang and Z. Liu (NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation)
09:00	1064	Dependence of Electrode Proton Resistivity on Electrode Thickness and Ionomer Equivalent Weight in Cathode Catalyst Layer in PEM Fuel Cell Y. Liu (University of Rochester), C. Ji, D. Baker, W. Gu (General Motors), J. Jorne (University of Rochester) and H. A. Gasteiger (Acta)
09:20	1065	Effect of Catalyst Ink Formulation on the Structure and Performance of PEFC Membrane Electrode Assemb J. Xie, A. Hsu (Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis) and D. Ho (National Institute of Standard and Technology)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	1066	Electrochemical Pre-Oxidation of a Platinum / Graphitized-Carbon Catalyst for Improved PEM Fuel Cell Performance J. Zhang, F. Wagner and R. Koestner (General Motors Corporation)
10:20	1067	Surfactant Assisted Catalyst Layer Deposition for PEM Fuel Cells A. Bauer (The University of British Columbia), D. P. Wilkinson (UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering Department), E. Gyenge (The University of British Columbia), D. Bizzotto (UBC Chemistry Department) and S. Ye (Ballard Power Systems Inc.)
10:40	1068	Enhanced PEMFC Cathode Kinetics at 120oC and Low Relative Humidity Using Heteropolyacid Additives R. P. Brooker, P. Baker (University of Connecticut), H. R. Kunz (Florida Solar Energy Center), L. Bonville and R. Parnas (University of Connecticut)
11:00	1069	Using Heteropolyacids in the Anode Catalyst Layer of Dimethyl Ether PEM Fuel Cells J. R. Ferrell (Colorado School of Mines), J. Turner (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) and A. Herring (Colorado School of Mines)
11:20	1070	Measurement and Understanding of Catalyst Utilization in Fuel Cells C. M. Johnston (Los Alamos National Laboratory), H. Xu (Fuel Cell Energy), E. L. Brosha, J. Chlistunoff (Los Alamos National Laboratory), K. More (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), E. Orler, M. Hawley (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and B. Pivovar (Los Alamos National Lab)
11:40	1071	Nafion Ionomer Aggregation and its Influence on Microstructure and Proton Conduction in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers Z. Xie, T. Navessin, X. Zhao, M. Adachi and S. Holdcroft (Institute for Fuel Cell innovation)

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
D3.1 Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Co-Chair(s): J. Varcoe & C. Lamy
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00	1072	Optimised Membrane and Electrode Materials for H2 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells J. R. Varcoe, S. Poynton, D. M. Halepoto, M. Beillard and A. J. Roberts (University of Surrey)
08:40	1073	High Performance MEA for Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells Operating Without Liquid Electrolyte P. Lim, S. Ge (The Pennsylvania State University) and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
09:00	1074	Pt-free Cathode Catalyst Performance in H2/O2 Anionic Membrane Fuel Cells (AMFCs) A. Filpi, M. Boccia (ACTA S.P.A.) and H. A. Gasteiger (Acta)
09:20	1075	Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Completely Free From Noble Metal Catalysts S. Lu, J. Pan, L. Zhuang and J. Lu (Wuhan University)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	1076	Performance of PdSn Catalysts in Passive Type Direct Methanol Fuel Cells using Anion Exchange Membrane J. Kim, T. Momma (Waseda University) and T. Osaka (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
10:20	1077	The Direct Oxidation of Alcohols in a Solid Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell (SAMFC) C. Lamy, M. Simoes, L. Demarconnay, C. Coutanceau (Universite de Poitiers) and J. Leger (University of Poitiers)
10:40	1078	Direct-Glycerin Fuel Cell for Mobile Applications S. R. Ragsdale and C. B. Ashfield (CyVolt Energy Systems, Inc.)
11:00	1079	Determination of Kinetic and Diffusional Parameters for Sodium Borohydride Oxidation on Gold Electrodes D. M. Santos and C. A. Sequeira (Instituto Superior Tecnico)
11:20	1080	A First Principles Study of Direct Oxidation of Aqueous Borohydride on Au and Pt Surfaces M. J. Janik and G. Rostamikia (Pennsylvania State University)

Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A3.2 Bipolar Plates
Co-Chair(s): Vijay Ramani and Jim Fenton
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	1081	SnO2:F Coated Duplex Stainless Steel in for PEM Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates H. Wang and J. Turner (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
14:20	1082	Advanced Bipolar Plate for a Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell C. K. Mittelsteadt (Giner Electrochemical Systems) and W. Braff (Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC)
14:40	1083	Measurement of the Potential of Bipolar Plates Inside a PEFC During Operation K. Kikuchi, I. Kato (Nippon Soken,Inc.), M. Yoshida, M. Wada and S. Mizuno (Toyota Motor Corporation)
15:00	1084	Application of Ni-free Stainless Steels for Bipolar Plates of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells S. Myung (Iwate University), M. Kumagai (Taiyo Stainless Spring Co., Ltd), R. Asaishi, S. Kuwata, N. Ito (Iwate University), Y. Katada (NIMS) and H. Yashiro (Iwate University)
15:20	1085	Preparation of Carbon-coated Stainless Steel for PEFC Bipolar Plate Material T. Fukutsuka (Kyoto University), S. Miyano, Y. Matsuo, Y. Sugie (University of Hyogo) and Y. Uchimoto (Kyoto University)
15:40	1086	Low Cost, Low Weight Bipolar plates for Elevated Temperature PEMFC Operation R. Zaffou (United Technologies Research Center), R. P. Brooker (University of Connecticut), H. R. Kunz (Florida Solar Energy Center), L. Bonville and R. Parnas (University of Connecticut)
16:00		Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:20	1087	Quantification of PEFC Voltage Loss Terms at Low RH and Low Oxygen Pressure Conditions R. N. Carter (General Motors Corp.) and W. Gu (General Motors)
16:40	1088	New Reference Electrode Approach for Fuel Cell Performance Evaluation O. E. Herrera (University of British Columbia), W. Merida (UBC, Department of Mechanical Engineering) and D. P. Wilkinson (UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering Department)
17:00	1089	High-Throughput Evaluation of MEA Components of Hydrogen-Air Fuel Cells T. D. Hall (NuVant Systems Inc.), P. M. Kleszyk (University of Southampton), C. R. Grice (NuVant Systems, Inc.), M. Fuccillo (Northeastern University), A. E. Russell (University of Southampton) and E. Smotkin (NuVant Systems Inc.)
17:20	1090	The Development and Demonstration of Technology on the Path to Commercially viable PEM Fuel Cell Stacks B. H. Chiem, P. Beattie and K. Colbow (Ballard Power Systems Inc.)
17:40	1091	Off-Line Conditioning of PEM Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) K. Palanichamy, A. Prasad and S. Advani (University of Delaware)

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
B3.2 MEA degradation
Co-Chair(s): R. Mukundan and Y. Takagi
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	1092	Performance and Durability of PEM Fuel Cells Operated at Sub-Freezing Temperatures R. Mukundan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), J. Davey (Los Alamos National Lab), R. Lujan, J. Spendelow, Y. Kim (Los Alamos National Laboratory), D. S. Hussey (NIST), D. Jacobson, M. Arif (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Lab)
14:40	1093	Decay of Electrode Performance and Changes in Material Properties of Degraded MEA Caused by Repeated Cold Starts of a Frozen Cell in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Y. Takagi, Y. Satou, R. Yamazaki, M. Onoda, C. Nyuui, K. Nishimura and T. Toriyama (Musashi Inst. of Tech.)
15:00	1094	Accelerated Durability Testing of Perfluorosulfonic Acid MEAs for PEMFCs M. Rodgers (Florida Solar Energy Center), B. Li (Florida Solar Energy Center/University of Central Florida), R. Agarwal, B. Pearman, D. Slattery, P. Choi (Florida Solar Energy Center), N. Mohajeri (UCF-Florida Solar Energy Center), L. Bonville, H. R. Kunz and J. M. Fenton (Florida Solar Energy Center)
15:20		Intermission (20 Minutes)
15:40	1095	Electrode and Membrane Durability Issues of PEFCs T. Hatanaka (Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc.), T. Takeshita, H. Murata, N. Hasewaga, T. Asano, M. Kawasumi (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.) and Y. Morimoto (Toyota Central Research & Development Labs., Inc.)
16:20	1096	Establishment of Accelerated Degradation Method of PEFC Stacks (NEDO Project: Fundamental Research of Degradation of PEFC Stacks) O. Yamazaki, H. Shintaku, Y. Oomori and T. Tabata (OSAKAGAS CO.,LTD.)
17:00	1097	Investigation of the Impact of Interfacial Delamination on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Performance S. Kim, M. Khandelwal, C. Chacko and M. Mench (The Penn State University)
17:20	1098	Mechanical Changes in the Component Interfaces of MEA of PEM Fuel Cells due to Load Cycling C. Huang (Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation), Z. Liu (NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation) and D. Mu (Changchun University of Technology)
17:40	1099	Durability Investigation on Change in Material and Structure of MEA for Well-Defined PEFC under High Temperature and Low Humidified Operation Condition M. Ide, Y. Suzuki and H. Ikeda (Osaka Science & Technology Center)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C3.2 Electrode Materials and Processes II
Co-Chair(s): Peter Strasser and Eiji Endoh
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	1100	Recent Insights Obtained from Local in situ Diagnostics in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells I. A. Schneider, M. Bayer, P. Boillat, A. Wokaun and G. G. Scherer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
14:30	1101	Optimization of the Cathode Catalyst Layer Composition using a Novel 2-step Preparation Method R. Friedmann and T. V. Nguyen (The University of Kansas)
14:50	1102	THE Use of Ultrasound (20kHx) as Novel Method for Preparing Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Electrodes B. G. Pollet (The University of Birmingham)

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
D3.2 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Catalysts
Co-Chair(s): C. Lamy
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
14:00	1103	Kinetics of Non-Platinum Group Metal Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Medium S. Catanorchi, M. Piana (Acta S.p.A.) and H. A. Gasteiger (Acta)
14:20	1104	Novel Electrocatalysts for Direct Oxidation of Alcohols and Oxygen Reduction Reaction in High pH Environments Q. He, N. Ramaswamy and S. Mukerjee (Northeastern University)
14:40	1105	Viologen Catalyst for Direct- Carbohydrate Fuel Cell D. C. Hansen, G. Watt, J. Nichols, M. B. Andrus (Brigham Young University), S. H. Choi (NASA Langely Research Center) and D. R. Wheeler (Brigham Young University)

D3.3 Anion- & Cation-Exchange Membranes for Direct-Fuel Fuel Cells
Co-Chair(s): J. Varcoe & M. Piana
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
15:00	1106	Synthesis and Characterizations of Quaternized Polysulfone Anion Exchange Membrane for Direct Methanol Alkaline Fuel Cell S. Gu, T. Luo, R. Cai, J. Steirer (University of California, Riverside) and Y. Yan (Univeristy of California, Rverside)
15:20	1107	Synthesis and Characterizations of Quaternary Phosphonium Polysulfone Anion Exchange Membrane for Alkaline Fuel Cell S. Gu, R. Cai, T. Luo (University of California, Riverside) and Y. Yan (Univeristy of California, Rverside)
15:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:00	1108	Fullerene-based Proton-conductive Material for the Electrolyte Membrane and Electrode of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell T. Hirakimoto, K. Fukushima, Y. Li, S. Takizawa, K. Hinokuma and T. Senoo (Sony Corporation)
16:20	1109	Development of Low Cross-over Composite Membrane Composed of Porous Polyimide and Polymer Electrolyte for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells D. Yamamoto, H. Munakata and K. Kanamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
16:40	1110	Novel Blend Membranes Based on Acid-Base Interactions for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells W. LI (University of Texas at Austin), Y. Fu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and A. Manthiram (University of Texas at Austin)

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C3.3 Supports
Co-Chair(s): Peter Strasser and Eiji Endoh
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
15:50	1111	Development of Composite Polymer Based Catalyst Support for Bi-functional Oxygen Electrode (BOE) S. Huang, P. Ganesan (Unievrsity of South Carolina), P. Zhang (Univeristy of South Carolina) and B. N. Popov (University of South Carolina)
16:10	1112	TiO2 Nanoparticle/Carbon Hybrid Materials as Cathode Supports in PEM Fuel Cell R. Kou, Y. Shao, J. Kwak (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), V. Viswanathan (Pacific Northwest National Lab), Y. Lin, J. Liu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and Y. Wang (Pacific Northwest National Lab)
16:30	1113	Nanowire-Based Electrodes for PEM Fuel Cells M. Saha, Y. Chen, H. Liu, M. Norouzi Banis and A. X. Sun (University of Western Ontario)
16:50	1114	Cathodes for Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cells based on Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Supports N. P. Lebedeva, A. S. Booij and G. J. Janssen (Energy research Centre of the Netherlands ECN)
17:10	1115	Development of Advanced Catalysts and Supports for PEM Fuel Cell Application B. N. Popov (University of South Carolina)
17:30	1116	Electrochemical Stability and Oxidation Mechanism of　Carbon Support for PEM Fuel cell A. P. Yadav, Y. Sugawara, A. Nishikata and T. Tsuru (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
17:50	1117	PEM Fuel Cell Catalysts: The Importance of Catalyst Support S. Ye, M. Hall and P. He (Ballard Power Systems Inc.)

Friday, October 17, 2008
Hibiscus 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
A4.1 Water Management Misc
Co-Chair(s): V. Ramani
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:00		Intermission (20 Minutes)
08:20	1118	Pore-Scale Simulations of Transport-Chemistry Interactions in Catalyst Layers of PEM Fuel Cells S. Kim and H. Pitsch (Stanford University)
08:40	1119	Liquid Water Motion in a PEFC F. Jiang (ECEC) and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
09:00	1120	Estimation of Water Layer Thickness Adjacent to the Cathode Catalyst Layer of a PEFC T. Hoshiko (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University), H. Nakajima, T. Konomi, T. Kitahara (Kyushu University) and S. Kita (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University)
09:20	1121	Mesoscopic Modeling of Liquid Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells P. P. Mukherjee (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and C. Wang (Pennsylvania State University)
09:40		Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00	1122	Numerical Investigation on the Transport in a PEMFC using a Microstructure Reconstruction Technique J. Hu, P. Sui (Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria) and N. Djilali (IESVic, University of Victoria, Canada)
10:20	1123	Reactions of Chemical Hydrides with Polyhydroxyl Compounds for Onsite Hydrogen Production V. Stanic (EnerFuel)
10:40	1124	Hydrogen Generation from Aqueous Acid-catalyzed Hydrolysis of Various Hydride Compounds M. Han, K. Shin, H. Kim and K. An (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH))

Kahili 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village
C4.1 High Temperature Materials
Co-Chair(s): Hideki Nakagawa and Deborah Jones
Time	Abs#	Title and Authors
08:22	1125	Effect of Equivalent Weight of Phosphotungstic Acid-Incorporated Composite Membranes on the High Temperature Operation of PEM Fuel Cells P. Choi (Florida Solar Energy Center), B. Li (Florida Solar Energy Center/University of Central Florida), R. Agarwal, B. Pearman (Florida Solar Energy Center), N. Mohajeri (UCF-Florida Solar Energy Center), M. Rodgers, D. Slattery, L. Bonville, H. R. Kunz and J. M. Fenton (Florida Solar Energy Center)
08:42	1126	Effects of Increase in PTA Loading on Stabilized Nafion/PTA Composite Membranes for High Temperature/Low Relative Humidity PEMFC Operation R. Agarwal (Florida Solar Energy Center), N. Mohajeri (UCF-Florida Solar Energy Center), M. Rodgers, B. Pearman (Florida Solar Energy Center), B. Li (Florida Solar Energy Center/University of Central Florida), P. Choi, D. Slattery, L. Bonville, H. R. Kunz and J. M. Fenton (Florida Solar Energy Center)
09:02	1127	Influence of Thermal History on the Conduction Behavior of CsH5(PO4)2 H. Muroyama, T. Matsui (Kyoto University), R. Kikuchi (The University of Tokyo) and K. Eguchi (Kyoto University)
09:22	1128	New Electrolytes Materials for High Temperature PEMFC Y. Fu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and J. B. Kerr (LBNL)
09:42	1129	New Functional Polymers for High Temperature Fuel Cell Membranes X. Fei (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) and J. B. Kerr (LBNL)
10:02	1130	New Synthesis Routes for Indium-Doped Tin Pyrophosphate Proton Conductors M. Einsla (LANL), R. Mukundan, E. L. Brosha (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and F. H. Garzon (LANL)
10:22	1131	The Study of Water Adsorption and Desorption by a PBI Membrane and its Impact on H3PO4 Transport S. Shimpalee, T. Gu and J. W. Van Zee (University of South Carolina)

214th ECS Meeting - Honolulu, HI

October 12 - October 17, 2008

PROGRAM INFORMATION

B8 - PEM Fuel Cells 8

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

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Hibiscus 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

A0 Macroscopic Modeling

Kahili 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C0.1 Non-Pt Catalyst

C0.2 Non-Pt and Non-Precious Catalyst

Monday, October 13, 2008

Coral 5; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Morning Plenary Session

Afternoon Plenary Session

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

A1.1 Water and Thermal Management

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B1.1 Catalyst degradation-I

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C1.1 Non-Precious Catalyst

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

D1.1 DMFC Anode Catalysts

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B1.2 Catalyst degradation-II

Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

A1.2 Water and Thermal Management

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C1.2 In-situ Structure and Morphology

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

D1.2 Catalysts for Acidic Direct-Fuel Fuel Cells

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B1.3 Catalyst contamination-I

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C1.3 Hydrocarbon Membranes

C1.4 Pt Catalysts I

Coral Exhibit Hall, Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Poster Session

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Hibiscus 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

A2.1 Diagnostics

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B2.1 Catalyst contamination-II

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C2-1.1 Pt Catalyst II

Hibiscus 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C2-2.1 Perfluoro Membranes

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

D2.1 Acidic Direct-Fuel FCs and Fuel Oxidation Products

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B2.2 Catalyst support degradation-I

Hibiscus 1; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

A2.2 Diagnostics and Cell stacks

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C2-1.2 In-situ Spectroscopy and Theory

Hibiscus 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C2-2.2 Composite Membranes

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

D2.2 DMFC Systems & Operation

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B2.3 Catalyst support degradation-II and Membrane mechanical durability

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C2-1.3 Pt Catalysts III

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

A3.1 Gas Diffusion Media

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B3.1 Membrane degradation

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C3.1 Electrode Materials and Processes I

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

D3.1 Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Hibiscus 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

A3.2 Bipolar Plates

Lehua Suite; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

B3.2 MEA degradation

Kahili 1 & 2; Kalia Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

C3.2 Electrode Materials and Processes II

Nautilus 1 & 2; Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village