217th ECS Meeting - Vancouver, Canada

April 25 - April 30, 2010

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

G5 - Fuel Cell Membranes, Electrode Binders, and MEA Performance

Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering/Energy Technology
 

Monday, April 26, 2010

Georgia A, 2nd Floor, Hyatt

Co-Chairs: Peter Pintauro and Vijay Ramani
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:20   1390   Development of a Methanol Tolerant Nonfluorinated Proton Exchange Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Applications D. Julius, L. Hong and J. Lee (National University of Singapore)
08:40   1391   Surface Modified of Heteropolyacids for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells J. Sutrisno, A. Fuchs, S. Hopkins, C. Evrensel and F. Gordaninejad (University of Nevada, Reno)
09:00   1392   New Approaches to Composite PFSA Membranes for Enhanced Fuel Cell Performance A. Herring, S. Sachdeva, J. Rajeswari (Colorado School of Mines), G. Haugen and S. Hamrock (3M)
09:20   1393   Polyoxometalate Ionomers: Multi-Generational Design of Novel High Temperature/Low Humidity Membranes J. L. Horan, M. Kuo (Colorado School of Mines), A. Genpur (3M), A. Perdue, F. Zhang (Colorado School of Mines), M. Frey (3M) and A. Herring (Colorado School of Mines)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00   1394   Influence of Morphology of Block Copolymers on the Conductivity of Proton Exchange Membranes M. Gross, G. Maier (Polymaterials AG), T. Fuller (General Motors Corporation), S. MacKinnon (National Research Council Canada) and C. Gittleman (General Motors Corporation)
10:20   1395   Intermediate-Temperature Proton Exchange Fuel Cell Based on an Inorganic-Organic Composite Membrane Y. Jin, K. Fujiwara and T. Hibino (Nagoya University)
10:40   1396   Fabrication of Protic Ionic Liquid/Sulfonated Polyimide Composite Membranes for Nonhumidified Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells T. Yasuda, S. Lee, S. Nakamura and M. Watanabe (Yokohama National University)
11:00   1397   Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphoric Acid Doped Poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) Membranes for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells D. Lee, H. Lee, B. Kim, S. Kim, E. Cho, J. Jang, T. Lim and H. Kim (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
11:20   1398   Nafion/Sulfonated Silica Composite Polymer Electrolyte Membranes N. E. De Almeida and E. Easton (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)
11:40   1399   Functionalized Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Based Composite Membranes for High Temperature PEMFCs Z. Chen, Y. Jun and M. Fowler (University of Waterloo)
 
Co-Chairs: Andy Herring and John Muldoon
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1400   AFM Investigation of PEM Fuel Cell Membranes and Gas Diffusion Layers R. Hiesgen, I. Wehl, A. Carreras, J. Kraut (University of Applied Sciences Esslingen), A. Bauder, M. Schulze, K. Friedrich (German Aerospace Center), H. Wang (National Research Council Canada, Vancouver) and X. Yuan (National Research Council Canada)
14:20   1401   A Molecular Dynamics Study of Ionomer and Water Adsorption at Carbon Support Materials T. Mashio (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), K. Malek (National Research Council of Canada), M. Eikerling (Simon Fraser University), A. Ohma, H. Kanesaka and K. Shinohara (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
14:40   1402   Innovative Catalyst Layer Structures Based on Extended Pt Surfaces H. Dinh, K. Neyerlin, T. Olson, J. Leong, C. Engtrakul, A. Dameron, L. Simpson and B. Pivovar (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
15:00   1403   In Situ Analyses of Membrane-Electrode Interfaces Using a Microfluidic Platform F. Brushett and P. Kenis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
15:20 Intermission (20 Minutes)
15:40   1404   Sulfonated Carbon Supports For PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes A. Pedersen, A. Pauric, J. Eastcott and E. Easton (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)
16:00   1405   Estimation of Oxygen Transport Resistance in PEFC Electrode Binders by Limiting Current Methods S. Sambandam and V. Ramani (Illinois Institute of Technology)
16:20   1406   Nonfluorinated Polyphosphazene as Electrode Binder in PEM Fuel Cell J. Lin (North China Electric Power University), R. Wycisk (Case Western Reserve University), J. Muldoon (Toyota Research Institute of North America) and P. Pintauro (Vanderbilt University)
16:40   1407   The Analysis of Performance Loss with Low Platinum Loaded Cathode Catalyst Layers Y. Ono (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd), T. Mashio (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), S. Takaichi (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd), A. Ohma, H. Kanesaka and K. Shinohara (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
 

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Georgia A, 2nd Floor, Hyatt

Co-Chairs: Peter Pintauro and Vijay Ramani
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:40   1408   Membrane Degradation under Idle Condition in a PEM Fuel Cell Stack X. Yuan (Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation), H. Wang (National Research Council of Canada), J. Wu, S. Zhang, C. Sun (Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation), R. Hiesgen (University of Applied Sciences Esslingen), K. Freidrich, M. Schulze and A. Haug (German Aerospace Center)
09:00   1409   Diagnosis of MEA Failure Modes under Accelerated RH Cycling Conditions V. Singaram, M. Fowler (University of Waterloo), X. Yuan and H. Wang (NRC-IFCI)
09:20   1410   A Study on Cathode Degradation of PEMFCs under On/Off Cycling Operation J. Kim, E. Cho, J. Jang, H. Kim, T. Lim and I. Oh (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
09:40   1411   The Effects of Aluminum and Iron Ions on the Degradation of PEMFC Cathode H. Li, K. Tsay, S. Wu, H. Wang, J. Zhang (National Research Council of Canada), N. Jia (Ballard Power System), S. Wessel (Ballard Power Systems), R. Abouatallah, N. Joos (Hydrogenics) and J. Schrooten (Angstrom Power)
10:00 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:20   1412   Fuel Cell Operation with Very Low Humidity Causing Voltage Reversal and Overheating Effects R. Bradean (Ballard Power Systems), K. Eggen, D. Adam, F. Berretta, H. Haas and A. Leow (Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation)
10:40   1413   On the Negative Impedance Region and Proton Transfer Mechanism in Fully Hydrated Nafion Membranes M. N. Tsampas and C. Vayenas (University of Patras)
11:00   1414   Effect of Gas Diffusion Media on PEMFC Performance: An EIS Study P. Gallo Stampino, L. Omati (Politecnico di Milano), R. Pelosato (Poltecnico di Milano), L. Zampori, C. Cristiani and G. Dotelli (Politecnico di Milano)
11:20   1415   A 2D PEMFC Impedance Model Taking into Account the Propagation of the Concentration Oscillations in the Direction of the Gas Channels: The Second Loop Artifact G. Maranzana (CNRS-LEMTA), J. Mainka, J. Dillet (CNRS-LEMTA, Nancy University), S. Didierjean (LEMTA) and O. Lottin (CNRS-LEMTA, Nancy University)
11:40   1416   A Two-Fluid Model for Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell Performance Integrating Gas Phase and Water Transport with Porous Media Capillary Effects, Heat Transfer, and Electrochemistry S. Mukherjee, A. Gidwani, A. Roy, J. Cole (CFD Research Corporation), K. Jain, C. Bapat (ESI R&D) and R. Thomas (CFD Research Corporation)
 
Co-Chairs: Andy Herring and John Muldoon
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1417   Irradiation Methods for Preparation of Nanosized Catalysts in Low Temperature Fuel Cells M. Min, G. Chai, H. Kim (Corporate R&D center), S. Shin (Samsung), K. Kim, B. Choi (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Y. Han (RTX Inc.) and B. Lee (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
14:20   1418   Fabrication of Branched-Carbon Nanotubes and Their Properties as Supports for Electrocatalysts H. Joh, S. Kim, J. Prabhuram and H. Ha (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
14:40   1419   Three Dimensional Reconstruction of PEFC Catalyst Layers S. Thiele, R. Zengerle and C. Ziegler (University of Freiburg)
15:00   1420   Effect of Nafion Aggregation within the Catalytic Layers on the Performance of the Passive DMFCs T. Yuan, Z. Zou, Z. Li and H. Yang (Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
15:20 Intermission (20 Minutes)
15:40   1421   High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography and Direct Simulation of the Carbon-Paper GDLs Y. Wang (UCI) and H. Wang (National Research Council of Canada)
16:00   1422   The Relationship Between Hydrophilic Channel Morphology, Water Diffusion and Proton Conductivity C. Wu and P. Chu (National Central University)
16:20   1423   Effect of Spray Parameters, Catalyst Type, Ionomer Type and Ionomer Loading on Electrode Surface Morphology and Electrode Performance of PEM Fuel Cells R. P. Brooker (University of Central Florida), M. P. Rodgers, L. Bonville, H. Kunz, D. Slattery and J. Fenton (FSEC-UCF)
16:40   1424   Investigation of the Presence of a Saturating Media during Hot Pressing of Proton Exchange Membranes to Improve Performance M. P. Rodgers, B. Pearman, N. Mohajeri, L. Bonville, D. Slattery, H. Kunz and J. Fenton (FSEC-UCF)
 

Exhibit and Poster Hall, Conference Floor, Fairmont

Poster Session

Co-Chairs:
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o   1425   Impact of Ionomer Content on the Performance of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell B. Krishnamurthy (MVJ College of Engineering) and S. Deepalochani (Indian Institute of Science)
o   1426   Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfonated Poly(arylene biphenylsulfone ether)s for Proton Exchange Membranes D. Yoo (Seonam University), S. Hyeon, A. Kim, G. Gnana Kumar, R. Park, I. Hwang and K. Nahm (Chonbuk National University)
o   1427   Oxygen Reduction Reaction of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanofibers With or Without Pt Catalysts J. Kim, S. Lim, S. Kim, D. Peck, B. Lee and D. Jung (Korea Institute of Energy Research)
o   1428   Study on Effects of the Cathode Flow Field on the Current Distribution in DMFC S. Lee, S. Kim, S. Lim, D. Jung, D. Peck, B. Lee (Korea Institute of Energy Research) and H. Kim (Jeonju University)
o   1429   Experimental Validation of a One Dimensional, Two-Phase Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Model under a Wide Range of Operating Temperatures and Methanol Feed Concentrations K. Kang and H. Ju (Inha University)
o   1430   H2/Air Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Performance and Durability Using Novel Anionexchange Materials (Ionomer and Membrane) and Nonplatinum Group Metal Cathode Catalysts M. Boccia, A. Filpi, E. Flammia, H. A. Miller, M. Orsini, M. Piana, F. Salusti and S. Santiccioli (ACTA spA)
o   1431   Effect of Phosphotungstic Acid in MEA on PEMFC Performance at Elevated Temperature S. Gopu and A. Bose (Ohio University)
o   1432   Investigation the Effect of Chitosan-Modified Montmorillonite Presence on Fuel Cell Performance of Partially Sulfonated Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-Phenylene Oxide) at Elevated Temperatures M. Hasani-Sadrabadi, E. Dashtimoghadam, F. Majedi (Amirkabir University of Technology) and K. Kabiri (Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute)
o   1433   Nanocomposite Ternary Acid-Base Blend Based Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells K. S. Stewart and H. Missan (University of West Indies)
o   1434   Long-Term Stable Operation of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell by Control of the Operation Modes Y. Park, D. Peck, S. Lim, S. Kim, B. Lee, D. Jung (Korea Institute of Energy Research) and D. Lee (Korea University)
o   1435   Effects of Operating Temperature on Performance Degradation of PEMFCs under Repetitive Startup/Shutdown Cycling Y. Jo (KIST), E. Cho (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), J. Kim (KIST), J. Kim (University of Seoul), T. Lim, I. Oh, J. Jang and H. Kim (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
o   1436   Multiscale Simulation of Single-Phase Multicomponent Transport in the Cathode Gas Diffusion Layer of a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell P. Rama, Y. Li, R. Chen (Loughborough University), H. Ostadi, K. Jiang (The Unibersity of Birmingham) and X. Zhang (Liverpool University)
o   1437   Imaging the Electrode-GDL Interface by a Modified Wood's Intrusion Process U. Kunz, F. Scheiba, N. Benker, H. Fuess and C. Roth (Technical University of Darmstadt)
o   1438   Anode Materials for Mitigating Hydrogen Starvation Effects in PEM Fuel Cells I. C. Halalay (General Motors Global R &D), S. Swathirajan (General Motors Global R&D (retired)), B. Merzougui (UTC), M. Balogh, G. Garabedian, M. Carpenter and N. Irish (General Motors Global R&D)
o   1439   Degradation/Failure Analysis in a PEMFC Stack Tested under Dynamic Load Cycling Linked to Vehicle Application A. Bose, P. Babburi (Ohio University), R. Kumar, D. Myers, J. Mawdsley (Argonne National Laboratory) and J. Millhuff (Northern Illinois University)
o   1440   Fabrication of Nanoporous Silicon Membrane Based Micro-Direct Methanol Fuel Cell D. Ge, Y. Zhou, J. Jiao (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology), H. Yang (Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), P. Chen and Y. Leng (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology)
o   1441   In Situ Mass Transport and ORR Kinetics in Solid Sulfonated Polybenzimidazoles Electrolytes A. Mani, O. Thomas, T. Peckham, Y. Yang and S. Holdcroft (Simon Fraser University)
o   1442   Sulfonated Polybenzimidazoles: Proton Conduction and Acid-Base Cross-Linking O. Thomas, T. Peckham, U. Thanganathan, Y. Yang and S. Holdcroft (Simon Fraser University)
o   1443   In Situ Analysis of the Effects of Variation of the MEA Microstructure at Different Pt/Nafion Ratio, Pressure and Temperatures Á. Kriston, Á. Nemes and G. Inzelt (Eötvös Loránd University)
o   1444   Regeneration of Pt Electrode Activity in PBI Fuel Cell Following CO Poisoning E. U. Ubong, D. Phillips and M. Gieseke (Kettering University)
o   1445   Water Sorption, Ion Conductivity and Hygrothermal Aging of Nafion 115 L. Maldonado (Laboratoire d'Energétique et de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée (LEMTA)), J. Dillet (CNRS-LEMTA, Nancy University), F. Xu and O. Lottin (Laboratoire d'Energétique et de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée (LEMTA)-Equipe Piles à Combustible)
o   1446   Effects of Various PTFE Loadings in the Anode Backing Layer of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells K. Kang and H. Ju (Inha University)
o   1447   Nafion-Impregnated Electrospun Polyethersulfone Composite Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells H. Hwang, H. Lee, S. Park, S. Choi and Y. Shul (Yonsei University)
o   1448   Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Silica Aerogel Supported Pt Nanoparticle for Self-Humidifying Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell C. Tsai, F. Yang, C. Chang, W. Wang and Y. Cheng-Yang (Chung Yuan Christian University)
o   1449   Irradiated Poly Vinylidene Fluoride Hexafluoropropylene-Chitosan Composite Membranes for the Application of High Temperature and Lower Humidity Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells G. Gnana Kumar, A. Kim, I. Park (Chonbuk National University), J. Shin, Y. Nho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), P. Kim (Chonbuk National University), D. Yoo (Seonam University) and K. Nahm (Chonbuk National University)
o   1450   Conducting Polymer/Heteropolyoxometalate Composites as Efficient Electron/Proton Conducting Membranes for Energy Conversion Applications M. B. McDonald and M. Freund (University of Manitoba)