Preliminary Program subject to change
02D11 Fuel Cell Membranes I
OverviewMembranes have played increasingly important roles on fuel cells. For fuel cells, membranes are involved in fuel processing in addition to proton-exchange membranes and membrane electrode assembly. In fuel processing, CO2- and H2-selective membranes can be used both in membrane reactor configuration to enhance water gas shift reaction and in the membrane permeation to purify H2, as well as O2-selective membranes can be employed for O2-enriched air production to increase (1) the H2 concentration in the reformed gas from the autothermal reforming or partial oxidation of liquid fuel (e.g., gasoline, diesel and/or jet fuel), natural gas or biomass and (2) the performance of fuel cell on the cathode side. Proton-exchange membranes and membrane electrode assembly, including cost-effective Nafion replacements particularly for 120 - 160oC, are critical to the widespread use of fuel cells. Original and review papers on membranes for fuel cell applications, including (1) fuel processing, (2) proton-exchange membranes, and (3) membrane electrode assembly, are sought. Both fundamental and application aspects are welcome. We will include the papers on fundamental understanding through theory, modeling, and controlled experiments as well as engineering, application and scale-up studies.
Primary SponsorMembrane-Based Separations (02d)

Chair

W.S. Winston Ho
University Scholar Professor
The Ohio State University
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Center for Materials Research, 2041 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1178
Phone Number: 614-292-9970
Fax Number: 614-292-3769
Email: ho@chbmeng.ohio-state.edu

CoChair

Santi Kulprathipanja
R&D Fellow
UOP LLC
50 East Algonquin Road
Des Plaines, IL 60017-5016
Phone Number: (847) 391-3138
Fax Number: (847) 391-1274
Email: Santi.kulprathipanja@uop.com
Session Introduction (3 Min)
Design and Synthesis of Optimized Sofc Structures
Jingyu Shi, Frank M. Zalar and Henk Verweij, The Ohio State University, 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1178
A Nanoporous Silicon Based Membrane Electrode Assembly for on-Chip Micro Fuel Cell Applications
Kuan-Lun Chu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 294 RAL, 600 S. Matthews, Urbana, IL 61801, Vaidyanathan Subramanian, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 600 S Mathews Street, Champaign, IL 61081, Mark A. Shannon, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 122 MEB, 1206 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801 and Richard I. Masel, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
Molecular Design of Pems: Rigid Rod Liquid Crystalline Polyelectrolytes-Synthesis and Properties
Morton H. Litt, Macromolecular Science Dept., Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-7202 and Sergio Granados-Focil, Macromolecular Sci., Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-7202
The Effect of Temperature and Pre-Treatment on Water and Methanol Sorption and Diffusion in a Short-Side-Chain Perfluorosulfonic Acid Ionomer Membrane for Pemfcs
Maria Grazia De Angelis1, Stuart Lodge1, Marco Giacinti Baschetti1, Ferruccio Doghieri1, Giulio C Sarti1, Aldo Sanguineti2 and Paolo Fossati2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 34, Bologna, Italy, (2)Materials Science Department, R&D Center, Solvay Solexis SpA, V.le Lombardia 20, Bollate, Italy
The Effect of Membrane Thickness on Short- and Long-Term Performance of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Jeong Lee, R. Wycisk, Jun Lin and Peter N. Pintauro, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cleveland, OH 44106-7217
Nafion/Zeolite Nanocomposite Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Zhongwei Chen, University of California, Riverside, A242 Bourns Hall, Chemical Engineering, Riverside, CA 92507, Brett A. Holmberg, University of California, Riverside, Bourns Hall A242, Riverside, CA 92507, Wenzhen Li, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Bourns Hall A242, Riverside, CA 92521, Xin Wang, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92507 and Yushan Yan, University of California, Riverside, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521
New Conceptual Zeolitic Direct Methanol Micro Fuel Cell
Siu Ming Kwan and King Lun Yeung, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Closing Remarks (7 Min)

Separations Division