Thursday, November 8, 2007: 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
Grand Ballroom J (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Topical 7: Polymers for Energy Applications (T7)

#588 - Fuel Cell Membranes II (T7004)
This symposium will focus on materials and durability challenges in polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) membranes. The use of PEFCs in automobiles, distributed stationary power and portable applications in the electronics sector and for military use has been envisioned. However, for most applications, key membrane material related challenges remain. The objective of this symposium is to explore recent advances made in these areas. The organizers invite papers on the following topics: 1) Novel polymer electrolyte membranes for PEFCs and DMFCs; 2) membranes designed to operate at low relative humidities; 3) membrane durability under constant and cyclic loads
Chair:James M. Fenton
CoChair:Vijay Ramani
12:30 PM588aNew Membrane Morphologies for Pem Fuel Cells
Peter N. Pintauro, Ryszard Wycisk, Jun Lin
12:50 PM588bMultilayer Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
J. Nathan Ashcraft, Avni A. Argun, Paula T. Hammond
1:10 PM588cEffects of Membrane Preparation and Treatment on Transport Properties in Recast Nafion® Membranes
Nicholas W. DeLuca, Yossef A. Elabd
1:30 PM588dNew Sulfonated Copolymer-Based Membranes for High Temperature Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
He Bai, W.S. Winston Ho
1:50 PM588eTailoring the Structure of Composite Proton Conducting Membranes through Applied Electric Fields
Dongxia Liu, Xue Wei, Matt Yates
2:10 PM588fHigh-Throughput Water Uptake Characterization of Proton Exchange Membranes
Keith Reed, Carson Meredith
2:30 PM588gSurface Energy Characterization of Gdls and Ionomer Membranes Using Inverse Gas Chromatography at Different Relative Humidity Conditions
Daniel J. Burnett, David Wood, Y Kim

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