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U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

2002 Fuel Cells Lab Research and Development Review Meeting

The US DOE Hydrogen Program, the Fuel Cells for Transportation Program, and the Fuels for Fuel Cells Program held their inaugural combined Annual Program/Lab R&D Review May 6-10, 2002, Golden, Colorado.

Presentations and posters from the Fuel Cells Lab R&D Meeting are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.

View the Hydrogen Program Review Meeting papers.

Opening Session

Proceedings

Opening Session

Opening Remarks: Merit Review and Peer Evaluation-National Laboratory R&D, J. Milliken, DOE

Fuels for Fuel Cells, P. Devlin, DOE

Cooperative Automotive Research for Advanced Technology Program, D. Ho, DOE

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Proceedings

Fuel Cell Modeling/Analysis

Fuel Cell Modeling and Analysis Overview, C. Bordeaux, DOE

Fuel Cell Systems Analysis, R. Kumar, R. Ahluwalia, E. Doss, and M. Krumpelt, ANL

Fuel Cell Vehicle Systems Analysis, T. Markel, NREL

Development of Unified PEM Fuel Cell Models, H. Liu, U of Miami

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Fuel Cell Stack Components

Fuel Cell Stack Components Overview, J. Milliken, DOE

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Membranes/MEAs

Membranes for Operation Above 100ºC, T. Zawodzinski, M. Eikerling, L. Pratt, A. Redondo, T. Rockward, M. Hickner, and J. McGrath, LANL

Porous Oxide Electrolyte Membranes (POEMs), M. Anderson, M. Tejedor, and M. Janney, U of WI

Bacterial Cellulose Membranes, H. O'Neill, B. Evans, and J. Woodward, ORNL

Microstructural Characterization of PEM Fuel Cells, D. Blom and L. Allard, ORNL

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Electrodes/Electrocatalysts

Fuel Cell Electrode Optimization for Operation on Reformate and Air, F. Uribe, T. Zawodzinski, J. Valerio, G. Bender, F. Garzon, A. Saab, T. Rockward, P. Adcock, J. Xie, W. Smith, LANL

New Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells, P. Ross, N. Markovic, T. Schmidt, V. Stamenkovic, U. Paulus, M. Arenz, B. Blizanac, LBNL

Low Pt Loading Electrocatalysts, R. Adzic, K. Sasaki, S. Brankovic, J. Wang, H. Inoue, BNL

Low-Platinum and Platinum-Free Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction at Fuel Cell Cathodes, K. Swider-Lyons, J. Stanley, N. Ugarte, G. Cotton, W. Dmowski, and T. Egami, NRL

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Direct-Methanol Fuel Cells

Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, P. Zelenay, LANL

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Fuel Cell Materials

Materials for Bipolar Plates Overview, N. Garland, DOE

Carbon Composite Bipolar Plates for PEM Fuel Cells, T. Besmann, J. Henry, J. Klett, and E. Lara-Curzio, ORNL

Metallic Biopolar Plates, M. Brady, I. Paulauskas, R. Buchanan, and K. More, ORNL

High Thermal Conductivity Graphite Foams for Compact Lightweight Radiators, J. Klett, ORNL

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Fuel Processing

Fuel Processing Overview, P. Davis, DOE

Catalytic Autothermal Reforming, T. Krause, J. Mawdsley, C. Rossignol, J. Kopasz, D. Applegate, M. Ferrandon, J. Carter, and M. Krumpelt, ANL

Sulfur Removal from Reformat, X. Wang, T. Krause, and M. Krumpelt, ANL

Quick Start Fuel Processor, S. Ahmed, C. Pereira, R. Ahluwalia, T. Kaun, H. Liao, S. Lottes, V. Novick, and M. Krumpelt, ANL

Microchannel Fuel Processing, K. Brooks, J. Davis, C. Fischer, A. Heintzelman, D. King, L. Pederson, S. Stenkamp, W. Tegrotenhuis, B. Wegeng, and G. Whyatt, PNNL

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Water-Gas Shift Catalysts

Water-Gas Shift Catalysts Overview, D. Ho, DOE

Water Gas Shift Catalysis, D. Myers, J. Krebs, S. Yu, and M. Krumpelt, ANL

Novel Water Gas Shift Catalysts, L. Thompson, U of MI

Nanoscale Water Gas Shift Catalysts, S. Swartz, NexTech

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Fuels Effects

Overview Fuels Effects, P. Devlin, DOE

Effects of Fuel Composition on Fuel Processing, J. Kopasz, D. Applegate, L. Miller, S. Ahmed, and M. Krumpelt, ANL

Durability Studies: Gasoline/Reformate Durability, R. Borup, M. Inbody, J. Tafoya, T. Semelsberger, and L. Perry, LANL

Support of Fuels/Reformer R&D with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling, S. Lottes and M. Petrick, ANL

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Posters

Development of Advanced Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, C. Witham and S. Narayanan, JPL

DMFC for Portable Power Applications, P. Zelenay, LANL

High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Nanocomposites for Fuel Cells, M. Hickner, F. Wang, Y. Kim, B. Pivovar, T. Zawodzinski, and J. McGrath, VPI

Polyphosphazene-Based H2/O2 Fuel Cells, S. Lvov, X. Zhou, E. Chalkova, and J. Weston, Penn State U

Low Platinum Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction at PEMFC Cathodes: Atomic Structure and Electrocatalytic Activity (PDF 666 KB), W. Dmowski, T. Egami, K. Siwder-Lyons, and J. Stanley, U of Penn

Decorated Nanoparticles in Fuel Cell Catalysis, R. Masel, A. Wieckowski, and P. Zelenay, UIUC

Ternary Platinum Catalysts with Enhanced Activity: Electrochemical and XAS Characterization, R. Atanasoski, H. Boand, M. Debe, G. Haugen, K. Lewinski, S. Maier, A. Steinbach, J. Thomas, G. Vernstrom, M. Balasubramanian, and J. McBreen, 3M

New Neutron Imaging Facility At The NIST Reactor For Fuel Cell Research, M. Arif, D. Jacobson, P. Huffman, R. Satija, NIST

Low Cost Sensors for Hydrogen and CO in Fuel Cells, J. Stetter, IIT

CO Sensors for Reformate Powered Fuel Cells, R. Mukundan, E. Brosha, D. Brown, and F. Garzon, LANL

Electrochemical Sensors for PEMFC Vehicles, A.-Q. Pham, M. Stratman, and R. Glass, LLNL

Differential Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reactor, W. TeGrotenhuis, K. Brooks, D. King, L. Pederson, R. Wegeng, and G. Whyatt, PNNL

Reformate Cleanup Technology, M. Inbody, R. Borup, and J. Tafoya, LANL

Fuel Processing of Diesel for Fuel Cells, D. Berry, T. Gardner, W. Rogers, and D. Shekhawat, NETL

Diesel Reforming (for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell APUs), R. Borup, M. Inbody, J. Tafoya, and J. Parkinson, LANL

Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling Supports Fuel Reformer Research, M. Petrick, ANL

Biopolar Plate-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, J.-M. Bae, J. Carter, T. Cruse, J. Ralph, M. Krumpelt, and R. Kumar, ANL

Low Friction Coatings for Fuel Cell Compressors, O. Ajayi, G. Fenske, and A. Erdemin, ANL

Carbin Foam for Thermal Management of Fuel Cellso, J. Klett, A. McMillan, N. Gallego, and D. Stinton, ORNL

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