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.
- Fuel Cell Modeling/Analysis
- Fuel Cell Stack Components
- Membranes/MEAs
- Electrodes/Electrocatalysts
- Direct-Methanol Fuel Cells
- Fuel Cell Materials
- Fuel Processing
- Water-Gas Shift Catalysts
- Fuels Effects
- Posters
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
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
Fuel Cell Stack Components
Fuel Cell Stack Components Overview, J. Milliken, DOE
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
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
Direct-Methanol Fuel Cells
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, P. Zelenay, LANL
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
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
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
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
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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