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

Fuel Cell Technologies Office

2010 New Fuel Cell Projects Meeting

On September 28, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) held a kick-off meeting for new projects awarded under a fuel cell solicitation. Principal investigators presented project overviews, which are provided below.

Topics include:

• Catalysts
• Transport
• Durability
• Innovative Concepts
• Portable Power.

Meeting Agenda and Overview

• Meeting Agenda
• Opening Remarks, Dimitrios Papageorgopoulos, DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Office 
• Reporting Requirements, Greg Kleen, DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Office

Catalysts

• High-Activity Dealloyed Catalysts, Fred Wagner, General Motors 
• Novel Non-PGM Electrocatalysts, Sanjeev Mukerjee, Northeastern University 
• Development of Ultra-Low Pt Alloy Catalysts, Branko Popov, University of South Carolina
• Ultra-High Activity & Stability of Pt Catalysts, John Turner, NREL 

Transport

• Investigation of Micro- and Macro-Scale Transport, Jon Owejan, General Motors 

Durability

• Analysis of Durability of PEM FC Membrane Electrodes, Randal Perry, DuPont 

Innovative Concepts

• Processes for Improved Fuel Cell Performance, Corrugated Membrane Fuel Cell Structures, Walther Grot, Ion Power 
• Mixed Conducting Corrosion Resistant Materials, Vijay Ramani, Illinois Institute of Technology

Portable Power

• Advanced Materials and Concepts for Portable Fuel Cells, Piotr Zelenay, LANL