C-2.1 Membrane Elaboration and Characterisation

Wednesday, October 30, 2013: 08:00-12:00
Golden Gate 4, Tower 3, Lobby Level (Hilton San Francisco Union Square)
Chairs:
Deborah J Jones and Peter N. Pintauro
08:00
Pre-Stretched Recast PFSA Films for PEM Fuel Cells
Peter N. Pintauro, Vanderbilt University; Angela Zhang, Vanderbilt University; Ryszard Wycisk, Vanderbilt University; Remington Fischer Fischer, Vanderbilt University; Naveed Bakh, Vanderbilt University; Jun Lin, Vanderbilt University
08:40
NMR Investigation of Water Diffusion in a Nafion Membrane under Traction
Jean-Christophe Perrin, Ph.D., LEMTA CNRS; Mathieu Klein, LEMTA CNRS; Sébastien Leclerc, Ph.D., LEMTA CNRS; Laouès Guendouz, Ph.D., IJL CNRS; Jérôme Dillet, Ph.D., LEMTA, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy; Olivier Lottin, Ph.D., LEMTA, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy
09:00
Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Membranes Synthesized Via Electrospinning and Sol-Gel Chemistry. Proton Transport Characterized By Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Leslie Dos Santos, Ph D Student, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, Collège de France; Ozlem Sel, Phd, CNRS - UPMC; Hubert Perrot, Phd, CNRS - UPMC; Christel Laberty-Robert, Pr, Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, UMR UPMC-CNRS 7574, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Collège de France
09:20
Controlling Protonic Conductivity in Layer-By-Layer Assembled Thin Films Through the Use of Multivalent Salts for Fuel Cell Applications
David S Liu, B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paula T Hammond, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
09:40
Break
10:00
Solvation and Gelation Process of Nafion
Yu Seung Kim, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Andrea Labouriau, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Cynthia Welch, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Rex Hjelm, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Nathan Mack, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:40
Physical Theory of Ionomer Aggregation in Water
Pierre-Éric Alix Melchy, Simon Fraser University, Department of Chemistry; Michael Eikerling, Simon Fraser University
11:00
Sulfonated Poly(pentafluorostyrene)
Vladimir Milanov Atanasov, PhD, ICVT; Jochen A. Kerres, Dipl.-Chem., Dr., Extraord. Prof., University of Stuttgart, Institute of Chem. Proc. Eng.
11:20
Design and Modeling of High Temperature Water Free Proton Exchange Membranes in DEA PEMFC Operations
Lale Şanli, Dr., Sabanci University; Selmiye Alkan Gursel, Assoc. Prof., Sabanci University; Serhat Yesilyurt, Assoc. Prof., Sabanci University
11:40
Structure and Conduction Properties of Polyimide-Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Materials for Fuel Cell Membrane Applications
Elyse Coletta, M.S., Stanford University; Michael Toney, Ph.D., Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory; Curtis Frank, Stanford University