E2-2. Ion Transport in Alkaline Media I

Wednesday, 8 October 2014: 14:00-17:40
Sunrise, 2nd Floor, Star Ballroom 8 (Moon Palace Resort)
Chairs:
Andrew M Herring and Bryan S Pivovar
14:00
(Invited) Thin Robust Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications
H. N. Sarode, M. A. Vandiver, Y. Liu, A. Maes, T. P. Pandey (Colorado School of Mines), S. P. Ertem, T. Tsai (University of Massachusetts Amherst), B. Zhang (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware), D. Herbst, G. Linberg, Y. L. S. Tse (University of Chicago), S. Seifert (Argonne National Laboratory), V. Di Noto (University of Padova), E. B. Coughlin (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Y. Yan (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware), G. Voth, T. Witten (University of Chicago), D. M. Knauss, M. W. Liberatore, and A. M. Herring (Colorado School of Mines)
14:40
Insight on Pure vs Air Exposed Hydroxide Ion Conductivity in an Anion Exchange Membrane for Fuel Cell Applications
T. P. Pandey, B. D. Peters, M. W. Liberatore, and A. M. Herring (Colorado School of Mines)
15:00
Water/Methanol Transport in Polyethylene Based Block Copolymers as Anion Conductors for Applications in Fuel Cells
H. N. Sarode (Colorado School of Mines), Y. Yang (Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines), and A. M. Herring (Colorado School of Mines)
15:20
Baseline BTMA Degradation as a Standard for Cationic Degradation in AEMFCs
M. R. Sturgeon, C. S. Macomber, C. Engtrakul, and B. S. Pivovar (Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
15:40
Computational Modeling of Degradation of Substituted Benzyltrimethyl Ammonium
H. Long (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) and B. S. Pivovar (Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
16:00
Intermission
16:20
Degradation Mechanism of Membranes for Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells
Y. K. Choe (AIST), N. J. Henson, and Y. S. Kim (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
16:40
Systematic Analysis of Cation Stability in Alkaline Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
A. D. Mohanty and C. Bae (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
17:00
Cross-Linked Anion Exchange Membranes for AEMFC
A. Amel (Technion), M. Hickner (Pennstate), and Y. Ein Eli (Technion)
17:20
Theoretical Study of the Morphologic and Structural Characteristics of an Anion Exchange Membrane Used in AEMFC Using DFT
S. Castañeda Ramírez and R. E. Ribadeneira Paz (Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Medellín)