C2-2 Membrane Ageing and Durability

Wednesday, October 14, 2015: 14:00-17:40
212-C (Phoenix Convention Center)
Chairs:
Shanna Knights and Rod L Borup
14:00
Membrane Durability in Heavy Duty Fuel Cells for Transit Bus Applications
E. Kjeang, K. H. Wong, N. Macauley (Simon Fraser University), R. M.H. Khorasany (Simon Fraser University), M. Lauritzen, M. Watson (Ballard Power Systems), and S. Knights (Ballard Power Systems)
 
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Modeling the Effect of Pt Precipitation on PEM Degradation (Cancelled)
15:20
Impact of Membrane Properties and Membrane Degradation on Cathode Catalyst Layer Degradation
M. Dutta, L. Ghassemzadeh, M. Lauritzen, D. Harvey, S. Wessel, A. P. Young (Ballard Power Systems), and S. Knights (Ballard Power Systems)
15:40
Probing the Morphological Changes of in-Situ Degraded Membranes in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
S. V. Venkatesan, S. Holdcroft (Simon Fraser University), and E. Kjeang (Simon Fraser University)
16:00
Break
16:20
Cerium Migration during PEM Fuel Cell Assembly and Operation
A. M. Baker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Delaware), D. Torraco, E. J. Judge, D. Spernjak, R. Mukundan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Laboratory), S. G. Advani (University of Delaware), and A. K. Prasad (University of Delaware)
16:40
Investigation of Wet/Dry Cycling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane By Full-Cell Scale Numerical Simulation with Transient Load Profiles
T. Takayama, H. Yoshimura, H. Motegi, R. Takayama, N. Kariya (Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc.), and M. Yoneda (Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc.)
17:00
Effect of Hygrothermal Ageing on PFSA Ionomers' Structure/Property Relationship
S. Shi (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sch Chem Engn & Technol, Tianjin University), T. J. Dursch Jr., R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Laboratory), A. Z. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and A. Kusoglu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)