E3-1 Direct Fuel Cells

Thursday, October 15, 2015: 10:00-12:20
212-A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Chairs:
Antonino S. Aricò and Ernesto Rafael Gonzalez
10:00
PEFC-15 Poster Award Session (room of Section D 3.1)
10:20
Electrocatalysis of Direct Methanol and Ethanol Oxidation in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
A. S. Aricò, D. Sebastian (CNR ITAE), S. Campagna Zignani (CNR-ITAE), and V. Baglio (CNR-ITAE)
11:00
Nanostructured Transition Metal Nitride (MN) As a Potential Support for Pt(Ru) Anode Electro-Catalyst for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs)
P. P. Patel (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh), M. K. Datta (Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh), P. Jampani (Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh), and P. N. Kumta (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261)
11:20
Development and Characterization of a Dithionite / Air Fuel Cell
J. Noack (Fraunhofer ICT), J. Tübke (Fraunhofer ICT), and K. Pinkwart (Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT)
11:40
Electrochemical Oxidation of Borohydride for Direct Fuel Cells
C. Grimmer, M. Grandi, R. Zacharias, T. Friedrich (Graz University of Technology), and V. Hacker (Graz University of Technology)
12:00
Influence of Structural Effects on Platinum Electrodes in the Preferential Adsorption of CO and Methanol in Acid Media
M. E. Paulino (Instituto de Quimica de Sao Carlos), F. Colmati Jr. (Universidade Federal de Goiás), and E. R. Gonzalez (Instituto de Quimica de Sao Carlos, USP)