C-31 Membrane Modeling and Properties

Thursday, 5 October 2017: 08:00-12:20
National Harbor 14 (Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center)
Chairs:
Adam Z. Weber and Stephen Paddison
08:00
1476
(Invited) Quantifying Water Distribution and Connectivity in Ionomers: Comparison of Hydrated Nafion and Nafion/Polybenzimidazole Systems
H. Liu (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), S. Cavaliere, D. J. Jones, J. Rozière (CNRS - ICGM - AIME - University of Montpellier), and S. J. Paddison (University of Tennessee)
08:40
1477
Ionomer Dispersions in Water/Alcohol Solutions by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics
T. Mabuchi and T. Tokumasu (Tohoku University)
 
1478
A Thermo-Poro-Viscoelastic Model for the Behavior of Polymeric Porous Separators (Cancelled)
09:20
1479
Exploring the Dichotomy of Ionomer and Membrane Properties
A. Kusoglu, P. J. Dudenas, M. Tesfaye, and A. Z. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
09:40
1480
What Nano-Confined Ionomers Can Tell Us about Fuel Cell Performance
M. Tesfaye, A. Kusoglu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), B. D. McCloskey (University of California, Berkeley), and A. Z. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
10:00
Break
10:20
PEFC17 Poster Award (Section D room)
10:40
1481
Nano- and Mesoscale Ion and Water Transport in Perfluorosulfonic-Acid Membranes
A. R. Crothers (University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), C. J. Radke (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley), and A. Z. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
11:00
1482
States of Water in Thermally Annealed Recast Nafion® Films and Impact on Fuel Cell Performance
X. Ren (U. S. Army Research Laboratory), E. A. Gobrogge (U.S. Army Research Laboratory), and F. Beyer (Army Research Laboratory)
11:20
1483
Voltammetric and Spectroscopic Analyses of the Effect of Ionomer on Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt Surface and Strategy for Developing Desirable Ionomers
K. Kodama (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.), K. Motobayashi, M. Osawa (Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University), R. Jinnouchi, A. Shinohara, T. Takeshita, and Y. Morimoto (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.)
11:40
1484
The Effect of Membrane Casting Irregularities on Initial Fuel Cell Performance
A. Phillips, J. Mackay (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), N. Shrivastava (Georgia Institute of Technology), J. M. Porter (Colorado School of Mines), T. Harris (Georgia Institute of Technology), M. Ulsh, and G. Bender (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
12:00
1485
Finite Thickness Effects on Nafion Water Uptake and Ionic Conductivity at Hydrophilic Substrate Interfaces, and Implications for PEMFC Performance
S. C. DeCaluwe (Colorado School of Mines) and J. A. Dura (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
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