I01A-21 Catalyst Layer 1

Wednesday, 16 October 2019: 08:00-12:20
Galleria 2 (The Hilton Atlanta)
Chairs:
Takahiro Suzuki and Yannick Garsany
08:00
(Invited) Small Angle Scattering As Unique Probe to Quantify Water Distribution and Ionomer Structure in Operating PEMFC
A. Morin (Grenoble Alpes University, CEA, LITEN), S. Lyonnard (UGA, CEA, CNRS, INAC-SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France), S. Escribano, G. Gebel, J. Lee, F. Micoud, and F. Micoud (Grenoble Alpes University, CEA, LITEN)
08:40
Quantifying Water in PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer with Small Angle Neutron Scattering
J. Lee, A. Morin, S. Escribano, F. Micoud, G. Gebel (Grenoble Alpes University, CEA, LITEN), S. Lyonnard (CEA Grenoble, DSM/INAC/SPrAM/PCI, UMR 5819), and L. Porcar (Institut Laue Langevin)
09:00
Effect of Cathode Catalyst Layer Structure on the Performance of PEFC
D. Heggo, Y. Ma, B. Balci, M. Kageyama, K. Yamaguchi, and M. Kawase (Kyoto University)
09:20
09:40
Intermission
10:00
Understanding Polymer/Particle Interactions in Fuel-Cell Inks Using Model Systems
S. A. Berlinger (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley), B. D. McCloskey (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley, Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, LBNL), and A. Z. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
10:20
Mechanistic Understanding of the Role of Ionomer in the PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer
N. Goswami, A. N. Mistry, A. Verma (Purdue University), J. B. Grunewald (Georgia Institute of Technology), T. F. Fuller (School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering), and P. P. Mukherjee (Purdue University)
10:40
Analysis of PEMFC Electrode Structure – Bridging the Mesoscale Gap
M. J. Workman (Los Alamos National Laboratory), J. B. W. Webber (Lab-Tools Ltd.), M. L. Perry (United Technologies Research Center), R. M. Darling (Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, UTRC), K. L. More (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
11:00
Correlating Catalyst Ink Rheology with Fuel Cell Performance and Durability
F. Yang, M. Spinetta, S. Zhong, and H. Xu (Giner Inc.)
11:20
Cathode Catalyst Layer Design with Graded Porous Structure for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Y. Garsany (EXCET Inc.), R. W. Atkinson III (EXCET INC), K. Bethune, J. St-Pierre (University of Hawaii - Manoa), B. D. Gould, and K. Swider-Lyons (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
11:40
Relation between Degradation Reaction and Mixing at Fuel Cell Catalyst Ink Fabrication Process
S. Uemura, T. Sasabe, K. Sakai (Tokyo Institute of Technology), K. Shinohara (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd), and S. Hirai (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
12:00
Engineering PGM-Free Electrodes to Facilitate Improved Performance for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
L. Osmieri (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), G. Wang (Illinois Institute of Technology), and K. C. Neyerlin (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)