I01A-31 Durability and Performance

Thursday, 17 October 2019: 08:00-12:00
Galleria 2 (The Hilton Atlanta)
Chairs:
Pierre Boillat and Pawel Gazdzicki
08:00
(Invited) Quantifying the Distribution of Catalyst Support Carbon Corrosion
J. D. Fairweather, P. T. Yu, J. Zhang, and B. Lakshmanan (General Motors Company, Global Fuel Cell Activities)
08:40
Use and Misuse of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) in Fuel Cell Research
P. Boillat (LNS Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut), F. N. Büchi, L. Gubler (Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut), and T. J. Schmidt (Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut)
09:00
Impact of Ionomer-Content and Chemistry on Limiting-Current Performance of Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells
A. Chowdhury (University of California, Berkeley), A. Kusoglu, C. J. Radke, and A. Z. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
09:20
Understanding Carbon Corrosion Damage to Fuel Cell Electrodes: Towards Reversal Invincible
L. Hu (Carnegie Mellon University), B. K. Hong (Eco-Technology Center, Hyundai Motor Company), J. G. Oh (Hyundai Motor Company), and S. Litster (Carnegie Mellon University)
09:40
Intermission
10:00
PEFC&E19 Student Poster Award Presentation in Galleria 5
10:20
Operando and Ex-Situ Investigation of PEMFC Degradation
P. Gazdzicki, J. Mitzel, D. G. Sanchez, P. Aßmann (German Aerospace Center (DLR)), T. Morawietz, R. Hiesgen (University of Applied Sciences Esslingen), and K. A. Friedrich (German Aerospace Center (DLR))
10:40
Improving the Long-Term Operational Stability (>1000h) of AEMFCS By Understanding Water Dynamics through in-Situ Neutron Imaging and X-Ray Computed Tomography
X. Peng (University of South Carolina), A. Shum, D. C. Sabarirajan (Tufts University), T. J. Omasta (University of Connecticut), B. Ng (University of South Carolina), J. M. LaManna, D. S. Hussey (National Institute of Standards and Technology), J. R. Varcoe (University of Surrey), I. V. Zenyuk (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and W. E. Mustain (University of South Carolina)
11:00
Co and Ce Cation Impact on PEM Fuel Cell Performance
Y. Cai, W. Gu, and A. Kongkanand (Global Fuel Cell Business, General Motors)
11:20
Overpotential Analysis of Low Loading Pt/C Electrodes at Low Humidity Conditions
R. J. Ouimet, H. Yu, G. Mirshekari, Z. Zeng, L. J. Bonville, and R. Maric (University of Connecticut)
11:40
Increase in Oxygen Transport Resistance Caused By Degradation in the Porous Layers in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
X. Zhang, H. Liu, X. Zhang, and A. Alrashidi (University of Miami, Clean Energy Research Institute)