Preliminary Program subject to change
08A09 Polymers for Fuel Cell Applications
OverviewPapers are sought for polymer membranes for fuel cell applications. Polymer electrolyte membranes that can operate at high temperatures, are resistant to methanol, and have higher conductivities compared to current standards are of interest. Other topics of interest include, polymer synthesis, transport phenomena, polymer physics, polymer blends, composites, and block copolymers, theory, modeling, new experimental techniques, and fuel cell performance.
Primary SponsorPolymers (08a)

Chair

Yossef A. Elabd
Assistant Professor
Drexel University
Dept of Chemical Engineering
3141 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone Number: 215-895-0986
Fax Number: 215-895-5837
Email: elabd@drexel.edu

CoChair

Ravindra Datta
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester,, MA 01609-2280

Phone Number: 508-831-6036
Fax Number: 508-831-5853
Email: rdatta@wpi.edu
Near Net-Shape Fabrication of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications
Amanda Moster, Tulane University, 300 Boggs Building, New Orleans, LA 70118 and Brian S. Mitchell, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 300 Boggs Building, New Orleans, LA 70118
Nafion®/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Blends: Effects of Crosslinking Conditions on Transport Properties
Nicholas W. DeLuca and Yossef A. Elabd, Drexel University, Dept of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Investigation of PEM Fuel Cell Behavior: Swelling and Viscoelastic Properties of Nafion
Barclay Satterfield and Jay B. Benziger, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, EQuad A215, Princeton, NJ 08544
Durability of Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells
Craig S. Gittleman, Yeh-Hung Lai, Christopher Lewis and Daniel Miller, General Motors, Fuel Cell Activities, 10 Carriage St., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Synthesis and Characterization of Thermosetting Copolymers as PEM's
Mohamed Aflal M.R., Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, CAT 471, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Yossef A. Elabd, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street,, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and Giuseppe R. Palmese, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, CAT 471, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division