Interfacial Phenomena in Energy Systems

Friday, November 21, 2008: 8:00 AM
Room 109-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center)

Description:
Interfacial phenomena play a vital role in many energy systems. Whether one discusses the adsorption of hydrogen onto a platinum catalyst particle in a fuel cell, the transfer of charge across the dye-semiconductor interface in a photo-electrochemical cell or the adsorption of an enzyme on a cellulosic particle for the production of fuel ethanol, interfaces and the transport of material or energy across them play a direct role in the efficiency of any energy system. This session focuses on interfacial phenomena in energy systems, including traditional gas/oil/coal systems and nontraditional and renewable systems such as solar, biofuels, fuel cells, gas hydrates, supercapacitors, etc. Experimental and theoretical papers are both welcome.


Sponsor:
Interfacial Phenomena


Chair:
Gerold A. Willing
Email: gerold.willing@louisville.edu

Cochairs:
Costas Tsouris
Email: tsourisc@ornl.gov

Peng Jiang
Email: pjiang@che.ufl.edu


8:20 AM
(735b) Role of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate at Hydrate/liquid Interface
Junshe Zhang, Chi Lo, Alexander Couzis, Jae W Lee, Ponisseril Somasundaran and S. Lu

9:00 AM
(735d) Water Management in PEM Fuel Cells
Brooks R. Friess, Mehdi Shahraeeni and Mina Hoorfar

10:00 AM
(735g) Electrical Double Layer Formation with Mixtures of Electrolytes In Nanopores
Chia-Hung Hou, Patricia Taboada-Serrano, Sotira Yiacoumi and Costas Tsouris
See more of this Group/Topical: Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals