Conference on "From Physical Understanding to Novel Architectures of Fuel Cells" | (smr 1841)
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08:30 - 10:00
REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1) - 08:30 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES 1h30'
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10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming address on behalf of the ICTP
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10:30
Welcoming address on behalf of the ICTP
5'
Speaker: Erio Tosatti (ICTP and SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
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10:30
Welcoming address on behalf of the ICTP
5'
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10:35 - 11:00
From Physical Understanding to New Design. Introduction
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10:35
From Physical Understanding to New Design. Introduction
25'
Speaker: Alexei A. Kornyshev (Imperial College London, U.K.) Material: abstract
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10:35
From Physical Understanding to New Design. Introduction
25'
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11:00 - 11:30
Addressing Materials and Electrocatalysis Challenges in DMFCs with Combined Engineering and Science Tools
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11:00
Addressing Materials and Electrocatalysis Challenges in DMFCs with Combined Engineering and Science Tools
30'
Speaker: Shimshon Gottesfeld (MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc., Albany, U.S.A.) Material: abstract
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11:00
Addressing Materials and Electrocatalysis Challenges in DMFCs with Combined Engineering and Science Tools
30'
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11:30 - 12:00
Challenges and Directions in Electrocatalyst Research for PEFCs
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11:30
Challenges and Directions in Electrocatalyst Research for PEFCs
30'
Speaker: Rainer Bussar (Technical University Munich, Germany) Material: abstract
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11:30
Challenges and Directions in Electrocatalyst Research for PEFCs
30'
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12:00 - 12:30
Beyond Conductivity! The Interplay between Electrolyte Performance Characteristics and Other Features
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12:00
Beyond Conductivity! The Interplay between Electrolyte Performance Characteristics and Other Features
30'
Speaker: Thomas A. Zawodzinski (CWRU, Cleveland, U.S.A.) Material: abstract
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12:00
Beyond Conductivity! The Interplay between Electrolyte Performance Characteristics and Other Features
30'
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12:30 - 14:15
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 1h45'
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14:00 - 14:30
Performance Evaluation in Fuel Cells – Combined Locally Resolved In-situ Diagnostic Methods
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14:00
Performance Evaluation in Fuel Cells – Combined Locally Resolved In-situ Diagnostic Methods
30'
Speaker: Günther G. Scherer (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland) Material: abstract
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14:00
Performance Evaluation in Fuel Cells – Combined Locally Resolved In-situ Diagnostic Methods
30'
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14:30 - 15:00
PEM Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications: Prospects and Challenges
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14:30
PEM Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications: Prospects and Challenges
30'
Speaker: Jürgen Stumper (Ballard Power Systems, Burnaby, Canada) Material: abstract
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14:30
PEM Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications: Prospects and Challenges
30'
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15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace) - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
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15:30 - 16:00
Theoretical Models of Proton Transfer in Condensed Media
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15:30
Theoretical Models of Proton Transfer in Condensed Media
30'
Speaker: Alexander M. Kuznetsov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Frumkin Institute, Moscow) Material: Presentation
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15:30
Theoretical Models of Proton Transfer in Condensed Media
30'
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16:00 - 16:30
Understanding Charge Migration Mechanisms in Aqueous Environments
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16:00
Understanding Charge Migration Mechanisms in Aqueous Environments
30'
Speaker: Dominik Marx (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany) Material: abstract
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16:00
Understanding Charge Migration Mechanisms in Aqueous Environments
30'
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16:30 - 17:00
New Reactive Force Field for Proton Transport in Water, Acid Solutions and Polymeric Electrolyte Membranes
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16:30
New Reactive Force Field for Proton Transport in Water, Acid Solutions and Polymeric Electrolyte Membranes
30'
Speaker: Detlef W.M. Hofmann (CRS4, Pula, Italy) Material: abstract
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16:30
New Reactive Force Field for Proton Transport in Water, Acid Solutions and Polymeric Electrolyte Membranes
30'
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17:00 - 17:15
Break
- 17:00 Break 15'
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17:15 - 17:45
Effective Strategies for Unraveling Microscopic Energetics and Dynamics of Proton Transport in Complex Systems: From QM/MM to Monte Carlo EVB Based Models
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17:15
Effective Strategies for Unraveling Microscopic Energetics and Dynamics of Proton Transport in Complex Systems: From QM/MM to Monte Carlo EVB Based Models
30'
Speaker: Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) Material: abstract
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17:15
Effective Strategies for Unraveling Microscopic Energetics and Dynamics of Proton Transport in Complex Systems: From QM/MM to Monte Carlo EVB Based Models
30'
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17:45 - 18:15
Bioenergetic Protons and BioH2 Production
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17:45
Bioenergetic Protons and BioH2 Production
30'
Speaker: Joachim Heberle (Bielefeld University, Germany) Material: abstract
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17:45
Bioenergetic Protons and BioH2 Production
30'
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19:00 - 22:00
RECEPTION
- 19:00 RECEPTION 3h0'
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08:30 - 10:00
REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES
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09:00 - 09:30
Multiscale Transport Properties in Hydrated Ionomers
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09:00
Multiscale Transport Properties in Hydrated Ionomers
30'
Speaker: Gerard Gebel (CEA Grenoble, France)
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09:00
Multiscale Transport Properties in Hydrated Ionomers
30'
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09:30 - 10:00
Statistical Physics and Computer Modeling of Ionomers: Fundamentals and Application to Proton-conducting Membranes
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09:30
Statistical Physics and Computer Modeling of Ionomers: Fundamentals and Application to Proton-conducting Membranes
30'
Speaker: Alexei R. Khokhlov (Moscow State University, Russia) Material: abstract
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09:30
Statistical Physics and Computer Modeling of Ionomers: Fundamentals and Application to Proton-conducting Membranes
30'
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10:00 - 10:30
Molecular and Mesoscale Modeling of Hydrated Ionomers
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10:00
Molecular and Mesoscale Modeling of Hydrated Ionomers
30'
Speaker: T. Weston Capehart (General Motors R&D Center, Warren, U.S.A.) Material: abstract
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10:00
Molecular and Mesoscale Modeling of Hydrated Ionomers
30'
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10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace) - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00 - 11:30
Atomistic Simulations of Proton Transport in Model PEM Pores
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11:00
Atomistic Simulations of Proton Transport in Model PEM Pores
30'
Speaker: Eckhard Spohr (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) Material: abstract
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11:00
Atomistic Simulations of Proton Transport in Model PEM Pores
30'
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11:30 - 12:00
Dual scale modeling of mobility of additives in a polymer matrix
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11:30
Dual scale modeling of mobility of additives in a polymer matrix
30'
Speaker: Nico van der Vegt (Max Planck Institute, Mainz, Germany) Material: abstract
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11:30
Dual scale modeling of mobility of additives in a polymer matrix
30'
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12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
- 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:00 - 14:30
Design of Fuel Cells with Solid Acid Proton Conductors
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14:00
Design of Fuel Cells with Solid Acid Proton Conductors
30'
Speaker: Sossina M. Haile (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.) Material: abstract
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14:00
Design of Fuel Cells with Solid Acid Proton Conductors
30'
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14:30 - 15:00
Fluorous, Ion-containing Block Copolymers: Model Polymers for Investigating the Role of Morphology on Proton Conduction
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14:30
Fluorous, Ion-containing Block Copolymers: Model Polymers for Investigating the Role of Morphology on Proton Conduction
30'
Speaker: Steven Holdcroft (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada) Material: abstract
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14:30
Fluorous, Ion-containing Block Copolymers: Model Polymers for Investigating the Role of Morphology on Proton Conduction
30'
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15:00 - 15:30
Status and Challenges of High Temperature PBI Fuel Cell Membranes
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15:00
Status and Challenges of High Temperature PBI Fuel Cell Membranes
30'
Speaker: Brian C. Benicewicz (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, U.S.A.) Material: abstract
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15:00
Status and Challenges of High Temperature PBI Fuel Cell Membranes
30'
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15:30 - 16:00
Composite membranes
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15:30
Composite membranes
30'
Speaker: Vincenzo Baglio (Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate, Messina, Italy) Material: abstract
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15:30
Composite membranes
30'
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16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace) - 16:00 Coffee break 30'
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16:30 - 17:00
Structure-Reactivity Relationship and Elementary Reaction Steps in Electrocatalysis
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16:30
Structure-Reactivity Relationship and Elementary Reaction Steps in Electrocatalysis
30'
Speaker: Axel Gross (University of Ulm, Germany) Material: abstract
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16:30
Structure-Reactivity Relationship and Elementary Reaction Steps in Electrocatalysis
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17:00 - 17:30
Structure sensitivity of fuel cell anode reactions
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17:00
Structure sensitivity of fuel cell anode reactions
30'
Speaker: M.T.M. Koper (Leiden University, Netherlands) Material: abstract
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17:00
Structure sensitivity of fuel cell anode reactions
30'
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09:00 - 09:30
Multiscale Transport Properties in Hydrated Ionomers
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09:00 - 09:30
Activity Descriptor for Oxygen Reduction Catalysts
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09:00
Activity Descriptor for Oxygen Reduction Catalysts
30'
Speaker: Jan Rossmeisl (Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby)
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09:00
Activity Descriptor for Oxygen Reduction Catalysts
30'
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09:30 - 10:00
On the Role of Structural Defects in Electrocatalysis by Supported Metals
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09:30
On the Role of Structural Defects in Electrocatalysis by Supported Metals
30'
Speaker: Elena R. Savinova (Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk-CNRS-ULP-ECPM Strasbourg) Material: abstract
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09:30
On the Role of Structural Defects in Electrocatalysis by Supported Metals
30'
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10:00 - 10:30
Surface Science Studies of Model Electrocatalysts
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10:00
Surface Science Studies of Model Electrocatalysts
30'
Speaker: Nenad Markovic (Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.A.)
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10:00
Surface Science Studies of Model Electrocatalysts
30'
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10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace) - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00 - 11:30
Dynamic Instabilities in Electrocatalysis and their Impact on Reaction Efficiencies
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11:00
Dynamic Instabilities in Electrocatalysis and their Impact on Reaction Efficiencies
30'
Speaker: Katharina Krischer (Technical University Munich, Germany) Material: abstract
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11:00
Dynamic Instabilities in Electrocatalysis and their Impact on Reaction Efficiencies
30'
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11:30 - 12:00
Is CO oxidation a useful reaction for studying fuel cell electroctalysts?
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11:30
Is CO oxidation a useful reaction for studying fuel cell electroctalysts?
30'
Speaker: Anthony Kucernak (Imperial College London, U.K.)
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11:30
Is CO oxidation a useful reaction for studying fuel cell electroctalysts?
30'
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12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
- 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:00 - 15:00
Oral presentations by selected poster presenters
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14:00
Oral presentations by selected poster presenters
1h0'
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14:00
Oral presentations by selected poster presenters
1h0'
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15:00 - 18:00
Discussions at posters
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1) -
15:00
Discussions at posters
3h0'
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15:00
Discussions at posters
3h0'
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19:00 - 22:00
Conference Dinner
- 19:00 Conference Dinner 3h0'
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09:00 - 09:30
Activity Descriptor for Oxygen Reduction Catalysts
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09:00 - 09:30
Colloid Based Crystalline and Amorphous Structures
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09:00
Colloid Based Crystalline and Amorphous Structures
30'
Speaker: Markus Bier (Utrecht University, Netherlands) Material: Presentation
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09:00
Colloid Based Crystalline and Amorphous Structures
30'
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09:30 - 10:00
Fluids in Porous Media: A Morphometric Approach to Structure-Property Relations
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09:30
Fluids in Porous Media: A Morphometric Approach to Structure-Property Relations
30'
Speaker: Klaus Mecke (University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) Material: abstract
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09:30
Fluids in Porous Media: A Morphometric Approach to Structure-Property Relations
30'
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10:00 - 10:30
Modelling of Porous Materials: From Topology to Physical Properties
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10:00
Modelling of Porous Materials: From Topology to Physical Properties
30'
Speaker: Alexei S. Ioselevich (Russian Academy of Sciences, Landau Institute) Material: abstract
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10:00
Modelling of Porous Materials: From Topology to Physical Properties
30'
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10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace) - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00 - 11:30
From Microstructure Formation to Performance of PEFC Cathode Catalyst Layers: Insights for Advanced Design
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11:00
From Microstructure Formation to Performance of PEFC Cathode Catalyst Layers: Insights for Advanced Design
30'
Speaker: Michael Eikerling (Simon Fraser University and NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation) Material: Presentation
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11:00
From Microstructure Formation to Performance of PEFC Cathode Catalyst Layers: Insights for Advanced Design
30'
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11:30 - 12:00
Advanced Electrode Structures
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11:30
Advanced Electrode Structures
30'
Speaker: Nenad Markovic (Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.A.)
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11:30
Advanced Electrode Structures
30'
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12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
- 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:00 - 14:30
Electrode modeling and diagnostics (to be announced)
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14:00
Electrode modeling and diagnostics (to be announced)
30'
Speaker: Goran Lindbergh (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) Material: abstract
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14:00
Electrode modeling and diagnostics (to be announced)
30'
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14:30 - 15:00
Measurement of proton resistance in cathode catalyst layers and its correlation with the ionomer-to-carbon ratio
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14:30
Measurement of proton resistance in cathode catalyst layers and its correlation with the ionomer-to-carbon ratio
30'
Speaker: Daniel Baker (General Motors R&D Center, Warren, U.S.A.) Material: abstract
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14:30
Measurement of proton resistance in cathode catalyst layers and its correlation with the ionomer-to-carbon ratio
30'
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15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace) - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
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15:30 - 16:00
Mutiscale Modeling for PEM: From Atomistic Modeling to Improved Durability and Power Density, and Cost Reduction
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15:30
Mutiscale Modeling for PEM: From Atomistic Modeling to Improved Durability and Power Density, and Cost Reduction
30'
Speaker: Sergei F. Burlatsky (United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, U.S.A.)
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15:30
Mutiscale Modeling for PEM: From Atomistic Modeling to Improved Durability and Power Density, and Cost Reduction
30'
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16:00 - 16:30
Physical Modeling of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells and Stacks
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16:00
Physical Modeling of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells and Stacks
30'
Speaker: Andrei Kulikovsky (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) Material: abstract
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16:00
Physical Modeling of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells and Stacks
30'
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16:30 - 16:45
Break
- 16:30 Break 15'
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16:45 - 17:15
Hungry Fuel Cell
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16:45
Hungry Fuel Cell
30'
Speaker: Alexei A. Kornyshev (Imperial College London, U.K.) Material: abstract
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16:45
Hungry Fuel Cell
30'
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17:15 - 17:45
Fuel Cell Stack Operation: Exploring Inhomogeneous Cell Polarization
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17:15
Fuel Cell Stack Operation: Exploring Inhomogeneous Cell Polarization
30'
Speaker: Felix N. Büchi (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland) Material: abstract
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17:15
Fuel Cell Stack Operation: Exploring Inhomogeneous Cell Polarization
30'
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09:00 - 09:30
Colloid Based Crystalline and Amorphous Structures
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09:00 - 11:30
Workshop: Where Theory and Fundamental Experiments Can Help to Improve Fuel Cells?
E. Savinova - Electrocatalysis G. Gebel - Proton conducting materials G. Lindbergh - Electrodes S. Gottesfeld - Cells and stacks Each panellist sets a list of five min statement presenters in indicated areas, with subsequent spontaneous discussion of their statements that each panellist will run.
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09:00
Workshop: Where Theory and Fundamental Experiments Can Help to Improve Fuel Cells?
2h30'
Speaker: Panel: E. Savinova, G. Gebel, G. Lindbergh, S. Gottesfeld
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09:00
Workshop: Where Theory and Fundamental Experiments Can Help to Improve Fuel Cells?
2h30'
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11:30 - 11:45
Summary and closing the conference
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11:30
Summary and closing the conference
15'
Speaker: Michael Eikerling (Simon Fraser University and NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation)
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11:30
Summary and closing the conference
15'
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09:00 - 11:30
Workshop: Where Theory and Fundamental Experiments Can Help to Improve Fuel Cells?