Presentations

Bipolar Plates

(Invited) M.P Brady, B. Yang, P.F. Tortorelli, K.L. More, E.A. Payzant H. Wang and J.A. Turner, “Growth of Functional Nitride Surfaces by Alloy Oxidation Processes,” Symposium On Phase Stability & Defect Structures In Honor Of Professor Austin Chang, Orlando, FL, March 1, 2007.

Catalysts

Xianxian Wu, Andrew K. Kercher, Viviane Schwartz, Steven H. Overbury, and  Timothy R. Armstrong, “Activated Carbon as Catalyst for Removing Hydrogen Sulfide: On The Formation of By-Products," oral presentation for the 2005 ACS meeting, San Diego, CA.

Viviane Schwartz, Xianxian Wu, Andrew K. Kercher, Steven H. Overbury, and  Timothy R. Armstrong, “Catalytic Properties of Activated Carbons for the Selective Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide," poster presentation at the 19th North American Catalysis Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

"Sulfur Removal in Hydrogen-Rich Gas Streams by Selective Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide Using Activated Carbon Catalysts," Schwartz, V., et al., 2004 Fuel Cell Seminar, San Antonio, TX, November 2004.

"Use of Activated Carbons for the Removal of Sulfur Impurities from Gas Streams," Xianxian Wu, Andrew Kercher, Bryan Hathorn, Nidia Gallego, Steve Overbury, Bill Shelton, Timothy Armstrong, Fuel Cell Seminar, November 2003.

Characterization

K.L. More, “Microstructural Evaluation of MEA Material Constituents to Elucidate PEMFC Degradation Mechanisms,” invited presentation at the 2006 Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, July 23-28, 2006.

K.L. More, “Degradation of PEM Fuel Cell MEAs,” invited presentation at the Peer Review for SHaRE User Facility, Oak Ridge, TN, May 2006.

K.L. More, “Degradation Mechanisms of PEM Fuel Cell MEAs,” invited presentation/participation at the LANL/NEDO/AIST Workshop on Fuel Cell Degradation & Hydrogen Storage, Santa Fe, NM, August 28-30, 2006. Participants of this workshop contributed to an article submitted to Chemical Reviews titled “Scientific Aspects of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Durability and Degradation.”

K.L. More, R. Borup, K.S. Reeves, “Identifying Contributing Degradation Phenomena in PEM Fuel Cell MEAs Via Electron Microscopy,” invited presentation at Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells 6, a symposium at The 210th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 30-November 3, 2006. Published in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells 6, ECS Transactions 3[1] (2006) p. 717-725.

R.L. Borup, J.R. Davey, F.H. Garzon, D.L. Wood, P.M. Welch, and K.L. More, “PEM Fuel Cell Durability with Transportation Transient Operation,” presentation at Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells 6, a symposium at The 210th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 30-November 3, 2006. Published in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells 6, ECS Transactions 3[1] (2006) p. 879-886.

K.L. More, R. Borup and K.S. Reeves, “Microstructural Observations for Carbon Corrosion in PEM Fuel Cell Cathodes,” poster presentation at the Fuel Cell Seminar, Honolulu, HI, November 13–16, 2006.

K.L. More, “Degradation Mechanisms in PEM Fuel Cell MEAs,” invited presentation at the 2nd FC-Cubic Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, February 6, 2007.

K.L. More and K.S. Reeves, “Microstructural Characterization of Life-Limiting MEA Materials Degradation,” invited presentation at the 2007 Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Houston, TX, April 26–27, 2007.

K.L. More and K.S. Reeves, “Understanding MEA Structure from Evaluations Using Electron Microscopy,” Abstract #316, 2005 Fuel Cell Seminar, Palm Springs, CA, November 14-18, 2005.

K.L. More, J. Bentley, and K.S. Reeves, “Microstructural Characterization of PEM Fuel Cell MEAs,” presented to the Fuel Cell Tech Team, USCAR, Southfield, MI, January 18, 2006.

J.T. Goldback, K.L. More, and A.L. Manheim, “Nano-Scale Investigation of Morphologies in Polymer Electrolyte / PVDF Blend Membranes,” presented at the 2006 AlChE Spring National Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 24-28, 2006.

K.L. More, “Microstructural Evaluation of MEA Material Constituents to Elucidate PEMFC Degradation Mechanisms,” invited presentation at the 2006 Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells, Smithfield, RI, July 23-28, 2006.

K.L. More, K.S. Reeves, and J. Xie, “Microstructural Evaluation of PEMFC MEAs Using TEM,” presented at 2004 Fuel Cell Seminar, San Antonio, TX, November 1-4, 2004.

J. Xie, D.L. Wood, K.L. More, T. Zawodzinski, and W.H. Smith, “Influences of Cathode Ionomer Content on PEMFC MEA Structure and Performance,” presented at The 206th Annual Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October 7, 2004.

K.L. More, K.S. Reeves, D.L. Wood, and R.L. Borup, “Microstructural Evaluation of Aged PEMFC MEAs,” presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, MD, April 11, 2005.

J. Xie, D.L. Wood, K.L. More, P. Atanassov, and R.L. Borup, “Microstructural Changes of MEAs During PEMFC Durability Testing at High Humidity Conditions,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 152(5) A1011-20 (2004).

K.L. More and K.S. Reeves, “Partial embedding of 3-Layer MEAs for Ultramicrotomy,” in Proceedings of Microscopy & Microanalysis 11(2) (2005). Presented at Microscopy & Microanalysis 2005, Honolulu, HI, August 1-5, 2005.

K.L. More, K.S. Reeves, J. Bentley, and J. Xie, “Microstructural Characterization of PEMFC MEAs,” presented at 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar, Miami Beach, FL, November 3-6, 2003.

K.L. More, K.S. Reeves, J. Bentley, and J. Xie, “Evaluation of Processing Parameters on the Microstructure and Performance of PEMFC MEAs,” presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 18-21, 2004.

J. Xie, K.L. More, T. Zawodzinski, and W.H. Smith, “Porosimetric Structure of the MEAs Made by the “Thin-Film Decal” Method and Its Effect on the Performance of PEMFCs,” publication submitted to Journal of The Electrochemical Society, February 2004.

Sensors

“Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors for PEM Fuel Cells,” Department of Energy Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Program Review Meeting, Crystal City, VA, 2005.

“Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors for PEM Fuel Cells,” presented to several OEMs and fuel–cell-related organizations, including New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Nissan Motor Company, Ballard Fuel Cells, General Motors Corporation, Numark Associates, and The Global Environment and Technology Foundation, 2005.

“Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors for PEM Fuel Cell Applications,” presented to the Instrument Society of America, 2005.

“Intra-PEMFC Diagnostics for Localized Durability and Degradation Measurements,” W.P. Partridge, T.J. Toops, T.J. McIntyre, S.W. Allison, L.C. Maxey, S.M. Goedeke, 2005 Fuel Cell Durability Conference, Washington DC.

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