2007 Annual Merit Review Proceedings

Basic Energy Sciences

These presentations and posters from the basic energy sciences session at the Annual Merit Review in May 2007 are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.

Basic Energy Sciences Presentations

  1. Membranes
  2. Catalysis

A. Membranes

  1. Transport Phenomena and Interfacial Kinetics in Planar Microfluidic Membraneless Fuel Cells (PDF 617 KB), Héctor Abruña, Cornell University
  2. The Development of Nano-Composite Electrodes for Natural Gas-Assisted Steam Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production (PDF 95 KB), Raymond Gorte, University of Pennsylvania
  3. Nanocomposite Proton Conductors (PDF 98 KB), Lutgard De Jonghe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  4. Proton Exchange Membranes for Next Generation Fuel Cells (PDF 102 KB), Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  5. Water Nanochannels in Nafion: Quantitative Scattering Analysis and NMR (PDF 258 KB), Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Iowa State University
  6. Charge Transfer, Transport, and Reactivity in Complex Molecular Environments: Theoretical Studies for the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative (PDF 542 KB), Michel Dupuis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  7. Polymer Functionalized Zeolite Proton Exchange Membrane (PFZ-PEM) for Medium Temperature Fuel Cells from Theory, Simulation, and Experiment (PDF 270 KB), William Goddard III, California Institute of Technology
  8. Computer Simulation of Proton Transport in Fuel Cell Membranes (PDF 74 KB), Gregory Voth, University of Utah
  9. Porous and Glued Langmuir-Blodgett Membranes (PDF 200 KB), Steven Regen, Lehigh University

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B. Catalysis

  1. Nanostructured, Metal-Ion Modified Ceria and Zirconia Oxidation Catalysts (PDF 246 KB), Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Tufts University
  2. Nanostructured Metal Carbide Catalysts for the Hydrogen Economy (PDF 4.1 MB), Ram Seshadri, University of California
  3. Development and Mechanistic Characterization of Alloy Fuel Cell Catalysts (PDF 320 KB), Anders Nilsson, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
  4. Atomic-Scale Design of a New Class of Alloy Catalysts for Reactions Involving Hydrogen: A Theoretical and Experimental Approach (PDF 105 KB), Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  5. Metal and Metal Oxide-Supported Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction (PDF 231 KB), Radoslav Adzic, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  6. Strategies for Probing Nanometer-Scale Electrocatalysts: From Single Particles to Catalyst-Membrane Architectures (PDF 372 KB), Carol Korzeniewski, Texas Tech University
  7. Reactivity and Stability of Multimetallic Nanocatalysts in Acid Medium (PDF 95 KB), Perla Balbuena, Texas A&M University
  8. Studies of Model Electrocatalysts for Fuel-Cell Cathodes (PDF 598 KB), H. You, Argonne National Laboratory
  9. High Performance Nano-Crystalline Oxide Fuel Cell Materials: Defects, Structures, Interfaces, Transport, and Electrochemistry (PDF 96 KB), S.A. Barnett, Northwestern University

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Basic Energy Sciences Posters

  1. Membranes
  2. Catalysis

A. Membranes

  1. Sol-Gel-Based Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Hydrogen Pumping Devices (PDF 86 KB), Brian Benicewicz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  2. New Proton-Conducting Fluoropolymer Electrolytes for PEM Fuel Cells (PDF 258 KB), Stephen Creager, Clemson University
  3. Hydrogen Purification Using Advanced Polymeric Membranes (PDF 101 KB), Benny Freeman, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, University of Texas at Austin
  4. Carbon Nanotube Materials for Substrate Enhanced Control of Catalytic Activity (PDF 169 KB), Michael Heben, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  5. Surface-Initiated Ionomer Films Based on Modified Poly(n-alkylnorbornene)s (PDF 80 KB), G. Kane Jennings, Vanderbilt University
  6. A Unified Computational, Theoretical, and Experimental Investigation of Proton Transport through the Electrode/Electrolyte Interface of Proton (PDF 225 KB), David Keffer, University of Tennessee
  7. Fundamentals of Hydroxide Conducting Systems for Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers (PDF 89 KB), Bryan Pivovar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  8. Ab Initio Screening of Ternary Alloys for Hydrogen Purification (PDF 87 KB), David Sholl, Carnegie Mellon University
  9. Electrostatically Self-Assembled Amphiplexes (PDF 244 KB), Helmut Strey, Stony Brook University
  10. Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Ion Transport in Ionomer Membranes (PDF 925 KB), Philip Taylor, Case Western Reserve University
  11. Preparation of Composite Fuel Cell Membranes Containing Electric Field Aligned Inorganic Particles (PDF 925 KB), Matthew Yates, University of Rochester

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B. Catalysis

  1. Silane Activation by Transition Metal Catalysts for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 273 KB), Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue University
  2. Nanoscale Building Blocks for Multi-Electron Electrocatalysis (PDF 253 KB), Gilbert Brown, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  3. eNMR for In-Situ Fuel Cell Catalyst Characterization (PDF 432 KB), Daniel Buttry, University of Wyoming
  4. Nanostructured Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Renewable Feedstocks (PDF 606 KB), Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico
  5. Novel Intermetallic Catalysts to Enhance PEM Membrane Durability (PDF 496 KB), Francis DiSalvo, Cornell University
  6. Nanoporous Metal Membranes with Monolayer-Thick Precious Metal Catalyst Skins (PDF 159 KB), Jonah Erlebacher, Johns Hopkins University
  7. A Surface Stress Paradigm for Studying and Developing Catalyst and Storage Materials Relevant to the Hydrogen Economy (PDF 2 MB), C. Friesen, Arizona State University
  8. Cathode Catalysis in Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cells (PDF 139 KB), Andrew Gewirth, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  9. Hydrogen Storage Materials with Binding Intermediate between Physisorption and Chemisorption (PDF 97 KB), Gregory Kubas, Los Alamos National Lab
  10. Novel Reforming Catalysts (PDF 219 KB), Lisa Pfefferle, Yale University
  11. Instability of Noble Metal Catalysts in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Experiments and Theory (PDF 345 KB), Yang Shao-Horn, MIT
  12. Nanostructured Catalysts for Fuel Cells (PDF 306 KB), Shane Street, University of Alabama
  13. Dehydrogenation of Boron Nanostructures (PDF 316 KB), Michael Trenary, University of Illinois at Chicago
  14. Multiscale Tailoring of Highly Active and Stable Nanocomposite Catalysts for the Production of Clean Hydrogen Streams (PDF 222 KB), Götz Veser, University of Pittsburgh
  15. An Integrated Approach toward Rational Nanocatalyst Design for Hydrogen Production (PDF 506 KB), Dionisios Vlachos, University of Delaware
  16. The Reactivity and Structural Dynamics of Supported Metal Nanoclusters Using Electron Microscopy, in situ X-Ray Spectroscopy, Electronic Structure Theories, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations (PDF 367 KB), Judith Yang, University of Pittsburgh

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To locate posters and presentations from other meeting sessions, go to the main page of the 2007 Annual Merit Review Proceedings.