NEW MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS IV
EXTENDED ABSTRACTS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONALSYMPOSIUM ON NEW MATERIALS FOR
ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaJuly 9-13,2001
Editor
O. Savadogo
Published at:
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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Contents
CHAPTER 1: SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL ASPECTS 1
General Progress in The Research of Solid Polymer Fuel Cell Technology 3David P. Wilkinson and Alfred E. Steck
Status on the Development of Zinc Air Battery Technology 4Michael J. Root
Modeling Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Performances 5Tatsuhiro Okada
Technical and Commercial Aspects of Small Fuel Cells for Portable Electronic Devices 7H. Chang and S. Y. Yoon
Status on the Development of Oxide Based Anodes for Electrochemical Depollution 8A. Savall, N. Belhadj Tahar, C. Manarancheji. Abdelhedi, Y. Samet, S. Chaabane Elaoud
New generation and universal fuel cells 11Bin Zhu
Stabilized Electrolyte/Matrix Structures Made by Tape Casting for Molten CarbonateFuel Cells (MCFC) 12
G. Prabhu, R. Chandrasekaran andR. Pattabiraman
Evaluation of Metallic Current Collector Methods and Materials for Tubular SOFC 13G. Tompsett V. Bouvier, D. Johnson andN. Sammes
Contemporary Electrodes with No Precious Catalysts for AFC Technology 16Pascal Gouerec, Trygve Burchardt, William Stinissen and James H. Miners.
Electrochemical Studies of Modified Electrode Containing Ru (II) Redox CentersIn The Presence of NO 18
M. Konzen and C. V. Franco
New sensors of composition of electrolytes used in the copper electrorefining technology 20Przemyslaw Los, Bogustaw Fuglewicz, Grzegorz Malachowicz, Stanislawa Plinska,Olimpia Gtadysz, Edward Krzy'zak, Malgorzata Sowinska, Sylwia Szarafinska and group of engineers
New Materials for Sensitive Biosensors 22R.Kataky, E.Morgan, R. Dell
Environmental Sensing Potential with Arrays of Boron-Doped Diamond Microdisk Electrodes 23Ph. Rychen, C. Madore, J. Gobet, Andre Perret and W. Haenni
Pt-ZrO2 sensor for oxygen activity measurements in glass melts 26R. Vargas, A. Romero, L. Enriquez, M. Angeles, F. Farelas and S. Gonzalez
The Application of Electrolysis in the Technology of Inorganic Compounds of Arsenic 29A.V. Smetanin, A. P. Tomilov, M. K. Smirnov
Electrical resistance of Cs-Rb-fullerene salt at low temperatures 31S. Zaginaichenko, Z. Matysina and V. Chumak
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Investigation of paraelectrician-ferroelectrician phase transition in KDP crystals 33Z. Matysina, M. Modlinskyy and V. Chumak
Synthesis of LiCoO 2 and LiMg 0.05 Co0.95O2 thin films on porousNi/NiO cathodes for MCFC by Complex Sol-Gel Process (CSGP) 35
W. Lada, A. Deptula, B. Sartowska, T. Olczak, A.G. Chmielewski,M. Carewska, S. Scaccia, E. Simonetti, L. Giorgi, A. Moreno
Trends in the Danish hydrogen and fuel cell programmes 37Bent S0rensen
Electrodeposition of the Tellurium (IV) from Electrolytes with Heterocyclic Amines 39M.D.Dergacheva, V.N.Statsyuk, LA.Fogel, N.V.Penkova, R.N.Matakova
Electroformation of Three-Basic Lead Sulfate on a Passivated Lead Electrode 40Eleonora Maria RUS, Delia Maria CONSTANTIN and Georgeta TARALUNGA
High-Temperature Elecrochemical Systems for Chromium Silicides Synthesis 43V.VMalyshev, N.N.Uskova, S.Y. Sarychev
Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide by Emulsion Method and its Investigation in Lithium Batteries 45E.M.Shembel, R.DApostolova, N.N.Shapa and BJ.Melnikov
Electrochemical degradation of p-nitrophenol from aqueous solutions by using PbO2
as electrocatalytic material 46MA. Quiroz, S. Reyna and C. Martinez-Huitle
Influence of the preparation method on the electrochemical and morphological propertiesof Ti/Ruo.3Pb(o,7-I)Tix02 coated electrodes 48
A. R. De Andrade andD. T. Cestarolli
Electrolytic recovery of Ni, Cd, Fe using liquid gallium electrode 51A. Chiba
Effects of sonication and vibration on the electrodeposition of nickel from ammonium bath 55A. Chiba ,T. Kobe, Y.Sasaki and T.Yamashita
An electrochemical gas sensor for nitrogen dioxide based on Pt/Nafion® electrode 58Wen-Tung Hung and Kuo-Chuan Ho
The use of carbon paste electrode modified with cobalt (II) tetrasulphophthalocyanine adsorbed onsilica/titania for reduction of dissolved dioxygen 61
Ana M. Castellani, Jose E. Goncalves and Yoshitaka Gushikem
Development of a New Amperometric Sensor For Dissolved Dioxygen in Aqueous Media 63RTF. Porto, L.M.S. Colpini, CA. Garcia and C.M.M. Costa
CHAPTER 2: FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION 65
Electrochemical Characterization of Fuel Cell Membrane and Electrode Assemblies 67Peter G. Pickup
Studies of the hydrogen evolution reaction on Raney nickel-molybdenum electrodes 69L. Birry and A. Lasia
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Impedance Characterization of Hydrogen Adsorption-Absorptioninto a Mg2Ni Alloy Single Particle Electrode 73
M. Mohamedi, T. Sato, T. Itoh, M. Umeda, and I. Uchida
Electrodeposition of Ni and Spinel Oxide Particles for the Oxygen EvolutionReaction in Alkaline Medium 76
C. Secours, S. Essiembre, B. Marsan, andJ.-P. Celis
Procedure for Comparing High Surface Pt/C Catalysts 78A. Pozio, M. De Francesco, A. Cemmi, F. Cardellini, L. Giorgi
Electrocatalytic Properties of Nickel Electroless Films 81L. M. Abrantes and A. M. Fundo
Electrochemical Behavior of Amorphous and Crystalline Ruthenium Oxide Electrodes 83J.P. Zheng
Characterisation of precious metal incorporated Nafion films and their activity towardsmethanol oxidation and oxygen reduction 86
C.L.Green and A.R.Kucernak
Surface modified ruthenium nanoparticles: structural investigation and surface analysisof a selective catalyst for oxygen reduction 88
S. Fiechter, M. Bron, J. Radnik, M. Fieber-Erdmann, E. Holub-Krappe, I. Dorbandt,P. Schubert-Bischoff, U. Bloeck, M. Giersig, M. Hilgendorff, H. Schulenburg,P. Bogdanoff, H. Tributsch
Pt and Pt:Ru Nanoparticles Prepared by Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition 90M. Clarke Miller, Kyle Reed, Yardlynne Smalley, Pablo Conde and Peter W. Faguy
Preparation of Co-Substituted Nickel Hydroxide and its ElectrochemicalPerformance and Structural Characterization 92
Yongjun LENG, Xiaozhen LIAO, Jingxin ZHOU, Zifeng MA
Iron Based Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction from Pyrolysis ofNitrogen Containing Polymers 94
H.Schulenburg, M.Hilgendorff, I.Dorbandt, M.Bron, PBogdanoff, S.Fiechter, H.Tributsch
NixCo3_xO4 mixed valency oxides nanoparticles/polypyrrole compositeelectrodes for oxygen reduction 97
V. de la Garza, H. Nguyen Cong and P. Chartier
Microelectrode Technique Applied on a Single Spherical Particle of Nickel Hydroxide 100M. Mohamedi, T. Sato, T. Itoh, M. Umeda, and I. Uchida
Nickel Electrode Active Material Containing Cobalt and Cadmium Additives 102Delia Maria CONSTANTIN, Eleonora Maria RUS and Georgeta TARALUNGA
Plasma modifications to improve the properties of membranes for PEM fuel cells 105/ . FeichtingerJ. Kerres, A. Schulz, M. Walker and U. Schumacher
Characterization of the water and methanol permeability of new acid-base blend membranes 108/ . FeichtingerJ. Kerres, A. Schulz, M. Walker and U. Schumacher
Electrochemical properties of meldola's blue immobilized onsilica/titania/antimonate prepared by sol-gel method HI
Jose Eduardo Gongalves;Cldudia Urbano Ferreira
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Efficiency of diamond-like carbon films on corrosion protection of titanium alloys 113M. A. S. Oliveira, M. Massi, L. N. Nishioka, G. P. Thim and A. K. Vieira
New types of graphite stable for the prolonged electrochemical oxidation 116T. Motronyuk, I. Barsukov, V. Barsukov, E. Frackoviak and F. Beguin
Polyaniline/ exfoliated graphite composites as catalysts for oxygen reduction 118V. Barsukov, V. Khomenko, S. Chivikov and I. Barsukov
Mox(CO)n based Methanol Tolerant Electrocatalyst for O2 Electroreduction in Acid Electrolyte 120R. H. Castellanos, A. L. Ocampo, and P. J. Sebastian
Preparation of Pt/WO3 powders and thin films on porous carbon blackand metal supports by the Complex Sol-Gel Process (CSGP) 124
A. Deptuia, W. Lada, T. Olczak, B. Sartowska, L. Giorgi, A.Di Bartaloomeo
Synthesis and characterization of L&i-.xSTxMnO3+s thin films from polymeric precursors 127M. Gaudon, C. Laberty-Robert, F. Ansart, P. Stevens and A. Rousset
Anodic deposition of nickel hydroxide for aqueous batteries 130Chi-Chang Hu and Chen-Yi Cheng
Production and Electrochemical Testing of Sacrificial Anodes in Persian Gulf Water 132M. Sadrossadat
Kinetic Study of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Rux(CO)n in Acid Mediumwith Different Concentrations of Methanol 134
A. L. Ocampo, R. H. Castellanos and P. J. Sebastian
Novel metal-oxide electrodes for the facile electron transfer to redox proteins 136G.Valincius, VReipa and V.V.Vilker
CHAPTER 3: ADVANCED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BATTERIES 139
New Positive Electrode Materials For Rechargeable Lithium Batteries 141D. Guyomard, V. Legagneur, E. Potiron, A. Le Gal La Salle and A. Verbaere
Synthesis of LiNii_j,CoyO2 powders by Complex Sol-Gel Process (CSGP)and their electrochemical characterization 143
A.Deptuta, W. Lada, F. Croce, A.D'Epifanio, A. Di Bartolomeo, A. Brignocchi, T.Olczak
A microporous phosphate as positive electrode material for lithium batteries 146Pierre Tran-Van, Karin Barthelet, Mathieu Morcrette, Michel Herlem,
Jean-Marie Tarascon & Gerard Ferey
Effects of Oxygen Vacancy on Structural Changes and Charge-Discharge Propertiesin Lii+yMn2_yOi_<s Type Cathode Materials 148
X. Q. Yang, Z. F. Ma, J. McBreen, Yongyao Xia, T. Sakai and M. Yoshio
Development of Li-Mn-Me-O Compounds for High Voltage Li Ion Batteries 150Atsushi Ueda, Kazutaka Uchitomi, Shigeo Aoyama, Masahiro Kasai, Takahiro Yamaki,Genei Nakajima and Muneyuki Tanaka
Novel electrochromic batteries: I. A PB-WO3 cell with a nominal voltage of 135 V 153Lin-Chi Chen, Yu-Hsien Huang, Kuei-Sheng Tseng, and Kuo-Chuan Ho
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Novel electrochromic batteries: II. An InHCF-WO3 cell with a high visual contrast 155Lin-Chi Chen, Kuei-Sheng Tseng, Yu-Hsien Huang, and Kuo-Chuan Ho
Lii.iV3O8 and Substituted Derivatives: Synthesis, Structural Characterizationand Lithium Insertion Properties 157
S. Jouanneau, A. Le Gal La Salle, A. Verbaere et D. Guyomard
Performance and rate capability measurements on LiMn2O4 spinels for lithium-ion batteries 159O. Haas , M. Lanz , C. Kormann and P. Novak
Development of New Anodes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries 162Giselle Sandi
Characterization and Electrochemical Performance of Carbonaceous MesophaseSpherules Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries 163
Hai-Ping Hu, Zi-Feng MA, Xiao-Qing YANG, Er-Chao SHANG, Jian-Feng WANG, J.McBreen
Effect of microstructural change of carbonaceous materials on lithiumtransport through carbonaceous materials in high capacity lithium secondary batteries 165
Su-Il Pyun and Seung-Bok Lee
Electrochemical behavior of different aluminum alloys as negative electrodein lithium ion batteries 167
T.Brousse.Y.Hamon, FJousse, P.Topart, P.Buvat and D.M.Schleich
High capacity, high rate rechargeable Li batteries using composite Sn-based anodes 170/ . M. Miller, L.Wang, M. Fay, M. Wixom, and LI. Thompson
Next-generation of Carbon-based Anode Materials 173C. Lampe-Onnerud, J. Shi, P. Onnerud, H. Stuhler, R. Chamberlain, B. Burnett
Characterization of Pyrite/Electrolyte Composite Cathodes for ThermalBatteries Prepared by Plasma-Spraying 175
Ronald A. Guidotti, Frederick W. Reinhardt, Jinxiang Dai and David E. Reisner
Low Temperature synthesis, characterization and evaluation of LiMn2O4
for lithium ion batteries 177V. Munidas, S. Sengupta, R. R. Roy, A. McLean and S. Dasgupta
Increased Cell Pressure: A New Consept of Increasing Metal Hydride Battery Performance 179L.O. Val0en, R. Brateng andR. Tunold
Investigation of Structural Fatigue in Spinel Electrode in Li/LixMn2O4 UsingLaser Probe Beam Deflection Technique 181
Kyung Yoon Chung and Kwang-Bum Kim
3-Dimensional Nano-structured Porous Thin Film Cathodes for Li SecondaryBatteries Prepared by Electrostatic Spray Deposition Technique 183
Ki-Hwan Oh, Sung-Ho Ban, Won-Sub Yoon, Kwang-Bum Kim
Synthesis Mechanism of Layered LiNiO2 Thin Film Cathodes Preparedby Electrostatic Spray Deposition Technique 185
Heung-Min Oh, Kyung-Keun Lee and Kwang-Bum Kim
Preparation of Sintered Oxide Ca0 9Nio.iMn03 and Its Cathodic Properiesin Alkaline solution *•"
Xi Xia, Xueqin Li, Zaiping Guo
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Electrochemical studies of heterogeneous reduction of tetracyanoquinodimethanein poly(ethyleneoxide) electrolytes
P. Los , G. Zabinska , A. Kisza , L. Christie, A. Mount and P.G. Bruce
Lithium transport through a sol-gel derived Lii_<5Mn2O4 film electrode:Analysis of current transient by Monte Carlo simulation 191
Su-Il Pyun and Sung-Woo Kim
Electrogravimetric study on the lithium transport through the Lii_*CoO2
film electrode prepared by r.f. magnetron sputtering 1955M-// Pyun, Joo-Young Go and Heon-Cheol Shin
Lithium Intercalation into Titanium Disulphide 195Georgeta TARALUNGA, ELEONORA MARIA RUS and Delia Maria CONSTANTIN
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study of LiAlj/Coi_2/O2 Cathode Prepared by Sol-Gel Process 197Won-Sub Yoon, Kyung-Keun Lee, and Kwang-Bum Kim
The studies on capacity fading process of manganese-oxide electrode materials in Li-ion batteries 199W.Chu, Y.Yang, Z.G.Lin
Potassium doped Expanded Graphite: An Unique Material for Lithium Intercalation 200Ashoke Hazra and Indra N. Basumallick
Synthesis of a-, 3-, and Low Defect 7-Manganese Dioxides Using theElectrochemical-Hydrothermal Method and Study of their Li Insertion Behavior 202
L. I. Hill, A. Le Gal La Salle, A. Verbaere, andD. Guyomard
Li/S Rechargeable Batteries with Extraordinary Low Temperature Performance 204Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, James R. Akridge
Electrochemical properties of lead oxide films obtained by spray pyrolysis asnegative electrodes for lithium secondary batteries 206
M. Martos, J. Morales , L. Sanchez, R. Ayouchi, D. Leinen , F. Martin and JR. Ramos Barrado
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Chronopotentiometric Measurmentsfor the Determination of the Diffusion coefficient of Li ion in LiNii_yCoyO2 209
5. Chaloux, V. Gauthier and G. Brisard
Improving by Curing the Performance of Lead-Acid Battery Positive Plates 211Eleonora Maria RUS and Alexandru RUS
Electrochemical Investigation of a Metal-Hydride Electrode 214SA. Gamboa, PJ. Sebastian, F. Feng,M. Geng andD. O. Northwood
The Impedance Spectroscopy of Zn-MnO2 Battery 217Kuznetsov A. A.extbf, Kopich V. Yu.
Study on the improvement of cycle life of Li3_xCoxN as an anode of Li-ion secondary battery 218Yong-Mook Kang. Sung-Chul Park and Jai-Young Lee
High capacity Li,.iMn204Fo.o5 cathode materials for Li-ion rechargeable battery 219Zh. Y. Chen. X. Q . Liu L. Zh. Gao Z. L. Yu
Studies on Spinel Li-Mn-O-F Compounds for Cathode Materials of Lithium-ionSecondary Battery 221
Z. Y. Chen, L. Zh. Gao X. Q. Liu Z. L. Yu
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Improvement of the thermal stability of delithiated Lii_xNiO2 by Co addition 223Kyung-Keun Lee, Won-Sub Yoon and Kwang-Bum Kim
Investigation of new low cost electrode material based on lanthanide manganites for high temperatureelectrochemical cell 225
V.Gorbunova, N.Gamanovitch, CNovikov andA.Gorbuno
Composition Optimization for Mg-based Alloys Used in Advanced NiMH Secondary Battery 227K. Young, M. A. Fetcenko, B. Reichman, and S. R. Ovshinsky
The Effects of Pretreatment on Activation Performance of ZrCro.7Nii.3 Alloys 229J. C. SUN Y. J. ZHANG S. J. JIZ. W. YU
Kinetics of hydrogen transport through Pd foil electrode in the coexistence oftwo hydride phases by analysis of anodic current transient 233
Su-Il Pyun, Jong-Won Lee and Jeong-Nam Han
Hydrogen atoms in the bulk and at the surface of crystal. Surface segregation 235D. Schur, Z. Matysina and V. Chumak
Hydrogen defects in crystals 238Z. Matysina and Ya. Yurkov
Cold neutron depth profiling of lithium battery materials 241G.P. Lamaze, H.H. Chen-Mayer, DA. Becker, F. Vereda, A. Gerouki, N. Clay,
P. Zerigian, T. Haas andR.B. Goldner
CHAPTER 4: POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS 245
Advancements in Fuel Cell Stack Technology at International Fuel Cells 247D J. Wheeler, J.Yi, R. Fredley, D. Yang, T. Patterson Jr.
Integrated Energy Supply and Wing Structure for Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 249Alan Cisar, James Evans, David Gaskin, Carlos Salinas, and Christopher Boye
Designing Pt-Ru Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts at an Atomic Level 252J.X. Wang, S.R. Brankovic, andRR. Adzic
A 3-D Mathematical Model of a PEM Fuel Cell with Interdigitated Flow Fields 253P. Forges and A. Kazim
The Synthesis of Pt Alloy Nanoparticles for Smaller and HighlyActive Electrocatalysts in Direct Methanol Fuel cell 254
Kyung-Won Park, Seol-Ah Lee, Jong-Ho Choi, Boo-Kil Kwon, Yung-Eun Sung
Efficiency of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell and The Cathode Overpotential 256Ken-ichiro Ota, Shigenori Mitsushima, Naoki Araki, Akimitsu Ishihara and Nobuyuki Kamiya
Proton conducting ceramics for use in intermediate proton conducting fuel cells:modelling, materials selection and construction of fuel cell 259
D Browning, M Weston, J B Lakeman, P Jones, M Cherry
The development of a lightweight, ambient air breathing, tubular PEM fuel cell 261K. J. Green, R. Slee, J. B. Lakeman and D. J. Browning
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Anistropic structure and transport properties in sulfonated polyimide membranes 263Laurent Rubatat, Anne-Laure Rollet, Jean Francois Blachot, Olivier Diat and Gerard Gebel
Successful Demonstration of Ballard PEMFCs for Space Shuttle Applications 266Jean St-Pierre, Nengyou Jia and William Hoffman
Status on the Development of PEM Fuel Cell Systems for Stationary Applicationsat H POWER CORP. 2 6 8
Mariana Ciureanu
Production of a Qualified PEMFC MEAPart U - Launch of a Qualified MEA - PRIMEA® Series 5621 MEA 269
Simon J.C. Cleghorn, Ph.D., Jeffrey A. Kolde
Durability of GORE-SELECT® Membrane in PEM Fuel Cells 271Wen Liu, Anurrag Singh, Greg Rusch, andKathy Ruth
Correlation of the MEA ex-situ examination and their performance in PEM fuel cells 272V. Stanic and F.Barbir
Characteristics of the PEMFC electrodes prepared by a colloidal method 274I.-H. Oh, J.-K. Lee, H.-Y. Ha, S.-A. Hong, andH.-S. Chun
Materials Issues Associated with Voltage Degradation in a PEMFC 276Michael Fowler, Ronald F. Mann, John C. Amphlett, Brant A. Peppley and Pierre R. Roberge
Anode Catalyst Materials for PEM-Electrolysis 278E. Rasten, G. Hagen andR. Tunold
CO Tolerance of Advanced MEAs for PEMFC 281Mahesh Murthy, M. Esayian, Alex Hobson, Steve MacKenzie, Woo-kum Lee,
Jeffery GlandtandJ. W. Van Zee
Electrode-membrane interface study of an alkaline solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell 284E. Agel, J. Bouet, J.F. Fauvarque.
Sulfonated Polysulfone as Proton Conducting Membranes for Fuel Cells 285F. Lufrano, I. Gatto, P. Staiti, V. Antonucci andE. Passalacqua
Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene to Aniline in a PEMFC reactor 287Xiaozi YUAN, Qizhong JIANG, Yongjun LENG, Weisheng WU, Zifeng MA
Dependence of PEM fuel cell performance on the configuration of the gas diffusion electrodes 289/ . Moreira, P. J. Sebastian, A.L.Ocampo, R.H.Castellanos, U.Cano andM.D.Salazar
Chemical Cogeneration in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell 292D. Salazar
Minimum Operating Efficiency of a PEM Fuel Cell 293Ayoub Kazim
SANS study of BAM® Membranes 2 9 4
Gerard Gebel, Olivier Diat, Charles Stone
Large scale structure in Nafion membranes 297Laurent Rubatat, Olivier Diat, and Gerard Gebel
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Zinc-Air Cell with KOH-Treated Agar Layer between Zinc Anode andElectrolyte Containing Hydroponics Gel 300
R.Othman, WJ.Basirun, A.H.Yahaya andA.KArof
Characteristics of Chitosan-Lithium Acetate-Palmitic Acid Complex BasedElectrochemical Cells 304
M.Z.A. Yahya andA.K. Arof
Effect of Plasticizers on Polymer Blend Electrolytes 306S.Rajendran, O.Mahendran* and R.Kannan
Characterization of the FYM Proton Exchange Membrane for PEMFC 308Xiaozi YUAN, Zifeng MA, Yongjun LENG, Qizhong JIANG, Zhongde ZHEN, Qingsu YANG
Hybrid inorganic - organic membranes by in situ growth of zirconium phosphateand zirconium sulfophenylphosphate in polybenzimidazole 310
J. Roziee, M. Marrony, M. Rhomari, B. Mula, G. Alberti, M. Casciola andD. J. Jones
Electrochemical behavior of Polypyrrole and Polypyrrole-Polyimide Composite 312Kirill Levine andJude O. Iroh
Development of composite membranes for DMFC 315S.M. J. Zaidi, S.D.Mikhailenko, S. Kaliaguine
Properties of New Membranes Based on Nation® and Heteropolyacids (HPAs)for H2/O2 PEMFCs Applications 317
B. Tazi and 0. Savadogo
Hydrogen/Oxygen Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCS) Basedon Alkaline-Doped Polybenzimidazole (PBI) 321
B. Xing and O. Savadogo
Parameters of PEM Fuel-Cells Based on New Membranes Fabricated from NAFION®,Silicotungstic Acid and Thiophene 324
B. Tazi and O.Savadogo
Effect of Silicotungstic Acid on the Properties of Nafion and Flemion MembraneFabricated from their Solution and DMF 328
H. Tian and 0. Savadogo
Hydrogen/Oxygen Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Based onAcid-Doped Polybenzimidazole (PBI) 329
O. Savadogo and B. Xing
The Modeling of Molecular Structure and Ion Transport in Sulfonic Acid basedIonomer Membranes 335
S. J. Paddison
Towards waterfree polymer membranes for fuel cells:the concept of immobilized proton solvent 337M. Schuster, G. Scharfenberger, W. H. Meyer, H. G. Herz, M. Schuster and K. D. Kreuer
Proton conducting oxides and polymers for electrochemical appications 340K. D. Kreuer, M. Ise, A. Fuchs,M. Schuster, W. Munch, andJ. Maier
Investigation of the structure of the Membrane Electrode Assembly for SPFC 342Ihonen Jari, Jaouen Frederic, Lundblad Anders, Lindbergh Goran, Sundholm Goran
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Numerical Optimisation of the Structure of Cation Exchange Membranes344to Reduce Electroosmosis
Pierre SCHAETZEL and Silvia ALEXANDROVA
Sulfonated Polyimides for Fuel Cell Electrode Membranes Assemblies (EMA) 346S. Besse, P. Capron, O. Diat, G. Gebel, F. Jousse, D. Marsacq, M. Pineri, C. Marestin, R. Mercier
Application of Different Types of Polyaryl-Blend-Membranes in DMFC 348/ . Kerres, W. Zhang, L. Jorissen, V. Gogel
Composite Solid Electrolyte - Polymer Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell 350S.Kaliaguine
A working mass transport model with integrated electrochemistry for PEM FuelCells:Theory against experiments 352
L. Pisani, G. Murgia, M. Valentini and B. D'Aguanno
Development of Non-Perfluorinated Polymer Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells 355Jacques Roziee
Molecular Orbital Calculations of Proton Dissociation and Hydration ofVarious Acidic Moieties for Fuel Cell Polymers 356
M. Eikerling, S. J. Paddison, and T. A. Zawodzinski Jr.
Post-mortem analysis of radiation grafted fuel cell membrane by XPS 358Mohamed Mahmoud Nasefand Hamdani Saidi
Functionalised silica -sPEEK hybrid membranes for medium temperature fuel cells 361D. J. Jones, L. Tchicaya, B. Bonner, B. Bauer, R. Dutartre andJ. Roziee
Degradation of fuel cell tested membranes - a micro-Raman spectroscopic study 363H. EricsonJ. Kallio, T. Lehtinen.G. Sundholm, F. Sundholm and P. Jacobsson
Cross-Over Study of Polymer Membrane Electrolyte Based on Star Branched Copolymer 365A. Mokrini, andJ. L. Acosta
Fiber reinforced carbon aerogels as gas diffusion electrodes for PEM fuel cells 366M. Glora, M. Wiener, andJ. Fricke
CHAPTER 5: HYDROCARBON AND METHANOL FUEL CELLS 369
Recent Advances in Microfabricated Fuel Cells 371R.F. Savinell, J.S.Wainright, L. Dudik, C.C. Liu
Inorganic modification of membranes for direct methanol fuel cell 373S. P. Nunes, E. Rikowsky, B. Ruffmann and K. Richau
Composite Nafion Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells 375V. Antonucci, P. Staiti, F. Lufrano,
A. Carbone, V. Baglio andE. Passalacqua
Preparation Strategies Towards Selective Ru-based Oxygen Reduction Catalystsfor Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
M Hilgendorff, S. Fiechter, P. Bogdanoff, H. Schulenburg, I. Dorbandt, M. Bron, H. Tributsch
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Modification of Nation (g) by low dose electron beam exposure for use asa polymer electrolyte membrane for DMFC. 379
L. J. Hobson, H. Ozu, M. Yamaguchi and S. Hayase
Nanostructured Gold and Alloy Catalysts for CO and MeOH Oxidation 381/ . Luo, Y. Lou, M. M. Maye, L. Han, D. R. Daniel, C. J. Zhong, andM. Hepel
Development of Materials for DMFC Cell Pack 383K.H. Choi, J. R. Kim, J.H. Cho, H.K. Kim andH. Chang
A Direct Ethylene Glycol Fuel Cell (DEGFC) 385E. Peled, T. Duvdevani, A. Aharon and A. Melman
Recent advances in membrane development for direct methanol fuel cell technology 386G. Rajendran
A methanol barrier polymer electrolyte membrane in direct methanol fuel cells 387Hong Wu, Yuxin Wang and Shichang Wang
Electrooxidation of Some Organic Molecules on Pt Doped Conducting PolymerCoated Electrodes 389
Figen Kadirgan
Characterization of Polyaryl-Blend-Membranes for DMFC Application 390F. Meier, J. Kerres, G. Eigenberger
Operational parameters of a DMFC with Pt/Ru electrodes prepared with reductionof formic acid 393
W. H. Lizcano-Valbuena, V. A. Paganin, E. R. Gonzalez
Composite Membrane Containing a Proton Conductive Oxide for Direct MethanolFuel Cell 395
S.Y. Cho, DM. Peck, DM. Jung, D.R. Shin, andJ.S. Kim
Low-Temperature Direct Propane Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Fuel Cell (DPFC) 397O. Savadogo and FJ. Rodriguez Varela
The Electrode Materials on Direct Electro-Oxidation of Acetals for Fuel Cell Applications 402O. Savadogo and X. Yang
Direct Acetals/Oxygen Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel-Cell (DAPEMFC) Basedon Pt-Alloys and Pt-Metal Oxides Composites Anodes 406
O. Savadogo andX. Yang
The Effects of the Electrode Materials on Direct gaseous Methanol Fuel Cells 409H. Chagnon and O. Savadogo
CHAPTER 6: SEMICONDUCTORS, SEMICONDUCTORS DEVICES AND PHO-TOELECTROCHEMISTRY 413
Industrial development of photoelectrochemical modules 415Bent S0rensen, Astrid Boisen, Finn S0rensen, Torben Lund, Keld West, Eik Bezzel,
Hanne Lauritsen, Signe Wedel
Photoelectrochemical Degradation of Orange U Textile Dye on WO3 Film Electrodes 417Jeremiah Yartym, Jin Luo, and Maria Hepel
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Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Surface Modified CdTe for Hydrogen Production 420X. Mathew, PJ. Sebastian, A. Bansal* andJA. Turner
Nanocrystalline WO3 layers for photoelectrochromic and energy storage dyesensitised solar cells •*
U. Opara Krasovec, B. Orel, A. Hauch and A. Georg
Dye sensitised solar cell with a sol-gel type of electrolyte 426N. Groselj, U. Lavrencic $tangar,B. Ore, E. Stathatos, P. Lianos
Structural, Optical and Photoelectrical Properties of Hot Wall Deposited CdSe Films 428S.Velumani, Sa.K.Narayandass and D.Mangalaraj
Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Quantification Analysis of Passivation Layer (Si3N4)in Wafer Fabrication 431
Hua Younan
Studies on Electrochromic Processes of Electrodeposited WO3 Films 437Jin Luo, Chuan-Jian Zhong, Maria Hepel
Zinc Telluride Thin Film Electrodeposition and Studies 440T.Mahalingam and VS. John
Kinetics of copper photoelectrochemical deposition on silicon 442N. T. Silva, M. A. S. Oliveira, G. P. Thim
Photoelectrochemical Characterization of CdTe in Nafion Electrolyte 445/ . Pantoja, J. Moreira, X. Mathew and PJ. Sebastian
Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Porous Si: Possible Application inPhotoelectrolysis and Hydrogen Storage 448
N.R. Mathews, PJ. Sebastian, X. Mathew andJ.E. Lugo
Angular dependence of two color emission intensity from organic lightemitting diodes with microcavity structures 452
Fuh-Shyang Juang, Li-Hong Laih
The Effect of Heteropolyacids and Isopolyacids on the Properties ofChemically-Bath Deposited CdS Thin Films 455
N. Lejmi and O. Savadogo
Physico-Chemical Properties of CDTE/CDS Films Deposited by Electrochemicaland Chemical Methods. 45g
M. Ocampo, O. Savadogo and G. Brisard
CHAPTER 7: ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITORS 461
Development of New Oxide Materials for Electrochemical Supercapacitors 463J. Garche, M. Wohlfahrt-Mehrens
Status of the development of electric double layer capacitor 464T.Morimoto
Chemically Bonded Carbonaceous Material for Double-Layer Capacitor Applications 466R. Richner, S. Miiller, O. Haas, A. Wokaun
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Influence of Self-Discharge on the Life Time of Double-Layer Capacitors Basedon Glassy Carbon and sulfuric Acid 468
M. Hahn, M. Bdrtsch, B. Schnyder, R. Kbtz, O. Haas
Effects of surface functional groups and pore size distributions of an activatedcarbon powder on electrochemical double layer capacitor performance 470
Su-Il Pyun and Chang-Hee Kim
Mesoporous nickel/nickel oxide electrodes for high power applications 473Phillip A. Nelson, Joanne M. Elliott, George S. Attard and John R. Owen
Chemically Synthesized Polythiophene as Active Electrode Material forElectrochemical Supercapacitors 476
D. Villers, L. Breau andD. Belanger
Ruthenium Oxide Thin Film Electrode For Supercapacitors Prepared By ESD Technique 479Il-Hwan Kim and Kwang-Bum Kim
Electrochemical and Electronic Properties of LixNii_xO (0 < x < 0.3) Thin FilmElectrodes Prepared by Electrostatic Spray Deposition Technique for ElectrochemicalCapacitors 481
Kyung-Wan Nam, Kwang-Bum Kim
Effects of PVA Addition on Cobalt Oxide Electrode for Electrochemical supercapacitor 483Han-Joo Kim, Soo-Gil Park
Preparation and Characterization of Manganese Dioxide for Electrochemical Supercapacitors 485M. Toupin andD. Belanger
Voltammetric Characterization of Iridium Oxide-Based System: The PseudocapacitiveNature of Ir0.3Mn0.7O2 electrode. 487
A. A. F. Grupioni and T. A. F. Lassali
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