205th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society

May 9-May 14, 2004

PROGRAM INFORMATION

L1 - Nanostructured Materials for Energy Conversion

Energy Technology/Battery/Nanotechnology Subcommittee

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Conference Rooms 3 and 4, Level 3

Co-Chairs: W. van Schalkwijk and J. Prakash

Time	Abs#	Title
14:00	384	Cycling stability of Sn-Cu based Negative Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries - C. Arbizzani, M. Lazzari, and M. Mastragostino (University of Bologna)
14:20	385	Preparation of Composite Electrode with Three Dimensionally Ordered Structure for All Solid-state Rechargeable Lithium Battery - K. Kanamura and N. Akutagawa (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
14:40	386	Behavior and Characteristics Analysis of a Rechargeable Micro-Scale Lithium Battery for an Intelligent Power Management System - M. Alahmad and H. Hess (University of Idaho)
15:00	387	Above IC Microbattery - R. Salot, C. Navone, S. Roche (CEA), and J.-P. Pereira-Ramos (CNRS)
15:20	388	Energy Technology Research Award Address: Carbon in Electrochemical Energy Technologies - K. Kinoshita (CTECH Research)
15:40		Twenty-Minute Intermission
16:00	389	Application Of Carbon Nanotubes In PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes - H. Ghezel-Ayagh and L. Lipp (FuelCell Energy, Inc.)
16:20	390	Particle Size Effects on the Conductivity of Heteropolyacid/Ionomer Composite Membranes for High T/Low RH PEFC Applications - V. Ramani, H. Kunz, and J. Fenton (University of Connecticut)
16:40	391	Half-Cell Reactions of Iron, Cobalt, and Manganese Holo-Ferritin on Gold Electrodes - T. Miller, J. Harb, G. Watt, R. Davis, D. Xu, B. Zhang (Brigham Young University), and S. Choi (NASA Langley Research Center)
17:00	392	Nanostructured and Functionally Graded Cathodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - Y. Liu, C. Compson, and M. Liu (Georgia Institute of Technology)
17:20	393	Synthesis of 3-Dimensional Multi-Scale Porous Electrodes for SOFCs - Y. Zhang, S. Zha, and M. Liu (Georgia Institute of Technology)
17:40	394	Composite (Sm, Sr)CoO3 –YSZ Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - T. Suzuki, V. Petrovsky, P. Jasinski, and H. Anderson (EMARC, University of Missouri-Rolla)

Salons E and F, Level 3

Poster Session

Co-Chairs: W. van Schalkwijk and J. Prakash

Time	Abs#	Title
o	395	The Photoelectro-catalytic Property of a TiO2 Photoelectrode Prepared Using Reactive Sputtering - Y.-F. Su and T.-C. Chou (National Cheng Kung University)
o	396	Electrochemical Characterization of Nanostructured Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production - T.-V. Nguyen, D.-J. Choi, and O.-B. Yang (Chonbuk National University)
o	397	Effect of Heat Treatment on Material Characteristics and Pseudo-Capacitive Properties of the Nanostructured Manganese Oxide Prepared by Anodic Deposition - J.-K. Chang and W.-T. Tsai (National Cheng Kung University)
o	398	Enhanced Light Absorption using Porous Silicon Layer by Electrochemical Anodization - J.H. Kwon, D.S. Kim, and S.H. Lee (University of Sejong)

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Conference Rooms 3 and 4, Level 3

Co-Chairs: W. van Schalkwijk and J. Prakash

Time	Abs#	Title
14:00	399	Some Studies on Electrodeposition and Characterization of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Thin Films - O.S. Joo, C. Lokhande, E.H. Lee, and K.D. Jung (Korea Institute Science and Technology)
14:20	400	Formation of 2D TiO2 Nanowires with Single Crystal and Application for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell - Y. Murata, J. Takao, M. Sakamoto, J. Jiu, and M. Adachi (Kyoto University)
14:40	401	Improved Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells With Buffer Layers Between Transparent Conductive Layer and Porous TiO2 Layer - K.-S. Ahn, W.-S. Lee, J.-M. Choi, B.-C. Shin, J.-W. Park, and J.-W. Lee (Samsung SDI Co., LTD)
15:00	402	ZnO/CdSe/CuSCN Inorganic ETA -Solar Cells Based on a Nanocolumnar ZnO Film - M. Ryan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), C. Levy-Clement (LCMTR, Institut des Sciences Chimiques Seine Amont), R. Tena-Zaera (Dpt. Física Aplicada), A. Katty, S. Bastide (LCMTR, Institut des Sciences Chimiques Seine Amont), G. Hodes (Dept. of Materials and Interfaces), and C. Vard (LCMTR, Institut des Sciences Chimiques Seine Amont)
15:20	403	Characterization and Nanoscale Analysis of Electrodeposited CuInSe2 on Flexible Polymer for Applications in Thin film Solar Cells - H.-H. Chen, P.N. Kalu (FAMU-FSU), A. Shaba, and E.E. Kalu (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
15:40		Twenty-Minute Intermission
16:00	404	Effect of Nanostructures on Polymer Electrode Fuel Cell Performance - C. Karuppaiah, R. Subbaraman, F. Costello, and T. Zawodzinski (Case Western Reserve University)
16:20	405	Heteropolyacid/ Sulfonated PEKK Composite Membranes for PEFC and DMFC Applications - V. Ramani, S. Swier, R. Weiss, M. Shaw, H. Kunz, and J. Fenton (University of Connecticut)
16:40	406	Performance Improvement of La1-xSrxCo1-yFeyO3 (LSCF) Cathode Formed from Sol-Gel Method - J. Liu, S. Paulson, and V. Birss (University of Calgary)
17:00	407	An Impedance Study of Porous LSCO Electrodes Fabricated with Pulsed Laser Deposition - X. Chen, J. Li, N. Wu, and A. Ignatiev (University of Houston)

Thursday, May 13, 2004

Co-Chairs: W. van Schalkwijk and J. Prakash

Time	Abs#	Title
08:00	408	Synthesis and Characterization of H2 Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts with Optimized Cluster Size - W. Steen, E. Coker, M. Kelly, I. Abraham, and J. Miller (Sandia National Laboratories)
08:20	409	Preparation and Application of Nano-Sized PtRu Catalysts of Controlled Size and Composition - C. Bock, C. Paquet, and B. MacDougall (National Research Council of Canada)
08:40	410	Oxidation of Methanol on Platinum Nanoparticles Dispersed on Oxides - H.M. Villullas, F. Mattos-Costa, and L. Bulhões (Departamento de Química, UFSCar)
09:00	411	Hydrogen Oxidation And Methanol Oxidation At The Mesoporous Platinum/Solid Polymer Electrolyte Interface - A. Kucernak (Imperial College London)
09:20	412	Layered Composition of Catalytic Nanoparticles by Electrochemical NMR - A. Wieckowski, P.K. Babu, H.S. Kim, and E. Oldfield (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
09:40		Twenty-Minute Intermission
10:00	413	Carbon Supports for Electrodeposited Pt-Ru Catalysts - M. Mastragostino, A. Missiroli, and F. Soavi (University of Bologna)
10:20	414	Adsorbed Methanol Residues Stripping Analysis at Carbon Supported Pt and Pt-Ru Catalysts Employed in DMFCs - V. Baglio, A.S. Arico, E. Modica, G. Monforte (CNR-ITAE), P.L. Antonucci (University of Reggio Calabria), and V. Antonucci (CNR-ITAE)
10:40	415	Mesoporous Carbons with Controlled Porosity as an Electrocatalyst Support for Fuel Cells - R. Vadari and A. Manthiram (University of Texas at Austin)
11:00	416	Methanol Tolerant Pt/TiOx Nanocomposite Cathodes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells - L. Xiong and A. Manthiram (Materials Science & Engineering, ETC 9.148)
11:20	417	Electrodeposition of Pt-Ru Nanoparticles on High Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG) and Their Electrocatalytic Characterization - G. Lu (University of Alabama) and G. Zangari (University of Virginia)
11:40	418	Structural and Electronic properties of Carbon nanohorn aggregates probed by ¹³C-NMR - H. Imai (NEC Corporation), P. Babu, E. Oldfield, A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois), D. Kasuya, T. Azami, Y. Shimakawa, M. Yudasaka, Y. Kubo, and S. Iijima (NEC Corporation)