Symposium EE9-Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure

Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies will play a critical role in our future sustainable society, especially for sustainable transportation, due to their zero emission at user site. Polymer membrane fuel cells are particularly attractive for vehicle applications because of its quick response time. Recent progress in materials design and engineering and system integration has pushed hydrogen fuel cells ever closer to mass commercialization. There is a re-emerging interest in fuel cell technologies for transportation. Several automakers have launched or are scheduled to launch hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) as early as 2015. However, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies are still limited by cost, performance, and infrastructure. From scientific discovery and technology development point of view, hydrogen infrastructure (production, delivery, and storage) and fuel cell technologies are closely coupled. One particular example is hydrogen production from electrolysis, which leverages many of the same materials, manufacturing processes, and design principles as fuel cells. It is believed that, in order to move hydrogen and fuel cell technologies forward and to achieve the widespread adoption of hydrogen FCEVs, now it is critical for the scientists and engineers working on the hydrogen infrastructure and those on fuel cell technologies to collaborate closely together. This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary discussion forum about the current status and future perspectives of hydrogen and polymer membrane fuel cell technologies. This symposium aims to bring together scientists and engineers from all over the world in materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering, system analysis and integration to identify the key issues with hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and the strategies to solve them. The main topics will cover proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, anion exchange membrane (AEM) fuel cells, direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs), PEM and AEM based electrolyzers, hydrogen production, delivery and storage.

Topics will include:

Proton exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes
Membrane electrode assembly (MEA) integration
Bipolar plates
New concepts for fuel cells and hydrogen infrastructure
Platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts and non-precious metal catalysts including support materials
Materials design, synthesis and processing for hydrogen production using various methods (e.g., electrolytic, photolytic, thermal, biochemical)
Materials design, synthesis and processing for hydrogen delivery and storage
Advanced materials characterization, simulation and calculations
Techno-economic and life cycle analysis of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, including infrastructure development

Invited Speakers:

EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _0 (Cornell University, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _1 (Proton OnSite, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _2 (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _3 (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _4 (Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Germany)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _5 (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _6 (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _7 (CellEra Technologies, Israel)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _8 (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _9 (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _10 (Toray Industries, Inc, Japan)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _11 (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _12 (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization-NEDO, Japan)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _13 (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _14 (DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Office, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _15 (Nissan/FC Cubic, Japan)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _16 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _17 (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _18 (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _19 (Toyota Motor, Japan)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _20 (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _21 (The University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _22 (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China)
EE9_Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Transportation—Materials, Systems and Infrastructure _23 (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)