Fuel Cells GRC and GRS - Technological Progress and New Scientific Insights

燃料电池 GRC 和 GRS - 技术进步和新的科学见解

• 批准号: 1440218
• 负责人: Peter Pintauro
• 金额: $ 2.3万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-15 至 2015-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1440218&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fuel; Cells; GRC; GRS; Technological

Principal Investigator: Peter N PintauroProposal No: 1440218 Title: Fuel Cells GRC and GRS - Technological Progress and New ScientificA fuel cell is a device which converts fuel directly into electricity for use in portable power systems or electric cars. The fuels can be obtained from renewable resources or from non-renewable resources such as natural gas. This award provides travel and registration funds for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior researchers to attend the Fuel Cells Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The GRC will be held August 3-8, 2014 with a preceding GRS on August 2-3, 2014. Gordon Conferences and Seminars provide a setting where researchers from around the world can present their most recent results. The conferences foster informal discussions and networking that occur within outside of the organized lecture sessions. Presentations and formal discussions between the speakers and audience provide valuable feedback on current research efforts and clarification of technical issues. Informal one-on-one interactions help seed new ideas and new collaborations that will assist in moving fuel cell research and development forward. This format is particularly appropriate for the fuel cell field, which has enjoyed a development and commercialization pathway that is grounded in scientific advances and understanding of fundamental phenomena.Fuel cell researchers have made significant advances leading to commercial devices. Several automakers plan to introduce fuel cell powered cars to the general public in the near future. The first generation proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell designs are relatively mature. Cost and long-term component durability, however, are still important technical and commercialization issues. So there continues to be a need to investigate new fuel cell component materials and system designs for transportation (autos, trucks, and buses), portable power, grid storage and load leveling, residential power, and military use. Today, there is an active fuel cell R&D community involving industry, national laboratories, and academia. These scientists and engineers are making major breakthroughs that will further improve the durability and performance of fuel cells, while dropping system and operating costs. In this context, the speaker and poster programs for the GRC and GRS have been developed to consider what comes next for fuel cells and related technologies. Presenters will focus on the limits of present-day technologies, asking and answering how and what science might circumvent those limits. Topical sessions at the GRC will focus on catalysts, new electrode architectures, multi-scale modeling, membranes, and MEA durability. Related technical areas will also be explored, where achievements and progress on proton exchange membrane fuel cells over the years have been optimally leveraged. These emerging technical areas include regenerative fuel cells and flow batteries, alkaline fuel cells, and fuel cells on a silicon microchip. Above all, the meeting organizers seek to maintain the predominantly scientific flavor of the GRC and GRS that is the hallmark of this conference venue.

主要研究者：Peter N Pintauro提案编号：1440218标题：燃料电池GRC和GRS -技术进步和新科学燃料电池是一种将燃料直接转化为电力的装置，用于便携式动力系统或电动汽车。燃料可以从可再生资源或从不可再生资源如天然气获得。 该奖项为研究生，博士后研究员和初级研究人员提供旅行和注册资金，以参加罗得岛史密斯菲尔德布莱恩特大学的燃料电池戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）。GRC将于2014年8月3日至8日举行，之前的GRS将于2014年8月2日至3日举行。戈登会议和研讨会提供了一个环境，来自世界各地的研究人员可以展示他们的最新成果。 会议促进非正式的讨论和网络，发生在有组织的讲座会议之外。 演讲者和听众之间的演讲和正式讨论为当前的研究工作提供了宝贵的反馈，并澄清了技术问题。非正式的一对一互动有助于产生新的想法和新的合作，这将有助于推动燃料电池的研究和开发。 这种形式特别适用于燃料电池领域，该领域的开发和商业化途径基于科学进步和对基本现象的理解。燃料电池研究人员已经取得了重大进展，导致商业化设备。 几家汽车制造商计划在不久的将来向公众推出燃料电池驱动的汽车。 第一代质子交换膜（PEM）燃料电池设计相对成熟。 然而，成本和长期部件耐用性仍然是重要的技术和商业化问题。因此，仍然需要研究新的燃料电池组件材料和系统设计，用于运输（汽车，卡车和公共汽车），便携式电源，电网存储和负载均衡，住宅电源和军事用途。今天，有一个活跃的燃料电池研发社区，涉及工业，国家实验室和学术界。 这些科学家和工程师正在取得重大突破，将进一步提高燃料电池的耐用性和性能，同时降低系统和运营成本。 在这种情况下，GRC和GRS的演讲者和海报计划已经开发出来，以考虑燃料电池和相关技术的下一步发展。 演讲者将专注于当今技术的局限性，询问和回答科学如何以及如何规避这些限制。 专题会议在GRC将集中在催化剂，新的电极架构，多尺度建模，膜和MEA的耐久性。还将探讨相关的技术领域，在这些领域，质子交换膜燃料电池多年来的成就和进展得到了最佳利用。 这些新兴的技术领域包括再生燃料电池和液流电池、碱性燃料电池和硅微芯片燃料电池。最重要的是，会议组织者寻求保持GRC和GRS的主要科学风味，这是这个会议场地的标志。