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

首席研究员：Peter N PintauroProposal No：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能的装置，用于便携式电力系统或电动汽车。这些燃料可以从可再生资源或天然气等不可再生资源中获得。该奖项为研究生、博士后研究员和初级研究人员提供旅费和注册费，以参加在罗德岛州史密斯菲尔德的布莱恩特大学举行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。这些会议促进了在有组织的讲座之外进行的非正式讨论和建立联系。演讲者和听众之间的演讲和正式讨论对当前的研究工作和对技术问题的澄清提供了宝贵的反馈。非正式的一对一互动有助于催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。这种形式特别适合燃料电池领域，该领域一直享有以科学进步和对基本现象的理解为基础的开发和商业化道路。燃料电池研究人员取得了重大进展，导致了商业设备。几家汽车制造商计划在不久的将来向公众推出燃料电池动力汽车。第一代质子交换膜(PEM)燃料电池设计比较成熟。然而，成本和部件的长期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，用于交通运输(汽车、卡车和公共汽车)、便携式电力、电网存储和负载平衡、住宅电力和军事用途。今天，有一个活跃的燃料电池研发社区，包括工业界、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。在这种背景下，GRC和GRS的演讲者和海报程序已经开发出来，以考虑燃料电池和相关技术的下一步是什么。演讲者将专注于当今技术的局限性，询问并回答如何以及什么科学可以绕过这些局限性。GRC的专题会议将集中在催化剂、新的电极结构、多尺度建模、膜和MEA持久性等方面。还将探索相关技术领域，其中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上的燃料电池。最重要的是，会议组织者试图保持GRC和GRS的主要科学气息，这是这个会议场地的标志。

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.