Dr. Dario R. Dekel- Wednesday 15.6.11- Seminar at the Research Student Forum of Electrochemistry
Tal Yoetz
You are kindly invited to attend the seminar of the
"Research Student Forum of Electrochemistry"
Dario R. Dekel, Ph.D., MBA
Email: da...@cellera.biz
Will give a talk on:
Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell- State-of-the-Art
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) have acquired major significance since they have achieved a performance high enough for several applications and today, from the technological point of view, they are ready to enter the market. However, the cost of PEMFC technology is still a major barrier for commercialization. Recently, the Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells (AMFCs) have received increasing attention since in principle, they allow for the use of non-precious metal catalysts, dramatically reducing the cost per kW of power. In order to develop a first AMFC stack with practical performance, the anion conductive membrane, anion conductive ionomer and catalysts are key materials.
In the last few years, developmental work on anion conductive membranes for fuel cells has significantly increased and several polymer chemistries have already been tested at very small AMFC scales. Scarce work has been done with anion conductive ionomers and almost no work exists on catalysts for the electrodes of this technology. During this presentation, the state of the art on AMFCs will be reviewed, and current challenges in the development of membranes and catalysts will be briefly discussed.
June 15, 2011, at 11:10
Room 206, Wolfson Mechanical Eng. Bldg., Faculty of Engineering
coffee & cookies at 11:00
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