2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Production and Fuel Cells

We seek papers pertaining to the design, synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of nanomaterials for hydrogen storage and hydrogen production and for fuel cell applications, including membranes, catalysts, and electodes. Papers describing experimental, theoretical and computational work are welcome.

Chair

Levi T. Thompson, University of Michigan

Co-Chair

Aaron E. Saunders, University of Colorado

Presentations

08:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

08:35 AM

(45a) Morphological Dependence of ZnO on Methanol Steam Reforming Activity in Pd/Zno Catalysts
Patrick D. Burton, Travis Conant, Chuan Zhang, Abhaya K. Datye, Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez, Timothy J. Boyle

09:00 AM

(45b) Tailoring the Pore Morphology of Pure and Mixed La- and Ce-Oxides
Yanan Wang, Shuang Liang, Götz Veser

09:25 AM

(45c) α-Fe2O3 Nanowire Array Based Electrodes for Self-Driven Photoelectrochemical Cells
Boris D. Chernomordik, Uros Cvelbar, Vidhya Chakrapani, Miran Mozetic, Mahendra K. Sunkara

09:50 AM

(45d) TiO2 Nanotubes Supported Gold Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
Peter H. Aurora, Levi Thompson, Chang Hwan Kim

10:15 AM

(45e) Band Gap Modification of Oxide Nanowires for Solar Hydrogen Production
Vidhya Chakrapani, Jyothish Thangala, Zhiqiang Chen, Mahendra K. Sunkara

10:40 AM

Concluding Remarks