AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Energy Frontiers Focus Topic Thursday Sessions

Session EN+NS-ThA
Nanostructures for Energy Storage and Fuel Cells II

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 2:00 pm, Room 103
Moderator: Jay Lewis, RTI International


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2:00pm EN+NS-ThA1
Charge-Storage Processes in Model MnO2-Li-HOPG Systems: UHV-STM Investigations
Satyaveda Bharath, W. Song, J.E. Reutt-Robey, University of Maryland, College Park, K.R. Zavadil, Sandia National Laboratories
2:20pm EN+NS-ThA2
The Influence of Surface Chemistry as a Function of Salt Composition on the Rate Capability of LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 Composite Electrodes for Li-ion Rechargeable Batteries as Investigated using XPS
Ronald Quinlan, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Y.C. Lu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A.N. Mansour, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Y. Shao-Horn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:40pm EN+NS-ThA3
Hydrogen Storage in Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Nour Nijem, University of Texas at Dallas, L. Kong, H. Wu, Y. Zhao, J. Li, D.C. Langreth, Rutgers University, Y.J. Chabal, University of Texas at Dallas
3:00pm EN+NS-ThA4
Nanostructure Engineering and Modeling of 3D Electrostatic Nanocapacitors
Lauren Haspert, G.W. Rubloff, S.B. Lee, University of Maryland, College Park
3:40pm EN+NS-ThA6 Invited Paper
Atomic Scale Engineering for Energy Conversion Efficiency
F. Prinz, N.P. Dasgupta, C.-C. Chao, Stanford University
4:20pm EN+NS-ThA8
Nanoscale Characterization of Water Distributions in PEM Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assemblies Measured by Scanning Transmission Soft X-ray Microscopy
Adam Hitchcock, V. Berejnov, McMaster University, Canada, D. Susac, J. Stumper, Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Co, Canada
4:40pm EN+NS-ThA9
Optimization of the Delta Phase in Bismuth Oxide Thin Films
P. Silva-Bermudez, O. García-Zarco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, E. Camps, L. Escobar-Alarcón, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, México, Sandra Rodil, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
5:00pm EN+NS-ThA10
Probing Physical and Interfacial Confinement Effects on Multilayered Piezoelectric Polymeric Films using Second Harmonic Generation Laser Spectroscopy
Jennifer Jones, Fisk University, H. Park, Vanderbilt University, L. Zhu, Case Western Reserve University, N.H. Tolk, Vanderbilt University, R. Mu, Fisk University
5:20pm EN+NS-ThA11
Electrical Transport in Ultrathin Ruthenium Films formed by Atomic Layer Deposition
Keith Gregorczyk, P. Banerjee, G.W. Rubloff, University of Maryland, College Park