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Thursday, June 3, 1:00 PM - 4:05 PM (Note change from printed program)

Novel Materials and Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion

Kellas 217

Organizer/Presider: Oumarou Savadogo

1:00 239a Ultralight, Flexible, All Solid-State Nanocrystalline TiO2 – Polymer Solar Cells and Arrays. Krishna C. Mandal, University of South Carolina. (see here for abstract)

1:30 239 Electrochemical Investigations of Small Molecules on Modified Surfaces. Gessie M. Brisard, Josee-Anne Cote and Patrick Dube, Universite de Sherbrooke

2:00 240 PEM Fuel Cell for Automotive Subzero Cold-Starts: Supercooled Water Mobility and Ice Formation. Cynthia A. Rice-York1 and Antonio Pistono2, (1)Tennessee Tech University, (2)Tennessee Tech University

2:30 241 Active and Stable Platinum-Based Multimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts in PEMFCs. Bin Fang, Jin Luo, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Bridgid Wanjala, Jun Yin, Xiang Hu and Chuan-Jian Zhong, State University of New York at Binghamton

2:50 Intermission

3:05 242 Preparation of Au/Pt Core-Shell Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells Applications. Lu Lu, Ionel Halaciuga and Dan Goia, Clarkson University

3:25 243 Conductivity, Viscosity, and Enthalpy of Dissolution of LiNTF2 and NaNTF2 Solutions in Ionic Liquid BMINTF2. Lei Yu, Angelo Andriola, Kulwinder Singh and James Lewis, Rowan University

3:45 244 Degradation of PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Due to Automotive Potential Cycling. Daniel Betancourt and Cynthia A. Rice-York, Tennessee Technological University