Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Biomass Energy Hydrogen C-H Bonds in Carbon Nanotubes as an Energy Carrier Direct Solar Biohydrogen Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Ceramic Materials for Fuel Cells Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of PEM Fuel Cells Processes Nanomaterials Engineering for Hydrogen Storage Hydrogen Effects on Climate, Stratospheric Ozone, and Air Pollution Biohydrogen Generation Micro- and Nano-Scale Electrochemistry Applied to Fuel Cells Monitoring Bioconversion Processes Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Energy Distribution & Infrastructures Geoengineering All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Ceramic Materials for Fuel Cells

January 2004 - December 2006 (Completed)

Investigators

Jonathan Stebbins, Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences; Fritz Prinz, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering; Namjun Kim, Post-doctoral Researcher; Cheng-Han Hsieh, Hong Huang, Graduate Researchers, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Huang, H., C-H. Hsieh, N. Kim, J. F. Stebbins, and F. Prinz. ‘Structure, local environment, and ionic conduction in scandia stabilized zirconia.” Solid State Ionics, Vol. 179, No.s 27-32, pp. 1442-1445, doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2008.02.061 (2008).
Kim, N., C-H. Hsieh, H. Huang, F. B. Prinz, and J. F. Stebbins. “High temperature 17O MAS NMR study of calcia, magnesia, scandia and yttria stabilized zirconia.” Solid State Ionics, Vol. 178, No. 27-28, pp. 1499-1506, doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2007.09.008 (2007).
Kim, N. and J. F. Stebbins. “Cation coordination and vacancy ordering in yttrium-doped ceria: 17O and 89Y NMR.” Chem. Materials, Vol. 19, pp. 5742-5747 (2007).
Kim, N. and J. F. Stebbins. “Scandium molybdate-scandium tungstate solid solutions: high resolution 45Sc and 17O NMR constraints on cation disorder.” (In preparation, 2007).

Kim, N., Hsieh, C.-H. & Stebbins, J.F. Scandium coordination in solid oxides and stabilized zirconia: 45Sc NMR. Chem. Mat. 18, 3855-3859 (2006)
Hsieh, C.-H. “Solid-state NMR and x-ray studies of local coordination environment in the ZrO2-Sc2O3 system.” M.S. Report, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University (2005).

Updated October 2009