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 Advanced Electric Grid Grid Storage Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Geoengineering Exploratory Efforts All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Micro and Nano Scale Electrochemistry Applied to Fuel Cells

Start Date: January 2003
Status: Completed

Investigators

Fritz B. Prinz, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Ryan O'Hayre and Minhwan Lee, Graduate Researchers, Stanford University

Annual Reports

2004 Progress Report (PDF)

Publications

O’Hayre, R., M. Lee, F. B. Prinz, and S. V. Kalinin. “Frequency dependent transport imaging by scanning probe microscopy .” In: Scanning Probe Microscopy: Electrical and Electrochemical Phenomena at the Nanoscale, Gruverman and S. V. Kalinin (Eds.), Springer Verlag, New York (2007).
Lee, M., W. Lee, and F. B. Prinz. “Topology artifact suppressed Kelvin probe microscopy.” Nanotechnology (Submitted, 2006).
O’Hayre, R., D. M. Barnett, and F. B. Prinz. “The triple phase boundary: A mathematical model and experimental investigations for fuel cells.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 152, No. 2, A439-A444, doi: 10.1149/1.1851054 (2005).
O’Hayre, R. & Prinz, F.B. The Air/Platinum/Nafion Triple Phase Boundary: Characteristics, Scaling, and Implications for Fuel Cells. J. Electrochem. Soc. 151, A756 (2004)
O’Hayre, R., Feng, G., Nix, W.D. & Prinz, F.B. Quantitative Impedance Measurement Using Atomic Force Microscopy. J. App. Phys. 96:6, 3540-3549 (2004)
O’Hayre, R., Lee, M. & Prinz, F.B. Ionic and Electronic Impedance Imaging Using Atomic Force Microscopy. J. App. Phys. 95:12, 8382-8392 (2004)
O’Hayre, R. “Micro Scale Electrochemistry: Application to Fuel Cells.” PhD Thesis, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University (2004). http://www-rpl.stanford.edu/user/files/papers/ryan-thesis-double.pdf
Fasching, R., Y. Tao, S.J. Bai, K. Hammerick, L. Smith, R. Greco, and F. Prinz. “Next generation sensors for measuring ionic flux in live cells.” In: Nano Biology, L. Smith, F. Prinz, R. Greco, Ed., CRC, Boca Raton, (in press, 2004).

Updated March 2006