Understanding First Principles and Exploring New Innovations in Fuel Cells

The Gordon Research Seminar on Fuel Cells provides a unique opportunity to graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present innovative ideas, collaborate, exchange new data, and build networks among the community.

After the introduction of the first fuel cell commercial vehicle in 2016, there is now a need to improve performance, durability and reduce cost. The 2018 Fuel Cells GRS will focus on the recent advances in the development of materials for proton exchange and anion exchange membrane fuel cells. This meeting will focus on understanding first principles related to catalyst and membrane materials, including degradation mechanisms and durability. Discussions will progress to exploring new innovations of these materials in the development of next generation fuel cells and fuel cell inspired devices, such as electrolyzers and flow batteries.