Grubb, William

Grubb, M. and Meyer, N. (1993). Wind energy resources, systems and regional strategies. In Renewable energy. Sources for Fuels and Electricity, ed. Johansson, T. B., Kelly, H., Reddy, A. K. N. and Williams, R. H. Washington, DC Island Press, pp. 157-212. 

General Electric scientist William Grubb and his colleagues develop a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. 

Modem System Reference Document Copyright 2002-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Authors Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Charles Ryan, Eric Cagle, David Noonan, Stan , based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Bmce R. Cordell, John Tynes, Andy Collins, and JD Wiker. 

The idea of using an ion-conductive polymeric membrane as a gas-electron barrier in a fuel cell was first conceived by William T. Grubb, Jr. (General Electric Company) in 1955. - In his classic patent, Grubb described the use of Amber-plex C-1, a cation exchange polymer membrane from Rohm and Haas, to build a prototype H2-air PEM fuel cell (known in those days as a solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cell). Today, the most widely used membrane electrolyte is DuPont s Nation... 

Artman GD III, Grubbs AW, Williams RM (2007) Concise, asymmetric, stereocontrolled total synthesis of stephacidin A, B, and notoamide B. J Am Chem Soc 129 6336-6342... 

In 1959, William Grubbs used organic cation exchange polymers in fuel cells. As shown in Fig. 1.9, the cell consists of polymer electrolyte sandwiched between platinum impregnated porous electrodes. Teflon is coated on the electrodes to make them hydrophobic. The operation temperature of PEFMC can be within 80-200°C. The low operation temperature of PEMFC offers quick start-up but platinum catalysts are required to promote the electrochemical reaction. Platinum particles are deposited very finely onto carbon powders to attain the maximum surface area. The contact between gas, electrolyte and platinum catalyst should be good for the uninterrupted function of PEFMC. 

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