PEMs

Ultrafast TRCD has also been measured in chemical systems by incoriDorating a PEM into the probe beam optics of a picosecond laser pump-probe absorjDtion apparatus [35]. The PEM resonant frequency is very low (1 kHz) in these experiments, compared with the characteristic frequencies of ultrafast processes and so does not interfere with the detection of ultrafast CD changes. 

The concept of the reversed fuel cell, as shown schematically, consists of two parts. One is the already discussed direct oxidation fuel cell. The other consists of an electrochemical cell consisting of a membrane electrode assembly where the anode comprises Pt/C (or related) catalysts and the cathode, various metal catalysts on carbon. The membrane used is the new proton-conducting PEM-type membrane we developed, which minimizes crossover. 

Thermosetting-encapsulation compounds, based on epoxy resins (qv) or, in some niche appHcations, organosiHcon polymers, are widely used to encase electronic devices. Polyurethanes, polyimides, and polyesters are used to encase modules and hybrids intended for use under low temperature, low humidity conditions. Modified polyimides have the advantages of thermal and moisture stabiHty, low coefficients of thermal expansion, and high material purity. Thermoplastics are rarely used for PEMs, because they are low in purity, requHe unacceptably high temperature and pressure processing conditions. 

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In a second kind of infrared ellipsometer a dynamic retarder, consisting of a photoelastic modulator (PEM), replaces the static one. The PEM produces a sinusoidal phase shift of approximately 40 kHz and supplies the detector exit with signals of the ground frequency and the second harmonic. From these two frequencies and two settings of the polarizer and PEM the ellipsometric spectra are determined [4.316]. This ellipsometer system is mainly used for rapid and relative measurements. 

PEM (Pollution Episodic Model) is an urban scale air pollution model capable of predicting short-term average surface concentrations and deposition fluxes of two gaseous or particulate pollutants. 

GE develops Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) y Fuel Gell for NASA s Gemini Program (1966)... 

Ballard develops power-dense PEM FC, suitable for transportation (1994)... 

As with batteries, differences in electrolytes create several types of fuel cells. The automobile s demanding requirements for compactness and fast start-up have led to the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell being the preferred type. This fuel cell has an electrolyte made of a solid polymer. 

However, there are several issues with widespread methanol usage. Methanol production from natural gas is relatively inefficient ( 67%), and this largely offsets the vehicular improvement in efficiency and carbon dioxide reduction (since gasoline can be made with "85% efficiency from oil). Additionally, the PEM fuel cell demands very pure methanol, which is difficult to deliver using existing oil pipelines and may require a new fuel distribution infrastructure. 

Although it is attractive to directly convert chemical energy to electricity, PEM fuel cells face significant practical obstacles. Expensive heavy metals like platinum are typically used as catalysts to reduce energy barriers associated with the half-cell reactions. PEM fuel cells also cannot use practical hydrocarbon fuels like diesel without complicated preprocessing steps. Those significantly increase the complexity of the overall system. At this time, it appears likely that PEM fuel cells will be confined to niche applications where high cost and special fuel requirements are tolerable. 

One leading prototype of a high-temperature fuel cell is the solid oxide fuel cell, or SOFC. The basic principle of the SOFC, like the PEM, is to use an electrolyte layer with high ionic conductivity but very small electronic conductivity. Figure B shows a schematic illustration of a SOFC fuel cell using carbon monoxide as fuel. 

Unlike the PEM, the ionic conduction occurs for the oxygen ion instead of the hydrogen ion. SOFCs are made of ceramic materials like zirconium (Z = 40) stabilized by yttrium (Z = 39). High-temperature oxygen conductivity is achieved by creating oxygen vacancies in the lattice structure of the electrolyte material. The halfcell reactions in this case are... 

Sloop and Lerner [132] showed that SEI formation can be affected by treatment of the cross-linked polymer, poly-[oxymeth-ylene oligo(oxyethylene)] (PEM) with an alkylating agent. Cross-linked films of PEM do not form a stable interface with lithium however, upon treatment with methyl iodide, / Ej stabilizes at 2000 Hem"1. Such an SEI is characterized by low conductivity, from 10 to 10 Q-Icm2, which is linear over the temperature range of 25-85 °C. 

The Isobaric Process Figure 2.3 shows the relationship between pexl and V during an isobaric (constant pressure) process. In this expansion, peM is constant and usually equal to p, the pressure of the fluid.6 When this is true, equation (2.11) becomes... 

Combining equations (2.20) and (2.22) and equating peM to p. the usual case for an isobaric process,k gives... 

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The concept of a promoter can also be extended to the case of substances which enhance the performance of an electrocatalyst by accelerating the rate of an electrocatalytic reaction. This can be quite important for the performance, e.g., of low temperature (polymer electrolyte membrane, PEM) fuel cells where poisoning of the anodic Pt electrocatalyst (reaction 1.7) by trace amounts of strongly adsorbed CO poses a serious problem. Such a promoter which when added to the Pt electrocatalyst would accelerate the desired reaction (1.5 or 1.7) could be termed an electrocatalytic promoter, or electropromoter, but this concept will not be dealt with in the present book, where the term promoter will always be used for substances which enhance the performance of a catalyst. 

L. Ploense, M. Salazar, B. Gurau, and E. Smotkin, Spectroscopic study ofNEMCA promoted alkene isomerizations at PEM fuel cell Pd-Nafion cathodes, Solid State Ionics 136-137, 713-720(2000). 

Successful applications of the oxygen-modified CNFs are reported on immobilization of metal complexes ]95], incorporation of small Rh particles [96], supported Pt and Ru CNFs by adsorption and homogeneous deposition precipitation ]97, 98], Co CNFs for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis ]99], and Pt CNFs for PEM fuel cells [100]. 

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