News

In Fall 2005, Prof. DiSalvo and Dr. Mutolo spoke at a technology conference organized by central New York's Emerging Technology Alliance, partially sponsored by NYSTAR. Here are some comments from NYSTAR about the event, and especially CFCI's presentations.

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Updates

This PDF article, from the office of the Cornell Vice Provost for Research, describes how CFCI technology has the potential to change the way industry builds fuel cells.

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Milestones

Learn about CFCI's approach to developing novel materials for advanced MEAs (membrane electrode assemblies) for tomorrow's fuel cells.

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Selected Publications

  • Adsorption of CO on PtBi2 and PtBi surfaces, Oana, Melania; Hoffmann, Roald; Abruna, Hector D.; DiSalvo, Francis J., Surface Science, 574(1), 1-16 (2005).

  • Chemical strategies for control of phase structure in block copolymers, Ober, Christopher K.; You, Fengxiang; Li, Mingqi; Chao, Chiyang; Du, Phong; Wiesner, Ulrich. Abstracts of Papers, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2005, POLY-265, (2005)

  • Size-induced demixing of nanoparticles from block copolymers, Warren, Scott C.; Banholzer, Matthew J.; Jackson, Aaron C.; DiSalvo, Francis J.; Wiesner, Ulrich B., Abstracts of Papers, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2005, PMSE-471, (2005)

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrocatalytic Activity of PtBi Nanoparticles Prepared by the Polyol Process, Roychowdhury, Chandrani; Matsumoto, Futoshi; Mutolo, Paul F.; Abruna, Hector D.; DiSalvo, Francis J., Chemistry of Materials, 17(23), 5871-5876, (2005)

  • Electrocatalytic Activity of Ordered Intermetallic Phases for Fuel Cell Applications, Emerilis Casado-Rivera, David J. Volpe, Laif R. Alden, Cora Lind, Craig Downie, Terannie Vazquez-Alvarez, Antonio C. D. Angelo, Francis J. DiSalvo, and Héctor D. Abruña., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126 4043-4049 (2004)

  • Surface Treatment Effects on the Electrocatalytic Activity and Characterization on Intermetallic Phases, D. Volpe, E. Casado-Rivera, L. Alden, K. Haggerdon, C. Downie, C. Korzeniewski, F. J. DiSalvo, and H. D. Abruña., Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 151(7) A971-A977 (2004)

  • The codeposited composition spread approach to high-throughput discovery/exploration of inorganic materials, van Dover, Robert Bruce; Schneemeyer, Lynn F., Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 25(1), 150-157 (2004).

  • Fuel cells: the final step in a hydrogen economy, DiSalvo, Francis J., Abstracts of Papers, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 28-April 1, 2004, FUEL-104 (2004).

  • The continuous composition spread approach, Van Dover, R. Bruce; Schneemeyer, Lynn F., Combinational Materials Synthesis, 35-68 (2003).

  • From nanocomposite to nanogel polymer electrolytes, Jacob, M. M. E.; Hackett, Emily; Giannelis, Emmanuel P., Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13(1), 1-5 (2003).

  • Intermetallic compounds for fuel cell electrocatalysis, DiSalvo, Francis J., Abruña, Héctor D., Abstracts of Papers, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, United States, September 7-11, 2003 (2003)

  • Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Formic Acid at an Ordered Intermetallic PtBi Surface, Emerilis Casado-Rivera, Zoltan Gál, A.C.D. Angelo, Cora Lind, Francis J. DiSalvo, and Héctor D. Abruña., ChemPhysChem 4(2) 193-199 (2003)

  • Application of Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry to the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Formic Acid at a Modified Bi/Pt Electrode Surface, Sean P. E. Smith, Emerilis Casado-Rivera and Héctor D. Abruña., Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 7(9) 582-587 (2003)