Plenary Speaker
Yu Morimoto
Advanced Electrochemical Device Program
Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
Nagakute, Aichi
Japan, 4801192
Email: morimoto@mosk.tytlabs.co.jp
Short Biography
Dr Yu Morimoto started his professional career at Toyota Central R&D labs. Inc, (TCRDL) in 1982 in R&D on secondary batteries for SLI (Starting, lighting ignition) and EV. In 1989 he initiated research activities on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFC) from scratch. Since 1995 he leads the PEFC R&D at Toyota focusing on electrocatalysis and MEAs by in-house research but also collaboration with material suppliers, universities, and national labs from all over the world.
Dr. Morimoto obtained his PhD in 1994 at Case Western Reserve University with Professor E. B. Yeager on Electrochemical oxidation of methanol on platinum and platinum based electrodes. Dr. Morimoto’s key expertise is in electrocatalysis and MEA development, evaluation, characterization, degradation analysis and macroscopic modeling and simulation.
“Present Status and Challenges of Automotive Fuel Cells”
Since the inventions in 1980s of the basic structure, i.e. a layered structure of a perfluorosulfonic acid membrane and gas diffusion electrodes including Pt on carbon and an ionomer, significant advancement has been achieved and finally, commercial products are now in the market for automobile and stationary applications.
In this talk, key technologies established in this period were quickly reviewed and present status and issues were presented as well as on-going trends to address the issues. In addition, our recent studies on OER catalysts for PEM electrolysis are quickly introduced.
This study is financially supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.