Engineering catalyst layers for next‐generation polymer electrolyte fuel cells: a review of design, materials, and methods

TAM Suter, K Smith, J Hack, L Rasha… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) are a promising replacement for the fossil fuel–
dependent automotive and energy sectors. They have become increasingly commercialized …

Structural and transport properties of ultrathin perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer film in proton exchange membrane fuel cell catalyst layer: A review

X Yan, Z Xu, S Yuan, A Han, Y Shen, X Cheng… - Journal of Power …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the properties of perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes (10–100 s μm thick) in
proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been well studied for decades, the …

CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm−2

FP García de Arquer, CT Dinh, A Ozden, J Wicks… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Electrolysis offers an attractive route to upgrade greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide
(CO2) to valuable fuels and feedstocks; however, productivity is often limited by gas diffusion …

Fuel cell membranes–Pros and cons

E Ogungbemi, O Ijaodola, FN Khatib, T Wilberforce… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This investigation provides a critical analysis of the development of PEM fuel cells and
related research with specific focus on the membrane material. The catalytic membrane is …

Hydrovoltaic energy harvesting from moisture flow using an ionic polymer–hydrogel–carbon composite

C Liu, S Wang, X Wang, J Mao, Y Chen… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrovoltaic technologies have been proposed in recent years to generate electricity by
virtue of water interacting with nanostructured materials, such as monolayer graphene and …

Redox flow battery membranes: improving battery performance by leveraging structure–property relationships

CA Machado, GO Brown, R Yang, TE Hopkins… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Membranes are a critical component of redox flow batteries (RFBs), and their major purpose
is to keep the redox-active species in the two half cells separate and allow the passage of …

A review of functions, attributes, properties and measurements for the quality control of proton exchange membrane fuel cell components

XZ Yuan, C Nayoze-Coynel, N Shaigan, D Fisher… - Journal of Power …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quality control (QC) is an essential part of fuel cell technology industrialization, providing
means to reduce cost of components, enhancing the reliability of the final product, and …

Modelling the proton-conductive membrane in practical polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) simulation: A review

EJF Dickinson, G Smith - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Theoretical models used to describe the proton-conductive membrane in polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are reviewed, within the specific context of practical …

Comprehensive understanding of oxygen transport at Gas/ionomer/electrocatalyst triple phase boundary in PEMFCs

H Li, J You, Y Feng, X Yan, J Yin, L Luo, M He… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reducing Pt loading of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) without sacrificing
performance remains challenging due to the severe oxygen transport resistance in cathode …

Interesting facets of surface, interfacial, and bulk characteristics of perfluorinated ionomer films

K Karan - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ion-containing perfluorinated polymers possess unique viscoelastic properties, excellent
proton conductivity, and nanophase-segregated structure all arising from the clustering of …