Bipolar membranes for intrinsically stable and scalable CO2 electrolysis

KV Petrov, CI Koopman, S Subramanian, MTM Koper… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
CO2 electrolysis allows the sustainable production of carbon-based fuels and chemicals.
However, state-of-the-art CO2 electrolysers employing anion exchange membranes (AEMs) …

Multi-scale physics of bipolar membranes in electrochemical processes

JC Bui, EW Lees, DH Marin, TN Stovall… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Bipolar membranes (BPMs) enable control of ion concentrations and fluxes in
electrochemical cells suitable for a wide range of applications. Here we present the multi …

Materials descriptors for advanced water dissociation catalysts in bipolar membranes

S Sasmal, L Chen, PV Sarma, OT Vulpin, CR Simons… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The voltage penalty driving water dissociation (WD) at high current density is a major
obstacle in the commercialization of bipolar membrane (BPM) technology for energy …

Analysis of bipolar membranes for electrochemical CO 2 capture from air and oceanwater

JC Bui, É Lucas, EW Lees, AK Liu… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dioxide (CO2) must be removed from the atmosphere to mitigate the negative effects
of climate change. However, the most scalable methods for removing CO2 from the air …

The role of ionic blockades in controlling the efficiency of energy recovery in forward bias bipolar membranes

WL Toh, HQ Dinh, AT Chu, ER Sauvé, Y Surendranath - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Limited understanding exists about the operation of bipolar membranes (BPMs) in forward
bias to convert protonic gradients into electrical work, despite their emerging role in many …

Effects of Iron Species on Low Temperature CO2 Electrolyzers

AF Staerz, M van Leeuwen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical energy conversion devices are considered key in reducing CO2 emissions
and significant efforts are being applied to accelerate device development. Unlike other …

Neutralization short-circuiting with weak electrolytes erodes the efficiency of bipolar membranes

HQ Dinh, WL Toh, AT Chu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bipolar membranes (BPMs) are critical components of a variety of electrochemical energy
technologies. Many electrochemical applications require the use of buffers to maintain …

Bipolar Membranes With Controlled, Microscale 3D Junctions Enhance the Rates of Water Dissociation and Formation

T Gao, L Schulte, L Xiao, E Yamamoto… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A soft lithographic method is developed for making bipolar membranes (BPMs) with catalytic
junctions formed from arrays of vertically oriented microscale cylinders. The membranes are …

Combined Electrospinning–Electrospraying for High-Performance Bipolar Membranes with Incorporated MCM-41 as Water Dissociation Catalysts

E Al-Dhubhani, M Tedesco, WM de Vos… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrospinning has been demonstrated as a very promising method to create bipolar
membranes (BPMs), especially as it allows three-dimensional (3D) junctions of entangled …

Ion solvation kinetics in bipolar membranes and at electrolyte–metal interfaces

CG Rodellar, JM Gisbert-Gonzalez, F Sarabia… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
Ion (de) solvation at solid–electrolyte interfaces is pivotal for energy and chemical
conversion technology, such as (electro) catalysis, batteries and bipolar membranes. For …