A perspective on influences of cathode material degradation on oxygen transport resistance in low Pt PEMFC

H Li, X Cheng, X Yan, S Shen, J Zhang - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
A large-scale industrial application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)
greatly depends on both substantial cost reduction and continuous durability enhancement …

Multicomponent, multiphase interactions in fuel-cell inks

SA Berlinger, S Garg, AZ Weber - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Fuel cell catalyst layers (CLs) are porous electrodes that are fabricated from CL inks:
colloidal dispersions of catalyst particles and ion-conducting polymer (ionomer), dispersed …

Anode catalysts in anion‐exchange‐membrane electrolysis without supporting electrolyte: conductivity, dynamics, and ionomer degradation

RA Krivina, GA Lindquist, SR Beaudoin… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anion‐exchange‐membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) in principle operate without
soluble electrolyte using earth‐abundant catalysts and cell materials and thus lower the cost …

Metal-compound-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis and the electro-Fenton process

H Sheng, RD Ross, JR Schmidt, S Jin - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a powerful oxidant with many applications, but its chemical
production is unsustainable and unsafe. Decentralized electrosynthesis of H2O2 via the …

Unraveling the core of fuel cell performance: engineering the ionomer/catalyst interface

C Li, K Yu, A Bird, F Guo, J Ilavsky, Y Liu… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The biggest obstacle to the widespread implementation of polymer electrolyte membrane
fuel cells (PEMFCs) is their cost, primarily due to the use of platinum catalysts. The high …

Impact of platinum primary particle loading on fuel cell performance: insights from catalyst/ionomer ink interactions

SA Berlinger, A Chowdhury, T Van Cleve… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A variety of electrochemical energy conversion technologies, including fuel cells, rely on
solution-processing techniques (via inks) to form their catalyst layers (CLs). The CLs are …

Boosting oxygen transport through mitigating the interaction between Pt and ionomer in proton exchange membrane fuel cell

F Sun, H Liu, M Chen, H Wang - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
The key to operating low-cost and high-power proton exchange membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) is reducing local oxygen transport resistance (R ionomer) from Pt/ionomer …

Modulating Perfluorinated Ionomer Functionality via Sidechain Chemistry

A Bird, M Lindell, DI Kushner, A Haug… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ionomers are important to electrode function in energy conversion devices, such as fuel cells
and electrolyzers, as the catalyst‐binding nanometer‐thick films under confinement, which …

Membrane‐electrode assembly design parameters for optimal CO2 reduction

O Romiluyi, N Danilovic, AT Bell… - Electrochemical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Commercial‐scale generation of carbon‐containing chemicals and fuels by means of
electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) requires electrolyzers operating at high current …

Microstructure formation mechanism of catalyst layer and its effect on fuel cell performance: Effect of dispersion medium composition

H Ren, X Meng, Y Lin, Z Shao - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The design of the catalyst layer (CL) offers a feasible way to realize the commercialization of
proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). An in-depth understanding of catalyst inks …