A review of membranes in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Transport phenomena, performance and durability

M Pan, C Pan, C Li, J Zhao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane is one of the most important components in proton exchange membrane fuel
cells (PEMFCs), which determines the transport phenomena, performance, and durability …

Rational Materials and Structure Design for Improving the Performance and Durability of High Temperature Proton Exchange Membranes (HT‐PEMs)

J Song, W Zhao, L Zhou, H Meng, H Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen energy as the next‐generation clean energy carrier has attracted the attention of
both academic and industrial fields. A key limit in the current stage is the operation …

[HTML][HTML] Perpendicularly stacked array of PTFE nanofibers as a reinforcement for highly durable composite membrane in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

CK Hwang, KA Lee, J Lee, Y Kim, H Ahn, W Hwang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The configuration of reinforced composite membrane (RCM), composed of porous
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a mechanical reinforcement and perfluorosulfonic acid …

Polymer electrolytes with high ionic concentration for fuel cells and electrolyzers

YS Kim - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
As fuel cells and electrolyzers require higher performance and durability, the design aspects
of polymer electrolytes continue to evolve. One distinctive trend in achieving a remarkably …

Origins of water state and ionic cluster morphology for high proton conductivity of short side-chain perfluorinated sulfonic acid membranes

P Guan, J Lei, X Liu, K Xu, S Pei, H Ding… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The property of perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes depends not only on the ion
exchange capacity (IEC), but also on the chemical structure of the functional side-chain and …

State of the art and prospects in the development of proton‐conducting perfluorinated membranes with short side chains: a review

ON Primachenko, EA Marinenko… - Polymers for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The review is devoted to key problems in the development of modern proton‐conducting
membranes for hydrogen power assuming its progress for using in fuel cells working at …

A multiscale framework for the elasto-plastic constitutive equations of crosslinked epoxy polymers considering the effects of temperature, strain rate, hydrostatic …

H Park, M Cho - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a multiscale approach was constructed for the multi-axial plastic deformations
of epoxy polymers to develop a macroscopic constitutive model at a quasi-static strain rate …

Hydrophilic channel volume behavior on proton transport performance of proton exchange membrane in fuel cells

X Huang, S Zhao, H Liu, R Wang… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inadequate water balance causes water flooding in a fuel cell, leading to performance
degradation. The hydrophilic channel volume is crucial to the proton conductivity of PEM …

Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of perfluorosulfonic acid polymer in water–ethanol mixtures

AT Kuo, S Urata, K Nakabayashi, H Watabe… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The aggregation behavior of perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomers in a solvent is crucial
for the fabrication of catalyst inks for fuel cell applications. In this study, we extended a …

Hydrogen permeation in hydrated perfluorosulfonic acid polymer membranes: effect of polymer crystallinity and equivalent weight

K Takeuchi, AT Kuo, T Hirai, T Miyajima… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Gas permeation through proton exchange membranes affects a fuel cell's electrochemical
performance. To understand the gas permeation mechanism, gas permeability and wide …