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 …

Engineering the catalyst layers towards enhanced local oxygen transport of Low-Pt proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Materials, designs, and methods

S Liu, S Yuan, Y Liang, H Li, Z Xu, Q Xu, J Yin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) help to achieve decarbonized energy
demand due to their advantages of no pollution emission and high power efficiency. But the …

Anion exchange membrane fuel cells: Current status and remaining challenges

S Gottesfeld, DR Dekel, M Page, C Bae, Y Yan… - Journal of Power …, 2018 - Elsevier
The anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) is an attractive alternative to acidic proton
exchange membrane fuel cells, which to date have required platinum-based catalysts, as …

Alkaline stability of benzyl trimethyl ammonium functionalized polyaromatics: a computational and experimental study

YK Choe, C Fujimoto, KS Lee, LT Dalton… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Alkaline stability of benzyl trimethylammonium (BTMA)-functionalized polyaromatic
membranes was investigated by computational modeling and experimental methods. The …

Impact of catalyst ink dispersing solvent on PEM fuel cell performance and durability

C Lei, F Yang, N Macauley, M Spinetta… - Journal of The …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The dispersing solvent used for fuel cell catalyst ink preparation plays a vital role in
establishing the resulting morphology of the electrode layers, which in turn will impact the …

Pt-free graphene oxide-hydrogen membrane fuel cells (GOHMFCs)

MSK Chowdury, YJ Cho, SB Park, MH Lee… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-performance conventional proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) typically
rely on expensive Pt/C as the catalyst for the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) at the …

Dispersing agents impact performance of protonated phosphonic acid high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

J Jung, KH Lim, S Maurya, LD Manriquez… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The microstructure of ionomers plays a significant role in the performance of high-
temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs). Here, we establish …

Origin of toughness in dispersion-cast Nafion membranes

YS Kim, CF Welch, RP Hjelm, NH Mack… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The gelation behavior of Nafion dispersions was investigated using small-angle neutron
scattering to better understand the mechanical toughness of dispersion-cast Nafion …

Hydrocarbon ionomeric binders for fuel cells and electrolyzers

YS Kim - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ionomeric binders in catalyst layers, abbreviated as ionomers, play an essential role in the
performance of polymer–electrolyte membrane fuel cells and electrolyzers. Due to …

Fuel cell membrane characterizations

YS Kim, KS Lee - Polymer Reviews, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) play a crucial role for use in major polymer-based
fuel cell applications. Key PEM properties such as ion conductivity, reactant permeability …