New insights into perfluorinated sulfonic-acid ionomers

A Kusoglu, AZ Weber - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this comprehensive review, recent progress and developments on perfluorinated sulfonic-
acid (PFSA) membranes have been summarized on many key topics. Although quite well …

Colloidal Stability of PFSA-Ionomer Dispersions Part II: Determination of Suspension pH Using Single-Ion Potential Energies

H Srivastav, AZ Weber, CJ Radke - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomers serve a vital role in the performance and stability of
fuel-cell catalyst layers. These properties, in turn, depend on the colloidal processing of …

Impact of hygrothermal aging on structure/function relationship of perfluorosulfonic‐acid membrane

S Shi, TJ Dursch, C Blake, R Mukundan… - Journal of Polymer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Perfluorosulfonic‐acid (PFSA) membranes are widely used as the solid electrolyte in
electrochemical devices where their main functionalities are ion (proton) conduction and gas …

Does thermal treatment merely make a H 2 O-saturated Nafion membrane lose its absorbed water at high temperature?

K Feng, L Hou, B Tang, P Wu - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Investigating the dehydration process of a Nafion membrane helps to understand the
mechanism of the decrease in its proton conductivity under high-temperature and low …

Optimized Interfaces for PBI-Based High-Temperature Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells

RP da Silva, BR de Matos, FC Fonseca… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The present study combines innovative strategies aiming at enhanced performance of direct
ethanol fuel cells (DEFC) by modifying interfaces at both electrodes and electrolyte …

SAXS signature of the lamellar ordering of ionic domains of perfluorinated sulfonic-acid ionomers by electric and magnetic field-assisted casting

JS da Silva, SGM Carvalho, RP da Silva… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
At present, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies of perfluorinated sulfonic-acid
ionomers (PFSAs) are unable to fully determine the true shape of their building blocks, as …

Modelling of the mechanical durability of constrained Nafion membrane under humidity cycling

A Theiler, L Karpenko-Jereb - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Several degradation processes limit the lifetime of polymer electrolyte membranes in fuel
cells. One of these processes is humidity changes during the operation of the cell, which …

dc Proton conductivity at low‐frequency in Nafion conductivity spectrum probed by time‐resolved SAXS measurements and impedance spectroscopy

BR Matos, EI Santiago, JFQ Rey… - Journal of Polymer …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The electric transport properties of Nafion membranes are investigated by impedance
spectroscopy (IS) and correlated with small angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS). Detailed IS …

The genuine ac-to-dc proton conductivity crossover of nafion and polymer dielectric relaxations as a fuel cell polarization loss

BR Matos - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The non-ohmic behavior of Nafion electrical properties, ie, the thickness and potential
dependent conductivity, was studied in the impedance, dielectric and conductivity …

Study of the conformation of polyelectrolyte aggregates using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations

T Mima, T Kinjo, S Yamakawa, R Asahi - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The conformation of polyelectrolyte aggregates as a function of the backbone rigidity is
investigated by coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation. The polyelectrolyte is …