Dispersion of Nafion ionomer aggregates in 1-propanol/water solutions: Effects of ionomer concentration, alcohol content, and salt addition

T Mabuchi, SF Huang, T Tokumasu - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations using explicit solvent models were
performed to understand Nafion ionomer morphology in 1-propanol (NPA)/water solutions …

Morphology evolution and adsorption behavior of ionomers from solution to Pt/C substrates

Y Guo, T Mabuchi, G Li, T Tokumasu - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations were performed to understand the
morphological evolution and adsorption mechanism of Nafion ionomers from the aqueous …

Influence of ionomer loading and substrate wettability on the morphology of ionomer thin films using coarse-grained solvent evaporation simulations

T Mabuchi, SF Huang, T Tokumasu - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations were performed to understand the
evolution of ionomer morphologies in solutions during solvent evaporation. To reproduce …

Nafion ionomer dispersion in mixtures of 1‐propanol and water based on the martini coarse‐grained model

T Mabuchi, SF Huang… - Journal of Polymer Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of Nafion ionomer in a mixture of 1‐propanol (NPA) and water was
investigated using coarse‐grained molecular dynamics simulations. Ionomer formation into …

Effects of water nanochannel diameter on proton transport in proton‐exchange membranes

T Mabuchi, T Tokumasu - Journal of Polymer Science Part B …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of water nanochannel diameter on proton transport pathways and properties
have been studied using reactive molecular dynamics simulations. The proton distributions …

Nucleation and growth of cavities in hydrated Nafion membranes under tensile strain: a molecular dynamics study

W Gonçalves, T Mabuchi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate the nucleation and growth of
cavities in a hydrated Nafion membrane under mechanical deformation. The simulation …

Revealing the Anticorrelation Behavior Mechanism between the Grotthuss and Vehicular Diffusions for Proton Transport in Concentrated Acid Solutions

T Mabuchi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, we performed reactive molecular dynamics simulations to characterize proton
solvation and transport in concentrated hydrochloric acid solutions. The correlation …

Molecular dynamics study of ion transport in polymer electrolytes of all-solid-state li-ion batteries

T Mabuchi, K Nakajima, T Tokumasu - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Atomistic analysis of the ion transport in polymer electrolytes for all-solid-state Li-ion
batteries was performed using molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the …

[图书][B] Engineering the membrane electrode assembly of direct methanol fuel cells using novel graphene architecture

P Balakrishnan - 2018 - search.proquest.com
This research focuses on improving direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) performance by using
graphene based materials in their membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The main …

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cerium Ion Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

H Suzuki, T Mabuchi, T Tokumasu - ECS Transactions, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyzed the transport properties of cerium ions, which are added to improve the
chemical durability of a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM), using molecular dynamics …