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 …

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 …

Platinum-group-metal catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: From catalyst design to electrode structure optimization

J Hou, M Yang, C Ke, G Wei, C Priest, Z Qiao, G Wu… - EnergyChem, 2020 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have attracted significant attention in the
past three decades as a very promising power source for transportation applications. After …

Unexplained transport resistances for low-loaded fuel-cell catalyst layers

AZ Weber, A Kusoglu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
For next-generation polymer-electrolyte fuel cells, material solutions are being sought to
decrease the cost of the cell components, and, in particular, the amount of catalyst, without …

Molecular dynamics simulations on O2 permeation through nafion ionomer on platinum surface

R **nouchi, K Kudo, N Kitano, Y Morimoto - Electrochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were executed to clarify origins of the experimentally-
observed high interfacial resistivity against the O 2 permeation through the Nafion 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 …

Structural and transport properties of ultrathin perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer film in proton exchange membrane fuel cell catalyst layer: A review

X Yan, Z Xu, S Yuan, A Han, Y Shen, X Cheng… - Journal of Power …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the properties of perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes (10–100 s μm thick) in
proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been well studied for decades, the …

Carbon nanotube and graphene‐based bioinspired electrochemical actuators

L Kong, W Chen - Advanced materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bio‐inspired actuation materials, also called artificial muscles, have attracted great attention
in recent decades for their potential application in intelligent robots, biomedical devices, and …

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 …

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 …