A review of PEM fuel cell durability: Degradation mechanisms and mitigation strategies

J Wu, XZ Yuan, JJ Martin, H Wang, J Zhang… - Journal of Power …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper reviews publications in the literature on performance degradation of and
mitigation strategies for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Durability is one of …

Degradation of polymer electrolyte membranes

A Collier, H Wang, XZ Yuan, J Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
One of the predominant failure modes of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells is
the degradation of the PEM, especially when the fuel cell is used for transportation …

Approaches and recent development of polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells operating above 100 C

Q Li, R He, JO Jensen, NJ Bjerrum - Chemistry of materials, 2003 - ACS Publications
The state-of-the-art of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology is based
on perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) polymer membranes operating at a typical temperature of …

Tunable polymer multi-shape memory effect

T **e - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Shape memory polymers are materials that can memorize temporary shapes and revert to
their permanent shape upon exposure to an external stimulus such as heat, light,, moisture …

Electrocatalytically active graphene-platinum nanocomposites. Role of 2-D carbon support in PEM fuel cells

B Seger, PV Kamat - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009 - ACS Publications
The use of a 2-D carbon nanostructure, graphene, as a support material for the dispersion of
Pt nanoparticles provides new ways to develop advanced electrocatalyst materials for fuel …

Fuel cell perfluorinated sulfonic acid membrane degradation correlating accelerated stress testing and lifetime

MP Rodgers, LJ Bonville, HR Kunz, DK Slattery… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Cost, durability, performance, reliability, efficiency, and size are some of the requirements
that must be met before proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells can be used more …

The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion®/ZrP nanocomposite membrane

R Sigwadi, MS Dhlamini, T Mokrani, F Ṋemavhola… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Zirconium phosphates (ZrP) were incorporated into Nafion® 117 membrane by
impregnating method to obtain a reduced methanol permeation and improved proton …

Synthesis and characterization of Nafion®-MO2 (M= Zr, Si, Ti) nanocomposite membranes for higher temperature PEM fuel cells

NH Jalani, K Dunn, R Datta - Electrochimica Acta, 2005 - Elsevier
Nafion®-MO2 (M= Zr, Si, Ti) nanocomposite membranes were synthesized with the goal of
increasing the proton conductivity and water retention at higher temperatures and lower …

Preparation and characterization of hybrid Nafion–silica membrane doped with phosphotungstic acid for high temperature operation of proton exchange membrane …

ZG Shao, P Joghee, IM Hsing - Journal of Membrane Science, 2004 - Elsevier
Nafion/silicon oxide (SiO2)/phosphotungstic acid (PWA) and Nafion/silicon oxide composite
membranes were studied for the H2/O2 proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) …

Polymer electrolyte fuel cells using Nafion-based composite membranes with functionalized carbon nanotubes

R Kannan, BA Kakade, VK Pillai - … Chemie International Edition, 2008 - repository.ias.ac.in
Fuel efficiency: Enhanced proton conductivity is obtained by the incorporation of single-
walled carbon nanotubes prefunctionalized with sulfonic acid groups (S-SWCNTs) into a …