A critical review on surface-pattern engineering of nafion membrane for fuel cell applications

Y Ke, W Yuan, F Zhou, W Guo, J Li, Z Zhuang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface-pattern engineering, as a key strategy to fabricate high-performance Nafion
membranes for fuel cells, plays an important role in surface functionalization of the …

Functionalization of polymeric materials as a high performance membrane for direct methanol fuel cell: A review

N Awang, AF Ismail, J Jaafar, T Matsuura… - Reactive and Functional …, 2015 - Elsevier
A coherent review on the advanced proton exchange membranes (PEMs) for direct
methanol fuel cell (DMFC) application and the future direction in the development of a high …

From CO2 to Formic Acid Fuel Cells

Z Ma, U Legrand, E Pahija, JR Tavares… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Formic acid is a liquid, safe, and energy-dense carrier for fuel cells. Above all, it can be
sustainably produced from the electroreduction of CO2. The formic acid market is currently …

Effect of clam** pressure on liquid-cooled PEMFC stack performance considering inhomogeneous gas diffusion layer compression

X Yan, C Lin, Z Zheng, J Chen, G Wei, J Zhang - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Gas diffusion layer (GDL) is a critical component of fuel cells, since it directly determines the
transfer rate of mass, charge and heat that in turn affects the cell performance and stability …

A selective electrocatalyst–based direct methanol fuel cell operated at high concentrations of methanol

Y Feng, H Liu, J Yang - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
Owing to the serious crossover of methanol from the anode to the cathode through the
polymer electrolyte membrane, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) usually use dilute …

Impact of manufacturing processes on proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance

S Shahgaldi, I Alaefour, X Li - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Commercial success for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) requires
manufacturing of its core component, membrane electrode assembly (MEA), with consistent …

New approaches towards novel composite and multilayer membranes for intermediate temperature-polymer electrolyte fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells

CM Branco, S Sharma, MM de Camargo Forte… - Journal of Power …, 2016 - Elsevier
This review analyses the current and existing literature on novel composite and multilayer
membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell applications, including intermediate …

A cost-effective and chemically stable electrode binder for alkaline-acid direct ethylene glycol fuel cells

Z Pan, Y Bi, L An - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In preparing direct liquid fuel cell electrodes, an ionomer is necessary, whose functions are
not only to bind the discrete catalyst nanoparticles onto the substrate materials to build the …

Vapor feed direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs): A review

RK Mallick, SB Thombre, NK Shrivastava - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are attractive portable energy source for several
applications like mobile phone and notebook PCs charging, however the various critical …

Partial sulfonation of PVdF-co-HFP: a preliminary study and characterization for application in direct methanol fuel cell

S Das, P Kumar, K Dutta, PP Kundu - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Sulfonation of PVdF-co-HFP was conducted by treating the copolymer with chlorosulfonic
acid. The efficiency of this sulfonated copolymer towards application as a polymer electrolyte …