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 …

A perspective on low-temperature water electrolysis–challenges in alkaline and acidic technology

M Schalenbach, AR Zeradjanin, O Kasian… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Water electrolysis is considered as an important technology for an increased renewable
energy penetration. This perspective on low-temperature water electrolysis joins the dots …

A critical review of modeling transport phenomena in polymer-electrolyte fuel cells

AZ Weber, RL Borup, RM Darling, PK Das… - Journal of The …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Polymer-electrolyte fuel cells are a promising energy-conversion technology. Over the last
several decades significant progress has been made in increasing their performance and …

Fuel cell catalyst layers: a polymer science perspective

S Holdcroft - Chemistry of materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
The polymeric ionomer plays a vital role in PEM fuel cell device technology, not simply as
the membrane that transports protons and water from one electrode to another but as the …

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 …

Water uptake study of anion exchange membranes

Y Zheng, U Ash, RP Pandey, AG Ozioko… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) have attracted extensive attention in the
recent years, primarily due to the distinct advantage potentials they have over the …

Understanding impacts of catalyst-layer thickness on fuel-cell performance via mathematical modeling

IV Zenyuk, PK Das, AZ Weber - Journal of the Electrochemical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In this article, a two-dimensional, multiphase, transient model is introduced and used to
explore the impact of catalyst-layer thickness on performance. In particular, the tradeoffs …

Impact of substrate and processing on confinement of Nafion thin films

A Kusoglu, D Kushner, DK Paul, K Karan… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Thin films of ion‐conducting polymers are an important area of study due to their function in
many electrochemical devices and as analogues for interfacial phenomena that occur in …

Analysis of the role of the microporous layer in improving polymer electrolyte fuel cell performance

J Zhou, S Shukla, A Putz, M Secanell - Electrochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
A multi-dimensional, non-isothermal, two-phase numerical model is used to understand the
role of the microporous layer (MPL) in improving polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) …

Self-assembly and transport limitations in confined nafion films

MA Modestino, DK Paul, S Dishari, SA Petrina… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Ion-conducting polymers are important materials for a variety of electrochemical
applications. Perfluorinated ionomers, such as Nafion, are the benchmark materials for …