Electrochemical synthesis possesses substantial promise to utilize renewable energy
sources to power the conversion of abundant feedstocks to value-added commodity …

Membrane separations has been increasingly recognized as a key technology platform for
improving the energy efficiency of many separations processes. Likewise, additive …

Platinum is an important material with applications in oxygen and hydrogen electrocatalysis.
To better understand how its activity can be modulated through electrolyte effects in the …

Rapid translation of catalysts from fundamental studies to high-performance devices could
facilitate the development and commercialization of anion-exchange membrane fuel cells …

Catalyst layers in proton exchange membrane fuel cells consist of platinum-group-metal
nanocatalysts supported on carbon aggregates, forming a porous structure through which …

Nafion ionomer, composed of hydrophobic perfluorocarbon backbones and hydrophilic
sulfonic acid side chains, is the most widely used additive for preparing catalyst layers (CLs) …

Pyrolysis-acquired iron and nitrogen codoped carbon (Fe-NC) has been comprehensively
investigated for its promising oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalytic performance and …

Resonant soft X‐ray scattering (RSoXS) is an emerging, powerful technique to probe the
nano‐to‐mesoscale structure of polymers and other molecules. It joins together small‐angle …

The dispersing solvent used for fuel cell catalyst ink preparation plays a vital role in
establishing the resulting morphology of the electrode layers, which in turn will impact the …

The interaction between ionomer (ion-conducting polymer) and catalyst particles in porous
electrodes of electrochemical-energy-conversion devices is a critical yet poorly understood …