New roads and challenges for fuel cells in heavy-duty transportation

DA Cullen, KC Neyerlin, RK Ahluwalia, R Mukundan… - Nature energy, 2021 - nature.com
The recent release of hydrogen economy roadmaps for several major countries emphasizes
the need for accelerated worldwide investment in research and development activities for …

Anion Exchange Ionomers: Design Considerations and Recent Advances‐An Electrochemical Perspective

S Favero, IEL Stephens, MM Titirci - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Alkaline‐based electrochemical devices, such as anion exchange membrane (AEM) fuel
cells and electrolyzers, are receiving increasing attention. However, while the catalysts and …

Durability challenges of anion exchange membrane fuel cells

WE Mustain, M Chatenet, M Page… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As substantial progress has been made in improving the performance of anion exchange
membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) over the last decade, the durability of AEMFCs has become …

Materials strategies tackling interfacial issues in catalyst layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

M Tang, H Yan, X Zhang, Z Zheng… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The most critical challenge for the large‐scale commercialization of proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), one of the primary hydrogen energy technologies, is to …

A Robust, Scalable Platform for the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Formate: Identifying Pathways to Higher Energy Efficiencies

Y Chen, A Vise, WE Klein, FC Cetinbas… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This work demonstrated a robust, scalable cell architecture for electroreduction of CO2
(CO2R). An up to 90% faradaic efficiency for the conversion of CO2R to formate at 500 …

Fully hydrocarbon membrane electrode assemblies for proton exchange membrane fuel cells and electrolyzers: An engineering perspective

H Nguyen, C Klose, L Metzler, S Vierrath… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Perfluorinated‐sulfonic‐acid‐based ionomers (PFSAs) are still the material of choice for
electrochemical energy devices such as proton‐exchange membrane fuel cells or water …

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 …

Effect of catalyst ink and formation process on the multiscale structure of catalyst layers in PEM fuel cells

H Liu, L Ney, N Zamel, X Li - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The structure of a catalyst layer (CL) significantly impacts the performance, durability, and
cost of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and is influenced by the catalyst ink and …

Highly durable fluorinated high oxygen permeability ionomers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

N Macauley, RD Lousenberg… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For proton exchange membrane fuel cells to be cost‐competitive in light‐and heavy‐duty
vehicle applications, their Pt content in the catalyst layers needs to be lowered. However …

Hydrocarbon-based Pemion™ proton exchange membrane fuel cells with state-of-the-art performance

H Nguyen, F Lombeck, C Schwarz… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-fluorinated hydrocarbon ionomers feature distinct technical, cost, and environmental
advantages over incumbent perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA)-based ionomers: they offer …