Engineering catalyst layers for next‐generation polymer electrolyte fuel cells: a review of design, materials, and methods

TAM Suter, K Smith, J Hack, L Rasha… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) are a promising replacement for the fossil fuel–
dependent automotive and energy sectors. They have become increasingly commercialized …

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 …

Selective electromagnetic interference shielding performance and superior mechanical strength of conductive polymer composites with oriented segregated …

WC Yu, GQ Zhang, YH Liu, L Xu, DX Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Manipulation of the conductive network is essential for the electromagnetic interference
(EMI) shielding performance of conductive polymer composites, which have broad …

Parallel cylindrical water nanochannels in Nafion fuel-cell membranes

K Schmidt-Rohr, Q Chen - Nature materials, 2008 - nature.com
The structure of the Nafion ionomer used in proton-exchange membranes of H2/O2 fuel cells
has long been contentious. Using a recently introduced algorithm, we have quantitatively …

Structure‐morphology‐property relationships of non‐perfluorinated proton‐conducting membranes

TJ Peckham, S Holdcroft - Advanced Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental understanding of structure‐morphology‐property relationships of proton
exchange membranes (PEMs) is crucial in order to improve the cost, performance, and …

Nanostructure/swelling relationships of bulk and thin‐film PFSA ionomers

A Kusoglu, TJ Dursch, AZ Weber - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomers are the most widely used solid electrolyte in
electrochemical technologies due to their remarkable ionic conductivity with simultanous …

Rational Materials and Structure Design for Improving the Performance and Durability of High Temperature Proton Exchange Membranes (HT‐PEMs)

J Song, W Zhao, L Zhou, H Meng, H Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen energy as the next‐generation clean energy carrier has attracted the attention of
both academic and industrial fields. A key limit in the current stage is the operation …

Structure/property relationship of Nafion XL composite membranes

S Shi, AZ Weber, A Kusoglu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Perfluorosulfonic-acid (PFSA) ionomer membranes (most commonly Nafion®) are currently
the prototypical proton-exchange-membrane in polymer-electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), for …

Highly permeable perfluorinated sulfonic acid ionomers for improved electrochemical devices: insights into structure–property relationships

A Katzenberg, A Chowdhury, M Fang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Rapid improvements in polymer-electrolyte fuel-cell (PEFC) performance have been driven
by the development of commercially available ion-conducting polymers (ionomers) that are …

Fibrillar structure of Nafion: Matching Fourier and real space studies of corresponding films and solutions

L Rubatat, G Gebel, O Diat - Macromolecules, 2004 - ACS Publications
Using both scattering and microscopy techniques, we have characterized the complex
Nafion structure over a large range of length scales. Analysis of experimental data from dry …