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 …

Blocking the sulfonate group in Nafion to unlock platinum's activity in membrane electrode assemblies

F Chen, S Chen, A Wang, M Wang, L Guo, Z Wei - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The specific adsorption of ionomer sulfonate groups on Pt-based catalysts in membrane
electrode assemblies (MEAs) has severely restricted Pt catalytic activity, Pt utilization, proton …

The role of oxygen-permeable ionomer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

R **nouchi, K Kudo, K Kodama, N Kitano… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, considerable research and development efforts are devoted to improving the
performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. However, the power density and catalytic …

Opportunities of Ionomer Development for Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis: Focus Review

P Mardle, B Chen, S Holdcroft - ACS Energy Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anion-exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEM-WE) promises low cost, green
hydrogen production for the future. In order to meet this potential, significant improvements …

[HTML][HTML] Activation methods and underlying performance boosting mechanisms within fuel cell catalyst layer

M Ma, L Shen, Z Zhao, P Guo, J Liu, B Xu, Z Zhang… - EScience, 2024 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been widely acknowledged as a
significant advancement in achieving sustainable energy conversion. However, the …

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 …

Anion exchange membranes' evolution toward high hydroxide ion conductivity and alkaline resiliency

CG Arges, L Zhang - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of alkaline fuel cells over the past decade has led to exciting
developments in low resistant and alkaline stable anion exchange membranes (AEMs). This …

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 …

Molecular dynamics simulations on O2 permeation through nafion ionomer on platinum surface

R **nouchi, K Kudo, N Kitano, Y Morimoto - Electrochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were executed to clarify origins of the experimentally-
observed high interfacial resistivity against the O 2 permeation through the Nafion ionomer …