Recent advances on PEM fuel cells: from key materials to membrane electrode assembly

S Mo, L Du, Z Huang, J Chen, Y Zhou, P Wu… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells have regained worldwide
attention from academia, industries, investors, and governments. The prospect of PEM fuel …

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 …

Covalent organic framework–based porous ionomers for high-performance fuel cells

Q Zhang, S Dong, P Shao, Y Zhu, Z Mu, D Sheng… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Lowering platinum (Pt) loadings without sacrificing power density and durability in fuel cells
is highly desired yet challenging because of the high mass transport resistance near the …

Towards ultralow platinum loading proton exchange membrane fuel cells

L Fan, H Deng, Y Zhang, Q Du, DYC Leung… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With the upcoming worldwide commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
(PEMFCs), the challenges regarding their cost, performance and durability urgently need to …

Bridging the gap between highly active oxygen reduction reaction catalysts and effective catalyst layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

J Fan, M Chen, Z Zhao, Z Zhang, S Ye, S Xu, H Wang… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Ultralow platinum loading and high catalytic performance at the membrane electrode
assembly (MEA) level are essential for reducing the cost of proton exchange membrane fuel …

Challenges in applying highly active Pt-based nanostructured catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions to fuel cell vehicles

K Kodama, T Nagai, A Kuwaki, R **nouchi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The past 30 years have seen progress in the development of Pt-based nanocatalysts for the
oxygen reduction reaction, and some are now in production on a commercial basis and …

Advancements in cathode catalyst and cathode layer design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Y Sun, S Polani, F Luo, S Ott, P Strasser… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells have been recently developed at an increasing pace
as clean energy conversion devices for stationary and transport sector applications. High …

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 …

Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights

M Tang, S Zhang, S Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
It is essential to realize an expected low usage of platinum (Pt) in proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) for the large-scale market penetration of PEMFC-powered …

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 …