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 …

PEM Fuel cell and electrolysis cell technologies and hydrogen infrastructure development–a review

Y Wang, Y Pang, H Xu, A Martinez… - Energy & environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells or PEMFCs and PEM electrolysis cells or
PEMECs are two closely related electrochemical devices having a similar structure: a PEM …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Design of functional and sustainable polymers assisted by artificial intelligence

H Tran, R Gurnani, C Kim, G Pilania, HK Kwon… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods continue to make inroads into accelerated
materials design and development. Here, we review AI-enabled advances made in the …

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 …

Nafion degradation mechanisms in proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) system: A review

PC Okonkwo, IB Belgacem, W Emori… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nafion is one of the polymer materials used as polymer electrode membrane (PEM) for fuel
cells. However, the electrochemical reaction and water management processes that occur at …

Low‐PGM and PGM‐free catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: stability challenges and material solutions

L Du, V Prabhakaran, X **e, S Park, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fuel cells as an attractive clean energy technology have recently regained popularity in
academia, government, and industry. In a mainstream proton exchange membrane (PEM) …

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 …