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

Ultralow platinum loading proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Performance losses and solutions

(2021) Dustin Banham et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Sulfur-anchoring synthesis of platinum intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts for fuel cells

(2021) Cheng-Long Yang et al.   SCIENCE

Atomistic MD Study of Nafion Dispersions: Role of Solvent and Counterion in the Aggregate Structure, Ionic Clustering, and Acid Dissociation

(2020) Atefeh Tarokh et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Investigation of Dry Ionomer Volume Fraction in Cathode Catalyst Layer under Different Relative Humilities and Nonuniform Ionomer-gradient Distributions for PEM Fuel Cells

(2020) Yulin Wang et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Gradient‐Concentration Design of Stable Core–Shell Nanostructure for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

(2020) Xiao Lyu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Current understanding of catalyst/ionomer interfacial structure and phenomena affecting the oxygen reduction reaction in cathode catalyst layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

(2020) Seunghee Woo et al.   Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

Nanostructures of Nafion Film at Platinum/Carbon Surface in Catalyst Layer of PEMFC: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach

(2020) Haisu Kang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Strong electrostatic adsorption approach to the synthesis of sub-three nanometer intermetallic platinum–cobalt oxygen reduction catalysts

(2020) Yanling Ma et al.   Nano Energy

Design of a Catalytic Layer with Hierarchical Proton Transport Structure: The Role of Nafion Nanofiber

(2019) Yiyan Sun et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Molecular dynamics study of oxygen transport resistance through ionomer thin film on Pt surface

(2019) Yuya Kurihara et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Effect of Dispersion Solvents in Catalyst Inks on the Performance and Durability of Catalyst Layers in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

(2019) Chan-Ho Song et al.   Energies

Evolution of the Interfacial Structure of a Catalyst Ink with the Quality of the Dispersing Solvent: A Contrast Variation Small-Angle and Ultrasmall-Angle Neutron Scattering Investigation

(2019) Rajkamal Balu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultralow Loading and High-Performing Pt Catalyst for a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Anode Achieved by Atomic Layer Deposition

(2019) Zhongxin Song et al.   ACS Catalysis

Materials, technological status, and fundamentals of PEM fuel cells – A review

(2019) Yun Wang et al.   Materials Today

Ionomer distribution control in porous carbon-supported catalyst layers for high-power and low Pt-loaded proton exchange membrane fuel cells

(2019) Sebastian Ott et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Mechanism of Water Content on the Electrochemical Surface Area of the Catalyst Layer in the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

(2019) Linhao Fan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Engineering bunched Pt-Ni alloy nanocages for efficient oxygen reduction in practical fuel cells

(2019) Xinlong Tian et al.   SCIENCE

Tuning the Ionomer Distribution in the Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer with Scaling the Ionomer Aggregate Size in Dispersion

(2018) Gisu Doo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Efficient Pt-C MEA for PEMFC with Low Platinum Content Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering

(2018) A. Ostroverkh et al.   Fuel Cells

Unifying theoretical framework for deciphering the oxygen reduction reaction on platinum

(2018) Jun Huang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Quantification on Degradation Mechanisms of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers during an Accelerated Stress Test

(2018) Raghunandan Sharma et al.   ACS Catalysis

Nano-engineering of a 3D-ordered membrane electrode assembly with ultrathin Pt skin on open-walled PdCo nanotube arrays for fuel cells

(2018) Yachao Zeng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Boosting Fuel Cell Performance with Accessible Carbon Mesopores

(2018) Venkata Yarlagadda et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Homogenization of current density of PEM fuel cells by in-plane graded distributions of platinum loading and GDL porosity

(2018) Lei Xing et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

One-Nanometer-Thick PtNiRh Trimetallic Nanowires with Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis in Acid Media: Integrating Multiple Advantages into One Catalyst

(2018) Kan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Impact of the patterned membrane morphology on PEMFC performances of ultra-low platinum loaded MEAs

(2017) S. Cuynet et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

A model for impedance of a PEM fuel cell cathode with poor electron conductivity

(2017) Andrei Kulikovsky   JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Electrocatalytic O2 Reduction on Pt: Multiple Roles of Oxygenated Adsorbates, Nature of Active Sites, and Origin of Overpotential

(2017) Junxiang Chen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Molecular Analysis of Structural Effect of Ionomer on Oxygen Permeation Properties in PEFC

(2017) Yuya Kurihara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Key to High Performance Low Pt Loaded Electrodes

(2017) A. Orfanidi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Effect of the Side-Chain Structure of Perfluoro-Sulfonic Acid Ionomers on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on the Surface of Pt

(2017) Kensaku Kodama et al.   ACS Catalysis

Hierarchically ordered arrays with platinum coated PANI nanowires for highly efficient fuel cell electrodes

(2017) Ruili Sun et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Nanostructured ultrathin catalyst layer based on open-walled PtCo bimetallic nanotube arrays for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

(2017) Yachao Zeng et al.   Nano Energy

Current Status and Future Development of Catalyst Materials and Catalyst Layers for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: An Industrial Perspective

(2017) Dustin Banham et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Review of characterization and modeling of polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst layer: The blessing and curse of ionomer

(2017) Jun Huang et al.   Frontiers in Energy

Quantitative in Situ Analysis of Ionomer Structure in Fuel Cell Catalytic Layers

(2016) Tobias Morawietz et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Facile Multiscale Patterning by Creep-Assisted Sequential Imprinting and Fuel Cell Application

(2016) Segeun Jang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nanostructure/Swelling Relationships of Bulk and Thin-Film PFSA Ionomers

(2016) Ahmet Kusoglu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Molecular Dynamics Simulations on O 2 Permeation through Nafion Ionomer on Platinum Surface

(2016) Ryosuke Jinnouchi et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

The Priority and Challenge of High-Power Performance of Low-Platinum Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

(2016) Anusorn Kongkanand et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Prism-patterned Nafion membrane for enhanced water transport in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

(2016) Sang Moon Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Vertically Aligned Titanium Nitride Nanorod Arrays as Supports of Platinum-Palladium-Cobalt Catalysts for Thin-Film Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Electrodes

(2016) Shangfeng Jiang et al.   ChemElectroChem

An Oriented Ultrathin Catalyst Layer Derived from High Conductive TiO2 Nanotube for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell

(2015) Changkun Zhang et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Optimization of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell catalyst layer with bidirectionally-graded composition

(2015) Firat C. Cetinbas et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Atomic Force Microscopy on Cross Sections of Fuel Cell Membranes, Electrodes, and Membrane Electrode Assemblies

(2015) Renate Hiesgen et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Interfacial Structure and Proton Conductivity of Nafion at the Pt-Deposited Surface

(2015) Yutaro Ono et al.   LANGMUIR

Multiplex lithography for multilevel multiscale architectures and its application to polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

(2015) Hyesung Cho et al.   Nature Communications

Impact of Substrate and Processing on Confinement of Nafion Thin Films

(2014) Ahmet Kusoglu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Proton Transport Property in Supported Nafion Nanothin Films by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

(2014) Devproshad K. Paul et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Imaging and Microanalysis of Thin Ionomer Layers by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2014) D. A. Cullen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces

(2014) C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Three-dimensional analysis of Nafion layers in fuel cell electrodes

(2014) M. Lopez-Haro et al.   Nature Communications

A facile preparation method of surface patterned polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications

(2014) Jong Kwan Koh et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Inhomogeneous Transport in Model Hydrated Polymer Electrolyte Supported Ultrathin Films

(2013) Daiane Damasceno Borges et al.   ACS Nano

Achieving ultra-high platinum utilization via optimization of PEM fuel cell cathode catalyst layer microstructure

(2013) J. Marquis et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Increase in adsorptivity of sulfonate anions on Pt (111) surface with drying of ionomer

(2013) Kensaku Kodama et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

An in situ technique for analyzing ionomer coverage in catalyst layers

(2013) Hiroshi Iden et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure of the Ionomer Film in Catalyst Layers of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

(2013) Qianping He et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Impact of Platinum Loading and Catalyst Layer Structure on PEMFC Performance

(2013) Jon P. Owejan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tutorial on the Fundamental Characteristics and Practical Properties of Nanostructured Thin Film (NSTF) Catalysts

(2013) Mark K. Debe   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Characteristics of Self-Assembled Ultrathin Nafion Films

(2013) Devproshad K. Paul et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Three-Dimensional Spatial Distributions of Pt Catalyst Nanoparticles on Carbon Substrates in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

(2012) Toshihiko ITO et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Performance enhancement of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell by employing line-patterned Nafion membrane

(2012) Jin Woo Bae et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Substrate effect on the swelling and water sorption of Nafion nanomembranes

(2012) Graciela C. Abuin et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Influence of the composition of isopropyl alcohol/water mixture solvents in catalyst ink solutions on proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance

(2012) Trung Truc Ngo et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

The Impact of Platinum Loading on Oxygen Transport Resistance

(2012) Thomas A. Greszler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Role of Mechanical Factors in Controlling the Structure–Function Relationship of PFSA Ionomers

(2012) Ahmet Kusoglu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effect of Confinement on Structure, Water Solubility, and Water Transport in Nafion Thin Films

(2012) Scott A. Eastman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Electrocatalyst approaches and challenges for automotive fuel cells

(2012) Mark K. Debe   NATURE

Effects of catalyst loading gradient in catalyst layers on performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

(2012) Ramin Roshandel et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Antiplasticization and Water Uptake of Nafion Thin Films

(2012) Shudipto K. Dishari et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Resolving the Three-Dimensional Microstructure of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Electrodes using Nanometer-Scale X-ray Computed Tomography

(2011) William K. Epting et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Performance Nanofiber Fuel Cell Electrodes

(2011) Wenjing Zhang et al.   ChemSusChem

Analysis of Oxygen-Transport Diffusion Resistance in Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cells

(2011) Nobuaki Nonoyama et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Highly Order-Structured Membrane Electrode Assembly with Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Ultra-Low Pt Loading PEM Fuel Cells

(2011) Zhi Qun Tian et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhancement of Pt and Pt-alloy fuel cell catalyst activity and durability via nitrogen-modified carbon supports

(2010) Yingke Zhou et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Fabrication and Performance of Membrane Electrode Assembly Prepared by a Catalyst-Coated Membrane Method: Effect of Solvents Used in a Catalyst Ink Mixture

(2010) Apichai Therdthianwong et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Molecular Dynamics Study of Ionomer and Water Adsorption at Carbon Support Materials

(2010) Tetsuya Mashio et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Pillar Structured Membranes for Suppressing Cathodic Concentration Overvoltage in PEMFCs at Elevated Temperature/Low Relative Humidity

(2010) Masato Aizawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Transmission Electron Microtomography and Polymer Nanostructures

(2010) Hiroshi Jinnai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Microscopy studies on pronton exchange membrane fuel cell electrodes with different ionomer contents

(2009) Shuang Ma et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Effect of Pt nano-particle size on the microstructure of PEM fuel cell catalyst layers: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

(2009) C.H. Cheng et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Electrochemical analysis of perpendicular mesoporous Pt electrode filled with pure water for clarifying the active region in fuel cell catalyst layers

(2009) Satoshi Tominaka et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Morphology and properties of Nafion membranes prepared by solution casting

(2009) Chia-Hung Ma et al.   POLYMER

A study on fabrication of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone)-based membrane-electrode assemblies for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

(2007) Jin-Soo Park et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES