Hydrogen,a green and sustainable energy source characterized by its abundance,zero emission,and high-volumetric energy density,is widely recognized as the fuel of the future and a crucial driver of the global energy t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51802059,21905070,22075062);Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(JCYJ20210324120400002,and SGDX20210823103803017);Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province(2022CXGC010305);Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund(LBH-Z18066);Heilongjiang Touyan Team(Grant No.HITTY-20190033);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.FRFCU5710051922);High-Level Professional Team in Shenzhen(Grant No.KQTD20210811090045006);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2022B1515120001).
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs)have been widely acknowledged as a significant advancement in achieving sustainable energy conversion.However,the activation of newly established Pt-ionomer interfaces in the...
the support from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Awards DE-EE0008426 and DE-EE0008423;National Energy Technology Laboratory under Award DEFE0011585.
Herein,ionomer-free amorphous iridium oxide(IrO_(x))thin electrodes are first developed as highly active anodes for proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells(PEMECs)via low-cost,environmentally friendly,and easily s...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52130307)。
Owing to its high production volume and wide range of application s,polyethylene has gained a great deal of attention,but its low surface energy and non-polar nature have limited its application in some important fiel...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.22332004).
Molecular dynamics simulations are employed to investigate the interaction between the ionomers and solvents in catalyst ink and the corresponding structural and oxygen transport properties of Pt/ionomer interface,whi...
financially supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.Z210016).
The microstructures of the ionomer–catalyst interfaces in the catalyst layers are important for the fuel cell performance because they determine the distribution of the active triple-phase boundaries.Here,we investig...
This highlight is based on a recent article published in Nature Catalysis, in which Wei's group [1] from Chongqing University proposes a novel approach to enhance the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells...
The electrochemical reduction of the CO_(2)reaction(CO_(2)RR)offers an attrac-tive means for converting the carbon content of CO_(2),released from a station-ary source or the atmosphere,into fuels and chemicals^([1])....
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFA1501503);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22121004, 22038009, 22250008 and 22108197);the Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations(CYZC202107);the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (BP0618007);the Xplorer Prize
Gas diffusion electrodes(GDEs)mediate the transport of reactants,products and electrons for the electrocatalytic CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)in membrane electrode assemblies.The random distribution of ionomer,ad...
supported by the National Natu-ral Science Foundation of China(Nos.21625102,21971017,and 22102008);National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFB1506300);Postdoctoral Fund of China(Nos.2020T130055 and 2020M670143).
The electrode ionomer plays a crucial role in the catalyst layer(CL) of a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) and is closely associated with the proton conduction and gas transport properties,structural stabilit...