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 …

The curious case of the hydrated proton

C Knight, GA Voth - Accounts of chemical research, 2012 - ACS Publications
Understanding the hydrated proton is a critically important problem that continues to engage
the research efforts of chemists, physicists, and biologists because of its involvement in a …

Self-assembled highly ordered acid layers in precisely sulfonated polyethylene produce efficient proton transport

EB Trigg, TW Gaines, M Maréchal, DE Moed… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Recent advances in polymer synthesis have allowed remarkable control over chain
microstructure and conformation. Capitalizing on such developments, here we create well …

Hydroxide solvation and transport in anion exchange membranes

C Chen, YLS Tse, GE Lindberg, C Knight… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Understanding hydroxide solvation and transport in anion exchange membranes (AEMs)
can provide important insight into the design principles of these new membranes. To …

Morphology of hydrated as-cast Nafion revealed through cryo electron tomography

FI Allen, LR Comolli, A Kusoglu, MA Modestino… - ACS Macro …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nafion is an ion-containing random copolymer used as a solid electrolyte in many
electrochemical applications thanks to its remarkable ionic conductivity and mechanical …

Oriented proton-conductive nano-sponge-facilitated polymer electrolyte membranes

X Liu, J Zhang, C Zheng, J Xue, T Huang… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Achieving high power output from proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) requires
efficient proton transport in proton exchange membranes (PEMs). Since proton conductivity …

New approaches towards novel composite and multilayer membranes for intermediate temperature-polymer electrolyte fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells

CM Branco, S Sharma, MM de Camargo Forte… - Journal of Power …, 2016 - Elsevier
This review analyses the current and existing literature on novel composite and multilayer
membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell applications, including intermediate …

The evolution of hydrogen bond network in nafion via molecular dynamics simulation

R Cui, S Li, C Yu, Y Zhou - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The hydrogen bond network (HBN) is of primary importance to the proton transport in Nafion.
However, the evolution of the HBN in Nafion with water content and the underlying …

Approaches to the Modification of Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes

EY Safronova, AA Lysova, DY Voropaeva… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymer ion-exchange membranes are featured in a variety of modern technologies
including separation, concentration and purification of gases and liquids, chemical and …

Impact of hydration and sulfonation on the morphology and ionic conductivity of sulfonated poly (phenylene) proton exchange membranes

EG Sorte, BA Paren, CG Rodriguez, C Fujimoto… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Multiple computational and experimental techniques are used to understand the nanoscale
morphology and water/proton transport properties in a series of sulfonated Diels–Alder poly …