This article provides a comprehensive and up-to-date perspective of the understanding of
perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) fuel cell membrane degradation phenomena, reviews key …

Durability is the most pressing issue preventing the efficient commercialization of polymer
electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stationary and transportation applications. A big …

Chemical membrane degradation is one of the main lifetime-limiting factors for proton
exchange membrane fuel cells. In this paper, the degradation of state-of-the-art catalyst …

Abstract In Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, local temperature is a driving force for
many degradation mechanisms such as hygrothermal deformation and creep of the …

Various research are currently done about fuel cells. They can concern the application
context, the fuel cell technology by itself or the socio-economic bolts. This paper deals with …

A quantitative in situ investigation of the structure of the catalytic layer of polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cells using material-sensitive and conductive atomic force microscopy is …

The proton exchange membrane (PEM) is a critical portion of a proton exchange membrane
fuel cell (PEMFC). However, it is strongly influenced by pinhole defects owing to degradation …

The durability of fuel cells is significantly impaired by chemical and mechanical
degradations of perfluorosulfonic-acid membranes. However, how the mechanical …

Widespread commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) still
requires optimization of various components for extended lifetime and high performance …

Aiming at durability issues of fuel cells, this research is dedicated to a novel experimental
approach in the analysis of local membrane degradation phenomena in polymer electrolyte …