A review of anodes for direct borohydride fuel cells: Electrode and catalytic environment

D Zhang, T Sun, D Cao, Y Liu, W Jiao, G Wang - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
The borohydride oxidation reaction (BOR) is the main reaction in the anode of direct
borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs), which is also fundamental to highlight the advantages of …

Selected review of the degradation of Pt and Pd‐based carbon‐supported electrocatalysts for alkaline fuel cells: Towards mechanisms of degradation

C Lafforgue, A Zadick, L Dubau, F Maillard… - Fuel Cells, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It is usually believed that carbon‐supported electrocatalysts are stable in alkaline
environment, owing to the better thermodynamics stability of many metals and oxides at high …

Recent advances in the understanding of nickel-based catalysts for the oxidation of hydrogen-containing fuels in alkaline media

AG Oshchepkov, G Braesch, A Bonnefont… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nickel is a very abundant transition metal in the Earth's crust, and it finds numerous
applications in electrochemical processes where metallic Ni or its oxides are …

On the stability of anion exchange membrane fuel cells incorporating polyimidazolium ionene (Aemion+®) membranes and ionomers

Q Wei, X Cao, P Veh, A Konovalova… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) performance using commercial,
polyimidazolium-based, Aemion+® as both the ionomer and membrane. Aemion+® affords …

Development of bimetallic PdNi electrocatalysts toward mitigation of catalyst poisoning in direct borohydride fuel cells

S Saha, P Gayen, Z Wang, RJ Dixit, K Sharma… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cost-effective and highly active borohydride oxidation reaction (BOR) electrocatalysts are
crucial for the advancement of direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs). Noble-metal …

Efficient pH-gradient-enabled microscale bipolar interfaces in direct borohydride fuel cells

Z Wang, J Parrondo, C He, S Sankarasubramanian… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The disparate pH requirements for borohydride oxidation and peroxide reduction in direct
borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs) currently hinder their performance and efficiency. Here we …

Boosting borohydride oxidation by control lattice-strain of Ni@ NiP electrocatalyst with core-shell structure

B Hu, Y Xie, Y Yang, J Meng, J Cai, C Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Here we fabricate an efficient Ni@ NiP catalyst for borohydride oxidation by simple
electrodeposition, which has a core-shell structure consisting of crystalline Ni core and …

Hot topics in alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells

A Serov, IV Zenyuk, CG Arges… - Journal of Power …, 2018 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
The tremendous progress from the first discovery of fuel cell principles by Sir William Robert
Grove in 1839 [1] and independent observation of electricity generated in electrochemical …

A high-performance H2O2-based fuel cell for air-free applications

OC Esan, X Shi, Z Pan, Y Liu, X Huo, L An… - Journal of Power …, 2022 - Elsevier
A newly introduced fuel cell which employs an electrically rechargeable liquid fuel (e-fuel)
has piqued increasing research interest in recent years as it eliminates the need for catalyst …

Accelerated Stress Test of Pt/C Nanoparticles in an Interface with an Anion-Exchange Membrane An Identical-Location Transmission Electron Microscopy Study

C Lafforgue, M Chatenet, L Dubau, DR Dekel - Acs Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
The durability of a state-of-the-art Pt/C electrocatalyst was assessed by accelerated stress
test (AST) procedures conducted in liquid alkaline electrolyte (0.1 M NaOH) and in solid …