An efficient Ag-ionomer interface for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

Gu, S; Sheng, WC; Cai, R; Alia, SM; Song, SQ; Jensen, KO; Yan, YS

doi:10.1039/c2cc34862d

Title: An efficient Ag-ionomer interface for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

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An efficient Ag-phosphonium ionomer interface is discovered in HEMFCs, helping enhance oxygen reduction and improve mass transports simultaneously. As a result, a completely-precious-metal-free HEMFC has been fabricated, which shows a cost-normalized power much higher than that of a Pt-based PEMFC benchmark (117 vs. 7.7 W US$(-1)).

Authors:: Gu, S; Sheng, WC; Cai, R; Alia, SM; Song, SQ; Jensen, KO; Yan, YS

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

OSTI Identifier:: 1211236

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: ChemComm

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Gu, S, Sheng, WC, Cai, R, Alia, SM, Song, SQ, Jensen, KO, and Yan, YS. An efficient Ag-ionomer interface for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Gu, S, Sheng, WC, Cai, R, Alia, SM, Song, SQ, Jensen, KO, & Yan, YS. An efficient Ag-ionomer interface for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc34862d

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                    Gu, S, Sheng, WC, Cai, R, Alia, SM, Song, SQ, Jensen, KO, and Yan, YS. 2013.  
        "An efficient Ag-ionomer interface for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc34862d.

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@article{osti_1211236,

  title        = {An efficient Ag-ionomer interface for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells},

  author       = {Gu, S and Sheng, WC and Cai, R and Alia, SM and Song, SQ and Jensen, KO and Yan, YS},

  abstractNote = {An efficient Ag-phosphonium ionomer interface is discovered in HEMFCs, helping enhance oxygen reduction and improve mass transports simultaneously. As a result, a completely-precious-metal-free HEMFC has been fabricated, which shows a cost-normalized power much higher than that of a Pt-based PEMFC benchmark (117 vs. 7.7 W US$(-1)).},

  doi          = {10.1039/c2cc34862d},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1211236},
  journal      = {ChemComm},

  issn         = {1359-7345},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 49,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013},

  month        = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013}

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