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Retraction

RETRACTED: Babay et al. Bio-Aerodynamic Flow Field Optimization in PEM Fuel Cells: A Peregrine Falcon-Inspired Flow Field Approach. Hydrogen 2025, 6, 102

by
Mohamed-Amine Babay
1,*,
Mustapha Adar
1,
Mohamed Essam El Messoussi
1,
Ahmed Chebak
2 and
Mustapha Mabrouki
1
1
Laboratory of Industrial and Surface Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal 23000, Morocco
2
Green Tech Institute (GTI), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hydrogen 2026, 7(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen7010027
Submission received: 22 January 2026 / Accepted: 12 February 2026 / Published: 14 February 2026
The journal retracts the article titled, “Bio-Aerodynamic Flow Field Optimization in PEM Fuel Cells: A Peregrine Falcon-Inspired Flow Field Approach” [1], as cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the publisher’s attention regarding an overlap between this publication [1] and an earlier preprint [2], produced by a different authorship group.
In accordance with the journal standard procedures, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board, which confirmed an substantial overlap with the above-mentioned source, without appropriate acknowledgement or citation. As a consequence, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this article as per MDPI’s retraction policy.
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Hydrogen.
The authors have been informed of this retraction and have indicated their agreement with this decision.

References

  1. Babay, M.-A.; Adar, M.; El Messoussi, M.E.; Chebak, A.; Mabrouki, M. RETRACTED: Bio-Aerodynamic Flow Field Optimization in PEM Fuel Cells: A Peregrine Falcon-Inspired Flow Field Approach. Hydrogen 2025, 6, 102. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  2. Luo, J.; Lian, Y.; Zhu, Z.; Zhu, X.; Lin, L.; Liu, C.; Lin, F.; Cai, X.; Chu, X.; Zhou, W. Design of a Novel Bionic Peregrine Falcon Flow Field Structure For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Available online: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5354678 (accessed on 3 December 2025).
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Babay, M.-A.; Adar, M.; El Messoussi, M.E.; Chebak, A.; Mabrouki, M. RETRACTED: Babay et al. Bio-Aerodynamic Flow Field Optimization in PEM Fuel Cells: A Peregrine Falcon-Inspired Flow Field Approach. Hydrogen 2025, 6, 102. Hydrogen 2026, 7, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen7010027

AMA Style

Babay M-A, Adar M, El Messoussi ME, Chebak A, Mabrouki M. RETRACTED: Babay et al. Bio-Aerodynamic Flow Field Optimization in PEM Fuel Cells: A Peregrine Falcon-Inspired Flow Field Approach. Hydrogen 2025, 6, 102. Hydrogen. 2026; 7(1):27. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen7010027

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Babay, Mohamed-Amine, Mustapha Adar, Mohamed Essam El Messoussi, Ahmed Chebak, and Mustapha Mabrouki. 2026. "RETRACTED: Babay et al. Bio-Aerodynamic Flow Field Optimization in PEM Fuel Cells: A Peregrine Falcon-Inspired Flow Field Approach. Hydrogen 2025, 6, 102" Hydrogen 7, no. 1: 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen7010027

APA Style

Babay, M.-A., Adar, M., El Messoussi, M. E., Chebak, A., & Mabrouki, M. (2026). RETRACTED: Babay et al. Bio-Aerodynamic Flow Field Optimization in PEM Fuel Cells: A Peregrine Falcon-Inspired Flow Field Approach. Hydrogen 2025, 6, 102. Hydrogen, 7(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen7010027

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