Advanced Research on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Membranes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 4502
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In proton exchange membranes, several fuel cells have been developed, such as Nafion, sulfonated poly(ether) sulfone, sulfonated poly(ether) ketone, and polyimides, but issues remain regarding long-term fuel cell operation. In addition, organic–inorganic polymer electrolyte membranes have also been developed using graphene, TiO2, SiO2, graphitic carbon nitride and so on. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) can yield better gas diffusion layer, catalyst, loading amount of catalyst, gas flow, cell temperature and humidification. Since the polymer electrolyte membrane greatly affects the performance and durability of the device, interest in the role of the electrolyte membrane has been increasing. In particular, the development of PEMFCs with low-cost, long-term performance which can take place of commercial membranes is a research scope for the development of advanced electrochemical energy devices.
As a Guest Editor of this Special Issue on “Latest Trends and Research Progress in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, I invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in Membranes.
The aim of this Special Issue is to contribute to the recent concepts and advancement of novel polymer electrolyte membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells in the context given above.
Dr. Murli Manohar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- proton exchange membrane
- nano-structured materials
- conductivity
- fuel cells
- long-term operation
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