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ReviewPolymers2021

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs): Advances and Challenges.

Miriam M Tellez-Cruz, Jorge Escorihuela, Omar Solorza-Feria, Vicente Compañ

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Review in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Energy from waste biomass: an LCA study on a biofuel cell at early design stage.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Miriam M Tellez-CruzDepartment of Chemistry, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Av. IPN 2508, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2448-3134
Jorge EscorihuelaDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Av. Vicent Andrés Estellés s/n, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6756-0991
Omar Solorza-FeriaDepartment of Chemistry, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Av. IPN 2508, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2084-0659
Vicente CompañDepartamento de Termodinámica Aplicada (ETSII), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8233-7472

Funding

Mexican National Council for Science and Technology 245920Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ENE/2015-69203-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of the electrochemical catalyst conversion of renewable electricity and carbon oxides into chemical fuels attracts a great deal of attention by different researchers. The main role of this process is in mitigating the worldwide energy crisis through a closed technological carbon cycle, where chemical fuels, such as hydrogen, are stored and reconverted to electricity via electrochemical reaction processes in fuel cells. The scientific community focuses its efforts on the development of high-performance polymeric membranes together with nanomaterials with high catalytic activity and stability in order to reduce the platinum group metal applied as a cathode to build stacks of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) to work at low and moderate temperatures. The design of new conductive membranes and nanoparticles (NPs) whose morphology directly affects their catalytic properties is of utmost importance. Nanoparticle morphologies, like cubes, octahedrons, icosahedrons, bipyramids, plates, and polyhedrons, among others, are widely studied for catalysis applications. The recent progress around the high catalytic activity has focused on the stabilizing agents and their potential impact on nanomaterial synthesis to induce changes in the morphology of NPs.

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fuel cellmembrane–electrode assemblyorganic polymersproton conductivityproton exchange membrane

Identifiers

PMID34577965
PMCPMC8468942

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