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ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Proton Exchange Membrane Water Splitting: Advances in Electrode Structure and Mass-Charge Transport Optimization.

Wenting Feng, Bin Chang, Yuanfu Ren, Debin Kong, Hua Bing Tao, Linjie Zhi, Mohd Adnan Khan, Rashed Aleisa, Magnus Rueping, Huabin Zhang

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Review in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Buffering the Active State for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  7. Engineering Interfacial Water for Advanced Electrocatalytic COAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Wenting FengCenter for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies (CREST), Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Bin ChangCenter for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies (CREST), Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Yuanfu RenCenter for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies (CREST), Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Debin KongSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Chemical Engineering and Energy Materials Research Center, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China.
Hua Bing TaoState Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China.
Linjie ZhiSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Chemical Engineering and Energy Materials Research Center, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China.
Mohd Adnan KhanFuels & Chemicals Division, Research & Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia.
Rashed AleisaFuels & Chemicals Division, Research & Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia.
Magnus RuepingKAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Huabin ZhangCenter for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies (CREST), Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1601-2471

Funding

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 5937National Natural Science Foundation of China 52202366Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2021QE011Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province tsqn202312217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) represents a promising technology for renewable hydrogen production. However, the large-scale commercialization of PEMWE faces challenges due to the need for acid oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts with long-term stability and corrosion-resistant membrane electrode assemblies (MEA). This review thoroughly examines the deactivation mechanisms of acidic OER and crucial factors affecting assembly instability in complex reaction environments, including catalyst degradation, dynamic behavior at the MEA triple-phase boundary, and equipment failures. Targeted solutions are proposed, including catalyst improvements, optimized MEA designs, and operational strategies. Finally, the review highlights perspectives on strict activity/stability evaluation standards, in situ/operando characteristics, and practical electrolyzer optimization. These insights emphasize the interrelationship between catalysts, MEAs, activity, and stability, offering new guidance for accelerating the commercialization of PEMWE catalysts and systems.

Indexed as

acidic oxygen evolution reactioncatalyst deactivationmembrane electrode assemblyproton exchange membrane water electrolyzersstability optimization

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PMID40035170
PMCPMC12004895

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