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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

A Review of Designing Hierarchical Structure Within Membrane Electrode Assembly for Water Electrolyzer.

Saifei Pan, Yongqi Ye, Chuyu Zhang, Xin Chen, Xuetao Wang, Chunmei Liu, Haojie Li, Bin Tian, Fang Wang, Zongkui Kou

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Interfacial Water Configurations: Evolution and Implications for Electrocatalysis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Saifei PanSchool of Vehicle and Transportation Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, China.
Yongqi YeDivision of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suzhou, 215123, China.
Chuyu ZhangDivision of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suzhou, 215123, China.
Xin ChenSchool of Vehicle and Transportation Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, China.
Xuetao WangSchool of Vehicle and Transportation Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, China.
Chunmei LiuSchool of Vehicle and Transportation Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, China.
Haojie LiSchool of Vehicle and Transportation Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, China.
Bin TianDivision of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suzhou, 215123, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-0877
Fang WangSchool of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, 471023, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5608-6649
Zongkui KouState Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.

Funding

Basic Research Program of Jiangsu BK20240472Gusu Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leading Talent Plan ZXL2023193Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Henan Province 23IRTSTHN009Joint Funds of Science Research and Development Program of Henan Province 242103810051Major Science and Technology Projects of Henan Province 241100240400National Natural Science Foundation of China 22402225Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province in 2024 242300421244Special Project (Scientific and Technological Research) of Henan Province 252102241036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Green hydrogen produced from water electrolyzers demonstrates higher efficiency and sustainability than industrial alkaline water electrolysis due to the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) design. However, random structure designs in current MEAs significantly increase the charge and mass transport resistance, leading to a decrease in energy efficiency. In contrast, the ordered structure design in MEA provides well-defined arrangements of pores, channels, or pathways within catalysts, catalyst layers, porous transport layers, and ion exchange membranes (IEMs). These ordered configurations facilitate efficient pathways for charge and mass transport. Particularly, in comparison with first-order structure, hierarchical structure designs exhibit more obvious advantages in reaction interface, charge, and mass transport. Recently, the diverse hierarchical structure in the MEA designs has demonstrated significant improvements in overall electrolysis efficiency in both proton exchange membrane (PEM) and anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolyzers. This review will examine recent advancements in hierarchical structure designs in the MEAs for water electrolyzers, focusing on innovations in fabrication methods and enhancement mechanisms, as well as their electrolysis performance. This review will provide comprehensive guidelines for designing highly efficient MEAs for both PEM and AEM electrolyzers.

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AEM/PEM water electrolyzersenhancement mechanismfabrication methodshierarchical structuremembrane electrode assembly

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PMCPMC12462931

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