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ArticleNature communications2025

Sulfophenylated centimeter-sized graphene membrane in a direct methanol fuel cell.

Weizhe Zhang, Max Makurat, Xue Liu, Buhang Chen, Yanglizhi Li, Xiaoting Liu, Thomas J F Kock, Andy Jiao, Guangya Jiang, Christopher Leist and 15 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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25 authors.

Weizhe ZhangLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. w.zhang@lic.leidenuniv.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8523-5674
Max MakuratLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Xue LiuLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9723-4393
Buhang ChenBeijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing, China.
Yanglizhi LiBeijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing, China.
Xiaoting LiuBeijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing, China.
Thomas J F KockLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-6428-4347
Andy JiaoLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2456-0096
Guangya JiangLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Christopher LeistCentral Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Clément MaheuSurface Science Laboratory, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5417-5672
Hikmet SezenSurface Science Laboratory, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Dario CalvaniLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-4061
Ismail ErenHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Abteilung Ressourcenökologie, Leipzig, Germany.
Lin JiangLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Francesco BudaLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7157-7654
Haoyuan QiCentral Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-7074
Jan P HofmannSurface Science Laboratory, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5765-1096
Xinliang FengCenter for Advancing Electronics Dresden & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-2703
Ute KaiserCentral Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0582-4044
Luzhao SunBeijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0518-0744
Zhongfan LiuBeijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5554-1902
Agnieszka KucCenter for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Untermarkt 20, Görlitz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9458-4136
Thomas HeineCenter for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Untermarkt 20, Görlitz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-6251
Grégory F SchneiderLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. g.f.schneider@chem.leidenuniv.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3156-4525

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 423746744Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 443871192 - GRK 2721EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)) 335879National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) T2188101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An ideal proton exchange membrane should only allow protons to pass and remain impermeable to fuels, as required in fuel cell applications. In methanol fuel cells, high proton conductivity enables high power density, whereas methanol crossover between the electrodes degrades the catalyst activity and lowers efficiency. In conventional polymer membranes, however, conductivity and selectivity are often antagonistic: long transport pathways are needed to achieve selectivity, but these introduce additional ionic resistance. Graphene, a two-dimensional material consisting of a single atomic layer of carbon, intrinsically addresses both requirements. Its basal plane is impermeable to water and other molecules, while still exhibiting a measurable degree of proton conductivity. Here, we show that chemical functionalization of monolayer graphene with sulfophenyl groups significantly enhances its proton transport properties. The conductance increases from 6.9 ± 1.1 to 30.9 ± 2.3 S·cm

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