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ReviewMembranes2026

Coupled Transport, Plasticization, and Retention Mechanisms in Phosphoric Acid-Doped PBI Membranes.

Francesca Stella, Sergio Bocchini

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Review in Membranes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Francesca StellaCenter for Sustainable Future Technologies (CSFT), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Livorno 60, 10144 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-6739-6218
Sergio BocchiniCenter for Sustainable Future Technologies (CSFT), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Livorno 60, 10144 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2876-2317

Funding

Clean Hydroject Partnership 101192151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole membranes are a leading fluorine-free electrolyte platform for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, enabling proton transport under anhydrous conditions. However, recent evidence shows that conductivity, mechanical stability, and acid retention are intrinsically coupled, preventing independent optimization of these properties. This review establishes a unified framework in which membrane performance is governed by a multidimensional design space defined by acid doping level, activation energy (E

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acid doping levelacid retentionchemo-mechanical couplinghigh-temperature PEM fuel cellshydrogen-bond networksmembrane durabilitymultiscale designPA–PBI membranesplasticizationproton conductivity

Identifiers

PMID42346966
PMCPMC13302887

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