A Review of Recent Developments and Advanced Applications of High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells

Khadijeh Hooshyari, Bahman Amini Horri, Hamid Abdoli, Mohsen Fallah Vostakola, Parvaneh Kakavand and Parisa Salarizadeh
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Khadijeh Hooshyari: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia 57561-51818, Iran
Bahman Amini Horri: Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
Hamid Abdoli: Department of Renewable Energy, Niroo Research Institute, Tehran 14686-13113, Iran
Mohsen Fallah Vostakola: School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran 16846-13114, Iran
Parvaneh Kakavand: Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran
Parisa Salarizadeh: High-Temperature Fuel Cell Research Department, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan 77188-97111, Iran

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-38

Abstract: This review summarizes the current status, operating principles, and recent advances in high-temperature polymer electrolyte membranes (HT-PEMs), with a particular focus on the recent developments, technical challenges, and commercial prospects of the HT-PEM fuel cells. A detailed review of the most recent research activities has been covered by this work, with a major focus on the state-of-the-art concepts describing the proton conductivity and degradation mechanisms of HT-PEMs. In addition, the fuel cell performance and the lifetime of HT-PEM fuel cells as a function of operating conditions have been discussed. In addition, the review highlights the important outcomes found in the recent literature about the HT-PEM fuel cell. The main objectives of this review paper are as follows: (1) the latest development of the HT-PEMs, primarily based on polybenzimidazole membranes and (2) the latest development of the fuel cell performance and the lifetime of the HT-PEMs.

Keywords: polymer electrolyte membranes; high temperature; proton conductivity; polybenzimidazole; fuel cell performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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