A concise guide to sustainable PEMFCs: recent advances in improving both oxygen reduction catalysts and proton exchange membranes

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Understanding the electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction on platinum and its alloys

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Platinum-Based Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts

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Low-platinum and platinum-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction at fuel cell cathodes

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Review of Advanced Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

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Highly Efficient Metal-Free Growth of Nitrogen-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Plasma-Etched Substrates for Oxygen Reduction

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Synthesis and Characterization of 9 nm Pt–Ni Octahedra with a Record High Activity of 3.3 A/mgPt for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Proton exchange membrane fuel cell from low temperature to high temperature: Material challenges

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Atomic Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Pt on Pd Nanocubes for Catalysts with Enhanced Activity and Durability toward Oxygen Reduction

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Enhanced Electrocatalytic Performance of Processed, Ultrathin, Supported Pd–Pt Core–Shell Nanowire Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Palladium-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions

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One-dimensional noble metal electrocatalysts: a promising structural paradigm for direct methanolfuelcells

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Pt-Based Core–Shell Catalyst Architectures for Oxygen Fuel Cell Electrodes

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The Effect of Size on the Oxygen Electroreduction Activity of Mass‐Selected Platinum Nanoparticles

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The effect of particle proximity on the oxygen reduction rate of size-selected platinum clusters

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Mechanisms of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Defective Graphene-Supported Pt Nanoparticles from First-Principles

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Active Sites and Mechanisms for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Alloy Catalysts: Stone–Wales Defect and Curvature Effect

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Oxygen Reduction Kinetics in Low and Medium Temperature Acid Environment: Correlation of Water Activation and Surface Properties in Supported Pt and Pt Alloy Electrocatalysts

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Ordered mesoporous porphyrinic carbons with very high electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction

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Tailoring the composition of ultrathin, ternary alloy PtRuFe nanowires for the methanol oxidation reaction and formic acid oxidation reaction

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Polyaniline-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Supported Platinum Catalysts

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Size-Dependent Enhancement of Electrocatalytic Performance in Relatively Defect-Free, Processed Ultrathin Platinum Nanowires

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Methanol-Tolerant Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts Based on Pd-3D Transition Metal Alloys for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

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Functional links between Pt single crystal morphology and nanoparticles with different size and shape: the oxygen reduction reaction case

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Pd−Co−Mo Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

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Multimetallic Core/Interlayer/Shell Nanostructures as Advanced Electrocatalysts

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Probing Ultrathin One-Dimensional Pd–Ni Nanostructures As Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts

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PEM Fuel Cell Catalysts: Cost, Performance, and Durability

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Size- and Composition-Dependent Enhancement of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Performance in Ultrathin Palladium–Gold (Pd 1– x Au x ) Nanowires

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Research Trends in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for PEMFC

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Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Membrane based on a Sulfonated Polyphenyl Sulfone/Phosphotungstic acid/Silica for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell at Low Humidity Conditions

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Particle size dependence on oxygen reduction reaction activity of electrodeposited TaO x catalysts in acidic media

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Experimental and DFT study of thiol-stabilized Pt/CNTs catalysts

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A novel catalyst layer with carbon matrix for Pt nanowire growth in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

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Mechanical Stability of H3PO4-Doped PBI/Hydrophilic-Pretreated PTFE Membranes for High Temperature PEMFCs

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Modification of hydrophilic channels in Nafion membranes by DMBA: Mechanism and effects on proton conductivity

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Novel N, C doped Ti(IV)-oxides as Pt-free catalysts for the O 2 reduction reaction

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Use of a new crosslinking method to obtain semi-IPN membranes with phosphonic acid groups for a PEMFC application

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High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells: progress in advanced materials and key technologies

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Atomically dispersed metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts for fuel cells: advances in catalyst design, electrode performance, and durability improvement

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Metal–Organic Frameworks Derived Functional Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion: A Mini Review

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Synergistic Effects between Atomically Dispersed Fe−N−C and C−S−C for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic Media

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Hydrogen-Based Energy Systems: Current Technology Development Status, Opportunities and Challenges

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