Engineered Graphene Materials: Synthesis and Applications for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

Daping He; Haolin Tang; Zongkui Kou; Mu Pan; Xueliang Sun; Jiujun Zhang; Shichun Mu

doi:10.1002/adma.201601741

Engineered Graphene Materials: Synthesis and Applications for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

Adv Mater. 2017 May;29(20). doi: 10.1002/adma.201601741. Epub 2016 Dec 20.

Authors

Daping He¹, Haolin Tang¹, Zongkui Kou¹, Mu Pan¹, Xueliang Sun², Jiujun Zhang³, Shichun Mu¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
² Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada.
³ Energy, Mining and Enviromment, National Research Council of Canada Vancouver, Canada.

PMID: 27996174
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201601741

Abstract

Engineered graphene materials (EGMs) with unique structures and properties have been incorporated into various components of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) such as electrode, membrane, and bipolar plates to achieve enhanced performances in terms of electrical conductivity, mechanical durability, corrosion resistance, and electrochemical surface area. This research news article provides an overview of the recent development in EGMs and EGM-based PEMFCs with a focus on the effects of EGMs on PEMFC performance when they are incorporated into different components of PEMFCs. The challenges of EGMs for practical PEMFC applications in terms of production scale, stability, conductivity, and coupling capability with other materials are also discussed and the corresponding measures and future research trends to overcome such challenges are proposed.

Keywords: bipolar plates; engineering; fuel cell catalysts; graphene; membranes.

Publication types

Review