title: Engineered Graphene Materials: Synthesis and Applications for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells.
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.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
authors.forename: Daping
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
authors.forename: Haolin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
authors.forename: Zongkui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
authors.forename: Mu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada.
authors.forename: Xueliang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Energy, Mining and Enviromment, National Research Council of Canada Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Jiujun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
authors.forename: Shichun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mu
keywords: bipolar plates; engineering; fuel cell catalysts; graphene; membranes