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Protons and the hydrogen economy

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As materials science is becoming components development and systems technology, hydrogen economy is approaching your porch. Welcome!

Hydrogen mobility can now be purchased from the shelf. Fuel cell electric vehicles from various well-known car manufacturers are now available. The number of hydrogen filling stations in Europe is increasing at a rate that long-distance tours become less and less adventurous. The efforts of fuel cell researchers have paid off. Suppliers of components and systems for hydrogen infrastructure are anticipating business. Meanwhile, basic science in electrochemistry and materials research is continuing, with surprises such as the discovery of a proton polaron which are adding to the progress in fundamental understanding of energy materials in operation. Has the long awaited hydrogen economy finally arrived?

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During the preparation of this manuscript, A.B. was on leave to Yonsei University funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project IZK0Z2-175249. Funding by NanoTera SHINE project no° 20NA21-145936 is acknowledged.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, University of Michigan, USA

    Qianli Chen

  2. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Qianli Chen

  3. Laboratory for High Performance Ceramics, Empa., Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Artur Braun

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical & Energy Systems Laboratory, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, Korea

    Artur Braun

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Chen, Q., Braun, A. Protons and the hydrogen economy. MRS Energy & Sustainability 4, 14 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/mre.2017.16

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