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At the heart of every fuel cell there is an electrolyte separating anode and cathode compartments. In low and intermediate temperature fuel cells its principal purpose is efficient and selective transport of anodically generated protons to the cathode where they can combine with oxygen ions to form water. The electrolyte in many current fuel cell designs such as the hydrogen-fuelled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and the methanol-fuelled direct methanol fuel cell consists of a thin membrane of a polymer electrolyte in which protons are the only mobile charge carriers. Current membrane materials are efficient proton conductors but due to their high permeability for water and methanol also quite unselective. Understanding the mechanisms and bottlenecks of proton transport in such materials is thus key for the design of improved materials which are needed for introduction of fuel cells as a power supply for electrical appliances. It is the purpose of this chapter to give an overview over the recent literature of experimental, theoretical and simulation studies on proton transport in polymer electrolyte membranes.
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Spohr, E. (2005). Proton Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Membranes. In: Henderson, D., Holovko, M., Trokhymchuk, A. (eds) Ionic Soft Matter: Modern Trends in Theory and Applications. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 206. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3659-0_14
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