Young Je Park, Won Young Choi, Seong Hyun Park, Hyunguk Choi, Seo Won Choi, Jy-Young Jyoung, Eunsook Lee, Jae-ll Park, Min Jae Ko, Kang Taek Lee, Chi-Young Jung
{"title":"Crack-Engineered Microporous Layer for Mitigating Cathode Flooding in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells","authors":"Young Je Park, Won Young Choi, Seong Hyun Park, Hyunguk Choi, Seo Won Choi, Jy-Young Jyoung, Eunsook Lee, Jae-ll Park, Min Jae Ko, Kang Taek Lee, Chi-Young Jung","doi":"10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01202","url":null,"abstract":"Crack engineering within the microporous layer (MPL) of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) has emerged as a promising strategy to alleviate severe cathode flooding in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), especially under high current operation. Here, we report a connected-crack MPL architecture that forms continuous liquid water highways, extending from the catalyst layer (CL) to the GDL backing layer, effectively separating the liquid/gas transport. Three-dimensional reconstruction using X-ray computed tomography reveals that the microengineered cracks significantly reduce flooding at the CL-MPL interface by providing efficient drainage. Compared to the noncrack GDL, the connected-crack GDL (C-GDL) exhibits 20% higher peak power density of 1.23 W cm<sup>–2</sup>. Pore-scale simulations further validate the antiflooding capabilities of C-GDL, showing a 25-fold enhancement in water removal. This crack-engineered GDL thus offers an efficient and scalable route to water management challenges, enabling robust and high-performance PEFCs suitable for heavy-duty vehicle electrification.","PeriodicalId":16,"journal":{"name":"ACS Energy Letters ","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":22.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144278768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenhao Wang, Long Wang, Shenghao Jin, Tao Xie, Gu Liu, Zhen Meng, Tonghao Liu, Yina Cui, Haoyuan Zhang, Weiguo Liu, Zhenyi Gao, Boxiang Wang, Liuying Wang
{"title":"Electrochromic Harvester for All-Day Energy Savings in Buildings","authors":"Wenhao Wang, Long Wang, Shenghao Jin, Tao Xie, Gu Liu, Zhen Meng, Tonghao Liu, Yina Cui, Haoyuan Zhang, Weiguo Liu, Zhenyi Gao, Boxiang Wang, Liuying Wang","doi":"10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01153","url":null,"abstract":"Technologies that can simultaneously capture energy from outer space and the sun have garnered extensive interest in recent years. However, the utilization of these two energy sources is challenged by their conflicting spectral requirements, making it difficult to capture both in a single device or material. Here, an adaptive energy harvester coupling photothermal conversion and radiative cooling utilizing photonic metastructure electrodes in conjunction with reversible metal electrodeposition technology for all-day continuous energy harnessing is reported. The harvester demonstrates sustained bistability for over 30 days with large emissivity contrast (0.82 at 3–5 μm, 0.66 at 7.5–13 μm), robust environmental durability, and scalability (100 cm<sup>2</sup>) for switching between heating and cooling states. World-wide energy simulations show that it can significantly reduce energy consumption in buildings by up to 21.4%, amounting to a savings of 95.8 GJ year-round. This harvester offers a promising method to utilize heat source and heat sink, sun and outer space, to improve sustainability and reduce carbon foot print of the Earth.","PeriodicalId":16,"journal":{"name":"ACS Energy Letters ","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":22.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144278767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prem Wicram Jaschin, Christopher R. Tang and Eric D. Wachsman*,
{"title":"","authors":"Prem Wicram Jaschin, Christopher R. Tang and Eric D. Wachsman*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16,"journal":{"name":"ACS Energy Letters ","volume":"10 6","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00575","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144424924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian O. Plaza-Rivera, Daniel Wang, Jason K. Phong, Haldrian Iriawan, Maximiliano Ramirez, Bryce A. Tappan, Louis Ah and Yang Shao-Horn*,
{"title":"","authors":"Christian O. Plaza-Rivera, Daniel Wang, Jason K. Phong, Haldrian Iriawan, Maximiliano Ramirez, Bryce A. Tappan, Louis Ah and Yang Shao-Horn*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16,"journal":{"name":"ACS Energy Letters ","volume":"10 6","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144424926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jihoon Oh, Seung Ho Choi, Heejin Kim, Woo Jun Chung, Minkwan Kim, Inwoo Kim, Taeyong Lee, Jieun Lee, Dong Ok Kim, Sunung Moon, Donghoon Kim and Jang Wook Choi*,
{"title":"","authors":"Jihoon Oh, Seung Ho Choi, Heejin Kim, Woo Jun Chung, Minkwan Kim, Inwoo Kim, Taeyong Lee, Jieun Lee, Dong Ok Kim, Sunung Moon, Donghoon Kim and Jang Wook Choi*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16,"journal":{"name":"ACS Energy Letters ","volume":"10 6","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00762","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144424932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}