R. Escudero-Cid

TL;DR: These materials, in the presence of controlled amounts of acetic acid and under pressure, show a remarkable processability that gives rise to quasi-transparent and flexible films showing in-plane structural order as confirmed by X-ray crystallography and it is proved that these films are useful for the construction of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC).

TL;DR: A non-noble metal (NNM) catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was synthesized using Fe(II)-phthalocyanine as unique source of Fe, N, and C, resulting in a material with an extremely high specific surface area and a high microporosity (around 50%). FESEM, FTIR and Raman analyses were performed to investigate the morphology and the physicochemical properties of the catalyst as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A further positive off-shoot of the optimisation process was the discovery that using water as a diluent resulted in an enhanced distribution of VBC grafts as proven by Raman microscopy and corroborated using EDX analysis, which led to enhancement in the Cl− anion-conductivities.

TL;DR: In this article, four carbonaceous materials (acetylene black, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, and two carbon materials synthesized by hard-template method) were used as a support to synthesize four Fe-N/C non-noble metal (NNM) catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by impregnation with a FeIII-1,10-phenanthroline complex and subsequent pyrolysis in inert atmosphere.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel alkaline exchange ionomer (AEI) was prepared from the radiation-grafting of vinylbenzyl chloride (VBC) onto poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) [ETFE] powders with powder particle sizes of less than 100 μm diameter.