Proton conductors have emerged as a pivotal component in the development of intermediate temperature fuel cells, offering a promising alternative to conventional high-temperature electrolytes. These ...

Over the past few years, fuel cells have become a focal point of research in eco-friendly technology because of their superior abilities to store and produce renewable energy and clean fuel. A typical ...

Researchers have developed a new idea to improve proton conductivity in rare-earth doped BaZrO3 to be used as an electrolyte material in intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs). The ...

It turns out sharks, skates and rays are home to the most powerful proton conductors found in the natural world: it’s all in the head. A new discovery in the US has revealed that some jelly in sharks’ ...

(Nanowerk News) Donor doping into a mother material with disordered intrinsic oxygen vacancies, instead of the widely used strategy of acceptor doping into a material without oxygen vacancies, can ...

Northwestern Engineering professor Jiaxing Huang has developed a cheaper, more stable proton-conducting system. To find the key ingredient, he had to look no further than his own backyard. “We used a ...

One-atom thick materials like graphene (a 2D sheet of carbon) conduct protons extremely well but they become impermeable to protons the thicker they get. Indeed, 2D molybdenum sulphide (MoS 2) becomes ...

Borosulfates are a unique class of compounds that are formed when, under special conditions, borates and sulfates are "forced" to form new bonds and lose water in the process of making polymeric ...

A comb-like crosslinked polymer-polyoxometalate (POM) nanocomposite, integrating poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) scaffolds with superacidic phosphotungstic acid ...

Sharks, skates, and rays can detect very weak electric fields produced by prey and other animals using an array of unusual organs known as the ampullae of Lorenzini. Exactly how these electrosensory ...

A researcher employs a clay typically used for gardening to develop a proton-conducting, bulk nanostructured material. Northwestern Engineering professor Jiaxing Huang has developed a cheaper, more ...