Oxidative stability as a guiding principle for durable ionomer cations in pure-water electrolysis
Yiqi Jin, Bo Wu, Wenzheng Li, Chunlei Wang, Li Fan, Lixian Wen, Jiawei Li, James Wang, Jinggui Lei, Jiantao Fan, Hui Li · 2026
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Description
Yiqi Jin and co-authors present a 2026 study of parts that wear out inside water splitting devices that make hydrogen from pure water. The weak point is a charged group in the membrane, which breaks down at the positive pole. Past design chased alkali resistance, but the real stress there is oxidative.
The team traces device failure to that oxidation with live tests built into the device. A group built to resist oxidation lasted twice as long in steady runs. It held up for hundreds of hours at high current. They map the breakdown paths step by step. The authors say design rules for these parts should be rewritten around oxidation.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yiqi Jin, Bo Wu, Wenzheng Li, Chunlei Wang, Li Fan, Lixian Wen, Jiawei Li, James Wang, Jinggui Lei, Jiantao Fan, Hui Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |