journal article·2026-02

A mitigation strategy for electric resistance at porous transport layer/catalyst layer interface in polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysis cell

Yiheng Pang, Yushi Zhang, Abdurrahman Yilmaz, Sydney Hughes, Chenzhao Li, Zhiwei Yang, Hui Xu, Guobin Zhang, Yun Wang

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