With the increasing demand for energy, the search for clean and efficient power sources has become urgent. Among many energy conversion devices, fuel cells show great potential because of the environment-friendliness and high efficiency. Alkaline membrane fuel cells (AMFCs) belong to one of the oldest fuel cell technologies. AMFCs were successfully used in the NASA Apollo space program1 and is still being used in the outer space transportation today. An AMFC is operated under alkaline conditions, which enables fast oxygen reduction reactions and the adoption of non-precious metal catalysts such as Fe, Ag, and Co. However, anion-exchange membranes remain a bottleneck challenge for the widespread use of AMFCs in our society. This is because commercial anion-exchange membranes have limited chemical stability under strong alkaline conditions.
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机译：随着对能源需求不断发展，寻求清洁高效的电源已成为迫切。在许多能量转换装置中，由于环境友好和高效率，燃料电池显示出极大的潜力。碱性膜燃料电池（AMFC）属于最古老的燃料电池技术之一。 AMFCS已成功用于NASA Apollo Space Program1，并且仍然在今天的外太空运输中使用。 AMFC在碱性条件下运营，其能够快速氧还原反应和采用非贵金属催化剂如Fe，Ag和Co.然而，阴离子交换膜仍然是我们的广泛使用AMFC的瓶颈挑战社会。这是因为商业阴离子交换膜在强碱性条件下具有有限的化学稳定性。
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