Topic Index
Manufacturing
Process / System Design
Characterization / Diagnostics
2026
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Polarization contrast neutron imaging enables operando visualization of iron plating in redox flow batteries ↗Gimenez-Garcia, I., Tabuyo-Martinez, M., Boillat, P., Jacquemond, R. R., et al. (2026)Nature Communications, 17(1), 6820Highlight: Demonstrates operando polarization-contrast neutron imaging to map iron deposition and reaction homogeneity inside working all-iron redox flow batteries.
2025
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Hydrophobic Diffusion Media via Electrografted Organosilicons Enable Competitive Performance in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells ↗Sinisgalli, I., Mularczyk, A., & Forner-Cuenca, A. (2025)ACS Electrochemistry, 1(12), 2723Highlight: Introduces a durable electrografting method with organosilicons to fine-tune gas diffusion layer hydrophobicity and optimize water management in fuel cells.
2024
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Manufacturing Free‐Standing, Porous Metallic Layers with Dynamic Hydrogen Bubble Templating ↗Mularczyk, A., Niblett, D., Wijpkema, A., van Maris, M. P., & Forner‐Cuenca, A. (2024)Advanced Materials Interfaces, 11(16), 2400052Highlight: Outlines a scalable electrodeposition strategy using dynamic hydrogen bubble templating to engineer highly porous, free-standing metallic layers for electrochemical devices.
2023
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Water cluster characteristics of fuel cell gas diffusion layers with artificial microporous layer crack dilation ↗Niblett, D., Niasar, V., Holmes, S., Mularczyk, A., Eller, J., Prosser, R., & Mamlouk, M. (2023)Journal of Power Sources, 555, 232383Highlight: Investigates how microporous layer crack geometry alters water cluster size distribution and liquid breakthrough behavior in fuel cell diffusion media.
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Investigating the coupled influence of flow fields and porous electrodes on redox flow battery performance ↗Muñoz-Perales, V., García-Salaberri, P. Á., Mularczyk, A., Ibáñez, S. E., Vera, M., et al. (2023)Journal of Power Sources, 586, 233420Highlight: Combines numerical modeling and experimental validation to reveal how flow field channel geometry interacts with electrode microstructure to govern pressure drop and mass transport in redox flow batteries.
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A viewpoint on X-ray tomography imaging in electrocatalysis ↗Chen, Y., Stelmacovich, G., Mularczyk, A., Parkinson, D., Babu, S. K., et al. (2023)ACS Catalysis, 13(15), 10010-10025Highlight: Provides a comprehensive perspective on current capabilities, resolution limits, and future directions for X-ray computed tomography in characterizing electrocatalytic porous materials.
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Surfactant doped polyaniline coatings for functionalized gas diffusion layers in low temperature fuel cells ↗Tritscher, F., Mularczyk, A., Forner-Cuenca, A., Hacker, V., & Bodner, M. (2023)Materials Advances, 4(12), 2573-2585Highlight: Shows that conductive polyaniline coatings modified with surfactants enhance local wettability and electronic transport across low-temperature fuel cell diffusion media.
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Evaporative cooling for polymer electrolyte fuel cells—An operando analysis at technical single cell level ↗Striednig, M., Mularczyk, A., Liu, W., Scheuble, D., Cochet, M., Boillat, P., et al. (2023)Journal of Power Sources, 556, 232419Highlight: Evaluates operando thermal and phase-change transport at technical single-cell scale, demonstrating the efficiency limits and operational envelope of evaporative cooling in fuel cells.
2022
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A comparative study of compressive effects on the morphology and performance of carbon paper and cloth electrodes in redox flow batteries ↗Tenny, K. M., Greco, K. V., Van Der Heijden, M., Pini, T., Mularczyk, A., Vasile, A. P., et al. (2022)Energy Technology, 10(8), 2101162Highlight: Compares carbon paper vs. carbon cloth under compression using 3D imaging, linking mechanical deformation directly to fluid permeability and electrochemical performance.
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Conductive Heat Transfer in Partially Saturated Gas Diffusion Layers with Evaporative Cooling ↗Van Rooij, S., Magnini, M., Mularczyk, A., Xu, H., Büchi, F. N., & Haussener, S. (2022)Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169(3), 034515Highlight: Models the interplay between partial liquid water saturation and conductive heat flux in gas diffusion layers during high-heat-flux evaporative cooling.
2021
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Understanding degradation effects of elevated temperature operating conditions in polymer electrolyte water electrolyzers ↗Garbe, S., Futter, J., Agarwal, A., Tarik, M., Mularczyk, A. A., Schmidt, T. J., & Gubler, L. (2021)Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 168(4), 044515Highlight: Identifies key material degradation mechanisms and voltage loss sources when operating polymer electrolyte water electrolyzers at elevated temperatures.
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Operando Liquid Pressure Determination in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells ↗Mularczyk, A., Lin, Q., Niblett, D., Vasile, A., Blunt, M. J., Niasar, V., Marone, F., et al. (2021)ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(29), 34003-34011Highlight: Introduces a non-invasive synchrotron X-ray imaging method to calculate local liquid phase pressure distributions directly within working fuel cell porous media.
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Mass transport limitations of water evaporation in polymer electrolyte fuel cell gas diffusion layers ↗Mularczyk, A., Michalski, A., Striednig, M., Herrendörfer, R., Schmidt, T. J., et al. (2021)Energies, 14(10), 2967Highlight: Quantifies vapor transport rates and localized mass transfer limitations during phase-change water removal in fuel cell gas diffusion media.
2020
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Two-phase flow dynamics in a gas diffusion layer-gas channel-microporous layer system ↗Niblett, D., Mularczyk, A., Niasar, V., Eller, J., & Holmes, S. (2020)Journal of Power Sources, 471, 228427Highlight: Simulates coupled pore-scale and continuum two-phase flow to reveal liquid droplet dynamics across the MPL/GDL interface and flow channel.
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Pore network modelling of capillary transport and relative diffusivity in gas diffusion layers with patterned wettability ↗Tranter, T. G., Boillat, P., Mularczyk, A., Manzi-Orezzoli, V., Shearing, P. R., et al. (2020)Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(11), 114512Highlight: Uses pore network models to show how spatially patterned wettability channels water flow and preserves open gas diffusion pathways.
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Droplet and percolation network interactions in a fuel cell gas diffusion layer ↗Mularczyk, A., Lin, Q., Blunt, M. J., Lamibrac, A., Marone, F., Schmidt, T. J., et al. (2020)Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(8), 084506Highlight: Combines fast operando X-ray tomographic microscopy with topological analysis to track individual liquid water cluster growth, breakthrough, and detachment.
2019
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An assessment of thermocline-control methods for packed-bed thermal-energy storage in CSP plants, Part 1: Method descriptions ↗Geissbühler, L., Mathur, A., Mularczyk, A., & Haselbacher, A. (2019)Solar Energy, 178, 341-350Highlight: Establishes comprehensive numerical formulations for active and passive thermocline stabilization techniques in thermal energy storage tanks.
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An assessment of thermocline-control methods for packed-bed thermal-energy storage in CSP plants, Part 2: Assessment strategy and results ↗Geissbühler, L., Mathur, A., Mularczyk, A., & Haselbacher, A. (2019)Solar Energy, 178, 351-364Highlight: Evaluates thermocline stabilization techniques on cycle efficiency, showing how specific flow extraction methods preserve thermal stratification over extended cycling.
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Coating distribution analysis on gas diffusion layers for polymer electrolyte fuel cells by neutron and X-ray high-resolution tomography ↗Manzi-Orezzoli, V., Mularczyk, A., Trtik, P., Halter, J., Eller, J., Schmidt, T. J., et al. (2019)ACS Omega, 4(17), 17236Highlight: Combines high-resolution neutron and X-ray tomography to map hydrophobic PTFE distribution and coating uniformities across porous substrate structures.
2018
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Elucidating the nuanced effects of thermal pretreatment on carbon paper electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries ↗Greco, K. V., Forner-Cuenca, A., Mularczyk, A., Eller, J., & Brushett, F. R. (2018)ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(51), 44430-44442Highlight: Demonstrates how thermal air oxidation alters carbon fiber surface chemistry, micro-roughness, and kinetic activity for vanadium redox couples.
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Modeling and synchrotron imaging of droplet detachment in gas channels of polymer electrolyte fuel cells ↗Andersson, M., Mularczyk, A., Lamibrac, A., Beale, S. B., Eller, J., Lehnert, W., et al. (2018)Journal of Power Sources, 404, 159-171Highlight: Validates 3D fluid dynamics models against operando synchrotron images of liquid droplet growth and aerodynamic drag detachment in fuel cell gas channels.
2017
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Double condenser pulsating heat pipe cooler ↗Torresin, D., Agostini, F., Mularczyk, A., Agostini, B., & Habert, M. (2017)Applied Thermal Engineering, 126, 1051-1057Highlight: Designs and experimentally validates a dual-condenser pulsating heat pipe setup achieving low thermal resistance for high-power electronics cooling.
2014
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Supercooled water drops impacting superhydrophobic textures ↗T Maitra, C Antonini, MK Tiwari, A Mularczyk, Z Imeri, P Schoch, et al. (2014)Langmuir, 30(36), 10855-10861Highlight: Uncovers the dynamic impact and ice crystallization kinetics of supercooled water droplets impinging on micro/nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces.
