@article{bibcite_36772, author = {Cliffton Ray Wang and John M Stansberry and Rangachary Mukundan and Hung-Ming Joseph Chang and Devashish Kulkarni and Andrew M Park and Austin B Plymill and Nausir Mahmoud Firas and Christopher Pantayatiwong Liu and Jack T Lang and Jason Keonhag Lee and Nadia E Tolouei and Yu Morimoto and CH Wang and Gaohua Zhu and Jack Brouwer and Plamen Atanassov and Christopher B Capuano and Cortney Mittelsteadt and Xiong Peng and Iryna V Zenyuk}, title = {Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Water Electrolysis: Cell-Level Considerations for Gigawatt-Scale Deployment}, abstract = {

Hydrogen produced with no greenhouse gas emissions is termed {\textquotedblleft}green hydrogen{\textquotedblright} and will be essential to reaching decarbonization targets set forth by nearly every country as per the Paris Agreement. Proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) are expected to contribute substantially to the green hydrogen market. However, PEMWE market penetration is insignificant, accounting for less than a gigawatt of global capacity. Achieving substantive decarbonization via green hydrogen will require PEMWEs to reach capacities of hundreds of gigawatts by 2030. This paper serves as an overarching roadmap for cell-level improvements necessary for gigawatt-scale PEMWE deployment, with insights from three well-established hydrogen technology companies included. Analyses will be presented for economies of scale, renewable energy prices, government policies, accelerated stress tests, and component-specific improvements.

}, year = {2025}, booktitle = {Chemical Reviews}, journal = {Chemical Reviews}, series = {Chemical Reviews}, volume = {125}, pages = {1257-1302}, month = {12/02/2025}, institution = {American Chemical Society (ACS)}, publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)}, issn = {0009-2665, 1520-6890}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00904}, doi = {10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00904}, }