Authors : John R Varcoe, Plamen Atanassov, Dario R Dekel, Andrew M Herring, Michael A Hickner, Paul A Kohl, Anthony R Kucernak, William E Mustain, Kitty Nijmeijer, Keith Scott, Tongwen Xu, Lin Zhuang
This article provides an up-to-date perspective on the use of anion-exchange membranes in fuel cells, electrolysers, redox flow batteries, reverse electrodialysis cells, and bioelectrochemical systems (e.g. microbial fuel cells). The aim is to highlight key concepts, misconceptions, the current state-of-the-art, technological and scientific limitations, and the future challenges (research priorities) related to the use of anion-exchange membranes in these energy technologies. All the references that the authors deemed relevant, and were available on the web by the manuscript submission date (30th April 2014), are included.