Herein, fully hydrocarbon-based ionomer catalyst coated membranes (CCM)s based on sulfo-phenylated polyphenylene biphenyl (sPPB-H + ) are evaluated in a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer cell at 70 °C. In conjunction with layers incorporating Nafion® D520 ionomer, sPPB-H require lower applied potential than reference NR112 recast of equal thickness, e.g., 1.66 V vs 1.75 1 A cm −2 . In...