Activation energies for permeation of He and H2 through silica membranes: An ab initio calculation study

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 277-283

  Hacarlioglu, P ^a   Lee, D ^a   Gibbs, G V ^b   Oyama, S T ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energy; DFT; Helium; Hydrogen; Silica membranes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN; PERMEATION;

SILICA MEMBRANES; VITREOUS GLASS;

HELIUM;

GLASS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILOXANE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; PERMEATION;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 40849102312     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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