Giant enhancement of hydrogen transport in rutile TiO2 at low temperatures

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Spahr, E J ^a   Wen, L ^b   Stavola, M ^b   Boatner, L A ^c   Feldman, L C ^d,e   Tolk, N H ^e   Lupke G ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; HYDROGEN DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN TRANSPORT; INFRARED LIGHT; JUMP RATE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OSCILLATORY MOTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; RUTILE TIO2; TRANSFER PROCESS; VIBRATIONAL LIFETIME;

FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PROTONS;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 77953113876     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.205901     Document Type: Article

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