Spatial distribution and dynamics of proton conductivity in fuel cell membranes: Potential and limitations of electrochemical atomic force microscopy measurements

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Aleksandrova, E ^a   Hink, S ^a   Hiesgen, R ^b   Roduner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; AVERAGE INFORMATION; BIMODAL CONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYDROPHILIC DOMAINS; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; INHOMOGENEOUS CONDUCTIVITY; MEASURED CURRENTS; NAFION 112 MEMBRANES; PENDANT GROUPS; PROTON CURRENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME-SCALES; VOLTAGE STEP; X-RAY DIFFRACTION INVESTIGATIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROPHILICITY; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PROTONS;

EID: 79957873333     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/23/234109     Document Type: Article

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