Impedance spectroscopic investigation of proton conductivity in Nafion using transient electrochemical atomic force Microscopy (AFM)

Membranes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-252

  Hink, Steffen ^a   Wagner, Norbert ^b   Bessler, Wolfgang G ^b   Roduner, Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrochemical AFM; Impedance spectroscopy; Nafion membrane; Single pore proton flux

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL AFM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NAFION MEMBRANE; POLYELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON FLUX; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84865180138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes2020237     Document Type: Article

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