Superfast proton diffusion achieved in a plasma-polymerized fuel-cell membrane

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4351-4357

  Peterson, Vanessa K ^a   Corr, Cormac S ^b   Boswell, Roderick W ^b   Izaola, Zunbeltz ^c,d   Kearley, Gordon J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; FUEL-CELL MEMBRANES; PROTON DIFFUSION; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; QUASIELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING; SELF-DIFFUSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FUEL CELLS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PROTONS;

EID: 84874847911     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp309259k     Document Type: Article

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