Detection of water with high sensitivity to study polymer electrolyte fuel cell membranes using cold neutrons at high spatial resolution

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Bunn, Jeffrey R ^a   Penumadu, Dayakar ^a   Woracek, Robin ^a,b   Kardjilov, Nikolay ^b   Hilger, André ^b   Manke, Ingo ^b   Williams, Scott ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYDRATION BEHAVIORS; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL MEMBRANES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES; THERMAL NEUTRON IMAGING; THIN WATER FILMS;

HYDRATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

NEUTRONS;

EID: 84879083606     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4811246     Document Type: Article

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