Atomic force microscopy studies of conductive nanostructures in solid polymer electrolytes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-305

  Hiesgen, Renate ^a   Helmly, Stefan ^b,c   Morawietz, Tobias ^a   Yuan, Xiao Zi ^d   Wang, Haijiang ^d   Friedrich, K Andreas ^b,c  

^a ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFM; Aquivion ; Block copolymer; Current; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

AFM; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVE NANOSTRUCTURE; CORRELATION LENGTHS; PARALLEL ORIENTATION; PERFLUORINATED MEMBRANES; PERFLUORINATED SULFONIC ACID MEMBRANES; SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTES;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAINS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; SURFACES;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84888374137     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.147     Document Type: Article

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