Mass-Transport characteristics of oxygen at pt/anion exchange ionomer interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11215-11223

  Khadke, Prashant Subhas ^a,b   Krewer, Ulrike ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FILM THICKNESS; IONS; ROTATING DISKS; SOLUBILITY;

ALKALINE MEMBRANES; ANION EXCHANGE IONOMER; CATHODE PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

IONOMERS;

EID: 84901777606     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5011549     Document Type: Article

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