Ultrafast palladium diffusion in germanium

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3832-3838

  Tahini, H A ^a,b   Chroneos, A ^c   Middleburgh, S C ^d   Schwingenschlogl U ^b   Grimes, R W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FUEL CELLS; GERMANIUM; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

ATOMIC LEVELS; BONDING CHARACTERISTICS; MIGRATION ENERGY; MINIMUM ENERGY; NOVEL DEVICES; QUANTUM MECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; RADIATION SENSORS; RAPID DIFFUSION;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84922710267     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta06210h     Document Type: Article

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