Gas Permeation through Nafion. Part 2: Resistor Network Model

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 25156-25169

  Schalenbach, Maximilian ^a   Hoeh, Michael A ^a   Gostick, Jeff T ^b   Lueke, Wiebke ^a   Stolten, Detlef ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; GAS PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; RESISTORS;

EFFECT OF WATER; INTERMEDIATE PHASE; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; RESISTOR NETWORK; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84947093623     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04157     Document Type: Article

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