Gas Permeation through Nafion. Part 1: Measurements

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 25145-25155

  Schalenbach, Maximilian ^a   Hoefner, Tobias ^a   Paciok, Paul ^a   Carmo, Marcelo ^a   Lueke, Wiebke ^a   Stolten, Detlef ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PERMEATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MONITORING; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; RESISTOR NETWORK; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84947104491     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04155     Document Type: Article

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