Salt Concentration Differences Alter Membrane Resistance in Reverse Electrodialysis Stacks

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-39

  Geise, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Curtis, Andrew J ^a   Hatzell, Marta C ^b   Hickner, Michael A ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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EID: 84968731291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez4000719     Document Type: Article

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