@inproceedings{484f9f31310646ed9b77abc8c3ac172d,
title = "High water diffusivity in low hydration plasma-polymerised proton exchange membranes",
abstract = "This paper compares proton diffusion through plasma-polymerised proton-exchange membranes (PEMs) produced using traditional wet-chemical methods (NafionR) and those produced using plasma-polymerisation. Using quasielastic neutron scattering and a simple model of proton motion we find the measured diffusion-rate of protons in the plasma-polymerised material and NafionR is the same (within 1 standard error) even though the plasma-polymerised membrane has 80 % less water than the NafionR. We attribute this result to the highly cross-linked structure of the plasma-polymerised membrane.",
keywords = "Diffusion, Fuel cell membranes, Neutron scattering, Plasma polymerisation, Polymer membranes",
author = "Peterson, {Vanessa K.} and Cormac Corr and Kearley, {Gordon J.} and Roderick Boswell and Zunbeltz Izaola",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.654-656.2871",
language = "English",
isbn = "0878492550",
series = "Materials Science Forum",
publisher = "Trans Tech Publications Ltd.",
pages = "2871--2874",
booktitle = "PRICM7",
address = "Switzerland",
note = "7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, PRICM-7 ; Conference date: 02-08-2010 Through 06-08-2010",
}