Hydrogen-Atom Direct-Entry Mechanism into Metal Membranes
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Publisher's link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.2043855
DOI: 10.1149/1.2043855Abstract
The hydrogen-atom direct-entry mechanism is used to explain why the steady-state hydrogen permeation current density through a metal membrane is directly proportional to the cathodic current density, ic, and is independent of the membrane thickness when ic is small.