Giza, M.: In-situ Spectroscopic and Kelvin Probe Studies of the Modification of Solid Surfaces in Low Temperature Plasmas. Dissertation, Universität Paderborn, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Paderborn, Germany (2008)
Enabling a ‘hydrogen economy’ requires developing fuel cells satisfying economic constraints, reasonable operating costs and long-term stability. The fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electricity by recombining water from H2 and O2, allowing to generate environmentally-friendly power for e.g. cars or houses…
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.