Science news articles about 'oxygen ions'

  • Oxygen ions for fuel cells get loose at low(er) temperatures

    ... . Researchers suspected the reason lay in the location of the oxygen ions in the crystal framework of the compound. The neutron ... not only allowed us to determine the location of additional oxygen ions outside of the basic framework, but revealed ...
  • High-conductivity material demonstrates role of oxygen ions in enhancing their capabilities

    ... of great interest because of its relatively high oxygen-ion based conductivity. In particular, it finds ... University in Madrid, Spain, devised a model of the oxygen-ion dynamics that contribute to the conductivity of YSZ ...
  • ORNL researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'

    ... -conducting materials -- solid electrolytes -- that allow oxygen ions to travel from cathode to anode. However ... arrangement at their interface and creates a pathway through which ions can easily travel," Varela said. Other fuel cell ...
  • A better way to make hydrogen from biofuels

    ... -- solved that problem, because it promoted the movement of oxygen ions inside the catalyst. When exposed to enough oxygen, the carbon, like the biofuel, is converted into a gas and gets ...
  • Carbon Nanotubes Make Fuel Cells Cheaper

    ... metal platinum is also increasing. In fuel cells, platinum is often used as the catalyst for oxygen reduction by splitting oxygen molecules into oxygen ions. However, platinum ...
  • Forget the antioxidants? McGill researchers cast doubt on role of free radicals in aging

    ... postulates that when molecules like free radicals, oxygen ions and peroxides build up in cells, they overwhelm ... disabled. Collectively, these molecules are known as reactive oxygen species, or ROS for short. Dr. Siegfried ...
  • How oxidative stress may help prolong life

    ... to minimal amounts of oxidants." Reactive oxygen species (ROS), ions that form as a natural byproduct ... signaling. These very small molecules include oxygen ions, free radicals and peroxides. However ...
  • AGU journal highlights

    ... . These electric and magnetic fields enable oxygen and hydrogen ions, the components of water, to escape from the atmosphere ... in the direction determined by the electric and magnetic fields. Oxygen ions, which are much heavier, are subject to other effects ...
  • Fuel cells in operation: A closer look

    ... (usually from air) by adding free electrons. These oxygen ions then flow through the solid ... zirconia. High temperature is needed to maintain good conduction of oxygen ions through the electrolyte ... water formed from the positive hydrogen ions and negative oxygen ions, exits the fuel cell ...
  • Methane-powered laptops may be closer than you think

    ... operate by converting chemical energy (from hydrogen or a hydrocarbon fuel such as methane) into an electric current. Oxygen ions travel from the cathode through the electrolyte ...
  • AGU journal highlights -- Dec. 3, 2010

    ... data from the Ulysses spacecraft to measure the flux of oxygen ions, the flux of protons, and the ratio of the two. The new measurements suggest that the solar oxygen abundance may be slightly higher than other recent studies ...
  • Oxygen detected in atmosphere of Saturn's moon Dione

    ... research team have announced discovery of molecular oxygen ions (O2+) in the upper-most atmosphere of Dione ... slam into the surface of Dione, displacing molecular oxygen ions into Dione's thin atmosphere through ...
  • A star explodes and turns inside out

    ... because the X-ray emission characteristic of oxygen ions is strongly absorbed by gas in along the line of sight to Cas A, and because almost all the oxygen ions have had all their electrons stripped away. A comparison ...
  • New small solid oxide fuel cell reaches record efficiency

    ... an outer layer, the cathode. Oxygen from the air becomes a negatively charged ion, O2- , where ... the electrolyte to reach the final layer, the anode. There, the oxygen ion reacts with a fuel. This reaction creates ...
  • New fuel cell keeps going after the hydrogen runs out

    ... . And the third phenomenon we might see is that the concentration of oxygen ions differs from the anode to the cathode, so we may also have oxygen anions being oxidized, as in a concentration cell." All three of those reactions ...

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