title: Self-assembled multicomponent Pd6 aggregates showing low-humidity proton conduction.
abstract: Two Pd6 molecular aggregates (1 and 2), self-sorted via a template-free three-component self-assembly process, represent new examples of discrete architectures exhibiting very high proton conductivity [0.78 × 10(-3) S cm(-1) (1) and 0.22 × 10(-3) S cm(-1) (2)] at 300 K at low relative humidity (∼46%) with low activation energy comparable to that of currently used Nafion in fuel cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, India. psm@ipc.iisc.ernet.in.
authors.forename: Dipak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samanta
authors.forename: Partha Sarathi
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mukherjee