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2 surface by photoemission spectroscopySuemitsu, Maki*; Kato, Atsushi*; Togashi, Hideaki*; Konno, Atsushi*; Yamamoto, Yoshihisa*; Teraoka, Yuden; Yoshigoe, Akitaka; Enta, Yoshiharu*; Narita, Yuzuru*
ECS Transactions, 3(2), p.311 - 316, 2006/00
Initial thermal oxidation of Si(110) surface has been investigated by using real-time X-ray photoemission spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation. The Si(110) initial oxidation is characterized by presence of a rapid oxidation just after the introduction of gaseous oxygen molecules. Peak separation of the O1s photoemission spectra suggests the presence of at least two distinct oxidation sites on the surface, which may reflect the complicated surface structure of the Si(110)-162 reconstruction.
Yamaki, Tetsuya; Kozone, Yuichi; Hiroki, Akihiro; Asano, Masaharu; Kubota, Hitoshi*; Yoshida, Masaru
ECS Transactions, 3(1), p.103 - 112, 2006/00
Fluoropolymer-based electrolyte membranes for water electrolyzers and fuel cells were prepared by using heavy ion beams from the cyclotron accelerator. The preparation method for these so-called "nano-scale structure-controlled membranes" involves (1) the swift heavy ion irradiation of polyvinylidene fluoride films and subsequent chemical etching to obtain cylindrical pores with a diameter of 100 nm, and (2) the filling of proton-conducting polymer chains into the etched pores by 
-ray-induced graft polymerization. The proton transport only in the thickness direction was observed for the resulting membranes with controlled ion exchange capacities, indicating the formation of one-dimensional straight proton-conducting pathways parallel to the ion-beam incident axis. The membranes exhibited a lower water uptake and reduced methanol permeability compared to commercially-available Nafion probably due to the restricted structures.
