...Ting-Yen Zhou; Yong-Song Chen A bipolar plate (BP) is one of the key components of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and accounts for a major portion of their manufacturing cost. Stainless steel is considered as one of the candidate materials for the BPs of the cells because of the short...

... online April 23, 2014. Editor: Nigel M. Sammes. 23 02 2012 12 02 2014 The clamping force during the assembly of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells has a great influence in the contact resistance between bipolar plate (BPP) and gas diffusion layer (GDL). In this paper, three...

... reference electrode DHE PEMFC corrosion bipolar plate fuel cell Among the new technologies for energy, fuel cells, and in particular, proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), the latter represents an attractive solution, convenient for many applications ( 1 ). However, some technical issues...

... dominates the surface chemistry. No V or Sn was detected on the surface after the polarization tests. For the PEMFC bipolar plate application, nitridation in NH 3 plasma is a promising surface treatment approach, though more research is needed to investigate the influence of the plasma density and substrate...

... diffraction X-ray photoelectron spectra plasma nitridation bipolar plate PEMFC stainless steel corrosion Stainless steels, considered as strong candidates as bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stacks, received considerable attention ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9...

... ) cross section of FFP showing channels and lands The flow-field plate is referred to as the collector plate, bipolar plate (in stack), monopolar plate (single cell), separator plate, duplex electrode, current collector, convection plate, interconnect, etc. In this discussion, we will refer...

...Shuo-Jen Lee; Ching-Han Huang; Yu-Pang Chen; Chen-Te Hsu Aluminum was considered a good candidate material for bipolar plates of the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells due to its low cost, light weight, high strength and good manufacturability. But there were problems of both chemical...

...Ming-San Lee; Long-Jeng Chen; Zheng-Ru He; Shih-Hong Yang A new high performance, low cost heterogeneous composite bipolar plate has been developed. Unlike the well publicized carbon composite bipolar plate, in which graphite powder and plastics are mixed thoroughly, the new plate has its “ribs...