Preparation and properties of carbon nanotube/polypropylene nanocomposite bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1225-1232

  Liao, Shu Hang ^a   Yen, Chuan Yu ^a   Weng, Cheng Chih ^a   Lin, Yu Feng ^a   Ma, Chen Chi M ^a   Yang, Ching Hung ^b   Tsai, Ming Chi ^a   Yen, Ming Yu ^a   Hsiao, Min Chien ^a   Lee, Shuo Jen ^c   Xie, Xiao Feng ^d   Hsiao, Yi Hsiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Plastics Industry Development Center Taichung   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Carbon nanotubes; Crystallinity; Fuel cell; Graphite; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; CYTOLOGY; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PUMPING PLANTS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BIPOLAR PLATE; BIPOLAR PLATES; CELL PERFORMANCES; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; COMPOSITE BIPOLAR PLATES; CONTENT BASED; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; GRAPHITE BIPOLAR PLATES; GRAPHITE CONTENTS; GRAPHITE POWDERS; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; IZOD IMPACT STRENGTHS; OPTIMUM COMPOSITIONS; POLARIZATION CURVES; POLYMER ELECTRODE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; PP MATRIXES; THERMAL STABILITIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 56049114403     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.06.097     Document Type: Article

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