Optimized Cr-nitride film on 316L stainless steel as proton exchange membrane fuel cell bipolar plate

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 453-458

  Fu, Yu ^a,c,d   Lin, Guoqiang ^b   Hou, Ming ^c   Wu, Bo ^b   Li, Hongkai ^b   Hao, Lixing ^c   Shao, Zhigang ^c   Yi, Baolian ^c  

^a Sunrise Power Co Ltd   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Flow rate of N2; Metal bipolar plate; Pulsed bias arc ion plating

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHROMIUM; CONTACT ANGLE; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW RATE; FUEL CELLS; INERT GAS WELDING; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; ION IMPLANTATION; IONS; MEMBRANES; NITRIDES; PLATE METAL; PLATING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; STEEL METALLURGY;

316L STAINLESS STEELS; ATOMIC RATIOS; CARBON PAPERS; CRYSTAL PLANES; FILM COMPOSITIONS; INTERFACIAL CONDUCTIVITIES; NITRIDE FILMS; OPTIMAL FLOWS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; POTENTIODYNAMIC; POTENTIOSTATIC TESTS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PULSED BIAS ARC ION PLATING; SURFACE MICROGRAPHS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 57949091761     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.09.104     Document Type: Article

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