Carbon-based films coated 316L stainless steel as bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 405-409

  Fu, Yu ^a,c,d   Lin, Guoqiang ^b   Hou, Ming ^c   Wu, Bo ^b   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

Metal bipolar plate; Pulsed bias arc ion plating; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHROMIUM; COMPOSITE FILMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; INERT GAS WELDING; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; ION IMPLANTATION; IONS; MEMBRANES; PLATE METAL; PLATING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; STEEL METALLURGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TREATMENT;

316L STAINLESS STEELS; ANTICORROSIVE PERFORMANCES; C FILMS; COATED SAMPLES; CORROSION TESTS; CR FILMS; HIGH SURFACE ENERGIES; INTERFACIAL CONDUCTIVITIES; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PULSED BIAS ARC ION PLATING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 57949103898     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.10.068     Document Type: Article

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