Effects of thermal oxi-nitridation on the corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity of 446M stainless steel for PEMFC bipolar plates

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1515-1521

  Lee, Ki Hyoung ^a   Lee, Seok Hyun ^a   Kim, Jong Hee ^b   Lee, Yun Yong ^b   Kim, Young Hwan ^b   Kim, Min Chul ^c   Wee, Dang Moon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b POSCO   (South Korea)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Cr nitride; PEMFC; Stainless steel; Thermal nitridation

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELLS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITRIDATION; NITRIDES; OXIDATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY;

BIPOLAR PLATE; CORROSION PROPERTIES; CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENTS; CR-NITRIDE; LOW COSTS; PEMFC; POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE-MEMBRANE (PEM); THERMAL NITRIDATION;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 58649122674     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.11.063     Document Type: Article

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