The electrical conductivity of a composite bipolar plate for fuel cell applications

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2413-2418

  Kakati, B K ^a   Yamsani, V K ^a   Dhathathreyan, K S ^b   Sathiyamoorthy, D ^c   Verma, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC MODELS; BIPOLAR PLATES; COMPOSITE BIPOLAR PLATE; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FOUR-PROBE TECHNIQUES; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; GRAPHITE CONTENT; IN-PLANE; ORIENTATION FACTORS; RESIN COMPOSITES; SHAPE FACTOR;

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILLERS; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; IMAGE PROCESSING; RESINS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 67349188230     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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