Annealing induced interfacial layers in niobium-clad stainless steel developed as a bipolar plate material for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2592-2598

  Hong, Sung Tae ^a   Weil, K Scott ^b   Bae, In Tae ^c   Choi, Jung Pyung ^b   Pan, Jwo ^d  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing; Bipolar plate; Cladding; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

304L STAINLESS STEEL; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; BIPOLAR PLATE; BIPOLAR PLATE MATERIALS; BIPOLAR PLATES; BONDED MATERIALS; BRITTLE FAILURES; CLADDING; CLADDING MATERIAL; FAILURE BEHAVIORS; HIGH STRAINS; INTERFACIAL LAYER; INTERFACIAL REGION; INTERMETALLIC LAYER; METALLIC BIPOLAR PLATES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; VACUUM-ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; BENDING TESTS; CHROMIUM; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; MEMBRANES; METAL ANALYSIS; NIOBIUM; PHASE INTERFACES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 73249153223     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.10.034     Document Type: Article

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