Deposition of gold-titanium and gold-nickel coatings on electropolished 316L stainless steel bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1713-1718

  Yun, Young Hoon ^a  

^a Dongshin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bipolar plates; Chemical dissolution; Electrical resistance; Electropolishing; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)

Indexed keywords

316 L STAINLESS STEEL; AFM; BIPOLAR PLATES; CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION; COATING DEPOSITION; COATING LAYER; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; ELECTROPOLISHED; ELECTROPOLISHING; MECHANICAL POLISHING; NICKEL COATING; NICKEL INTERLAYER; NICKEL LAYERS; SEM IMAGE; STAINLESS STEEL PLATE; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE REGION; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; XPS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROLYTIC POLISHING; ELECTRON BEAMS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; MEMBRANES; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL COATINGS; POLISHING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TITANIUM;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 74849092779     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.12.036     Document Type: Article

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