Corrosion behavior of TiN-coated stainless steel as bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3721-3726

  Zhang, Dongming ^a   Duan, Liangtao ^a   Guo, Lu ^a   Tuan, Wei Hsing ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coating; Corrosion; Metallic bipolar plate; Microstructure; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; COATED SUBSTRATES; CORROSION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LARGE PARTICLES; METALLIC BIPOLAR PLATE; METALLIC BIPOLAR PLATES; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; PULSED BIAS ARC ION PLATINGS; SURFACE COATING TECHNIQUES; TIN AND TI;

BIOMECHANICS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ION IMPLANTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLATING; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SPUTTERING; TIN PLATE; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 77950296982     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.043     Document Type: Article

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