A novel material fabrication method for the PEM fuel cell bipolar plate

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2643-2647

  Luo, Bing ^a   Hu, Mingruo ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Cao, Guangyi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Gelcasting; Mesocarbon microbeads (MCMBs); Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; GEL CASTING PROCESS; GEL-CASTING; MESOCARBON MICROBEADS; MESOCARBON MICROBEADS (MCMBS); NET-SHAPE; NOVEL MATERIALS; PEM FUEL CELL; SINTERED SAMPLES; SINTERING PROPERTIES; SOLID LOADING; STARTING MATERIALS;

MEMBRANES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROTONS; SINTERING; STRUCTURAL CERAMICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ZETA POTENTIAL;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 77950338840     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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