Performance and long-term stability of Ti metal and stainless steels as a metal bipolar plate for a direct methanol fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4320-4328

  Park, Young Chul ^a,b   Lee, Se Hee ^a,c   Kim, Sang Kyung ^a   Lim, Seongyop ^a   Jung, Doo Hwan ^a   Lee, Dok Yol ^b   Choi, Se Young ^c   ji, Hyunjin ^d   Peck, Dong Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell performance; Corrosion resistance; Direct methanol fuel cell; Long term stability; Metal bipolar plate

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; CELL PERFORMANCE; CELL RESISTANCE; FUEL CELL TESTS; LONG TERM STABILITY; OHMIC LOSS; POTENTIODYNAMICS; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; STAINLESS STEEL 316L;

CELLS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METALS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; STABILITY; STAINLESS STEEL;

PLATE METAL;

EID: 77950460430     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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