Corrosion characteristics of SS316L as bipolar plate material in PEMFC cathode environments with different acidities

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1654-1663

  Yang, Ying ^a   Guo, Lie Jin ^a,b   Liu, Hongtan ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Corrosion; Interfacial contact resistance (ICR); Passive film; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTS; BIPOLAR PLATE MATERIALS; BIPOLAR PLATES; CARBON PAPER; CORROSION CHARACTERISTICS; CORROSION ENVIRONMENTS; CORROSION MECHANISMS; CORROSION PARAMETERS; DEPTH PROFILE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; INTERFACIAL CONTACT RESISTANCE (ICR); LOCAL CORROSION; PASSIVE FILM; PASSIVE FILMS; PEMFC CATHODE; POTENTIODYNAMICS; POTENTIOSTATICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTACT RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANCE; MEMBRANES; PROTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79551481683     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.067     Document Type: Article

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