Performance of Ti-Ag-deposited titanium bipolar plates in simulated unitized regenerative fuel cell (URFC) environment

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5695-5701

  Zhang, Huabing ^a,b   Hou, Ming ^a   Lin, Guoqiang ^c   Han, Zhiyun ^c   Fu, Yu ^d   Sun, Shucheng ^a   Shao, Zhigang ^a   Yi, Baolian ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Sunrise Power Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Ti Ag; Titanium; Unitized regenerative fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AG FILMS; ANTICORROSION PERFORMANCE; BIPOLAR PLATES; CELL PERFORMANCE; CORROSION CURRENT DENSITIES; EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCES; HIGH POTENTIAL; INTERFACIAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACIAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; LOW SURFACE ENERGY; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; PASSIVATION PROPERTIES; POTENTIODYNAMICS; POTENTIOSTATICS; PULSED BIAS ARC ION PLATINGS; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TI-AG; UNITIZED REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS;

CONTACT ANGLE; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ION IMPLANTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PASSIVATION; SILVER; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM PLATING;

REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 79954427757     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.01.154     Document Type: Article

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