Experimental investigations on the corrosion resistance characteristics of coated metallic bipolar plates for PEMFC

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7162-7173

  Dur, Ender ^a,b   Cora, Ömer Necati ^a   Ko, Muammer ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Istanbul Gas Distribution Company IGDAS   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Coating; Corrosion; Fuel cell; Hydroforming; Stamping

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; COATED SAMPLE; CORROSION TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HARDNESS MEASUREMENT; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROFORMING; LOW WEIGHT; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; METALLIC BIPOLAR PLATES; PEM FUEL CELL; POTENTIODYNAMICS; POTENTIOSTATICS; PRODUCTION COST; PVD COATINGS; RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS; WORKING CONDITIONS; ZRN COATING;

COATINGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELLS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STAINLESS STEEL; STAMPING; TITANIUM NITRIDE; CORROSION; METAL FORMING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CORROSION RESISTANCE;

EID: 79955890614     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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