Niobium sputter coated stainless steel as a bipolar plate material for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks

International Journal of Electrochemical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4365-4377

  Kim, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Sun Kwang ^a   You, Yong Zoo ^a   Kim, Dae Il ^a   Hong, Sung Tae ^a   Suh, Ho Cheol ^b   Weil, K Scott ^c  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Sejong Industrial Company LTD   (South Korea)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Niobium; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; Sputtering; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052946879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14523981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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