Thermally nitrided stainless steels for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell bipolar plates Part 2: Beneficial modification of passive layer on AISI446

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 79-85

  Wang, H ^a   Brady, M P ^b   More, K L ^b   Meyer III, H M ^b   Turner, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Ferrite; Nitridation; PEMFC; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FERRITE; FUEL CELLS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NITRIDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

POTENTIOSTATIC POLARIZATION; SURFACE PARTICLES; THERMAL NITRIDATION;

POLYMER MEMBRANE ELECTRODES;

EID: 8344245351     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2004.06.064     Document Type: Article

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