Molybdenum nitride modified AISI 304 stainless steel bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5876-5883

  Wang, Lixia ^a   Sun, Juncai ^a   Li, Pengbin ^a   Sun, Jing ^a   Lv, Ying ^a   Jing, Bo ^a   Li, Song ^a   Ji, Shijun ^a   Wen, Zhongsheng ^a  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar plates; Corrosion resistance; Interfacial contact resistance; Molybdenum nitride; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

AISI-304 STAINLESS STEEL; BIPOLAR PLATES; DIFFUSION ALLOYING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; INTERFACIAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; MOLYBDENUM NITRIDE; OPERATING CONDITION; PLASMA SURFACES; POTENTIODYNAMICS; POTENTIOSTATICS; SUBSURFACE LAYER; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE-MODIFIED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DIFFUSION COATINGS; HYDROGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84858290016     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.147     Document Type: Article

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