Plasma treatment of the carbon fiber bipolar plate for PEM fuel cell

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1911-1918

  Yu, Ha Na ^a   Lim, Jun Woo ^a   Kim, Min Kook ^a   Lee, Dai Gil ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continuous carbon epoxy composite bipolar plate; Interfacial contact resistance; PEM fuel cells; Plasma etching treatment

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; COMPOSITE BIPOLAR PLATE; COMPOSITE SURFACE; ELECTRICAL LOSS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ETCHING DEPTH; ETCHING TREATMENT; FIBER DIMENSIONS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PEM FUEL CELL; PLASMA ETCHING TREATMENT; PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT; PLASMA TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM);

CARBON FIBERS; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CONTACT RESISTANCE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA ETCHING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

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EID: 84862795726     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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