The effect of pH and halides on the corrosion process of stainless steel bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 18537-18546

  Lædre, Sigrid ^a   Kongstein, Ole Edvard ^b   Oedegaard, Anders ^b   Seland, Frode ^a   Karoliussen, Håvard ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Corrosion; Halides; PEM fuel cell; pH; Stainless steel bipolar plate

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; AISI316L STAINLESS STEEL; BIPOLAR PLATES; CORROSION PROCESS; EFFECT OF PH; HALIDES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; OXIDE LAYER; PEM FUEL CELL; PH VALUE; POTENTIODYNAMIC TESTS; POTENTIOSTATICS; PROCESSING COSTS; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; VARIOUS PH;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; CORROSION; CORROSION RATE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; PH EFFECTS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84868202471     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.021     Document Type: Article

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