Performance and material selection of nanocomposite bipolar plate in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-105

  Taherian, Reza ^a   Nasr, Mohammad ^b  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Iranian Space Agency   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Fuel cell; Material selection; Nanocomposite; Performance

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; CARBON FIBER CLOTHS; COMPOSITE BIPOLAR PLATE; MATERIAL SELECTION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; OPERATION FACTORS; PERFORMANCE; SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING;

CARBON FIBERS; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); WEAVING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84889645392     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3109     Document Type: Article

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