Bipolar plates are a multifunctional component of PEMFC. Comparing with the machined graphite and stainless steels, the plain carbon steel is a very cheap commercial metal material. In this paper, the possibility of applying the plain carbon steels in the bipolar plate for PEMFC was exploited. In order to improve the corrosion resistance of the low carbon steel in the PEMFCs' environments,two surface modification processes was developed and then the electrochemical performances and interfacial contact resistance (ICR) of the surface modified plate of plain carbon steel were investigated. The results show that the surface modified steel plates have good corrosion resistance and relatively low contact resistance, and it may be a candidate material as bipolar plate of PEMFC.
参考文献
[1] | Kamarudin S K;Daud W R W;Md Som A.Technical design and economic evaluation of a PEM fuel cell system[J].Journal of Power Sources,2005 |
[2] | Tasuchiya H;Kobayashi O .Mass production cost of PEM fuel cell by learning curve[J].International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,2004,29:985. |
[3] | Mehta V;Cooper J S .Review and analysis of PEM fuel celldesign and manufacturing[J].Journal of Power Sources,2003,114:32. |
[4] | Prater K B .Solid polymer fuel cells for transport and stationary applications[J].Journal of Power Sources,1996,61:105. |
[5] | Hodgson D R;May B;Adcock P L et al.New lightweight bipolar plate system for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells[J].Journal of Power Sources,2001,96:233. |
[6] | Lee S;Huang C;Lai J et al.Corrosion-resistant component for PEM fuel cells[J].Journal of Power Sources,2004,131:162. |
[7] | Wang H;Brady M P;Teeter G et al.Thermally nitrided stainless steels for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell bipolar plates[J].Journal of Power Sources,2004,138:86. |
[8] | Cho E A;Jeon U S;Hong S A et al.Performance ofa1kW-class PEMFC stack using TiN-coated 316 stainless steel bipolar plates[J].Journal of Power Sources,2005,142:177. |
[9] | Lee S;Lai J;Huang C .Stainless steel bipolar plates[J].Journal of Power Sources,2005,145:362. |
[10] | Wang H;Sweikart M A;Turner J A .Stainless steel as bipolar plate material for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells[J].Journal of Power Sources,2003,115:243. |
[11] | Hermann A;Chaudhuri T;Spagnol P .Bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells:A review[J].International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,2005,30:1297. |
- 下载量()
- 访问量()
- 您的评分:
-
10%
-
20%
-
30%
-
40%
-
50%