Surface conductivity and stability of metallic bipolar plate materials for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

被引:129
作者
Silva, RF
Franchi, D
Leone, A
Pilloni, L
Masci, A
Pozio, A
机构
[1] ENEA, CR Casaccia, I-00060 Rome, Italy
[2] Genta Platit, I-10040 Turin, Italy
关键词
stainless steels; Ni-based alloys; PVD; contact and corrosion resistances; PEFC;
D O I
10.1016/j.electacta.2005.10.015
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
Different types of commercial stainless steels, Ni-based alloys and nitride-coated steels were evaluated as metallic bipolar plate in terms of interfacial contact resistance (ICR) and corrosion resistance in conditions typical of PEFC anode and cathode environments. Results show that stainless steel have a high ICR and undergo corrosion in both anode and cathode. Moreover, although Ni-based alloys showed an ICR comparable with graphite, their behaviour was not satisfactory in corrosive acidic medium. Only nitride-coated stainless steel demonstrated to have low ICR and very good corrosion resistance. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3592 / 3598
页数:7
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