Stainless steel bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Materials, flow channel design and forming processes

Y Leng, P Ming, D Yang, C Zhang - Journal of power sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Bipolar plate (BPP) is a key component for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
stack. Stainless steel BPPs possess high electrical and thermal conductivity, good gas …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive comparison of state-of-the-art manufacturing methods for fuel cell bipolar plates including anticipated future industry trends

S Porstmann, T Wannemacher, WG Drossel - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article explains and evaluates contemporary methods for manufacturing bipolar plates
(BPPs) for low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (LT-PEMFC) and …

Fabrication of micro channels for titanium PEMFC bipolar plates by multistage forming process

Z Xu, Z Li, R Zhang, T Jiang, L Peng - International journal of hydrogen …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bipolar plates made of ultra-thin titanium sheet metals feature high corrosion resistance,
electrical conductivity and strength-weight ratio. They are considered as a satisfying …

A systematic review for structure optimization and clam** load design of large proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack

CW Wu, W Zhang, X Han, YX Zhang, GJ Ma - Journal of Power Sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Great progress has been made on the research of proton exchange membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) in the past 20 years, especially in the key materials and components such as …

Fracture prediction in the stam** of titanium bipolar plate for PEM fuel cells

V Modanloo, H Talebi-Ghadikolaee… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the stam** process was employed to fabricate metallic bipolar plates
(MBPs). An account of low formability of the commercially pure titanium (CP–Ti), the fracture …

Formability improvement in multi-stage stam** of ultra-thin metallic bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

MT Tran, DH Lee, HW Lee, DK Kim - International journal of hydrogen …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multi-stage stam** process is the promising technology to fabricate the metallic bipolar
plate (BPP) for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. In the present study, a novel die …

Investigation and optimization of the ultra-thin metallic bipolar plate multi-stage forming for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

R Zhang, S Lan, Z Xu, D Qiu, L Peng - Journal of power sources, 2021 - Elsevier
Multi-stage forming of the ultra-thin metallic sheets is a promising process for manufacturing
fine width and high aspect ratio bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cell …

Manufacturing methods for metallic bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

OA Alo, IO Otunniyi, HCZ Pienaar - Materials and Manufacturing …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The bipolar plate (BP) is one of the main drivers of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel
cell (PEMFC) stack cost, and must also perform some critical functions simultaneously within …

Review of flow field designs for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Y Wang, X Liao, G Liu, H Xu, C Guan, H Wang, H Li… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The performance of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) closely depends on
internal reactant diffusion and liquid water removal. As one of the key components of …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the flow-field distribution channel cross-section geometry on PEM fuel cell performance: Stamped vs. milled channel

M Hala, R Kodým, M Prokop, M Paidar, K McCay… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEM FCs) represent an essential part of the
emerging hydrogen economy. Metallic bipolar plates (BPs) allow high speed and capacity …