Research progress and prospect of the materials of bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

X Gao, J Chen, R Xu, Z Zhen, X Zeng, X Chen… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bipolar plates are recognized as an important component of proton exchange membrane
fuel cells (PEMFCs) because of their critical duties of separating reactant gas, cooling …

Modeling, design, materials and fabrication of bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: A review

K **ong, W Wu, S Wang, L Zhang - Applied energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Bipolar plate is one of the most significant components of the proton exchange membrane
fuel cell, which serves as the function of reactant gases supply, reaction products removal …

Protective coatings for metal bipolar plates of fuel cells: A review

R Liu, Q Jia, B Zhang, Z Lai, L Chen - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell has attracted much attention in recent years due to
their advantages of environmental protection and high resource utilization, which is …

Modeling and dynamic characteristic simulation of air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack for unmanned aerial vehicle

C Gong, L **ng, C Liang, Z Tu - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Air-cooled low-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack applied with metallic
bipolar plate is considered as a promising power source for an unmanned aerial vehicle …

A review of modified metal bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

S Wu, W Yang, H Yan, X Zuo, Z Cao, H Li, M Shi… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has been widely studied
due to its high energy efficiency and non-polluting products. As a key component of PEMFC …

Bio-inspired flow channel designs for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: a review

S Zhang, H Xu, Z Qu, S Liu, FK Talkhoncheh - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
The bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) perform several
significant functions, and the flow channel design of these bipolar plates is one of the most …

Corrosion resistance and conductivity of NbN-coated 316L stainless steel bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

M Chen, JC Ding, SH Kwon, Q Wang, S Zhang - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
NbN coatings were deposited by multi-arc ion plating at different nitrogen partial pressure
(PN) to improve the corrosion resistance and conductivity of metallic bipolar plates. With …

Designing proton exchange membrane fuel cells with high specific power density

H Li, H Zhao, S Jian, B Tao, S Gu, G Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With the rapid development of new energy sources, proton-exchange membrane fuel cells
(PEMFCs) have been increasingly recognized and promoted. There are many device-level …

Investigation of the three-dimensional flow field for proton exchange membrane fuel cell with additive manufactured stainless steel bipolar plates: Numerical …

J Zhang, P Huang, H Ding, D **n, S Sun - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A bipolar plate with a complex three-dimensional (3D) flow field structure could bring better
performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). In this paper, three types of …

Performance evaluation of TiN/Ti coatings on the aluminum alloy bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells

WM Yan, JC Lin, CY Chen, M Amani - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, different coatings were applied to the bipolar plates (BPs) of proton-exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The studied BPs materials include graphite, uncoated …