A Review of Metallic Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Materials and Fabrication Methods
By Shahram Karimi, Norman M. Fraser, B. Roberts, F. R. Foulkes. 2012
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The proton exchange membrane fuel cell offers an exceptional potential for a clean, efficient, and reliable power source. The bipolar plate is a key component in this device, as it connects each cell electrically, supplies reactant gases to both anode and cathode, and removes reaction products from the cell. Bipolar plates have been fabricated primarily from high-density graphite, but in recent years, much attention has been paid to developing cost-effective and feasible alternative materials. Two different classes of materials have attracted attention: metals and composites. This paper offers a comprehensive review of the current research being carried out on metallic bipolar plates, covering materials and fabrication methods.
Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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- Design and manufacturing of stainless steel bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2014, background): “welding process [17,208,209] are inevitable for stainless steel BPPs as discussed above.”
- Review on bipolar plates for low‐temperature polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzer (2021, background): “Machining fine features such as flow fields on carbon-based materials is difficult due to the material hardness, making mass production time consuming and costly.(26,34) Therefore, metallic materials are the practical choice for base material in the PEM water electrolyzer.”