Novel Structured Metal Bipolar Plates for Low Cost Manufacturing
- TreadStone Technologies, Inc., Princeton, NJ (United States)
Bipolar plates are an important component in fuel cell stacks and accounts for more than 75% of stack weight and volume, and 20% of the stack cost. The technology development of metal bipolar plates can effectively reduce the fuel cells stack weight and volume over 50%. The challenge is to protect metal plate from corrosion at low cost for the broad commercial applications. While most of today’s PEM fuel cell metallic bipolar plate technologies use some precious metal, the focus of this SBIR project is to develop a low cost, novel nano-structured metal bipolar plate coating technology without using any precious metal. The technology must meet the performance and cost requirements for automobile applications.
- Research Organization:
- TreadStone Technologies, Inc., Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC); Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States); United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), Southfield, MI (United States); Impreglon, Inc., Baltimore, MD (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0009215
- OSTI ID:
- 1411151
- Type / Phase:
- SBIR (Phase II)
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-University of Hawai-S01NCE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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