Corrosion-resistant, electrically-conductive plate for use in a fuel cell stack

Patent · Tue Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:985251

Carter, J David ^[1]; Mawdsley, Jennifer R ^[2]; Niyogi, Suhas ^[2]; Wang, Xiaoping ^[3]; Cruse, Terry ^[4]; Santos, Lilia ^[5]

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1. Bolingbrook, IL
2. Woodridge, IL
3. Naperville, IL
4. Lisle, IL
5. Lombard, IL

A corrosion resistant, electrically-conductive, durable plate at least partially coated with an anchor coating and a corrosion resistant coating. The corrosion resistant coating made of at least a polymer and a plurality of corrosion resistant particles each having a surface area between about 1-20 m.sup.2/g and a diameter less than about 10 microns. Preferably, the plate is used as a bipolar plate in a proton exchange membrane (PEMFC) fuel cell stack.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 7,699,916
• Application Number: 12/128,022
• OSTI ID: 985251
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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