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Coated Stainless Steel Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers

Lettenmeier, Philipp and Wang, rainey and Abouatallah, Rami and Burggraf, Fabian and Gago, Aldo and Friedrich, K. Andreas (2016) Coated Stainless Steel Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163 (11). Electrochemical Society, Inc.. doi: 10.1149/2.0141611jes. ISSN 0013-4651.

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Abstract

Given its rapid response to fluctuating currents and wide operation range, proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis is utmost suitable for generation of hydrogen from renewable power. However, it is still hindered by the high cost of the stack components compared to those used in the alkaline technology. In particular, the titanium bipolar plates (BPP) are an issue and the replacement of this metal by stainless steel is a challenge, due to the highly corrosive environment inside PEM electrolyzer stack. Herein, we coat stainless steel BPPs with 50–60 μm Ti and 1.5 μm Pt coatings by vacuum plasma spraying (VPS) and magnetron sputtering physical vapor deposition (PVD), respectively. The BPPs are evaluated at constant 1 A cm−2 for more than 1000 h. The thermally sprayed Ti coatings fully protect the stainless steel substrate during this period of time, and the Pt surface modification allows achieving a cell performance comparable to the baseline.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/105640/
Document Type:Article
Title:Coated Stainless Steel Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Lettenmeier, PhilippDLRUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wang, raineyHydrogenicsUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Abouatallah, RamiHydrogenicsUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Burggraf, FabianDLRUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gago, AldoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Friedrich, K. AndreasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:2016
Journal or Publication Title:Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:Yes
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:Yes
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
Volume:163
DOI:10.1149/2.0141611jes
Publisher:Electrochemical Society, Inc.
Series Name:The Electrochemical Society
ISSN:0013-4651
Status:Published
Keywords:Bipolar plates; Coatings; Titanium; Stainless steel; PEM electrolysis; PEM electrolyzer
HGF - Research field:Energy
HGF - Program:Storage and Cross-linked Infrastructures
HGF - Program Themes:Electrolysis and Hydrogen
DLR - Research area:Energy
DLR - Program:E EV - Energy process technology
DLR - Research theme (Project):E - Electrochemical Processes (Electrolysis) (old)
Location: Stuttgart
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics > Electrochemical Energy Technology
Deposited By: Lettenmeier, Philipp
Deposited On:11 Aug 2016 10:50
Last Modified:27 Nov 2023 12:55

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