Abstract
Abstract
The corrosion behaviour of coated stainless steel as bipolar plate material in PEM fuel cell applications and its improvement through the surface modifications was investigated. A commercial SS316L stainless steel grade was deposited with thin multi-layer coatings, consisting of a carbon top layer and a chromium interlayer of two different thicknesses. Interfacial contact resistance measurements revealed that the applied Cr/C coatings are highly conductive and surpass the ICR criteria, suggested by the U.S. Department of Energy. Corrosion resistance was thoroughly analysed by potentiodynamic polarisation and cyclic voltammetry in 0.5 M $${\hbox {H}_2{\text{SO}}_4}$$
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at room temperature and 80 °C, respectively, combined with numerical modelling. Electrochemical results agree well with numerical modelling, including the dissolution of metallic species, local pH-shifts and changes of electrolyte conductivity. Furthermore, the study shows that the application of a Cr/C coating significantly reduces the current density in the passive region during potentiodynamic polarisation and lowering the corrosion rate of the steel substrate by at least a factor of two.
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Funder
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik IWS
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Electrochemistry,General Chemical Engineering
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