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Bipolar PEM fuel cell plates based on aluminum and stainless steel coated by physical and chemical processes

Bipolar PEM fuel cell plates based on aluminum and stainless steel coated by physical and chemical processes

Goals

Development of protective coatings for PEM fuel cell bipolar plates in aluminum and stainless steel, using various processes (physical and chemical).

Innovations

The approach is based both on the replacement of the substrate (from stainless steel to aluminum) and on the development of coatings, based on amorphous carbon doped with various elements. Two types of process (wet coating and plasma) will be developed, and could bring a cost breakthrough in the manufacture of stacks.

PhD student:

Marie Dechamp

Promoter

Prof. Nathalie Job
Université de Liège

Co-promoter

Dr. Emile Haye
University of Namur

Research Center

Dr. Adeline Lafort
Centre de Recherches Métallurgiques

Tasks

To be determined
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