Development of high-corrosion-resistant amorphous alloy bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21560716
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Structural/Functional materials
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAURA Shin-ichi 東北大学, 金属材料研究所, 准教授 (50323100)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 燃料電池 / セパレータ / 非晶質合金 / 溶射 / めっき

Research Abstract

In this study, high-corrosion-resistant Ni-Cr-based amorphous alloy-coated bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cell were produced by using high velocity oxy-fuel spraying and electrochemical plating. It was found that a single fuel cell with those amorphous alloy-coated bipolar plates showed excellent power generation properties as well as that with conventionally-used graphite bipolar plates.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 無電解めっき法を用いたNi-Pアモルファス合金被覆燃料電池用セパレータの作製 (2011)
  • Author(s): 金成哲、山浦真一、牧野彰宏、井上明久
  • Journal Title: 日本金属学会誌 Volume: Vol.75、No.10 Pages: 557-561
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 高速ガスフレーム溶射法を用いたNi-Cr-P-B金属ガラス被覆燃料電池セパレータの創製とそのXPS表面分析 (2011)
  • Author(s): 金成哲、山浦真一, 他5名
  • Journal Title: 日本金属学会誌 Volume: Vol.75、No.2 Pages: 122-130
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Production of Ni65Cr15P16B4 Metallic Glass-Coated Bipolar Plate for Fuel Cell by High Velocity Oxy-Fuel(HVOF)Spray Coating Method (2010)
  • Author(s): S. C. Kim, S. Yamaura, 他5名
  • Journal Title: Materials Transactions Volume: Vol.51, No.9 Pages: 1609-1613
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Ni-Cr-based Amorphous Alloy Coating for Bipolar Plate of PEM Fuel Cell by Electrochemical Plating (2011)
  • Author(s): S. Yamaura, S. C. Kim and A. Inoue
  • Organizer: 15th International Conference on Thin Films2011,(ICTF-15)
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto TERRSA, Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-08
• [Presentation] Preparation of Metallic Glass Coated Bipolar Plate for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (2010)
  • Author(s): S. Yamaura, S. C. Kim and A. Inoue
  • Organizer: The 17th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials(ISMANAM 2010)
  • Place of Presentation: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich(ETH Zurich), Switzerland
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-07
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 燃料電池セパレータ及びその製造方法 (2010)
  • Inventor(s): 山浦真一、井上明久
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 東北大学
  • Industrial Property Number: 特願、2010-123516
  • Filing Date: 2010-05-28