Comprehensive review of bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells with a focus on materials, processing methods and characteristics

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is being developed as a key component of climate change mitigation and post-pandemic economic recovery strategies, especially for the hard to decarbonized sectors like transport. This requires lightweight and highly performing PEMFCs, and bipolar plates (BPs) usually takes around 80% of the weight and volume of the PEMFCs. Bipolar plate provides conducting path for electrons from cell to cell, structural support to cell stack, uniform reactant flow along with removal of biproducts. Fuel cell efficiency, its power density, energy density with water and heat removal are the function of BPs performance, during operation. Whereas the performance or characteristics of BPs…

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  Canada Research Chairs

  Award: CRC-2019-00354
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  Mitacs

  Award: IT28570
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  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Award: CRSNG-DGECR-2022-00058