FUEL CELL PLATE MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURE

FUEL CELL INSTITUTE

UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

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Abstract

Seminar II - AMReG 08, 17-18 December 2008,Port Dickson, Malaysia

HIGH CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITE AS BIPOLAR PLATE
FOR POLYMER EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFC):
A REVIEW

Hendra Suherman., Abu Bakar Sulong and Jaafar Sahari
Institute Fuel Cell, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia

ABSTRACT

Polymer exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFCs) is a device that convert the chemical energy of fuel directly into electrical energy thus may promising as an energy sources to the high power density performance at low temperature. The components of fuel cell consist of electrolyte, catalyst layer, gas diffusion and bipolar plate. Among these components, Bipolar Plate (BPs) is one of the heaviest components of PEFMC, which account for as much as 60-80% of the stack weight. Hence, there are vigorous efforts over world wide to find suitable materials for BPs. The materials include non porous graphite, coated metallic sheets, polymer composites, etc. This paper reviews the PEMFC and their function, CNTs based polymer composites, electrical and mechanical properties of CNTs reinforced epoxy nanocomposites

Keywords: Termoset polymer, bipolar plate, high conductive polymer composite