Abstract

In this work, we report a comprehensive study on developing high performance magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) composite bipolar plates for fuel cells. The MPC composite bipolar plates composed of MPC with partial replacement of fly ash as the binding matrix phase and multiple carbon-based materials (including graphite, carbon fiber and multi-walled carbon nanotubes) as the conductive phase. A simple hot-press process was applied to produce the MPC composite. After the optimization on the formula and the structure of the MPC composite and the processing parameters, all the US DOE 2015 technical targets, including electrical conductivity, flexural strength, corrosion resistance were achieved as well as low cost. Finally, the performance of the as-prepared MPC composite bipolar plates was investigated via a three-single-cell stack of passive-type direct methanol fuel cells. The performance test results indicated that the MPC composite bipolar plates were capable of fuel cell applications.

Meeting Name

10th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2018 (2018: Aug. 22-25, Hong Kong)

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE)

Comments

The work was funded by NAMI from the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (HK-ITF)

Keywords and Phrases

Bipolar plates (BPs); Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs); Fuel cells (FCs); Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC)

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1876-6102

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Final Version

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text

Language(s)

English

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© 2019 The Authors, All rights reserved.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Publication Date

01 Aug 2019

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