Bipolar plates(BPs)are a major component of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs).BPs play a multifunctional character within a PEMFC stack.It is one of the most costly and critical part of the fuel cell,and...Bipolar plates(BPs)are a major component of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs).BPs play a multifunctional character within a PEMFC stack.It is one of the most costly and critical part of the fuel cell,and hence the development of efficient and cost-effective BPs is of much interest for the fabrication of next-generation PEMFCs in future.Owing to high electrical conductivity and chemical inertness,graphene is an ideal candidate to be utilized in BPs.This paper reviews recent advances in the area of graphene-based BPs for PEMFC applications.Various aspects including the momentous functions of BPs in the PEMFC,favorable features of graphene.based BPs,performance evaluation of various reported BPs with their advantages and disadvantages,challenges at commercial level products and future prospects of frontier research in this direction are extensively documented.展开更多
文摘Bipolar plates(BPs)are a major component of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs).BPs play a multifunctional character within a PEMFC stack.It is one of the most costly and critical part of the fuel cell,and hence the development of efficient and cost-effective BPs is of much interest for the fabrication of next-generation PEMFCs in future.Owing to high electrical conductivity and chemical inertness,graphene is an ideal candidate to be utilized in BPs.This paper reviews recent advances in the area of graphene-based BPs for PEMFC applications.Various aspects including the momentous functions of BPs in the PEMFC,favorable features of graphene.based BPs,performance evaluation of various reported BPs with their advantages and disadvantages,challenges at commercial level products and future prospects of frontier research in this direction are extensively documented.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51363011)the 46th Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education, China (6488-20130039)+2 种基金Program of High-level Introduced Talent of Yunnan Provincein 2012, China (10978125)Yunnan Project of Training Talent, China (1418425)Project of Key Discipline, China (14078232)~~