The stainless steel(316L)bipolar plate was coated with a film of Cr
x
N by the pulsed bias arc ion plating method. The bipolar plate showed low interfacial contact resistance after surface treatment. In the range of stack compacting pressures
the contact resistance between the bipolar plate and Toray carbon paper was 7.9-11.2 mΩ·cm
2
. The 316L stainless steel bipolar plate also showed improved corrosion resistance in simulated proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC)environment after surface treatment. The corrosion current density of the bipolar plate in 0.5 mol/L H
2
SO
4
+5×10
-6
mol/L F
-
was about 10
-7
A/cm
2
two orders of magnitude lower than that of the base metal. The corrosion experiment conducted at 70 ℃ indicated that the corrosion current density of the bipolar plate was about one or two orders of magnitude lower than that of the base metal. In addition
the treated bipolar plate had very high surface energy. The contact angle of the bipolar plate with water was 90°
which is beneficial for water management of the stack. The present metal bipolar plate with good corrosion resistance
good interfacial conductivity and high surface energy might have great potential of application in PEMFC.
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