摘要:
A press separator made of a stainless steel sheet, for providing excellent corrosion resistance and electric conductivity by a combination of a passive coating and a deposition of boride or boron carbide, restriction corrosion without separation or coming-off, by press forming, of depositions, and ensuring an extended service. A stainless steel sheet, containing 0.005-1.5 wt. %, of B and having deposited on the surface thereof at least one kind out of M23 (C, B)6 type boron carbide, and M2B type and MB type borides, is press-formed in a corrugated shape having continuous irregularities, with angles of bent portions formed by bending or unbending by press forming being set at at least 15 degrees and an outward bending R-value at up to 1 mm.
摘要:
A method for treating the surface of a stainless steel product for a fuel cell containing, in wt %, 0.15% or less of C, 17 to 36% of Cr, 0.005 to 3.5% of B, which comprises the first step of forming in advance a passive film with an oxidizing acid on the surface of the stainless steel product, the second step of allowing an aqueous acid solution to corrode the passive film, to thereby project one or more of a M23C6 type carbide, a M23(C, B)6 type borocarbide and M2B type boride, which are inclusions having good electroconductivity, the third step of forming a passive coating film with an oxidizing acid on the surface of the steel product except that of the inclusion above projected, and the fourth step of washing with water and drying. The method of treatment allows, without the use of a method requiring a high cost such as gold plating, the improvement in the contact resistance of the stainless steel product for a fuel cell, which results in the retention of excellent characteristics of a stainless steel product over a long period of time.
摘要:
A metallic separator according to a first embodiment is formed by obtaining a blank by rolling a metallic material having conductive inclusions, and removing a surface of the blank by 2% or more of the thickness of the blank. A metallic separator according to a second embodiment is formed by pressing a metallic plate so as to have a cross section including ridges and grooves alternatively, and removing parts of the ridged portions so as to make flattened surfaces. A metallic separator having conductive inclusions in its metal texture according to a third embodiment is formed by blasting a liquid containing two or more kinds of abrasives having different particle diameters to a blank after it has been rolled. A metallic separator having conductive inclusion in its metal texture according to a fourth embodiment is formed by blasting a passivation treatment liquid mixed with abrasives to the separator.
摘要:
A press separator made of a stainless steel sheet, for providing excellent corrosion resistance and electric conductivity by a combination of a passive coating and a deposition of boride or boron carbide, restriction corrosion without separation or coming-off, by press forming, of depositions, and ensuring an extended service. A stainless steel sheet, containing 0.005-1.5 wt. %, of B and having deposited on the surface thereof at least one kind out of M23(C, B)6 type boron carbide, and M2B type and MB type borides, is press-formed in a corrugated shape having continuous irregularities, with angles of bent portions formed by bending or unbending by press forming being set at at least 15 degrees and an outward bending R-value at up to 1 mm.
摘要:
A current-collecting structure in a fuel cell system includes conductive separators, current-collecting plates pressed toward the conductive separators, a plurality of good conductors dispersed between the conductive separators and the current-collecting plates and adapted to be deformed under the pressing to come into close contact with the conductive separators and the current-collecting plates, and a conductive binder. The conductive binder fills vacant spaces among the good conductors, the conductive separators and the current-collecting plates. The current-collecting structure in a fuel cell system provides a decreased contact resistance between the conductive separator and the current-collecting plate.
摘要:
A fuel-cell-use separator is provided with a current collector unit having an irregular shape in its cross-section in which grooved gas passages and/or cooling medium passages and protruding portions contacting a membrane electrode assembly are alternately formed continuously, and a circumferential portion formed on the periphery of the current collector unit, the current collector unit and the circumferential portion being formed by press forming a sheet of metal plate, and in this arrangement, a rib is formed on the circumferential portion.
摘要:
In a fuel cell comprising a laminate wherein a membrane electrode assembly is held by separators, the separator (20A) has a projection (21) contacting an membrane electrode assembly (10) with the contact angle between this projection (21) and the membrane electrode assembly (10) is set smaller than the contact angle of water with respect to the surface of the separator (20A). Regardless of the surface property of the separator, a corner part formed between the separator projection and membrane electrode assembly which contact with each other is so structured that water is unlikely to remain or penetrate. Thus, the draining capability of the gas channel is enhanced, improving power generating performance.
摘要:
A separator for a fuel cell comprising a gold covering layer formed on the surface of stainless steel plate a method for producing a separator, in which exfoliation and fracture of the gold covering layer can be prevented and corrosion resistance and durability can be obtained, are provided. Voids are formed by intergranular corrosion treatment at a surface of the stainless steel plate, and the gold covering layer is formed so as to be embedded in the voids. Limit value of radius of curvature in bends in which exfoliations or fractures in the gold covering layer is formed can be reduced by satisfying the equation 0.2≦4/d/L≦80 wherein L(μm) is the average grain size of the surface of stainless steel plate, and d(μm) is the thickness of the gold covering layer.
摘要:
A separator for fuel cells which has a gold covering layer on the surface of a metal plate and is formed by plastic working, wherein the relationship (R+D)/R≦1.025 (50 μm≦R≦1000 μm) is satisfied assuming the minimum bending radius R at a plastic worked portion is R (μm), and the thickness of the gold covering layer is D (μm). According to the separator for fuel cells, exfoliation or cracking is prevented in the gold covering layer after plastic working, whereby corrosion resistance and durability can be remarkably improved.
摘要翻译:一种用于燃料电池的隔板,其在金属板的表面上具有金覆盖层,并且通过塑性加工形成,其中,(R + D)/ R <= 1.025(50μm<= R <=1000μm) 假设塑性加工部分的最小弯曲半径R为R(mum),金覆盖层的厚度为D(mum)。 根据燃料电池用隔板,塑料加工后的金覆盖层防止剥离或开裂,能够显着提高耐腐蚀性和耐久性。
摘要:
In the present invention, conductive inclusions which form conductive passages are exposed on a surface of a separator having corrosion resistance, and gold is selectively precipitated on the exposed conductive inclusions. From the viewpoint of contact resistance reduction, it is desirable that the conductive inclusions protrude from the surface of the separator.