Abstract
Preferential thermal nitridation was used to form a pin-hole defect free CrN/Cr2N surface on a model Ni-Cr alloy. Excellent corrosion resistance and negligible contact resistance increase was observed over a 4100 h exposure in 80 °C sulfuric acid and when used as a metallic bipolar plate in a 1000 h proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell test.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1017-1022 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2004 |
Funding
The authors thank P.F. Tortorelli, D.F. Wilson, and I.G. Wright for helpful comments in reviewing this manuscript. Funding from the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure program is gratefully acknowledged. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the US DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.
Funders | Funder number |
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U.S. Department of Energy | |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |
Keywords
- Coating
- Corrosion
- Electrical properties
- Electrochemistry
- Nitrides