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Conductive Thermoplastic Composite Blends for Flow Field Plates for Use in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC)
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| Researcher | Wang, Yuhua |
| Abstract | I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ii This project is aimed at developing and demonstrating highly conductive, lightweight, and low-cost thermoplastic blends to be used as flow field bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The research is focused on designing, prototyping, and testing carbon-filled thermoplastic composites with high electrical conductivity, as well as suitable mechanical and process properties. The impact of different types of fillers on the composite blend properties was evaluated, as well as the synergetic effect of mixtures of fill types within a thermoplastic polymer matrix. A number of blends were produced by varying the filler percentages. Composites with loadings up to 65 % by weight of graphite, conductive carbon black, and carbon |
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| Subject Keyword | Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Conductive Thermoplastic Composite Blend Flow Field Plate Conductive Carbon Synergetic Effect Process Property Flow Field Bipolar Plate High Electrical Conductivity Fuel Cell Filler Percentage Sole Author Polymer Electrolyte Membrane True Copy Fill Type Required Final Revision Low-cost Thermoplastic Blend Composite Blend Property Carbon-filled Thermoplastic Composite Thermoplastic Polymer Matrix |
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