A novel austenitic stainless steel bipolar plate for hydrogen fuel cells

R&D Focus Areas:
Advanced manufacturing

Lead Organisation:
University of Wollongong

Partners:
Baosteel Company, SNS Unicorp Pty Ltd

Status:
Active

Start date:
July 2024

Completion date:
June 2027

Key contacts:
Project leader – Professor Zheng Jiang:
Dr Hui Wu – wenxian.li1@unsw.edu.au

Funding:
AUD$572,046 – Australian Research Council (ARC)

Project total cost:
Estimated at around AUD$830,000 cash contributions.

Project summary description (as published by the ARC):
This project aims to develop a green, efficient and cost-effective manufacturing process to produce a new stainless steel bipolar plate for hydrogen fuel cells. This project expects to solve the long-standing issues in traditional bipolar plate materials that are either brittle, costly or susceptible to corrosion in acidic, high-humidity and temperature environments. The expected outcomes are a breakthrough in steelmaking and hydrogen fuel cell industries by significantly reducing industrial pollution and operational costs and enhancing the overall performance of hydrogen fuel cells.

Related publications and key links:
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP230201046

Higher degree studies supported:
To be completed.

 

September 2024