A novel austenitic stainless steel bipolar plate for hydrogen fuel cells. This project aims to develop a green, efficient and cost-effective manufacturing process to produce a new stainless steel bipo

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A novel austenitic stainless steel bipolar plate for hydrogen fuel cells. This project aims to develop a green, efficient and cost-effective manufacturing process to produce a new stainless steel bipolar plate (BP) for hydrogen fuel cells (HFCs). This project expects to solve the long-standing issues in traditional BP 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 HFC industries by significantly reducing industrial pollution and operational costs and enhancing the overall performance of HFCs. This project will advance clean energy manufacturing in Australia and instil a new impetus to achieving the nation’s net-zero target by 2050 in the context of long-distance hauling.. Scheme: Linkage Projects. Field: 4014 - Manufacturing Engineering. Lead: Prof Zheng Jiang