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Research and development of an innovative corrosion resistant coating for bipolar plates for energy conversion devices

Department 58 – International Relations
Department 58 – International Relations

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Region Prague
Title of the ProgrammeResearch
Title of the ProjectResearch and development of an innovative corrosion resistant coating for bipolar plates for energy conversion devices
Project Website

http://www.core-project.cz/

Number of the ProjectTO01000306
Project Promoter

Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze

Project Partner from Donor State

SINTEF AS
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Czech Partner

N/A

Status

Estimated project duration: 1/2021 – 12/2023

Total Eligible Costs

1 302 140 EUR

Grant

1 185 474 EUR

Project description:

The main objective of the project is to develop ground-breaking coatings for cost-effective and high-performance bipolar plates for fuel cells and electrolysers.

An innovative approach based on polymer composite materials with rationalized particles distribution is proposed, defining the following tasks:

  • fabricate polymeric-based coatings with high conductivity (≥ 100 S cm-1) and low interfacial contact resistance (fuel cell < 10 mΩ cm-2; electrolyser < 20 mΩ cm-2);
  • optimize the bipolar plate design via flow field simulation;
  • achieve suitable performance in real environment for fuel cell and/or electrolyser;
  • identify cost benefits compared to the current commercially available solution.