Advanced Corrosion Resistant Materials for Electrochemical Applications

Information

• NSF Award
• 8960026

Owner

• GINER, INC., A MA CORP

• Award Id

  8960026

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/1990 - 34 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/1990 - 33 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 50,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Deposition of thin diamond films by plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (PACVD) is a rapidly emerging area of technology being pursued in The United States, Japan and the Soviet Union. Diamond films have unique chemical and physical properties such as oxidation resistance and hardness. Boron-doped diamond films grown by PACVD can have electrical resistivities approaching 1 ohm-cm. Pore-free, adherent films of less than 1-micron thickness have already been deposited on tungsten substrates. The goal of this study is to evaluate these films as an electrically conductive, corrosion-resistant coating for bipolar separator plates (carbon-carbon composites) in phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC). Present plate designs fail because of corrosion of the carbon filler and acid absorption by the plate which leads to eventual shoring of the cell. Thin diamond films deposited on the bipolar plates, in addition to being corrosion resistant, can also act as a barrier layer, thus preventing acid absorption.

• Program Officer

  Darryl G. Gorman

• Min Amd Letter Date

  12/13/1989 - 34 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  12/13/1989 - 34 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  GINER, INC.

• City

  Auburndale

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  89 RUMFORD AVE

• Postal Code

  024666131

• Phone Number

  7815290500

• First Name

  Srinivasan

• Last Name

  Sarangapani

• Email Address

  icetinc@attglobal.net

• Start Date

  1/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Materials Research

• Code

  106000

• Name

  Engineering-Metallurgy & Material

• Code

  57