Unraveling size-affected plastic heterogeneity and asymmetry during micro-scaled deformation of CP-Ti by non-local crystal plasticity modeling

X Tang, Z Wang, X Wang, L Deng, M Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Titanium alloy is prominent in manufacturing of high-performance miniature devices, while
size-affected plastic heterogeneity and asymmetry in micro-scaled deformation are not well …

Hybrid forming process combining electromagnetic and quasi-static forming of ultra-thin titanium sheets: formability and mechanism

C Zhu, J Xu, H Yu, D Shan, B Guo - International journal of machine tools …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid forming method combining the electromagnetic (EM) and quasi-static (QS)
forming methods is developed to improve the forming performance of ultra-thin titanium …

Fabrication of titanium bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells by uniform pressure electromagnetic forming

P Dong, Z Li, S Feng, Z Wu, Q Cao, L Li, Q Chen… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic forming (EMF) is a type of noncontact and high-speed forming process that
offers several advantages, such as high material formability, low springback, and low die …

An electric-pulse-assisted stamping process towards springback suppression and precision fabrication of micro channels

C Li, Z Xu, L Peng, X Lai - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro channel features have been widely used in miniaturized products, such as micro
reactor, micro heat exchanger, micro fluidic chip. For example, the metallic bipolar plate …

A comparative analysis of predictive models for estimating the formability of stamped titanium bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

V Modanloo, A Mashayekhi, B Akhoundi - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The microchannels on the bipolar plates (BPPs) of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) have various functions. Increasing the microchannel depth leads to an increase in …

Hot stamping of ultra-thin stainless steel sheets for bipolar plates

N Guo, X Zhang, Z Hou, W Wang, D Yang, J Min… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dimensional deviations of channel features affect the assembly accuracy of bipolar plates,
thereby influencing the efficiency and performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel …

Optimizing the interfacial potential distribution to mitigate high transient potential induced dissolution on C/Ti coated metal bipolar plates used in PEMFCs

XZ Wang, MM Zhang, Q Hu, S Su, HQ Fan, H Wang… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing a conductive and corrosion-resistant coating on metal bipolar plates is essential
to mitigate the degradation induced by the high cathodic transient potentials of proton …

A novel multistage forming process with intermediate annealing for PEMFC titanium bipolar plates with fine flow channels

X Zhang, N Guo, Z Hou, B Chen, D Yang, J Min… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the preform annealing process is first introduced to improve the formability of
titanium bipolar plates, comprising preforming, intermediate annealing and final shaping …

Expanded graphite (EG)/Ni@ Melamine foam (MF)/EG sandwich-structured flexible bipolar plate with excellent electrical conductivity, mechanical properties, and gas …

X Mao, Y Li, X Hu, R Tian, W Yu - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The bipolar plate is an important component of the fuel cell. Composite graphite-based
bipolar plates with adjustable properties are potential candidates to realize the high …

First-principles calculations to investigate doping effects on electrical conductivity and interfacial contact resistance of TiO2

H Sun, Z Xu, D Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In fuel cells, electrolysis cells, etc., titanium have been widely employed due to the high
corrosion resistance achieved by the oxide film. But it also leads to low electrical conductivity …