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Titanium nitride (TiN)–polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-modified carbon paper used in PEM fuel cells: characterization and corrosion-resistant mechanism

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Titanium nitride (TiN) nanoparticles (NPs) were added into polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion for the hydrophobic treatment of carbon papers (CPs). The addition of the nano-sized conducting nanoparticles in impregnation solution could improve the corrosion resistance, electrical conductivity, hydrophobicity and durability of the treated CPs. It is found that the corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity of the as-treated CPs increased gradually as the increment of TiN content. CPs impregnated with PTFE emulsion containing 8 wt% TiN NPs displayed the optimal improved corrosion resistance with corrosion potential and corrosion current density at 0.16 V and 0.056 μA/cm2, respectively. Characterizations by SEM, Raman and XPS demonstrate that this improvement is associated with the formation of TiN coating and the improved distribution of PTFE on CPs.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFB0101310) and project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 51671085 and 11572124) and the aid program for Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province.

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    Haikun Zhou & Pingping Gao

  2. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    Haikun Zhou, Pingping Gao, Pan wang, Zhiyong Xie & Xiaobo Wu

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Zhou, H., Gao, P., wang, P. et al. Titanium nitride (TiN)–polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-modified carbon paper used in PEM fuel cells: characterization and corrosion-resistant mechanism. Appl. Phys. A 126, 37 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-3205-5

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