Stainless separator for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Steel Company
InventorsYoo Taek Jeon, Kyeong Woo Chung
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Abstract
A stainless steel separator for fuel cells and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes preparing a stainless steel sheet as a matrix, performing surface modification on a surface of the stainless steel sheet to form a Cr-rich passive film having a comparatively increased amount of Cr in a superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet by decreasing an amount of Fe in the superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet, and forming a coating layer on the surface of the surface-modified stainless steel sheet. The coating layer is one selected from a metal nitride layer (MNx), a metal/metal nitride layer (M/MNx), a metal carbide layer (MCy), and a metal boride layer (MBz) (where 0.5≦x≦1, 0.42≦y≦1, 0.5≦z≦2).
Claims9
A method of manufacturing a stainless steel separator for fuel cells, the method comprising:
- preparing a stainless steel sheet as a matrix;
- performing surface modification on a surface of the stainless steel sheet to form a Cr-rich passive film having a comparatively increased amount of Cr in a superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet by decreasing an amount of Fe in the superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet;
- heat-treating the surface-modified stainless steel sheet at 100˜300° C. under a vacuum condition;
- and
- forming a coating layer directly on the heat-treated stainless steel sheet,
- wherein the coating layer is a metal boride layer (MBz), and
- wherein 0.5≦z≦2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.