Effects of hydrogen and stress on the electrochemical and passivation behaviour of 304 stainless steel in simulated PEMFC environment

By Wang, Xian-Zong; Luo, Hong; Luo, Jing-Li
Published in Electrochimica Acta 2019

Abstract

This work investigates the effects of hydrogen and stress on the electrochemical and passivation behaviour of 304 stainless steel in 0.5 M sulfuric acid with 2 ppm sodium fluoride. Three major results are revealed: hydrogen and stress significantly increase the critical current density (icrit) and passive current density (ipass); hydrogen has a more obvious impact on icrit than that on ipass; a high synergistic effect between hydrogen and stress on current densities is observed at the intermediate hydrogen charging current densities range.

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